The waves broke so completely over them that I imagined every instant that both boats and men were irretrievably lost.
The good people were almost in a state of nature, and seemed to bestow all their care on their heads, which were covered with pieces of cloth, turbans, cloth or straw caps, or very high and peaked straw hats.

The more respectable--among whom may be reckoned the boatmen who brought the passengers and mails--were, however, in many cases, very tastily dressed.

They had on neat jackets, and large long pieces of cloth wrapped round their bodies; both the cloths and jackets were white, with a border of blue stripes.

On their heads they wore tightly fitting white caps, with a long flap hanging down as far as their shoulders.

These caps, too, had a blue border.