362 TRAVEL, ADVENTURE, AND SPORT. 



First one and then another would nourish a fragment 

 of the crumpled trophy in the air, and then pass it 

 through the window to her mother or some of the 

 old beldames who were looking greedily on, and 

 then plunge into the ring again for more. I had 

 the satisfaction of seeing my little protegee, Avith 

 flushed face, and eyes that flashed with a fire some- 

 what at variance with their former deep repose, come 

 out of the strife victorious. I took charge of at 

 least two yards of the precious article for her while 

 she recovered her breath and smoothed her ruffled 

 feathers. 



Gradually order was once more restored, and those 

 whose dejected countenances and swimming eyes 

 betrayed the ill-success with which they had come 

 out of the conflict, were presented with some new 

 pieces of patterns so bright and gaudy that they were 

 more than recompensed. The young ladies of that 

 hamlet will flaunt about, for years to come, in such 

 trousers as never before graced the limbs of fair 

 Circassians, except in the harems of Stamboul. And, 

 doubtless, swains from neighbouring villages will be 

 attracted by their brilliant plumage to pay their de- 

 votions to the maidens who captivated the Anglia. 

 Assuredly, never can Manchester calico be converted 

 to nobler use than when, cut into the shape of a 

 short tunic, it shall adorn their graceful figures ; 

 and the sun-flower pattern cannot be more highly 

 honoured than when, in the form of loose trousers, 



