*68 OS BECK'S VOYAGE. 



before with little round gilt buttons, which 

 are at a diftance from each other, and catch 

 into little firings, fattened a little inward, and 

 this makes the coats to be double upon their 

 breatts. They do not quite cover their feet. 

 The fleeves are fo wide and of fuch a length 

 as to be fufficient to cover the hands. Their 

 breeches are wide and white, and are laced 

 about the body, and about the knees. The 

 ftockings are thick, embroidered, and made 

 like boots, of a dark-coloured lilk-ftuff; peo- 

 ple of quality have the edges and clocks of 

 the ftockings embroidered with gold or filver ; 

 fometimes they are fattened to the flioes, fome- 

 times not ; their ihoes are like flippers without 

 heels, but without quarters; and a white fole 

 as thick as ones finger ; they are as it were 

 chopped off before : the upper leather is em- 

 broidered : every thing belonging to them is 

 of hog's leather, andfewed with cotton yarn. 

 The workmen who are frequently expofed to 

 the fun, particularly peafants and fiihermen, 

 cover their heads with hats of bamboo, whofe 

 brims are of different colours. They ufe caps ; 

 fome of which look like an inverted funnel, 

 with a button at the top. They are covered 

 with a tuft of raw red filk, which is fattened 

 at the top, and hangs down loofely to the 



bottom. 



