...performed by boys. The practice of employing females in coal-pits is flagrantly disgraceful to a Christian as well as to a civilized country. On descending Messrs....a tight cap, and trousers supported by their hips. Here is part of the story of one of these victims : her age was seventeen : — I have to hurry myself....

...disgustingly indeeent or revolting can scarcely be imagined than these girls nt work ; no brothel can beat it. On descending Messrs. Hopwood's pit, at Barnsley,...the boys stark naked down to the waist, their hair hound up with a tight cap, and trousers supported by their hips. (At Silkstone and at Flockton they...

...WOMEN. 347 The practice of employing females in coal-pits is flagrantly disgraceful to a Christian as well as to a civilized country. On descending Messrs....dirty, slavish work, and the water quite covers our ankles. I knock my head against the roofs, as they are not so high as I am, and they cause me to stoop,...

...boys and girls, some of whom were of the age of puberty, the girls as well as the boys stark naked to the waist, their hair bound up with a tight cap, and trousers supported by their hips. Their sex was recognizable only by their breasts, and some little difficulty occasionally arose in...

...no brothel can beat it. 'On descending Messrs Hopwood's pit at Barnsley, I found assembled round a fire a group of men, boys, and girls, some of whom...a tight cap, and trousers supported by their hips. (At Silkstone and at Flockton they work in their shifts and trousers.) Their sex was recognizable only...