A Sketch in the Streets of London, 1858. Gravure '...from un croquis de M. Louis Bulewski... d'un spécimen très curieux de nomades anglais... nous ne savons pas comment mieux décrire leur costume général et leur apparence qu'en disant qu'il est semblable à celui dont M. Dickens a investi Barnaby Budge, plus une certaine quantité de malaise... ils portent à leur sujet quelques marques d'origine gipsy dans leurs yeux sombres brillants et leurs longues serrures elfes... On croit que ces Arabes de rue particuliers de Londres sont connus sous le nom générique de "oiseaux-nids-vendeurs" ; et le nid de hibou dans le Sketch

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A Sketch in the Streets of London, 1858. Engraving '...from a Sketch of M. Louis Bulewski...of a very curious specimen of English nomads...We do not know how better to describe their general costume and appearance than by saying that it is akin to that with which Mr. Dickens has invested Barnaby Budge, plus a certain amount of unwashedness...they bear about them some marks of gipsy origin in their bright dark eyes and long elf locks...It is believed that these particular street Arabs of London are known under the generic name of "birds-nest-sellers;" and the owl's nest in the Sketch before us, which is arranged with an almost artistic effort, would seem to bear out the designation...they deal in birds' nests of every kind, snakes, slow-worms, adders, lizards, hedgehogs, frogs, and snails...They also gather bulrushes, which they sell to bird-stuffers...It is stated that snakes sell for five shillings a pound...Frogs fetch sixpence and a shilling a dozen, and it is gravely asserted are regularly and constantly purchased by Frenchmen for culinary purposes; and one itinerant vender of these quasi comestibles is said to have supplied the keeper of a French hotel in Leicester-square regularly with three dozen a week during the season'. From "Illustrated London News", 1858.

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