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ft to the head with another below the chin, 

 {o that the wind may not blow it off. They 

 life no cravats. The reft of their drefs is a 

 waiftcoat, the fleeves of which are open be- 

 fore, and the cuffs fmall, like thofe worn by 

 the Pruffian foldiers. 



Over thefe they put on a long wide jacket, 

 which is commonly of a black or brown co- 

 lour: they wear linen ftockings, and under 

 them linen focks, and fhoes with low quarters 

 and heels, though the dirty ftreets feem to 

 require higher. They carry two handker- 

 chiefs about them, a coloured one to wipe 

 off the fweat, and a white one. I fometimes 

 faw young people walking with muffs, though 

 it was then as warm here as it is in Sweden in 

 fummer-time. Gold-laced cloaths are as fcarce 

 with the quality as with the poor. People of 

 rank carry flicks (which are faid to be parti- 

 cular badges of honour) when they are not 

 drcffed. Some who have furvived heavy dif- 

 eafes, or have efcaped great misfortunes, wear, 

 agreeable to their vows, no other than grey 

 cloaths. 



The ladies wear their own hair, either in 



ipng and broad trcffes, or fhort with a toupee 



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