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CUSTOMS AND MANNERS. 



men, who are so sharp sighted in discovering the little de- 

 fe6ts of the women, should have passed over in silence those 

 of the men, all of wdiich are comprized in the person of 

 this Yaco, with whom, I assure you, I am already seriously 

 disgusted. 



As a^companion to the subje6t of Plate XI. a male inhabi- 

 tant of Lima, of the same condition with the female there re- 

 presented, is introduced in Plate XII. 



THE PERUVIAN PETIT MAITRE. 



The following sketch, in which this subje6t is facetiously 

 handled, is supposed to be addressed by a person who has 

 made an excursion to Lima, to his friend in the country. 



Beloved Leander ! I cannot refrain from admiring the 

 promptitude with which you require of me information -rela- 

 tive to the customs of the inhabitants of this capital, although, 

 if you abstra6l the time employed on my journey, you can 

 scarcely consider me as having resided here twenty days ; — a 

 very limited time for such a task. You, who made this your 

 residence for several years, must be well acquainted with these 

 customs ; and I therefore think that your request is merely an 

 attempt to know how I pra6lise your lessons. Be this as it 

 may, I shall endeavour to comply with it. 



Among the rare and agreeable objedls which present them- 

 selves here at every step, the greatest impression has been made 

 on me by a description of men who appear to be oppressed by 

 the dignity of their sex ; inasmuch as they endeavour to belie 

 nature in a scandalous and ridiculous manner. What would 



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