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Excerpt from Sketches of the State of the Useful Arts, and of Society, Scenery, &C. &C. In Great-Britain, France and Holland, Vol. 2 of 2: Or the Practical Tourist
Their costume, when viewed near at hand, presents an appearance quite as remarkable as that of the varied bright colors of which it is composed. Almost every individ no] of the lower classes displays something novel or pecuo liar in his personal equipments, from the grotesque cap of the men, and the bonnetless heads of the women, to heels shod with wooden shoes - which all remind the American that he is in a foreign land.
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