PLATE , LII.
F EM A L E P E A S A N T .
Iff n%b^'^rv6d^ed^S!no fihalLalleviation totfee^guilh' of poverty,
that pfeafptsfe aU eQu^|ej^R,bl(^;with.Biore perfect ufe t>f thpir limbs
rfn£ Jhe.gfc*c$fit? by voluptuous indolence.
This is more'particularly 'the f ic t io n o f a pogr^hmefe female, whofe
meannefs- o f cpnSitioq is feamped by the appearahee^of he* fuli-formed
feet, I mark o f v u lp j fy which even a tradefmjn's daughter would fee}
fniferahle to difp}af^ { n ib . fummer months the: young female pegr do
not w o t Ames, f i r in g s , or indeed tpy swtiGle ©f clothing, except a fingle
garment with long ileeves t gp#they earn their bender livelihood by hard
labour and unplegfeig. empipys. The one^prefented in cljig plate is
parrying comport in wooden pa#« far the ufe o f the hufbandman ps the
gardener. r
: U fsn the rivers in China «hefe poor females are. eonfeantly feen tugjpng
at the par, innumerable beats being r-owpd, or rather feufied, foiely by
them. It & {aid there are maqried yyoat^B to be found in fmne <*f the
Chinefe provinces, -who are forefeuft an l frafeabk, as to drag a plough
pr cart in harnefs—-whilft the Abatte hufeaad eontsnts hhnfelf with m
budrii^iit « lou gh the «jk®*