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34 | "TRAVELS
that he was faluted in a very familiar manner by the gentlemen
that paffed us in the ftreet, and that all the people, wherever we
went to enquire for lodgings, anfwered his queftions with the
greateft refpect, and apparent readinefs and defire to oblige him,
¥ did not well know what to think of my friend. In the morning
we were awakened early by a band of military mufic, that did us
the honours of the place at the door of our bedchamber. Having
a greater inclination to fleep than to hear their performance, we
gave them fome rix-dollars, and wifhed them a good-morrow:
but we were deceived in our calculations; as they found it worth
their while, they came again two days after to wifh us good bye.
But as we did not like a continuation of this practice, we fuffered
them to depart without taking any farther notice of their civility.
Next day, when we went to prefent fome of our letters of intro-
duction, we were aftonifhed to find that all the gentlemen to,
whom they were addrefled were already apprized of our vifit.
‘They were acquainted with the time of our arrival, and with
what happened to us fince; they knew in what fort of carriage
we had come, the route we had taken, where we lodged, who was
our lackey, what was our drefs, &c. &c. Thefe circumftances
did not imprefs us with any great idea of the capital of Sweden;
and we anticipated thofe inconveniencies which are ufually ex-
perienced in a large capital, but without the pleafing freedom of
living at perfe@ eafe, and juft as one pleafes, amidft the obfcurity
of an immenfe capital.
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