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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 398

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seful and interesting operations to theviceroy, under whose auspices they will without doubt beprosperously continued. A civilized Indian, but one accustomed, to an erratic life,of the description of those adverted to above, is represented inPlate XVII. clad in the poncho^ the dress of the Indians… … a^liiifes PriTitrd for BichariiFliiflips fiKioBrcd^^ stTcet24FciZn<>S TOPOGRAPHY. 349 Peruvians, against cold and rain. The poncho of mattedstraw is impenetrable to the weather. Mantles of this kindhave been found so useful a shelter against the inclemency ofthe weather, that they have been…

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