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The official costume of a mandarin in Annam is a rich rol)C of silk, covered witli 

 magnificent embroidery, having enormous open sleeves, lined witli silk of another color or 

 with cloth of gold or si ver. The hea.l-dress is tlie most curious part of the official .nsignia ; 

 TconSts of papier-machie hat, elaborately lacquered and gil.Icd. m shape not unhke a 

 bishop's mitre. A servant holds over him a canopy of scented grass or feathers. 



