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A FEMALE PEASANT OF INGRIA.
luGRiA was first made subject to Russia by Peter the Great. The
character of the inhabitants is not the most reputable; they are, indeed,
remarkable for robbery, and various species of debauchery, by which
they reduce themselves to the most extreme poverty. Notwithstanding
this, the females are very curious in tlieir dress, and indeed extravagant,
when compared with tlieir means. The sleeves and other parts of
their shifts are embroidered, and worked in the most laborious way.
Instead of petticoats, they wear a double apron, which folds over
behind, but does not quite meet before; in front, therefore, they wear
another, which is very much ornamented with beads and small shells.
They also wear large and singular ornaments in their ears. In the
house their head-dress is formed by an immense piece of linen six or
seven yards long, which is fastened round their heads, and falLs veiy
low down behind. When the peasants dress themselves for walking to
any town, they put on a Russian bonnet, called kakoschnik, as seen in
this Plate. They also put on a large mantle or robe, either of cloth or
hnen, over their shift, which fastens on their breast by means of .omo
buttons.
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