Dr. guthrie on the Antifeptic Regimen , See. 623 
Ruffian boor enjoys a Rate of health that aftoniffies an 
inhabitant of a country where the dreadful confequences 
are fo well known of bad air within, exceffive cold 
without, joined to a want of freffi vegetables for a length 
of time. 1 think you will by' no means have your refpedt 
diminifhed for the late difeovered antifeptic agent, when 
I have given in detail the multitude of enemies it has to 
encounter, in preferving from putrid attacks the bodies 
of the people I am treating of. 
The Ruffian boor lives in a wooden houfe, made with 
his own hatchet, his only inftrument, in the ufe of which 
he is molt dextrous : it is caulked with mofs, fo as to be 
very fnug and clofe. It is furnifhed with an oven, which 
anfwers the triple purpole of heating the houfe, dreffing 
the victuals, and fupporting on its flat top the greafy mat- 
trafs on which he and his wife lie. From over the oven,, 
which is on one fide of the room, are laid fome boards 
reaching to, and fupported by, the oppofite wall, raifed a 
little above the ftove, fo as to receive its heated air. On 
fhofe fleep the children and fecondary perfonages of the 
hut ; for the oven itfelf is a luxury referved for the firft. 
Round the room runs a bench with a table in the middle, 
and in the corner is a fort of cupboard for the reception 
of faints, before whom fmall tapers frequently burn, or 
a lamp with hemp oil. During, the long fevere winter 
feafon. 
