The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register. (Wilmington, Del.) 1824-1825, 1825-01-13
CzzrII, PERU AND MEXICO.
From Capt. HIPS Voyage.
rcoyrIsuEp ruoM OUR LAST.

temperate, it was evident, that eowdras
morning the dancers were apt TO acquire
more savage character, and the songs 10 pc
come licentous. But there were very rev
instances of intoxication or riotous behavior.
No women, except those professionally at
tached to the band of music, ever dance; but
as the men of all classes join occasionally, the
floor it seldom unoccupicd, no more than one
couple ever standing up at the same time.
Each figure lasts about three ortour minutes,
after which the music stopsfor few seconds,
and is then resumed, this being always re
Deated three timcs.-Fhe fondness OF the
uopulace for this amusement Is 50 rcmarAa-
hle flat have often returned to one OF the
Ramadas after an interval of several hours,
and found the same people still looking on
at the same dance with undlminished plea
sure.
The climate, during there festivities, was
generally agreeable +; in the daytime the
thermometer ranged from o. to o. ana AZ
night. from SO to 81 !; between halt pdSt
ten and three in the day it was sometimes
unpleasantly hot Whenever the morning
broke with perfectly clear sky, and the
SIM rose unconcealed by haze, and the hoIl-
zon in the offing was broken into tremnoas
line. very hard southerly wind might DC
expected to set in about one O'Clock, ana
blowing directly over the high ridge OF nils
encircling the town, was forced INTO eaaies
and whirlwinds. which bore the sand in pyra-
mids along the streets, forced 1t into the
houses. and sometimes even reached the ships,
covering every thing with dust About sun
set the troublesome winds gradually dlcd a
way. and left a calm, which lasted during the
night. From sunrise till the hourt these gales
commercial there never was breath OF
wind or if the surface of the bay was in the
how ap1 thorn b,
little transient puHs, which seamea Gls-
t;nruished bv the name Of cats paws.
When the morning broke with clouds and
haze. breeze generally followed during the
flay. sometimes from one quarter sometimes
from another; but on such occasions We
were spared the annoyance OF the sontherly
gales.
These varieties onl, take Place in sum
mer.-During the winter months, that's when
the sun is to the northward OF the Equator,
the weather is very unsettled. Hard north
erly gales blow for days together, accom-
psined by heavy rains, and high swell,
which, rolling in from the ocean, renders the
anchorage unsafe for shipping, and by raising
a vast surf on the beach, cuts OIL all com
munilation between the shore and the YES
sells at anchor. At that season the air Is
cold and damp, so that the inhabitants arc
iEoN''NS'
IS used generally in large polished brazicrs
placed in the middle of the ioor, round
which the family range themselves, with
their feet resting on the edge. In the houses
of the English, and other foreign residents
6re-nlaces have been substituted for the bra
Tiers. and coal fires are used, OF this mate
rial there is an abundant supply from Con
ception, port situated about 200 miles t
the southwark of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
taken from thick seam which crops out a
the surface, and, as the quality is good, !
will probably, 1t some future period, be turn
ed to great account. M
SOth Dec-As there was much tobe learn
of the habits of the people at the night as
semblics in the aRamadas, made practice
of going there every evening. 1t was partl
cu'arly amusing to watch, unobserved, tn
groups round the gambling tables In the mid
die Of the area. A single candle placed
the taale threw light on the picturcsqn
dresses and countanances OF the player
which exhibited, in q striking manner, th
variety Of expression peculiarly belonging
such scenes A party of these gamblers tit
tected me upon one occasion, and nst3tc
good humouredly that ! should try my tol
tune By accident the ball rested sever
times successfully Oh the same square, vino
raised the odds on my cast to considefao
amount and, IN the emu, won d h>ttiui
Of silver, principally from the people who hi
been most active in persuading me to pla
Their companions joined me N Laughing
them a little but 1 thought it better, :
things considered, to insist. upon reta'nii
the money.
A Gillian gentleman of my acquaintan
lived close to the bull-ring, and parties US
frequently to be made up at his houses to
to the Chinganas, the name given to t
scenes described above. After chatting
gether for some time one evening, ting s.
tlemen of the party went off to the buil-ril
while the ladies excused themselves Tor
accompanying us, But within Quarter
an hour afterwards, while we were loLats
abou. in one Of the most noisy OF the Kan
das. 1t was intimated to me privately, by
gentleman in the secret, that three ct
ladies we had left were actually in our co
panv, but so completely metamorphosed,t
even when pointed out, they were w4th 81
Guilty recognized, Thus made party =
Joke, found they had come as spies "
the proceedings Of the master OF the No.
the husband of one Of these Iapadas, as Z
called themselves There had been te
it seems, between these ladies and some
theirs of their acquaintance, and the ohlec
this escape, or frolic, was to watch how
gentleman would deport himself tow
their foes. They had, accordingly, the
In, deFpct