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SPIOES OF DIFFERENT NATIONS. 



Roman Sandal. The strings which lace it in front, 

 the sides, and bottom, most ingeniously made out of 

 one piece of leather; it was found at the depth of 

 fourteen feet, in cutting peat in Havvford Moss, 

 Cheshire. 



Turkish Slipper, of yellow leather. 



Persian Shoe, red leather, embroidered with silver. 



East India Shoes, of curious form, and highly or- 

 Hamented. 



A Pair of Bramin's Shoes, from the East Indies. 

 Perhaps no article of dress, to the eyes of Europeans, 

 will appear more extraordinary than these shoes : — 

 they are made of hard wood of one piece, in the 

 form of the sole of the common shoe, raised from 

 the ground about the height of a patten, by a pro- 

 jecting piece of wood being left at the foot and at 

 the heel. They are fastened to the feet by a peg of 

 w^ood that stands between the two largest toes, which 

 secures them in walking. 



Chinese Men's Shoes; one of them of cane, beau- 

 tifully wrought ; the other of satin embroidered ; the 

 sole of woollen cloth, near two inches thick, and 

 bent up before in such a manner as to keep the toes 

 constantly raised. 



