Shepherds of Landes, southwestern France, 19th century. They stand on stilts or tchangues to walk across the marshy heathlands. In hooded capes, fur-lined coats and boots. Habitants des Landes. Handcoloured woodcut by L. Markaert from Auguste Wahlen's Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, (Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World) Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845.

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