The dancers were so crowded together that waltzing simply meant revolving top-wise.

A really splendid band provided the music.

What a gay, merry people they are! And how beautiful these Venezuela women, and how handsome the men! In the streets presents of great value were tossed from the carriages to the signoras on the balconies.

At a ball the men, the fashionables, wore blue velvet coats, not because of the season, but because it is the customary male festive attire.

Caracas was delightful and extraordinarily interesting.