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THE RURAL SOCRATES. 



coft- too much trouble, and that wc flop too often id' 

 obfervc them, to be paid by their honey and wax ; efpc* 

 cially as they require mod attention in the hay ieafon. 



p. 236-239. Thefamiiy of our philofopher was found 

 at table, and afforded a lively example of the happy 

 refult of a wife domeflic government. Two Tons, fl:out, 

 well made and healthy, and who had an air of profpcri- 

 ty ; with two daughters^ who perfe^lly refembled their 

 brothers ; had their feats at the upper end of the table. 

 At their fide, fat the fervants ; who appeared much at 

 their eafe ; for the table being fpread for all alike, all 

 ierved themfelves with the fame freedom ; the fervants 

 rot being obliged to wait with impatience till the mafl:er 

 and family were fatisfiedy before they fat down to mifcr- 

 ablc remnants. In ibort, Uiere was equality between 

 the niafler and fervant both at taWle and at work, which 

 communicated to the converfation a like equality. Two 

 diflies of boiled biyley, two others of pears which had 

 been baked and dried^, good bread made of wheat and 

 rye, and a pitcher of water, formed the dinner. The 

 author obferved at the end of their meal, that there* 

 were large remains, which proved that avarice was not 



the vice of Kliyogg When it was afked with' 



furprife, '* Why there was no wine at table ?" Kliyogg' 

 anfwcrcd, '' that he referved the wine to refrefh his 



* companions when fatigued with their work ; for which 



* purpofe a quantity was always carried into the fields 



* at ten in the morning and at four in the afternoon, 



* when it was equally diilributed betvv'cen his children 

 '* and the domed ics." 



p. 239 — 243. Two of the latter particularly attracfl- 

 cd our author's notice. — llie fird was a man advanced 

 in ye^rs, who walked with ditficulty, on accoimt of pains 

 which had attacked his knees during a very long peri- 

 od. Such a man feemed little fit for hard labor ; huf 



Kliyogg 



•Many of the Swifs n^ake a very good dlfh of f.ears baked dry, wi:h 

 hid cjT ft»me oihrj fat fubftancc hea;cd up vvhh ir^ 



