She was tall and angular, and held her head very high; it was surmounted with wonderful turbans and plumages, and indeed the four ladies were caparisoned altogether in a manner of their own.
After this operation one battalion was left to garrison Chungshan; one company occupied Hsiaolan, about 25 kilometers northwest of Chungshan; and two companies patrolled the mountains north of Macao. In addition to this force, some 3,000 Nanking puppet troops were assigned peace preservation duties in the Chungshan area.
What should ail them, but a jacket and petticoat of good yard-wide stuff, or calimanco, might keep them decent and warm.
And if ſo be that the kings wrath ariſe, and hee ſay vnto thee, wherefore approched ye ſo nigh vnto the city when yee did fight? Knew yee not that they would ſhoot from the wall?
