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THROUGH FINLAND. 27 §
In ‘provincial towns there are a number of circumftances 1n the
traveller’s fayour, which afford him ample compenfation for the
privation he fuffers in refpect of thofe amufements fo comman in
the capital. Hofpitality exifts there ina much greater degree ;
the ftranger is treated as a perfon of the firft diftin@ion ; every
body is defirous of fhewing attention to him, partly from vanity,
no doubt, and partly to fill their own time by an agreeable variety.
The cheapnefs of provifions doubles the traveller’s pecuniary re-
fources, infomuch, that he is in a condition to play the firft part
with the fame means that would be neceflary to his a¢ting the
laft ina great metropolis: in fhort, every thing is at his difpofal,
every thing bends before him; and his partiality for himfelf, as
well as his natural fentiments, will influence him to prefer an eafy
and peaceful life, in the bofom of a {mall circle, to the noify plea-
fures and diffipation of large focieties.
_ The tafte for focial entertainment at Uleaborg is not very ge-
neral. The merchants are a diftinét clafs of themfelves, whom
you never meet in other company: thefe are the moft unfavour-
able to friendly intercourfe, and alfo the leaft informed. The
perfons who compofe the ufual fociety of the place, are fuch as
are in the employment of government, from the governor down
to the judges of the tribunal. The governors of provinces, in
Sweden, are inftructed to invite and entertain at their houfes all
ftrangers of any diftinction. General Carpelan not only obeys his
inftructions, but adds to the offices of politenefs and hofpitality
the moft flattering marks of perfonal friendfhip, infomuch, that
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