36 Bogota'. 



leave to abler judges to decide. The lower 

 classes are generally barefooted, except the 

 peasantry of the plains, who wear alpargaUs, 

 a kind of Roman sandal, made of the fibres 

 of a tree. They wear likewise a full, large 

 mantle, called roanay or roquilla^ made of the 

 cloth of the country; the head passes through 

 a hole in the centre, and the roquilla falls 

 loosely and gracefully over the shoulders, 

 and completely covers the body and con- 

 ceals the arms. The tout eAsemble is elegant, 

 as it drops in easy and becoming folds. 



Some of the females assume a very pecu- 

 liar garb ; a petticoat of Spanish brown 

 stuff, with a mantilla of white kerseymere, a 

 black beaver hat, and round the waist a 

 broad, black, leathern girdle, one end of 

 which hangs down from the hip nearly to 

 the ancle. They are called beates, and attire 

 themselves in this manner for many reasons, 

 such as the commands of a confessor, the 



