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graceless, and at the same time fatiguing movements of the body 
and limbs, accompanied by the most indelicate and lascivious mo¬ 
tions, gradually increasing in energy and violence, until the fair 
one, apparently overcome with passion, and evidently exhausted 
with fatigue, was compelled to retire to her seat ; her rosy 
cheeks and fair complexion disappeared in the large drops of 
sweat which ran trickling down her neck and breast, and were 
succeeded by the sallow tinge which nature had bountifully 
bestowed. 
They daub themselves most lavishly with paint; but their 
features are agreeable, and their large dark eyes are remarkably 
brilliant and expressive ; and, were it not for their bad teeth, oc¬ 
casioned by the too liberal use of the matti, they would, notwith¬ 
standing the Chilian tinge, be thought handsome, particularly by 
those who had been so long as we out of the way of seeing any 
women. 
The matti is a decoction of the herb of Paraguay, sweetened 
with sugar, and sucked hot through a long silver tube ; to the 
use of this beverage the Chilians are perfect slaves. The taste 
is agreeable, but it occasions terrible havoc among the teeth. We 
returned on board our ship, pleased with the novelties of a Chili¬ 
an ball, and much gratified by the solicitude shewn by every one 
to make our stay amongst them agreeable. Invitations had been 
given by them to visit at their houses ; but time was too pre¬ 
cious to us to be spent in amusements; all were busily engaged 
until the 20th in getting on board our supplies, and on the meri¬ 
dian of that day we had completed our water, and, with the ex¬ 
ception of a few small articles, had as much provisions on board 
as the day we left the United States; those we calculated on 
taking on board while our accounts were in a train for settlement; 
and as the next day was Sunday, and we all required some relax¬ 
ation from our fatigues, I determined to devote it to pleasure, and 
invited the ladies and gentlemen of Valparaiso to spend the after¬ 
noon on board the ship, all, as well as ourselves, being previously 
engaged for the evening at a ball, at the house of Mr. Blanquo^ 
the vice-consul: for it must be understood that Spaniards, and 
particularly catholics, do not, like the people of protestant coun- 
