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rities, being permitted even in the front ranks. 
Their uniform was handsome and suitable; 
that of the musicians chiefly attracted my atten- 
tion. Every colonel of a regiment has the right 
of dressing his band according to his fancy; and 
as tastes are very various, so of course are these 
costumes, though the Asiatic predominates; 
some being attired as Turks, others as Indians. 
In one regiment, indeed, a quantity of coloured 
feathers, worn on the head and round the body, 
formed the only covering. 
As soon as the Emperor and Empress, 
both on horseback and surrounded by a splen- 
did court, were seen in the distance, the can- 
non sent forth its loudest roar, the soldiers 
threw away their cigars, the multitude waved 
their hats, the ladies in the balconies their 
white pocket-handkerchiefs, and all shouted 
‘** Viva lEmperador.” The cortége approached 
slowly ; the Emperor, from the superior rich- 
ness of his uniform, glittering amidst the 
splendid throng, like Syrius in the starry 
sky. His colossal figure seemed literally co- 
vered with gold lace; his breast sparkled with 
diamonds, and his strong features were shaded 
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