Under the Southern cross in South America . The cakes anddoces are usually in glass cases which are borne around on the and confectionery are also carried on the head in receptacleslike a babys crib, lined with red flannel. This head-carrying methodis quite characteristic of the place, and reminds one of the Italianburden-])earers of our Northern cities. In fact everything that is nottoo heavy is hoisted on to the head and, thus laden, the peripateticmerchants make their way from door to door and from place to itinerant strect-lia\v]<ers keep up a constant and raucous
Under the Southern cross in South America . The cakes anddoces are usually in glass cases which are borne around on the and confectionery are also carried on the head in receptacleslike a babys crib, lined with red flannel. This head-carrying methodis quite characteristic of the place, and reminds one of the Italianburden-])earers of our Northern cities. In fact everything that is nottoo heavy is hoisted on to the head and, thus laden, the peripateticmerchants make their way from door to door and from place to itinerant strect-lia\v]<ers keep up a constant and raucous dincalling out their wares. Some use tin whistles, some horns, whileothers clap sticks together to herald their approach. The fowl-ped-dlers crush as many as twenty live chickens and roosters into a bas-ket and with the cackling and crowing of these and the whoops andshouts of the sellers a very Babel of discordant noise is kept up whichis very trying to the ears of strangers. On the streets we saw people of many shades of color, from the. A CHTCKEX PEDDLER, RIO
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