Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-07


black tropion. pugnacious as ter
and with a voice Ike a fairy trumpet.
morlche, who battles thirty-two times L
day In the fountain. and goes trrp'r,
about teasing all the other birds into ms
and a tailor crow. who sews bits Of strint.
through the lattices and into back an
chairs The love o. birds and o. th,.
children IS a veritahie and universal pa..
sion among the Nenezpelans. Straur.g
enough. the widest bird win grow 1-
fectly tame IN the house. and viii use f.
cage merely for swaggcr. when toe D..
rots suggest that he doesn't own real o..
tate. for example. And their wing M
not clipped. either. They slt on the lar.,
OF chairs al breakfast. and eat srr..
from their owners fingers.
Every one gets up az the hrst gi.mn..
OF day. and eats fruit and hot ch1c.i...
and arepas on the veranda. The paI
elderly women 90 10 mass in discreet.
unrovealing silk cloak and a In8rf
over their uncombed hair. The c.H.
men 20 10 their Offices. usual a. on r.
| lower floor The young people r.lo
early ride Is the beautiful part 0f ife ..
! the OrlnOco. Every one rides. ana l...
II well. There is no other method .f
getting about The horses are dcsco
ants OF the Spanish lennet. and l.l
! Moorish blood. They are cream-cl.,
or piebaid, Arab as TO conformatlol. i0l
! large and well-boned. Their msno arI
! tails are fun and waving. and their 81.
most engaging ambe. a motion mH..
resembling that OF the domestic rockr..
chair. very pleasing IN this hot cl.nst
| and yet covering ground rapidly OIL.
horse can keep Il 40 al day with i.t.
| fatigue The bit ~ the cruc.cei form ..
curb. bat as the cOiored hors chair brt...
with its tassels and bits OF jinglng Irfr
Is always hanging loose on the neck ne
cruelty Is a possibility more than a lil,
The high Mexican saddles are llneI With
red velvet and very ornate NenN..
furnishes horses 20 AL the Caribbean
Islands; they have no rivals In size conn.
per. and quality The smaller SOFT a.a
perfect for polo. having been trained rl
that terrible bit. and obed.ent % ns
slightest word or movement.
EXHILARATING
The air on the mesas az daybreak s
dry. fresh. and very celebrating Roads
there are none. and straightaway ur
nifty miles is a possibility. AnyUha..
about Bolivar az this hour can BE- sees
The most astonishing and delightful Fre.
tacle-the rising OF the hcrons They sheer
IN UNREASONABLE numbers amid the ba.s
waters Of the OrlnOcO. and when the fl.
aush Of day comes they get up aga'rs
the pink east I'm "A whiriwnd OF VIII n
featherly flakes, split into long lines t
the zenith. and stream away across OBI.
upper blue TO inland fccdug-sround7
Those glittering. delicate tasses OF then
plumage which make their rising against
the rosy sky look Ike a tropical snow
storm are worth considerably more than
their weight in sold. Enough of tle 4.st
sort Of feathers 10 balance an Ers.
sovereign would fetch considerably mol
than sllO.
The morning ride usually includes
morning call-nearly all well-t0-do BoL
var families have a country house on Oh
mesa. which is occupied alternately VIII
the town house or. perhaps, slmliiane
ously. Any member OF the family slf
rusticating whenever the fancy seize
him. These house are scarcely more thar
huts at first view. The notified walls AID
daubed with mud, and the wide. deep
palm-thatched roof stretches cuf a.
{ around to form an enormous Neranla
The rooms are for toilet purposes only
Every one sleeps. eats. and lives on th
/ veranda. The floor OF both house an
veranda IS merely hard-packed clay
Riders from town drop IN az o'c.oc
to call on any acquaintance who ma
happen TO be IN the country and aF
refreshed with an egg cocktail ana
cheese sandwich. Big tubs stand ato
the verandas filed with poisoning ros'
trees. the birds walk cheerfuily in an
out. The tables are strewn with booA
and magazines: the Indian manservli
= IS laying the cloth for the second breai
fast A pretty girl with tumbled hal
: In pink muslin wrapper. Is lying 10
hammock playing q guitar TWO me-
In, NH 10 FQ f4Val aud el0IkITEI
feet are lying I'm long chairs, smoki
Y and singing Spanish songs to accOmpal
@ the girls guitar. Every one waits Tor
n egg cocktail before going down 10 q
q little tree-em powered San Juan river nj
b. ming behind tho casa. where the m
II will have their morning swim IN q
o. same pool with the wild parrots az The
4 bath. Altogether. II IS a picture OF
p free. idle. unintellectual. and enioyah
! an existence as IS to be found an
"a whore.
,e After the bath comes second breakfl'
ie the real almuerzo. al II 80. with win
g: meat, coffee, eggs. and sweets
IN that time the days work Is done q
Is women have finished their housekeenif
Q. and the men have had five hours wo
,n I'm their offices. and have shut them ID
MS II is TOO hot TO do anything but swi
a and browse. gossip. or read. After
o. siesta Is a fresh toilet, AFTERNOON Yea
IN chocolate. and then the roof. 20 wat
re the sun set over the Orinoco and eni
y. the evening breeze. one can visit m
lv roof 70 roof or chatter TO friends acr
nj the narrow street. The young men q.
Az along the Gales and pay compliments
nd the pretty faces in the barred window
* on the balconies Dinner comes az
Re and bedtime al any hour after the mo
or sets No one leaves home AFTER da'
lin except TO go to call on the PRESIDE
ms or for some pressing matter. The siie
he are full OF sentinels. and passwords on
sr- be- asked with an alternative Of ria
i'm jail.
as. This is the ordinary life on the or.n.
ne in its only city Occasionally the d
Is ness Is varied by sudden sharps Oh.
In against the outer walls Then me
in ten shutters are closed, and people s.
re- at home until the firing stops. and %
20 begin to come and take up the dead :
,et diers littering the streets when
,ed again resumes its ordinary rOutlne-lh
ION another government.
Mt,
"a 4 Gibraltar Legend.
its one OF the stock OF ancient lea
ME I relating 10 the Rock Of Gibfallii. -l
ne. which the passing griffs were GU.
o.. / RECALLED. relates how a young ac9itl (.
- ] aitern was on guard duty Win wv.
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