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46 TRAVELS
«of them the whole year. But a refidence in this province, from
“a ridiculous vanity, is by no means fo agreeable as it might be.
“« The vifits of gentlemen to one another are always vifits of cere-
““mony. ‘They are attended with their horfes, dogs, and a train
«* of fervants, and remain at each others houfes for feveral days to-
“ gether. Their round of vifits being made, they live at home
“ for the remainder of the year. They are fo conceited of their
*« rank, that they will not admit women of inferior birth into their
“* company, even though they be married to perfons of the higheft
“¢ quality.”
The Swedes know nothing of horfe-racing, nor are they at all
acquainted with what the Englifh call hunting. When they
{peak of the chace, they mean by it the fport of fhooting game.
In this they fancy themfelves great adepts, though they have not
attained to any degree of {kill in the art, and are by no means to
be compared to the fportfmen of Italy or England. Hawking,
and the various modes of catching birds, which conftitute fo great
a fource of amufement in Lombardy, are wholly unknown to
them; nor do they take any great pleafure in riding on horfe-
back, or in other -diverfions and {ports of the field, that yield a
mixture of pure air and bodily exercife. The great enemy to the
{pirit of fociety in Sweden, both in town and country, and that
which renders their parties the moft heavy and infipid in Europe,
is cards and other games of hazard. Ladies and gentlemen, old
and young, neither think nor dream of any thing but cards. There
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