5? A VOYAGE TO Book VII; 



with flips of black velvet. Over the petticoat is an 

 apron of the fame fluff as the (leeves of the jacket, 

 hanging down to the bottom of it. From hence fome 

 idea may be formed of the expence of a drefs, where the 

 much greater part of the fluff is merely for ornament; 

 nor will it appear flrange, that the marriage fhift fliOuld 

 coft a thoufand crowns, and fometimes more. 



One particular on which the women here ex- 

 treamly value themfclves, is the fize of their feet, 

 a fmall foot being efteemed one of the chief 

 beawtics and this is the principal fault they find 

 with the Spanifli ladies, who have much larger feet 

 than thofe of Lima. From their infancy they arc 

 accuflomed to wear flreight fhoes, that their feet may 

 not grow beyond the fize of which they efleem beau- 

 tiful ; fome of them do not exceed five inches and a 

 half, or fix inches in length, and in women of a fmall 

 flature they are ftill lefs. Their flioes have little or 

 no fole, one piece of Cordovan ferving both for that 

 and the upper leather, and of an equal breadth and 

 roundnels at the toe and heel, fo as to form a fort of 

 long figure of eight but the foot not complying 

 vAth this figure, brings it to a greater regularity. 

 Thefe fliots are always faftened with diamond buckles, 

 or fomething very brilliant in proportion to the abi- 

 lity of the wearer, being worn lefs for ufe than orna- 

 ment ; for the fhoes are made in fuch a manner, 

 that they never loofen of themfelves, nor do the 

 buckles hinder their being taking off. It is unufual 

 to fet thefe buckles with pearls, a particular to be 

 accounted for, only from their being fo lavilli of 

 them in the other ornaments of drefs, as to confider 

 them as of too little value. The fhoemakers, who are 

 no flrangers to the foible of the fex, cake great care 

 to make them in a manner very little calculated for 

 fervice. The ufual price is three half crowns a 

 pair-, thofe embroidered wind gold or fiiver cofl 

 Irom eight to ten crowns. The latter however, are 



