A VOYAGE TO Book VUl. 



one of St. Juan de Dios, and five colleges of Jefuits, 

 namely, St. Michael, the Noviciate, St- Paul, St. Xa- 

 vier, a college for ftudents, who wear a brown cloak, 

 and a red fcarf, and the college, called La Olleria, for 

 the exercifes of St. Ignatius. Here are alfo four nun- 

 neries, two of St. Clare, two of Augudines, and one 

 of Carmelites, and a religious fifterhood, under the 

 rules of St. Auguftine. All which have a large num- 

 ber of reclufes, as is common in all the cities of Peru. 

 The churches of the convents, befides being very 

 fpacious, are built cither of brick or ftone, and thofe of 

 the Jefuits are diftinguiflied by the beauty of their ar- 

 c-hite6lure. The parifli churches are in every refpe6l 

 greatly inferior to them. 



The inhabitants of Santiago are computed at about 

 four thoufand families, and ^f thefe nearly one half 

 are Spaniards of all degrees and among them fome 

 very eminent both for rank and opulence. The other 

 moiety confifts of Cads and Indians, but chiefly of the 

 latter. 



The cufloms here differ very little from thofe al- 

 ready mentioned in our account of large cities. They 

 are not fo negligent in the care of their apparel as ac 

 Conception ; and inftcad of the oftentation of Lima, 

 they follow the modefl decency of Quito. The men, 

 except on fome particular ceremonies, generally wear 

 ponchos, and all the families who can any way afford 

 it, keep acalafh for driving about the city. The men 

 are robuft, of a proper ftature, well fhaped, and of a 

 good air. The women have all the charms of thofe of 

 l^eru, and are rather more remarkable for the delicacy 

 of their features, and the iinenefs of their , complexions ; 

 but they disBgure their natural beauty by a mifplaced 

 art, painting themfelvcs in fuch a prepoflerous manner, 

 as not only to fpoil the natural delicacy of their fldn, 

 but even their teeth fo that it is very rare to fee a wo- 

 man here ef any age with a good fet. 



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