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Quantity \ it is brought from Mexico, as I have faid be- 

 fore. 



Pico itfcft. It remains to fay fomething of a very troublefome little 

 In left, callM Pico. It gets infenfibly into the Feet, be- 

 twixt the Flefli and the Skin, where it feeds and grows as 

 big as a Pea, and then gnaws the Part, if Care be not ta- 

 ken to get it out; and being full of little Eggs, like Nits, 

 if it be broken in taking out, thofe Nits which fcatter a- 

 bout the Sore, produce as many new Infe&s ; but, to kill 

 them, they apply Tobacco, or Tallow. 



Cufloms and Manners of the Spaniards of Peru. 



TDEfore we leave Peru, it will be proper, in this Place, 

 to fay fomething of what I could obferve of the Man- 

 ners of the Creolian Spaniards, that is, thofe born in that 

 Country. To begin with Religion, I muft obferve, that, 

 like thofe in Europe, they value themfelves upon being the 

 beft Chriftians of all Nations ; they even pretend to di- 

 ftinguifli betwixt themfelves and us by that Qualification; 

 fo that among them it is a very ufual Way of fpeaking, to 

 fay a Chriftian and a French Man to fignify a Spaniard and 

 a French Man : But, without diving into the Interior of 

 cither, they have nothing of the outward Pra&ice of the 

 Church Difcipline, by which they may merit that Pre- 

 eminence. The Abftinence from Fiefh is among them much 

 changed by the Ufe of that they call Groffar a, that is. Of- _ 

 fal Meat, which confifts in H^ads, Tongues, Entrails, Feet, 

 and the extreme Parts of Beafts, which they eat on Fifh- 

 Days, not to mention the Ufe of what they call Manteca, 

 being Hogs-Lard and Beef-Suet, which they ufe inftead of 

 Butter : (Note, (tho the Author takes no Notice of it) that 

 thefe Things are only permitted on Saturdays* but not in Lent, 

 01 on Fridays, or other Fafiing Day-\) Excepting the Mafs, 

 iris not ufual to aifift at any other Divine Service. Thofe 

 who are above three Leagues from the PariHi Church and 

 the Chriftian Indians, who are but a League diftant, are 



exempted 



