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never less than four, are present upon this 
occasion. So much for the general effect. The 
appearance, in detail, of the equipages, lackeys, 
and drivers, beggars all description. The pos- 
tillions are generally old men of a woful aspect, 
dressed in liveries of worsted lace, and weamig 
cocked hats : these wretched bipeds hold their 
whip and reins as if they had never before been 
so employed. The harness, consisting of ropes 
and cords, frequently ragged, and always dirty, 
is very unlike the white traces used in Poland, 
which have a pleasing, it not a magnificent ap- 
pearance. The carriages themselves, almost 
as filthy as the night-coaches of London, are 
ill-built, old-fashioned, heavy, and ugly. It is 
only the amazing number of equipages that 
affords any ideas of wealth or grandeur. 
Examined separately, every thing is little and 
mean. The procession extends upon the plain 
as far as the convent before mentioned , and then 
it returns back, observing the order in which it 
advanced. In the line between the carriages, a 
space is reserved for the cavaliers, who make 
their appearance upon the most beautiful En- 
glish and Turkish horses, riding, as they all 
maintain, a V Anglois , but without the smallest 
resemblance to the manner of Englishmen. 
Their horses are taught the manege, and con- 
