luch as- the corrigedor,» lieutenant of the police, &e. and a*,
judge whofc. bufinefs it is t@ regulate commercial affair?,
An. office of inquifition, with the proper olkeer?, delegated-
from, and fubjeCt to; the tribunal of the holy QfPbe.-iJ&ldf-ate'
GrandCanary,, ishefides eftahlifhed here.
• The prefent natives of this iffand feem; to have in'them:
very little of the flock from whence they fprung; iftterinar^
Biages with the Spaniards: have pearly obliterated' all. ti-age^.
of the original ftamina : • they are : o f a middle ftatutQ, inclining
to be llender, and of a dark complexion,. with large-
animated black eyes..~ The peasants irr general are wretchedly
clothed j when they do appear better, they are habited
in the Spaniffl -faffiiom. The men, in a- genteelepline, drefs
very gaily, and: are feldom feenJwilhout lojig fwordS. It -i$
semarked,. that few;:o£ them, walk with dignity^apdL-eafe ^
which may be attributed to„.the long Gloak.s they ufuaily
wear, except on’particular occafion».. ?>
The women- wear, veils: thole., worn By the lowep,rarik$-
are of black ftnfi, thofe- o£ the Higher, of black. fUk; - and.-
fuch among the latter as have any claim to. beauty,. are
fer from being over careful in--concealing ’their faces by
therm The young ladies, fame o f whom I. faw that . were.
really
Tj-éllly pretty, - Wear their fine long black hair plaited, and
faflene-d with a comb, or a ribbon, on the top" of the head.
- The-common people, and in this-they réfém-ble theinha-
Mtarits^of m o l o f the Malnds-iy tfePacific Ocean; lately dif-
'-covered,,- have a fffong Ipioe of furacity in them; they are-
hefldes ia&y ;• a-nd the mbit importunate; beggars in thé
'wörldh'T ébferved MkéWïfe, that thé itch Wastio commoM.
^among them,- and had-attained ftc-h-a-degree-of virulence,
that one would- almoft be led to believe it was léfitdêmfe
4 here,
Some of the women are fo abandoned and fhamelefsy that
i t would- bo dóteg-aö. i-njuflioe fo' the proftitutés: met With in
kiseets of London, -to fay they are-like them. The females
of evëry degree- are faid-to be Of an'®mOrt>us eonffittR
ytion,- and addicted^ to intrigue-'; fot which' no houfes could
be better adapted tÉM* th b fe in Teueri-ff©f
- ‘-The manufactures carried on- faërè are- vbry fe#v and the
produét* ê f them little more than fufficient for their own
oonfumption.- They-'coniift of taffetiès^gau-ze, coarfe-linCns,
blankets, a-Mttle -hik, and curiëuS gar-tefsv- The principal
dependance of the inhafeitaiits-'is on the-ir- wine (their ftaplë,
commodity^.,., oil, coritj and every- kind- ©f:ftock for fhipping*
D 2 With