Leicester.
_Muffs worn by Gentlemen_ (Vol. vi. _passim_; Vol. vii., p. 320.).--In
Lamber's _Travels in Canada and the United States_ (1815), vol. i. p. 307.,
is the following passage:
"I should not be surprised if those _delicate young soldiers_ were to
introduce muffs: they were in general use among the men under the
French government, and are still worn by two or three old gentlemen."