150 Bogota'. 



multitude, who conducted themselves in a 

 most orderly manner, never pushing in on 

 the tent, though the whole w^as open to their 

 view^, without guards to prevent their en- 

 croachment. In this point of polite good 

 behaviour, I must confess that my own coun- 

 trymen are decidedly inferior, and lose by 

 the comparison : — John Bull may certainly 

 improve his manners by imitating those of 

 the peasants of South America. 



When the ladies rose, a clear space was 

 formed on the green, and dancing com- 

 menced, which was kept up until about five 

 in the evening, when the ladies returned 

 home to dress for a ball at the palace, and 

 the populace had several bulls turned out for 

 their amusements In the evening the town 

 was illuminated. 



On the 9th, the popular amusement of tor- 

 menting bulls was kept up during the whole 



