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 to it, and high caps of the fame, which 

 fall down before, and cover all their 

 faces, having only two fmall holes for 

 their eyes ; fo that they are never known. 

 Their backs are bare, and they lafli them- 

 felve3 with a cat-o'-nine-tails till the 

 long train behind is covered all over 

 with blood. Others follow them with 

 great heavy crofles upon their backs ; fo 

 that they groan imder the weight as they 

 walk barefooted, and often faint away. 

 The ftreets fwarm with friars of all 

 the different orders. The prefident has 

 always a guard at his palace regularly 

 cloathed. The reft of their forces con- 

 fifts of militia, who are numerous. 



All European goods are very dear. 

 Englifli cloth of fourteen or fifteen fliiU 

 lings a yard, fells there for ten or elevea 

 dollars ; and every other article in pro- 

 portion. We found many Spaniards 

 here that had been taken by commodore 

 ^rjfon, and had been for fome time pri- 



foners 



