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THROUGH FINLAND. “297
tana of the Fins, was their baths, and manner of bathing. A\l-
moft all the Fi innifh peafants have a {mall houfe built on purpofe
for a bath ;
aoe part of which are placed a number of ftones, which are
ented by fire t ill they become red. On thefe {tones, thus heat-
‘confifts of only one {mall chamber, in the inner-
ed, water 1S thrown, until the company within be involved in a
thick cloud of vapour. In this innermoft part, ine chamber is
formed into two ftories for the accommodation of a greater num-
ber of perfons within that fmall compafs; and it being the nature
of heat and vapour to afcend, the fecond ftory is, of courfe, the
hotteft, Men and women ufe the bath promifcuoufly, with-
out any concealment of drefs, or being in the leaft influenced |
by any emotions of attachment: If, however, a ftranger open the
_ door, and come on the bathers. by furprife, the women are not a
! Tittle ftartled at his appearance ; for, befides, his perfon, he intro-
duces along wi im, by opening the doors a great quantity of
light, which difcovers at cnce to the view their fituation, as well
as forms. Without fuch an accident they remain, if not in total
darknefs, yet in great obfcurity, as there is no other window be-
~ fides a fmall hole, nor any yeh -but what enters in rom fome
Meck: in the roof of the howe or the crevices between the pieces
i pegced. I often amufed myfelf with
Pe cer. and I once or twice tried to
go in and join the affembly ; but the heat was fo exceffive that I.
could not breathe, and inythe fpace of a minute at moft, I verily
fnatne the jee
believe, muft have been fuffocated. I fometimes ftepped in for
Vou. I. Qq
a moment,
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