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Show 498 THE CODE OF TERPSICHORE. side, and immediately return on the left, during four bars. 4.-The gentleman and lady re-crossing, regain their places, during the time of four bars. 5.-The gentleman then sets to his partner, and his partner to him. (See the Pantalon, N o . 2.) 6.-Each couple makes the tour de main, as at N o. 3 of the Pantalon, the remaining six doing the same. In this figure called V Etc., after having performed the en avant deux, and gone off right and left, there is no more setting at the end. Custom alone has introduced the setting, which is intended only for that couple who have danced the figure among the rest; they then begin setting at the same time that the ladies of one couple, and the gentlemen of the other, commence crossing to regain their places, finishing equally at the same time, during four bars, after which follows the tour de main. THE FIGURE CALLED LA POULE. 1.-The opposite lady and gentleman cross and give the right hand, during four bars. 2. The same couple cross again, presenting then the left hand, which they continue to hold across the dance, remaining at the side during four bars. 3.-The gentleman and lady still holding the left hand, now present each other the right, and set four in a-line, during four bars. 4.-The demi-queue du chat (see the Pantalon.) 5.-The opposite gentleman and lady advance and retire backwards, during four bars. 6.-The same gentleman and lady then perform the dos-a-dos, turning round each other until they arrive at the place from which they set out: this requires four bars. |