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groans in bringing forth, how juft will the following 

 images appear ! The fympathizing feelings of the 

 affiftants are even excruciating. But how great is 

 the joy, when the hour of pain is Over, and the family 

 is increafed by a fon or a daughter ! 



A crooked piece of wood, in the form of a half-cir- 

 cle, or rather a large horfe-fhoe, connects the two 

 poles or fhafts of the cart, over the horfe's head. The 

 fabricating of thefe crooked and elaftic pieces, which 

 requires a great deal of pains, particularly as every 

 piece of wood will not anfwer the purpofe, is the buii- 

 nefs of the men. Krummholtzmacher,, Krummholtz- 

 hohler, or crooked-wood-maker, is therefore, in the 

 following fpecimen, as much as to fay, a man. 



To ply the reel, is the fame as, to wind off yarn, 

 the employment of the women, and is here ufed to 

 denote tfyat fex, 



SONG AT A LYING-IN. 



The lovely young lying-in-woman 

 Went ten times the way to the kitchen, 

 A hundred times the way to the bagnio # , 

 A thoufand times about the rooms of the houfe, 

 She is looking for a beam to hang herfelf upon, 

 Or a piece of timber to knock out her brains. — 

 The boors weep under the bench, 

 The children cry under the table 3 

 The hufband in the room. — • 



* The hot-bath is a neceflary of life here as well as in Ruffia ; it 

 is ufed weekly, and fometimes much oftener, by people of all con- 

 ditions* 



B 3 PAUSE. 



