130 Bogota'. 



and monotonous, but gradually increases 

 from andante to allegro. The gentleman com- 

 mences by pursuing the lady quietly and 

 gently, and the lady retreats in like manner, 

 making short circles, and turning on her heel 

 at each time that her partner approaches, 

 quickening her step and revolutions as the 

 time of the music increases, until she per- 

 ceives that he seems inclined to give up the 

 pursuit; repentance follows, and the pursuer 

 is in his turn pursued, making similar re- 

 treats, and the same circumvolutions that 

 the lady so recently practised, until at last 

 relenting, he turns to meet her, and they 

 approach each other more closely, and being 

 apparently reconciled, make three or four 

 peculiar stamps with their feet, bow to each 

 other, and retire, tolerably exhausted, amidst 

 the acclamations of the by-standers, to make 

 way for another couple. In these dances 

 females of the first families do not par- 

 ticipate, confining themselves to country- 



