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the women washing at every brook, or spinniag 
with a clistaiF, while they were tending their cows ; 
though it never failed to rain every day during the 
period of my journey ; to this I attribute their 
'healthy, ruddy appearance, at very advanced peri¬ 
ods of life. Even their pleasures are found sub joi^e ; 
on Sundays we found them dancing every where ; 
not as with us, in a little close room, but in the o- 
pen air ; and indeed, every village has a little wood 
which serves as their dancing chamber. This is 
lit every Sunday or holiday night with a few lamps, 
when all the villagers assemble immediately after 
dinner, and dance till about ten at night. Their 
dress is warm and neat, but never fine ; how rich- 
soever a cultivator is, neither his wife or daughters 
ever change the form of their dress, or ape the high¬ 
er ranks. They wear a stuif gown, generally 
‘brown, with a red bib and apron, and plain linen 
cap, yarn stockings fsiid wooden shoes, which are 
well calculated for this climate, and for people who 
.are always abroad. Leather shoes would be con¬ 
tinually drenched with water, while those of wood, 
in which they place two pair of socks, are ve¬ 
ry warm and dry, and are left at the door when 
they come into the house. I found at every 
house, at which I stopped, good bread, plenty 
of milk, and the best butter I had ever met with ; 
though I also found cheese at every fann house, I 
met with none that was good, and a great deal that 
was excessively bad, made of skim milk, or butter 
milk, after it had begun to spoiL As this was not 
