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THROUGH SWEDEN. 59
general fo conftructed, as to correfpond in their appearance with
the furniture and ftyle of the apartment in which they are placed.
A great number of pipes proceed from the ftove, which do not
merely ferve to conduct the fmoke, but their chief ufe is to cir-
culate the heated air that is combined with the fmoke through-
outthe apartment. It is true that, in order to refift the power of
winter at Stockholm, you muft, when you go out, carry about
with you a whole wardrobe of cloaths; this inconvenience, how-
ever, is little thought of, when cuftom has rendered it familiar.
I have often been greatly diverted at feeing a Swede, before he
came into a room, divefting himfelf of his pellice, great coat,
and upper fhoes, and leaving them in the anti-chamber. The
veftments or exwvie of ten perfons are fufficient to load a large
table. I knew a gentleman, who difliked pellices, and fubftituted
common great coats, of which he wore two at a time. Thefe,
with two pair of gloves, his galoches, and his ftick, make alto-
gether ten different articles for the anti-chamber, viz. two great
coats, two galoches, four gloves, one ftick, and one hat. A good
memory is requifite not to forget any of thofe articles on taking
your leave. Whena gentleman has occafion in winter to go any
where on foot, or to walk ever fo fhort a diftance from his car-
riage, he wears great jack-boots, lined with fur or flannel, and un-
der them fhoes and white ftockings ; the boots he pulls off in the
anti-chamber. With fuch boots and a good pellice, a man may
fet the utmoft feverity of cold at defiance.
Of the winter amufements of Stockholm, I do not feel any
I2 great
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