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with the Young ladies who rcsortcd to this
spot about sunrise TO bathc. No imaginable
impropricty was involved in these Innocent
chit-chats, as ] am, myself, model of mo-
dcstv and the ladies, with the most be-
coming sense ofdcrorum, rarely exposed their
persons much more than half way down. or
If they did, were sure to tie y handkerchief
in front, or throw one over their shoulders.
Sometimes, it is true, an antiquatcd specimen
of the strong minded woman" scornina the
restrictive conycntonaitcs of society," would
diycst herself entirely, and founder about in
purjS no,"rohinS, probably with scgar in
her mouth. II the " womnn's rights" advo-
Gates succeed in their rebellion, we may rca-
sonahlN hope soon to see our own ladies udolt-
ing these tropical customs, in COMMISSION with
which. would huiubly suggest the gratiiica-
tion they would derive from learning to dive
with lighted srgar in the mouth Para
doxical as this proposition may appear the
process is quite simple, and the art by no
means difficult of attainment. Nothing is
more common in many parts Of New Granada,
than to- see crsons Of both sexes smoking
with the lighted end Of the scgar in the
mouth, This does not interfere with their
volubiity, and | have repeated seen SWIM
mcrs dive to considerable depth, without
eXtinguishing their scgars, or supposng they
were performing anything extraordinary.
The water nymphs would sometimes in
dulge in Il song, which, as they all affect "A
most distressing nasal twang, generally drove
me into the house 1t is difficult to imagine
any thing (unlcss it be a choice passage in
the Italian opcra.) more excruciating than
quartcttc vigorously emitted through the
nose, with the force which none can apply as
do these unsophisticatcd syrens of the Atrato.
Nor is this pcculIarity (Which evidently has
~ tt,t, in tIn,r oil, r,h 10.
fined to the females the males, also, are
afflicted with it. Our boats crew were sing
ing as they worked, from morning till night,
and when occasionally little boy, fellow
passenger, actuated by laudablc spirit of
rivalry, added his feeble treble to their sono-
rous snii''cs. "A harmony was produced sug-
gcstivc OF a ductt ON the nose between a lion
! and a tomtit,
Our landing place was not only resortcd to
by bathcrs but served as IA kind OF - Rialto
where servants most do congrcgate." These
would be seen, early in the morning, filling
their carthcn Jars with drinking water for the
day, and chatting merrily with others who,
within ten feet Of them, would be emptying
and washing utensils Of very different char
actcr. The >enstiveness with which we re-
coil from certain associations of the agreeable
and the disagrceable, in matters OF culinary
or gastronomic character, forms no part Of
the Granadian creed, at least among the COM
monalty. actually, on one occasion, de-
tectcd my black cook pairing his toe nails
with the carving knife and have frequently
seen the lower classes while eating with their
fingers, suspend operations for Il moment by
particular request, to relieve the head of Il
ncighbor from few chronological specimens,
without being at all choice as to the direction
in which they were thrown when captured.