The person of this individual was
to the lust degree ungainly without
being in any yarticulai manner de
formed. He had all the bones and
joints of other men, w ihout any of
their proportions. Erect, his stature
surpassed that of his felbws; though
seated, he appeared reilucod within
the ordinary limits of tin race. The
same contrariety in hs members
seemed to exist throughojt the whole
man. His head was largi his should
ers narrow, his arms loig and dang
ling, while his hands wire small, if
not delicate. His legs and thighs
were thin*nearly to emaciation,’ ou
of extraordinary length; and his
knees would have been considered
tremendous, had they not been out
done by the broader foundations on
which this false superstructure of
blended human orders was so pro
fanely reared. The ill-assorted and
injudicious attire of the individual,
only served to render his awkward
ness more conspicuous. A sky-blue
coat, with short and broad skirts, and
low cape, exposed a long, thin neck,
and longer and thinner legs, to the
worst animadversions of the evil dis
posed. His nether garment was of
yellow nankeen, closely fitted to his
form, and tied at his bunches of knees
by large knots of white
good deal sullied by use. CjpMßt -
cotton stocking, and shoes, on one of
the latter of which was a plated spur,
completed the costume of the lower
extremity of this figure, no curve
or angle of which was concealed, but,
on the other hand, studiously exhib
ited through the vanity or simplicity
of its owner. From beneath the flap
of an enormous pocket of a soiled vest
of embossed silk, heavily ornamented
with tarnished silver lace projected
an instrument, which from being seen
in such martial company, might have
easily been mistakenffo g, '
11 m
nil Mi rllgilic
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