Balances quatre sans vous quitter la main — Four persons dance without quitting hands. Ballotez — A step repeated four times in the same position. Chaine Anglaise— Right and left. Chainc Anglaise double — All the couples perform the figure at the same time. Chaine des dames- — Ladies' chain. Chaine des dames double — The whole of the ladies commence at the same time. Chasses croisez, tous les huit, et de- chassez — Gentlemen all change places with partners and back again. Chasses et d/chasses — To move to the right and left. Change des dames — To change ladies. Contre partie pour les autres — The other dancers do the same. Demi chaine Anglaise — Half right and left. Demi promenade — Half promenade. Demi tour d quatre — Four hands half round. Demi moulinet — Ladies advance to the centre, give right hands half round, return to places. En avant quatre — The first and oppo- site couple advance and retire. En avant trois deux fois — Three persons advance twice. En avant deux et en arrilre — Four opposite persons advance and retire. Figuerez devant — Dance before. Holubieeh— Mazurka step, turning round to each lady. La dame — The lady. La grand chaine — All eight move round, giving alternately right and left hands to partners, beginning with the right. La grand promenade — All eight pro- menade quite round to places, lead- ing to the right. Le cavalier — The gentleman. Le grand quarre — The eight dancers in the figure to form squares. Moulinet — Hands across. The figure will explain if it is the gentlemen, or the ladies, or all eight. Pas d'Allemandc — Each gentleman turns his partner once under his arm, either side. Queue du chat entier — The four oppo- site persons promenade quite round. Retravcrscs — Return to places. Rctravcrses deux en donnant la main gauche — Recross, giving left hands. Traverses — Two opposite persons change places. Traverses deux en donnant la main droite — The two opposite persons cross over, giving right hands. Tour aux coins — Turn at the comets. Tour des mains — Turn and give both hands. Pantalon — First figure in a Quadrille. L'Etl — Second figure in a Quadrille. La Poule — Third figure in a Quadrille. Trenise and La Pastorale — Fourth figure in a Quadrille. La Finale — Fifth figure in a Quadrille. First Set of Quadrilles. 1 Le Pantalon. — Right and left, set and turn partners, lady’s chain, half promenade, half right and left ; then sides repeat. 2 Le Ete. — First lady and oppo- site gentleman advance and retire twice, DAN 155 DAN chassez to the right and left, cross and advance again then retire, chassez to the right and left, recross and turn partners. 3 La Poule. — First lady and op- posite gentleman cross to each others places, presenting the right hand. Re- turn, taking left hands half way giving right hands to their partners who ad- vance to meet them. Set now in a line of four, half promenade ; the lady and gentleman advance, and retire twice, the four advance and retire, half right and left to places. 4 La Trenise. — Ladies’ chain, set, and turn to partners ; first couple advance twice, leaving the lady at the left of the opposite gentleman, first gentleman retires ; two ladies cross over and change sides, while the first gentle- man passes between them up the centre, the same repeated to places, set, and turn partners. (This is omitted when " La Pastorale” Is danced.)

AI-modernized reading of the original text

Balances quatre sans vous quitter la main — Four persons dance without quitting hands. Ballotez — A step repeated four times in the same position. Chaine Anglaise— Right and left. Chainc Anglaise double — All the couples perform the figure at the same time. Chaine des dames- — Ladies' chain. Chaine des dames double — The whole of the ladies commence at the same time. Chasses croisez, tous les huit, et dechassez — Gentlemen all change places with partners and back again. Chasses et d/chasses — To move to the right and left. Change des dames — To change ladies. Contre partie pour les autres — The other dancers do the same. Demi chaine Anglaise — Half right and left. Demi promenade — Half promenade. Demi tour d quatre — Four hands half round. Demi moulinet — Ladies advance to the centre, give right hands half round, return to places. En avant quatre — The first and opposite couple advance and retire. En avant trois deux fois — Three persons advance twice. En avant deux et en arrilre — Four opposite persons advance and retire. Figuerez devant — Dance before. Holubichek— Mazurka step, turning round to each lady. La dame — The lady. La grand chaine — All eight move round, giving alternately right and left hands to partners, beginning with the right. La grand promenade — All eight promenade quite round to places, leading to the right. Le cavalier — The gentleman. Le grand quarre — The eight dancers in the figure to form squares. Moulinet — Hands across. The figure will explain if it is the gentlemen, or the ladies, or all eight. Pas d'Allemandc — Each gentleman turns his partner once under his arm, either side. Queue du chat entier — The four opposite persons promenade quite round. Retravcrscs — Return to places. Rctravcrses deux en donnant la main gauche — Recross, giving left hands. Traverses — Two opposite persons change places. Traverses deux en donnant la main droite — The two opposite persons cross over, giving right hands. Tour aux coins — Turn at the comets. Tour des mains — Turn and give both hands. Pantalon — First figure in a Quadrille. L'Etl — Second figure in a Quadrille. La Poule — Third figure in a Quadrille. Trenise and La Pastorale — Fourth figure in a Quadrille. La Finale — Fifth figure in a Quadrille. First Set of Quadrilles. 1 Le Pantalon. — Right and left, set and turn partners, lady’s chain, half promenade, half right and left ; then sides repeat. 2 Le Ete. — First lady and opposite gentleman advance and retire twice, DAN DAN chassez to the right and left, cross and advance again then retire, chassez to the right and left, recross and turn partners. 3 La Poule. — First lady and opposite gentleman cross to each others places, presenting the right hand. Return, taking left hands half way giving right hands to their partners who advance to meet them. Set now in a line of four, half promenade ; the lady and gentleman advance, and retire twice, the four advance and retire, half right and left to places. 4 La Trenise. — Ladies’ chain, set, and turn to partners ; first couple advance twice, leaving the lady at the left of the opposite gentleman, first gentleman retires ; two ladies cross over and change sides, while the first gentleman passes between them up the centre, the same repeated to places, set, and turn partners. (This is omitted when " La Pastorale” Is danced.)

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