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CHAPTER X. 
Tribute of Praife to Mr. Coxe for his Account of Sweden ; and for 
his Eagernefs in collecting Information—A Hint given to Travel- 
lers—The general ImpreJJion made on the Author s Mind, of the 
State of Sweden in refpeCi to Arts and Sciences; Commerce and 
Manufactures ; and civil Freedom—The Ufe of Sledges in Win¬ 
ter, and the Advantages derived from it—The different Kinds of 
Sledges ; and the Roads made through the Snow—Departure from 
Stockholm; and Journey to Griflehamn—Paffage by Haga and 
Ulriefdal—Defcription of the Gardens of Haga in Winter—Face 
of the Country between Ulriefdal and Griflehamn—Foxes met with 
on the Road—Want of Inns or Public-Houfes—Provifons of the 
Peafants that attend Travellers — Character, Manners, and do- 
mefic Condition of the Peafantry. 
XF there be no intellectual fubjedt, however abflradt and refined, 
but mud neceffarily be attentively fcrutinized and viewed in 
various relations ; how much more indifpenfibly requifite is it, 
that diverfity of tours and extenfive travels fliould be undertaken 
by different individuals, for the difplay of manners, the knowledge 
of arts, and that the book of nature, beft inftrudtor, fliould be 
wide fpread before mankind. Amidfl: the vafl: and almofl: infinite 
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