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criminately. When the deflert is finiftied, 
the ladies rife up, and retire to a neighbour- 
ing apartment, or to the landing place of the 
flairs. Pipes, tobacco, and more wine, are 
then brought for the gentlemen ; whilft the 
ladies are regaled with coffee, Rhenifli or 
Mofelle wine fweetened with fugar, and 
other cordials. After this they form parties 
at play ; and, when a lucky or interefting 
llroke takes place, it is always the fignal, 
or a pret^ce, for a bumper extraordinary* 
This manner of living is common in moft 
families ; with this difference, that thofe who 
are not rich ufe only wines of the country. 
The vanity of the inhabitants in this refped: 
is however very ridiculous. One day, while 
paffing along the ftreet with Mr. Boers, he 
made me take notice of a man who was fit- 
ting o^n the ftair before his houfe ; and who, 
perceiving us near enough to be under- 
ftood, called out to his flave, with as loud 
a voice as he could, to bring him fome red 
wine. The fifcal affured me that this man 
had not a fmgle drop of it in his poffeffion, 
and that he had not perhaps drank of it ten 
times in his life. On this account, when 
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