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COSTUME OF TRAVELLERS. 



than when contemplated through a calmer 

 and purer atmosphere. 



In continuing the ascent, we now began 

 occasionally to meet with travellers of the 

 country, proceeding to La Guayra, whose 

 appearance was well adapted to excite the 

 notice of an English visitor. They generally 

 wore red or blue pantaloons, with long boots, 

 spurs with immense rowels, broad-brimmed 

 hats, and the wrapping cloaks called man- 

 tillas, or in their stead capotes, or roanos, 

 which completely envelope the wearer, like 

 the cloaks of our military. They go well 

 armed, having pistols in their holsters and 

 swords by their sides, which precautions 

 have become habitual, through the effects of 

 protracted war, and were necessary, on ac- 

 count of the disturbed state of the country. 



The distant cries of the muleteers, or the 

 sound of striking their animals with their 



