. The Spanish-American republics . and women alike. At sunsetthe military band plays in aninformal way, and in the dis-tance the lights are seen burn-ing in the Church of San\ Francisco, on the edge ofthe cliffs, below whichyou see the primitivesemi - Indian huts ofthe Chacarita quarter,and below that the vast landscape of the winding river, and the darkwoodland solitudes of the Chaco. For the artistic visitor the chief interest of Asuncion is the street PLAZA LIBERTAD, ASUNCION. 394 THE SPANISH-AMERICAN REPUBLICS. life, and particularly the central market, where almost all the types ofthe cou
. The Spanish-American republics . and women alike. At sunsetthe military band plays in aninformal way, and in the dis-tance the lights are seen burn-ing in the Church of San\ Francisco, on the edge ofthe cliffs, below whichyou see the primitivesemi - Indian huts ofthe Chacarita quarter,and below that the vast landscape of the winding river, and the darkwoodland solitudes of the Chaco. For the artistic visitor the chief interest of Asuncion is the street PLAZA LIBERTAD, ASUNCION. 394 THE SPANISH-AMERICAN REPUBLICS. life, and particularly the central market, where almost all the types ofthe country may be seen. In the early morning the vast open spacein front of the market is thronged with donkeys, pack-mules, carts,teams of oxen, dogs, and peasants, who have come in from the countryto sell produce and buy provisions. The ox-carts are smaller and dif-. SOLDIEKS AND THEIR WOMEN AT THE BARRACKS. ferent in form from the prairie schooners of the Argentine. Theyhave massive wooden axles and open wheels, wooden frames with floorand sides of bamboo, a roof of hides, and suspended from the roofthrough a ring may generally be seen a bamboo poleT or goad, longenough to enable the driver to reach from the cart to the foremost ofhis three yokes of oxen. The market is thronged with old and youngwomen, each one smoking or chewing a cigar. Almost all of themare dressed in white, only a few wearing black shawls. The costumeconsists of a cotton skirt with two flounces, a low-necked loose camisoletied around the waist, and over all a white cotton shawl that serves as
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