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avoid being killed by a frantic kick or felled by a random 

 blow. But the desperate features in each dance did not 

 appear at first 



Every man began by seizing his partner's hand, and 

 dragging her round the circle, ever and anon twirling 

 her round violently with one arm, and catching her 



round the waist with the other, in order as it appeared 

 to me to save her from an untimely end. To tlii-; 

 treatment the fair damsels submitted with pleased though 

 bashful looks. 



But soon the men flung them off, and went at it 

 entirely on their own account ; yet they kept up a sort 



