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THROUGH SWEDEN. 4s
the ufe of candles, all the inhabitants of tolerable fortunes quit
the town and retire to the country: There they continue the
three or four following months, in {pite of every inconvenience
which the weather may occafion. Their country houfes are fitted
up in a ftyle of great magnificence and luxury, and many fami-
lies live at more expence in thefe manfions than in their town
refidences. Thofe villas are for the moft part pleafantly fituated,
and embellifhed by works of art, which fecond and improve the
efforts of nature. You there find hot-houfes, in which they raife
peaches, pine-apples, grapes, and other fruit. All kinds of wines,
liquors, and other delicacies, are lavifhed at the table of a Swedifh
gentleman, or rich manufacturer, or merchant, in the country.
The ceremonies and ftiffnefs that prevail at town entertainments,
are as much as poffible laid afide. The houfes of the merchants
are the moft agreeable as well as the beft maintained, becaufe
they live in the moft unreftrained manner, that is to fay, with the
leaft etiquette, and are the richeft clafs of fociety. The nobility
never can diveft themfelves entirely of that formality which feems
to be a part of their inheritance, and confequently they do not
enjoy the pleafures of the country in perfection. The two French
travellers previoufly mentioned, who certainly entertained no
prejudices againft the nobility, made the fame remark in their
journey through Scania; and it may be juftly extended to the
whole of that order in every part of Sweden.. ‘‘ Many gentle-
*‘ men, they fay, “ pafs the fummer in the country,.and fome
of,
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