These trousers later on (see illustration, Nov., 1818) were worn, instead of breeches and boots, on horseback, but this was only affected by the "Dandy," a term which came into vogue two or three years before this time, and which, according to Webster, is derived from the French _dandin_, "a ninny, a silly fellow." The Dandy at his toilet is of the same date, and here we see him in his evening dress. The huge cocked hat is exaggerated, but it was the shape of the _chapeau bras_, which folded flat, and was carried as we now do a _Gibus_. The looking-glass, wash-stand, &c., are very meagre according to our ideas, but much ornament was not lavished on bedroom furniture. Here is the Diary of a Dandy (Sept., 1818):-- "SATURDAY.--Rose at twelve, with a d----d headache. _Mem._ Not to drink the _Regent's Punch_ after supper.--The green tea keeps one awake. "Breakfasted at one.--Read the _Morning Post_--the best Paper after all--always full of _wit_, _fine writing_, and _good_ news. "Sent for the tailor and staymaker--ordered a morning _demi surtout_ of the last Parisian cut, with the collar _à la Guillotine_, to show the neck behind--a pair of _Petersham Pantaloons_, with striped flounces at bottom--and a pair of _Cumberland corsets_ with a whale-bone back.--_A caution to the unwary._ The last pair gave way in stooping to pick up Lady B.'s glove.--The Duke of C----e vulgar enough to laugh, and asked me in the _sea slang_, if I had not _missed stays in tacking_. Find this is an old joke stolen from the _Fudge Family_.--Query. Who is this Tom Brown? Not known at _Long's_ or the _Clarendon_. "Three o'clock.--Drove out in the _Dennet_--took a few turns in Pall Mall, St. James's Street, and Piccadilly.--Got out at Grange's--was told the thermometer in the _ice cellar_ was at 80. _Prodigious!_ Had three glasses of _pine_ and one of _Curaçoa_--the _Prince's Fancy_, as P---- calls it.--P. is _a wag in his way_. "Five to seven. Dressed for the evening--dined at half-past eight, 'nobody with me but myself,' as the old Duke of Cumberland said--a neat dinner, in _Long's best style_, viz., A tureen of turtle, a small turbot, a dish of Carlton House Cutlets.--_Remove_--a turkey poult, and an apricot tart.--_Dessert_--Pine apple and brandy cherries. "Drank two tumblers of the Regent's Punch, iced, and a pint of Madeira.--Went to the Opera in high spirits--just over--forgot the curtain drops on Saturdays before twelve.--_Mem._ To dine at seven on Saturdays. "Supped at the Clarendon with the _Dandy Club_--cold collation--played a few rounds of Chicken Hazard, and went to bed quite cool. "SUNDAY. Breakfasted at three--ordered the _Tilbury_--took a round of _Rotten Row_, and the _Squeeze_, in Hyde Park--cursedly annoyed with dust in all directions--dined soberly with P----m and went to the Marchioness of S----y's _Conversatione_ in the evening--dull but genteel--P. calls it the _Sunday School_.