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seldom eaten. Cider, appel-mos, is also much drunk 

 with roast meat. Their pies, which are mostly a kind of 

 tartor, tarts and pastry, are also sometimes seen. Cheese, 

 OSt, nearly always concludes the meal, maltiden. 

 Commonly, there is set on the table, whole, a large and 

 strong cheese, and each person cuts what he likes from it. 

 Mjolk-mat is hardly ever seen at their meals, either 

 dinner or supper, except what is taken in puddings, and 

 in tea in the morning. Butter, smor, is seldom placed 

 on the table. Their drinks are various. Those who can 

 afford it mostly drink wine, others ale, 61, cyder, " swag," 

 or small beer, svagdricka, but the favourite drink 

 — lifdryk — of all the Englishmen is Punch. After meal 

 times one generally sits for an hour at the table, or at 

 least as long as till certain toasts, skalar, have been 

 drunk by all, such as the King's health, the Prince 

 [T. I., p. 173. J of Wales, the Royal Family, absent 

 friends, &c. 



Afton-maltid, supper, is taken by some Englishmen, 

 but by others, never. It is, however, with those who 

 eat it, a very sparing meal. It seldom consists of more 

 than one dish, which is commonly butchers' meat, 

 for the most part roasted, and a little cheese after it. It 

 often consists only of cold meat, and that which is over 

 from dinner, rniddagcn. As Englishmen eat a late 

 breakfast and a late dinner, sent Frukost OCh sent 

 Middag, they do not require such a heavy supper. 



[Kalm was at Woodford and Little Gaddesden from 

 Mar. 20, to Ap. 21, 1748.] 



[T. I. p. 366.] The 21st April, 1748. 



In the morning I went from Woodford into London. 

 Mr. Abraham Spalding then introduced me to Mr. 

 Ellicot, F.R.S., who was now reckoned one of the best 



