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nately, in which attitude they kept fnapping their fingers ; 1777. 
and, at the end, they repeated, with great agility, the hrifk , 
movements, in which the former group of female dancers 
had fhewn themfelves fo expert. 
In a little time, a perfon entered unexpectedly, and faid 
fomething in a ludicrous way, about the fireworks that had 
been exhibited, which extorted a burft of laughter from the 
multitude. After this, we had a dance compofed of the 
men who attended, or had followed, Feenou. They formed 
a double circle (i. e. one within another) of twenty-four 
each, round the chorus, and began a gentle foothing fong, 
with correfponding motions of the hands and head. This 
lafted a confiderable time, and then changed to a much 
quicker meafure, during which they repeated fentences, 
either in conjunction with the chorus, or in anfwer to fome 
fpoken by that band. They then retreated to the back part 
of the circle, as the women had done, and again advanced, 
on each fide, in a triple row, till they formed a femicircle, 
which was done very llowly, by inclining the body on one 
leg, and advancing the other a little way, as they put it 
down. They accompanied this, with fuch a foft air as they 
had fung at the beginning; but foon changed it to repeat 
fentences in a harfher tone, at the fame time quickening the 
dance very much, till they finifhed with a general fhout and 
clap of the hands. The fame was repeated feveral times ; 
but, at laft, they formed a double circle, as at the beginning, 
danced, and repeated very quickly, and finally clofed with 
feveral very dexterous tranfpofitions of the two circles. 
The entertainments of this memorable night concluded 
with a dance, in which the principal people prefent ex¬ 
hibited. It refembled the immediately preceding one, in 
fome refpedls, having the fame number of performers, who 
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