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The evenings are generally passed at tertulias, in visiting socially, 
or in shopping in the colonnade. The inhabitants are much addicted 
to gambling. Monte is the game with the higher classes, whilst that 
of match-penny is the favourite of the lower orders. The Chilian 
ladies are remarkable for their ease of manner, kindness, and attention 
to strangers. They are fond of diversions of any kind, but more 
particularly those of dancing and music, both of which are much 
practised. They seem extravagantly fond of music. Dancing they 
are taught very young. Most of them have good figures, and some 
would be called quite pretty, but their teeth are generally defective, 
which causes them soon to look old. Their costume varies little from 
our own, except that the ladies wear no bonnets. 
The gentlemen follow the European fashions. 
The dress of the lower order is a mixture of Spanish and Indian. 
They are fond of bright colours. Over their shirt and trousers is 
worn a blue or brown poncha. A high-crowned and small-rimmed 
hat, tied on under the chin, over a bright cotton handkerchief on the 
head, completes their outfit. They are a well-disposed people, and 
good citizens, and have more the air of contentment than any other 
nation of South America, 
The markets are well supplied. There is one large one near the 
banks of the Maypocho. It covers an area of four or five acres, and 
