All this is accompanied by a taking-off of hats, and a series of low bows and complimentary grimaces.

As far as we could ascertain, it is all mere matter of ceremony.

It may be an exaggeration of the formal, complimentary talk of the Spaniards, but its origin probably dates further back.
The Indians here no longer appeared the same dull, melancholy men whom we had seen in the richer quarter of the town.

There they were under a strong feeling of constraint, for their language is not understood by the whites and mestizos; and they, for their part, know but little Spanish; and besides, there is very little sympathy between the two classes.

One thing will shew this clearly enough.