Some Observations Upon the Civilization of the Western Barbarians, Particularly of the English : Made During a Residence of Some Years in Those Parts
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Some A FEW EEFLECTIONS. 105 music, some di-awing, a little acquaintance with the language of the chief tribe on the main parts, reading And writing, are the intellectual studies. But the en- grossing pursuits are those which are supposed to add to female attractiveness. To dress, so as to enhance the delight of form ; to cover, and yet to show with added suggestion ; to move with grace ; to carry the head ; to use with tender, or arch, or modest, or haughty expression, the eyes ; to turn the fe...et and arrange the limbs ; to make the shoulders beautiful, and the neck and bust charming ; to torture the hair and ornament the whole body ; the ear-tips, the fingers, the eyebrows and lashes — to do these, and innumerable other things by which the sex shall be made irresistible [Kou-ket], these are the real cares. Banciny [ma-d-wo] is among the most admired of all accomplishments, and the game of Waltzing its most perfect development. In this art of dancing both sexes take part, and I may merely say to our Flowery Land, that we have nothing like it, and what little we have in any degree to represent it is confined to licensed girls, without, even with them, per- mitting men to take part ' In this dancing the utmost female art (blandishment) is permitted, and it is the one by which, and in the intricacies of which the male is most surely expected to be ensnared !
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