Volume 2

The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl.

Date:
[1821-1827?]
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    which she received a pair of trowsers, less useful to her, according to the cus- tom of her country, than the skin which served to cover her shoulders. We showed her the manner of wearing them: it was nevertheless necessary for us to put them on for her ourselves. To this she yielded with the best grace in the world, resting both her hands on our shoulders to support herself, while she lifted up first one leg then the other, to put them into this new gar- ment. Desirous of avoiding every cause of offence, we behaved with all the gravity we could on the occasion. On the following day, when a party from the French ships made another excursion on shore, they were again ac-