114 BOGOTA'. 



ral converse, and in fact almost to society 

 itself, as every young man selects the fair 

 one to whom he pays his attentions, and 

 night after night he is found by her side, and 

 does not appear at all pleased if you engage 

 his charmer's attention for a longer period 

 than is actually requisite to return the com- 

 pliments you pay on entering the room. If 

 forsaken, or neglected for a few evenings, 

 the ladies generally choose a fresh beau, 

 which often creates no small misunderstand- 

 ing on the return of the former cavalier, who 

 has, perhaps, been sipping at some other 

 flower ; he is of course rejected with scorn 

 on his return. 



This, as may be supposed, causes the 

 ruin of many a fair female, and introduces 

 such a licentious feeling, that they in gene- 

 ral consider themselves, after marriage, es- 

 pecially if their husbands are out of the way, 

 entitled to act exactly as inclination prompts. 



