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or two - And the afternoon we all went down to the Place and saw the peasants enjoying themselves - they had a greased pole with a lot of things at the top, salts, scarves etc, which any one who could reach them could have.  Only little boys could go up - and several of them did it after a hard struggle - The Hotel people were all out there and it was quite jolly - The people danced too - to music made by two blind bag-pipers - such a queer rhythmic dance - little more than walking about but with a clip all the time and winding in and out—  

The swell youths had roses in their straw hats trimmed with black velvet.  Mr Harrison insists that the waists of the real fish-wives are bigger than their shoulders or rather between their shoulders but one of them is quite handsom, for all her masculine shape.  She had on a little red velvet cap. [[sketch: cap]] The cross marks are red velvet with gold embroidery - The straight lines up the back hair drawn smoothly up from the back of the neck and the little white thing in front with white strings is extremely fancy and looks like a dolls bonnet tied on the forehead of a very big grown woman.  


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Their patched and faded cloth jackets have the remains of embroidery on them and look stylish no matter what state they are reduced to.  There are only a few of these - most of the women wear very fresh French-laundried coiffs like wings - very difficult to draw and intricate - but they have somewhat this effect - with their big frills only the coiff has a larger effect than this - [[sketch: back of coiff]] 

There is always in every Breton land or sea or town-scape this white line or tache of white made by these Coiffs - It gives tone to what would have tone even without it but you know how all the pictures look— 

After tea in the evening we went down again and really a gay evening - the houses were illuminated with candles and Japanese lanterns.  Madame at The Voyageurs had expended much substance on hers, and had a whole row from the second story - There are little tables and benches on the narrow stone side walk in front of The Voyageurs where one can sit and look out on The Place - down the Quay and accross to the big pine old fort, and the old town.  We all sat there Esté, Scotter, several Lazar pupils and A. Harrison - and then

Transcription Notes:
tache = spot/place