The present state of Peru : comprising its geography, topography, natural history, mineralogy, commerce, the customs and manners of its inhabitants, the state of literature, philosophy, and the arts, the modern travels of the missionaries in the heretofore unexplored mountainous territories, &c. &c. (1805)
Skinner, Joseph, Phillips, Richard, 1767-1840 · London : Printed for Richard Phillips ... · leaf 265
made to answerthe purpose of the fork, in the repasts:—a filthy pradtice bywhich the strongest stomach must be nauseated. Fortunately,however, this indelicacy is not to be found among certainprincipal nymphs who are the flower and the glory of thathighly favoured country. So long as Eugenia and her… … Jub.P^b i-^-iSo^ 4,. BiotaTAHimipJ. ^■yc Brcrf,, street ■ CUSTOMS AND MANNERS. 229 out Other small defe6ts, although not very common ones. Iavailed myself of the opportunity he afforded me, to demand ofhim the country to which this Eugenia, so beautiful and solovely to the view, might belong. He…
Indians of South America · Costume
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