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caflonally even beer and brandy; but thefe lad: are objects of 
luxury, and neceffary only to factitious appetites: both they and 
their children are well fed. Their houfes and manner of clothing 
iufficiently proteCl them from the feverity of the cold ; their fire- 
fides are always well provided with wood, and their apartments 
warm and comfortable. The traits of innocence, fimplicity, and 
contentment, which, on entering any one of their cabins, you 
may perceive in their countenances, form a picture that mud; 
greatly move the fcnfibility of a dranger, and intered the feelings 
of his heart. The little fports of the children, the {kipping and 
frilking of dogs and cats, the crackling made by faggots and logs 
of wood, the moded and trembling fong of the cricket, recalled 
to my mind, with great pleafure, four charming lines of Gold- 
fmith, which exhibit an exaCt likenefs of what I actually faw : 
Around in fympathetic mirth, 
Its tricks the kitten tries ; 
The cricket chirrups in the hearth. 
The crackling faggot flies. 
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