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FORTIA’S TRAVELS IN SWEDEN. 429
men pay for according to agreement and their feveral capacities. The lying-in women
have three meals a-day. ‘This eftablifhment fome years ago was on the firft {tory ; it is
now kept on the ground-floor, which is not fo well, as it is more liable to damp, the ef-
feéts of which, indeed, we were able to diftinguith.
Spinhaus. A houfe of corre&tion: at the time we faw it, it contained one hundred
and eighty-feven women, more than forty of which were Fins, and twenty-two men,
chiefly children or lame perfons. Moft of thefe women were confined for theft, feveral
for more heinous offences, the moft common of which is child-murder; in fuch cafe
their imprifonment is perpetual; the unfortunate wretches guilty of this crime are not
allowed admiffion into the court, but to make amends their lodgings are better and more
clean than the others: on Chriftmas-day they are treated with fiddles at the King’s
expence, which is the only recreation they enjoy throughout- the year.. Every one
without exception is obliged to fpin two pounds and a half of wool per day on account
of the houfe. The crown allows two {killings * per day for their food; fuch as are con-
fined for fix years, or longer, or for life, are clothed in blue every three years; the
others wear their cloaths as long as they will hang together. No perfon can be con-
fined here without an order from the high governor or the police, when an arrange-
ment is made with the company of directors refpecting the manner in which:the party
is to be treated. The women lay two together, except when ill, in which cafe they are
kept by themfelves in a feparate building; men, women, and children together; the
beds are allon one fide of the apartment, and the fink on the other, near the windows,
which in fome degree contributes to the bad {mell;. the beds are bad. There are but
three men to guard this houfe; in order to reach it you pafs a fmall lake, which com-
municates withthe larger one, over abridge, whence you have a charming flant view
of the city. The chapel belonging to the houfe is a tolerably. handfome building ; the
foundry of Mr. Afplund, which we fhall defcribe, is oppofite.
Dannwiken. A mad-houfe is fituated in a pleafant pofition on the fea-fhore, towards
the fouth; it contained, when we were there, fifty-two perfons; more women than
men. On placing a madman in this houfe, you pay a plotte + weekly. On one fide of
this building is a houfe capable of receiving a hundred perfons, men as wellas women ;
upon payment of 50 rix-dollars{, a man rendered incapable of work, or an idiot, is ad-
mitted and maintained for life; an old man paft labour is received there for 16 rix-
dollars, and occafionally for nothing. In the morning they have a pound of bread,
beer, foup, and meat. in the evening bread and gruel with milk. From this houfe
there is a charming profpect of the fea.
Widows of citizens. The afylum for citizens’ widows is the moft remarkable of any
of this defcription at Stockholm ; it is imitated no where to our knowledge, however
deferving of imitation; you enter by an iron gate from the ftreet into a {mall ‘court;
almoft fquare, witha raifed footway: it contains fixty two women, which number is
never exceeded ;. upon a vacancy occurring, whether by death, or inheritance of pro-
perty, thofe who replace fuchas go out, enter either at Eafter or in @Stober. Matters
in different trades and profeflions pay annually acertain fum, and their widows-alone are
admitted; it is requifite they fhould be fifty years of age; on their admiffion they may
bring with them whatever they will for the encreafe of their comfort and accommoda-
tion, but at their death, whatever they bring belongs to the houfe. They are obliged
to clothe themfelves and bring furniture for their bed; they pay nothing on entrance,
have three meals a-day, two plates at dinner, and as many at {upper. ‘They each have
¢ About two-pence halfpenny fterling. + 1s. 7d- fterling, + About ral. Kerling.
a bed
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