ABSTRACT

[52/1] Next day, although the rain of the preceding night continued, the Governor sent two Ceriones 1 for us to go and visit him in. These Ceriones are similar to our hand-barrows, but very much better made, being turned, and lacquered in various colours. People of position are accustomed to sit in these when they go out, being carried on the shoulders of four retainers. As a protection from sun and rain, they use, when the wind is not too high, a sort of umbrella, which the Portuguese call sombrero. 2 These sombreros are similar in circumference to the parasols carried by Roman ladies as depicted by Michelangelo Buonarotti. 3