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time the people had, and especialy the children, on Mardi Gras day, the 10th of Febuary. All through the day we could see Men, Women, and Children dressed in all manner of styles and all had masks on their faces so you could not tell who it was. Men were dressed in Womens cloths, and Women were dressed in Mens clothing. Some were dressed so that they looked like a dog, others like a Wolf, while some had the appearance of being some large bird. One of the Soldiers that I know had his horse dressed up so that it looked like an Elephant, while he appeared to be an Indian Chief Hundreds of little children were on the Strets with masks on, every one with a handful of