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overlook the whole, and fee that none of 

 the difhes were taken away till evcrj 

 one had finifhed ; fo that if any one had 

 not fufficient, it might be his own fault. 

 When the hour of reft approached, 

 a large hed of rufhes, thinly fpread, and 

 covered with a hard and rough cloth, 

 the produce of the country,* was ranged 

 lengthways along the fides of the room. 

 On this they ( all laid down together, in 

 the fame drefs they had worn during 

 the day, which confided of a fhirt and 

 fmall cloak. The fire was always kept 

 burning at their feet during the night; 

 and either when they found themfelves 

 ftarved, or the bed uneafy, from it's 

 hardnefs, they hafled to it, to feek a re- 

 medy againft thofe inconveniences : 

 then, returning again to their bed, they 

 alternately prefented one fide to the 

 cold, and the other to the hardnefs. 



\ , * This was called Brjcban, or plaid, the fame with the 

 BIO re ancient Bracka. 



Both 



