Show Stilt in france when the empress josephine went to meet napoleon at bayonne in ISA 1808 the municipality sent a company of young ian dais stil stilts tamen men to escort her turning back they very easily u kept up with her car biages although the horses trotted rapidly during her sojourn journ at bayonne the shepherds on their stilts gave much amusement to the ladies of the court they run ran races threw money on the ground and all t tried d to pick it up at once and performed many exercises of cunning and skill accompanied with frequent falls fiill sM al guyot daibes in popular science monthly |