136. SAN PABLO. 



with thongs, and covered with a hide 

 stretched, and the frame laced firmly on 

 the inside with leather thongs. All around 

 the house, a space between the roof and the 

 side walls is left open for the admission 

 of air. In one corner of the kitchen is the 

 fire-place, and generally diagonally opposite 

 the entrance of the principal sleeping-room, 

 in which are usually found two large jars, 

 one filled with chicha, the other with gua- 

 rapo. The young men of the family sleep in 

 the kitchen, either in hammocks or on mats. 



variety of purposes, serving for knife, axe, bill, and some- 

 times for a sword. The bogas take a pride in having 

 these instruments handsomely sheathed in cases of stamp- 

 ed leather, adorned at the top with a fringe, and at the 

 point with a kind of tassel of the same material. The best 

 machettas come from Germany, though many are manu- 

 factured at Birmingham : they ought to be twenty-seven 

 inches long, two inches and a quarter in breadth, hav- 

 ing three canals down the blade, and sun, moon, and stars. 

 The general price in the country is about twelve reals, or a 

 dollar and a half. 



