22 Bogota'. 



The theatre is a well-constructed building, 

 and its interior arrangements are better than 

 might be expected : it is not difficult to 

 hear in any part of it. The boxes are all 

 let to families ; but for two reals you gain 

 admission to the pit, which is half covered 

 with chairs, and the back part left for stand- 

 ing room ; the company is mixed, but 

 orderly and v/ell behaved. A soldier pa- 

 rades up and down during the perform- 

 ances, but I never witnessed any opportu- 

 nity for his interference. It is the custom 

 to walk from the pit to the boxes, and chat 

 with any parties you may know ; and all 

 strangers of respectability pay their compli- 

 ments during the evening to the Vice-Pre- 

 sident. 



The performances are on feast-days only ; 

 the actors decidedly bad : sometimes the 

 students of the college perform, and of course 

 attract a crowded audience. The natives 



