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all the manufactured articles imported are 

 produced, and where, as they suppose, the 

 fabrication is conducted on their own system ? 

 But this state of things cannot long remain : 

 a liberal Government like the present will 

 assuredly devise a remedy for so great an 

 evil, while the introduction of artizans from 

 Europe, and steam engines, which are now 

 erecting at two of the mines, will give the 

 natives an idea of our mechanical knowledge, 

 and tend greatly to prepare them for many 

 other important improvements. 



They make excellent beaver hats in the 

 capital, as well as in some of the provinces ; 

 and those of wool, used by the paysanas, are 

 well adapted to the country. 



The mangas, or cloaks, of thick cotton, 

 made here, and worn by the country gen- 

 tlemen, do credit to the taste of the natives, 

 the patterns of them are elegant, and the 

 fabric is both strong and good. 



