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THROUGH SWEDEN. 181
cafionally even beer and brandy; but thefe laft are objects of
luxury, and neceflary only to factitious appetites: both they and
their children are well fed. Their houfes and manner of clothing
fufficiently prote& them from the feverity of the cold; their fire-
fides are always well provided with wood, and their apartments
warm and comfortable. The traits of innocence, fimplicity, and
contentment, which, on entering any one of their cabins, you
may perceive in their countenances, form a picture that muft
greatly move the fenfibility of a ftranger, and intereft the feelings
of his heart. The little {ports of the children, the fkipping and
frifking of dogs and cats, the crackling made by faggots and logs
of wood, the modeft and trembling fong of the cricket, recalled
to my mind, with great pleafure, four charming lines of Gold-
{mith, which exhibit an exact likenefs of what I actually faw:
Around in fympathetic mirth,
Its tricks the kitten tries ;
The cricket chirrups in the hearth,
The crackling faggot flies.
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