Three pairs of Stays boulstered below the left shoulder. Two pairs of Hips of the newest fashion. Six Roundabout Aprons, with Pockets, and four strip'd Muslin night rails very little frayed. A silver Cheese toaster with three tongues. A silver Posnet to butter eggs. A Bible bound in Shagreen, with guilt Leaves and Clasps, never opened but once. Two Leather Forehead Cloathes, three pair of oiled Dogskin Gloves. Two brand new Plumpers, three pair of fashionable Eyebrows. Adam and Eve in Bugle work, without Fig-leaves, upon Canvas, curiously wrought with her Ladyship's own hand. Bracelets of braided Hair, Pomander, and Seed Pearl. A large old Purple Velvet Purse, embroidered, and shutting with a spring, containing two Pictures in Miniature, the Features visible. A Silver gilt box for Cashu and Carraway Comfits to be taken at long sermons. A new Gold Repeating Watch made by a Frenchman. Together with a Collection of Receipts to make Pastes for the Hands, Pomatums, Lip Salves, White Pots, and Water of Talk. Of these things one strikes the eye most curiously--the canvas petticoat with whalebone hoops. It dates the last, making me know that the good woman lost her things in or about the year 1710. We are just at the beginning of the era of the tremendous hoop skirt. This gentleman from the country will tell me all about it. I stop him and remark his clothes; by them I guess he has ridden from the country. He is wearing a wide-skirted coat of red with deep flap pockets; his coat has buttons from neck to hem, but only two or three--at the waist--are buttoned. One hand, with the deep cuff pushed back from the wrist to show his neat frilled shirt, is thrust into his unbuttoned breeches pocket, the two pockets being across the top of his breeches. Round his neck is a black Steenkirk cravat (a black silk tie knotted and twisted or allowed to hang over loose). His hat is of black, and the wide brim is turned back from his forehead. His wig is a short black periwig in bobs--that is, it is gathered into bunches just on the shoulders, and is twisted in a little bob at the back of the neck. I have forgotten whether he wore red or blue stockings rolled above the knee, but either is likely. His shoes are strong, high-heeled, and have a big tongue showing above the buckle. [Illustration: {A man of the time of Anne}] [Illustration: A WOMAN OF THE TIME OF QUEEN ANNE (1702-1714) Notice that the fontage has become much lower, and the hoop of the skirt has become enormous. The hair is more naturally dressed.]