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general fo contracted, as to correfpond in their appearance with 
the furniture and ftyle of the apartment in which they are placed. 
A great number of pipes proceed from the ftove, which do not 
merely ferve to conduct the fmoke, but their chief ufe is to cir¬ 
culate the heated air that is combined with the fmoke through¬ 
out the apartment. It is true that, in order to refill the power of 
winter at Stoekholm, you mull, when you go out, carry about 
with you a whole wardrobe of cloaths ; this inconvenience, how¬ 
ever, is little thought of, when cullom has rendered it familiar. 
I have often been greatly diverted at feeing a Swede, before he 
came into a room, diverting himfelf of his pellice, great coat, 
and upper fhoes, and leaving them in the anti-chamber. The 
veftments or exuv'uz of ten perfons are fufrtcient to load a large 
table. I knew a gentleman, who difliked pellices, and fubftituted 
common great coats, of which he wore two at a time. Thele, 
with two pair of gloves, his galoches, and his ftick, make alto¬ 
gether ten different articles for the anti-chamber, viz. two great 
coats, two galoches, four gloves, one ftick, and one hat. A good 
memory is requifite not to forget any of thofe articles on taking 
your leave. When a gentleman has occafion in wdnter to go any 
where on foot, or to w r alk ever fo Ihort a diftance from his car¬ 
riage, he wears great jack-boots, lined with fur or flannel, and un¬ 
der them fhoes and white ftockings ; the boots he pulls off in the 
anti-chamber. With fuch boots and a good pellice, a man may 
fet the utmoft feverity of cold at defiance. 
Of the winter amufements of Stockholm, I do not feel any 
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