. William H. Seward's travels around the world. DANCING-COSTUME. regent whether the helmet was gilded. He quickly answered inJavanese, that not only the helmet, but also the heavy girdle, thebracelets, and anklets, were of solid gold, and added in English, California. Three ballets were performed ; it was not difficult A JAVANESE TOM THUMB. 305 to understand the spirit of each. The first, gay and joyous, repre-sented a nuptial ceremony ; the second, energetic and vigorous, abattle, with ambuscade, surprise, struggle, and victory; the third,. DANCING-GIRL. deep-toned and measured, a funeral pag
. William H. Seward's travels around the world. DANCING-COSTUME. regent whether the helmet was gilded. He quickly answered inJavanese, that not only the helmet, but also the heavy girdle, thebracelets, and anklets, were of solid gold, and added in English, California. Three ballets were performed ; it was not difficult A JAVANESE TOM THUMB. 305 to understand the spirit of each. The first, gay and joyous, repre-sented a nuptial ceremony ; the second, energetic and vigorous, abattle, with ambuscade, surprise, struggle, and victory; the third,. DANCING-GIRL. deep-toned and measured, a funeral pageant. The dancing con-sisted of slow and varied posturing and extravagant gesticulation,to the broken and imperfect time of the wild music. The baya-deres were not the only performers of the evening. There weretwo dwarfs, the eldest thirty years old, well proportioned and agile,and a counterpart of Tom Thumb. In the other, the peculiarMalay figure and features were exaggerated to absolute regent took especial delight in this lusus naturae, and laughedimmoderately at the little creatures big head and bandy legs. We,who at home are more pained than pleased by the exhibitions ofGeneral Tom Thumb and his Liliputian wife, could not sympathizehere with the barbarian prince. It was with difficulty that we sup-pressed our disgust when the pitiable dwarfs were put forward as 306 THE EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO, ETC. harlequins in the historical pantomimes which the bayaderes were executing. Dwarfs here remain the same important personag
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