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tremely pretty, and their dress was very becoming; their 
long black hair was partly braided with beads round their 
foreheads, and hung partly down behind in plaits, rather 
whimsically ornamented with brass thimbles. Round their 
waists a sort of petticoat was fastened by a broad belt of 
many-coloured stripes, and over their shoulders a woollen 
mantle was secured by a silver pin, with a flat top about 
three inches in diameter. 
These people appeared to be all very curious, and ex¬ 
amined every part of our dress, especially our pockets, which 
we construed into a hint, and obeyed it accordingly, by dis¬ 
tributing among them what silver coin we had, to their no 
small delight. 
And now r having completed the business which brought 
us to Conception, tasted of such enjoyments as it could 
afford, and returned the civilities received, by a splendid 
entertainment on board the senior officer’s ship, we left the 
port on the 12th October, and made sail for Valparaiso, 
where we arrived on the 13th, at eight o’clock p.m., and re¬ 
mained until the fifth of December. We enjoyed ourselves 
there, riding, walking, and dancing; but neither seeing nor 
doing any thing that has not been described a hundred 
times before : therefore we shall pass on to Coquimbo, where 
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