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PEOPLE m THE STEEETS. 
shaving apj^aratus; a coolie staggering under the 
weight of two earthenware pots ; a young man 
with a lantern at the end of a long stick ; a police- 
man with a. checkered' robe ; a pretty woman with 
a little dog in her arms ; and a blind beggar chant- 
ing dolorously. In front of the bath-houses were 
merry groups of both sexes, some placidly smoking, 
others making love, a few telling stories, and the 
rest staring vacantly about them. A cross-grained 
• old man looked very vicious while chopping off the 
head of a very ugly fish, the wickedness of his 
aspect contrasting with the mild manner of a de- 
cidedly stout party seated behind his little store of 
fruit, and sheltered' from the heat l)y a gigantic 
paper umbrella. A kindly-looking father showed 
that he was quite a domestic man l)y the manner in 
which he carried his little daughter on his head; 
while a traA^eller beside him, with his nose tied up, 
stepped along more independently with a goodly 
pack upon his back. A well-dressed beau showed 
how anxious he was to preserve the delicacy of his 
complexion by carefully sliading his face with his 
