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leaf, probably by way of amulet, was bound to a 
string round the upper arm; and wrists and ankles 
were laden with heavy rings of brass and copper, 
the parure of the great in Fa^-land. The other 
ballerine were, of course, less brilliantly attired, 
but all had rings on their arms, legs, and ankles, 
fingers, and toes. A common decoration was a 
bunch of seven or eight long ringlets, not unlike 
the queues de rat , still affected by the old-fashioned 
Englishwoman; these, however, as in the men, 
were prolonged to the bosom by strings of alter¬ 
nate red and white beads. Others limited the 
decoration to two rats’ tails depending from the 
temples, where phrenologists localize our “ cau¬ 
sality.” Many had faces of sufficient piquancy ; 
the figures, though full, wanted firmness, and I 
noticed only one well-formed bosom. The men 
wore red feathers, but none carried arms. 
The form of saltation suggested Mr. Catlin’s 
drawings. A circular procession of children, as 
well as adults, first promenaded round the prin¬ 
cess, who danced with all her might in the centre, 
her countenance preserving th egrand serieux. The 
performers in this “ ging-a-ring ” then clapped 
hands with prolonged ejaculations of o-o-o-oh, 
stamped and shuffled forwards, moving the body 
from the hips downwards, whilst H. R. H. alone 
stood stationary and smileless as a French demob 
selle of the last century, who came to the ball not 
