ES TIT ONI AN BATHS. 



indeed it would have but a frail fupport : but here it 

 refts on cuftom. Never let any one fhew the flighteft 

 irregular difpoiitions, if he would avoid expofmg him- 

 felf to univerfal contempt and fcorn, and incurring be- 

 lides a fevere chaftifement. And actually all allure- 

 ments ceafe in the bath. However, it is not to be 

 denied, that fuch indulgences make it at times more 

 eafy to fall at other opportunities 5 yet the fevere cenfor 

 of morals, mould never forget that frailties of this kind 

 in Ruffia require to be meafured by the ruffian 

 fbndard ; and that this ftandard is fomewhat fhorter 

 .than that in ufe with a caiviniftical conliftory ; in other 

 words, the morality of Ruffia is fomewhat laxer on this 

 head than in more polifhed countries. 



By the Eflhonians the bathing-houfe is more fre- 

 quented in winter than in fummer. The caufe is not 

 ■fo much that this fpecies of luxury is then lefs delirable, 

 but becaufe their fhort fummer gives them no leifure 

 for it ; as the poor Have is obliged to work the whole 

 week through, day and night, frequently in a very 

 laborious kind of employment. It mould likewife feem 

 that the boor in the fummer months, could not fo well 

 endure it, on account of the ftrong perfpirations he 

 then undergoes, as the fan, in the northern latitudes 

 of Reval, Vefenburg, Na rva, &c. remains, during the 

 longer! days, about eighteen hours and a half above 

 the horizon*. 



* It rifes 50 mm. after 3, and fets 10 min. after 9. In the 

 fhorteft days, it rifes 10 min. after 9, and fets at 50 min. 

 after 2. 



c c a Be 



