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made red hot, they then ftrip, both Men and Women, 
without any Referve, and place themfelves on Benches 
made near the Roof on Purpofe : Then cold Water is 
brought in,, which from Time to Time isfprinkled up- 
on the Oven ^ from whence arifes a thick Steam on the 
Bathers, which makes their Bodies fo warm, that they 
fweat very plentifully. Each Perfon has a Rod in their 
Hand, with which they gently beat their whole Bodies^ 
and if they find themfelves fo hot that they cannot well 
endure it, they call for cold Water,, which they pour 
over themfelves in fo dextrous a Manner, that it diffufes 
its felf over their whole Bodies, and fo cools them again. 
Thus when they have bathed fufhciently, they go di- 
redly out into the Air, tho’ in the moft inclement Sea- 
fon of the Year j and what is more, will roll themfelves 
in the Snow for a good while together, and get no Harm 
by fo doing : And this Method of Bathing they make 
Ufe of as their ordinary Cure, when they find any In- 
difpofition of Body upon them. 
In the Winter, when the Ground is cover’d with Snow, 
they make ufe of a Sort of long wooden Shoe, Indu- 
cunt foleas ligneas tres vel quatuor ulnas longas, on 
which they go fo fwiftly, that in x Hours Time they 
will run 13 or 14 Miles: And as they are generally good 
Marks-men, with their Guns they kill Abundance of 
wild Game, both to help to fupport their Families, and 
fell to buy themfelves Necelfaries. 
They are very ignorant of Chriflianity, by Reafon 
of their great Diftance from any Towns ^ but that Mis- 
fortune the prefent King of Denmark has taken fome Mea- 
fures to remedy: Yet tho’ they feem fo ignorant and bar- 
barous, yet ’tis very rare that any of them are guilty of 
any confiderable Crime. 
I am^ dec. 
VIII. ^ 
