THROUGH FINLAND. 
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fpeak in general only their native tongue ; and yet nothing can be 
more agreeable to them than the arrival of a traveller, and, above 
all, a young flranger of good appearance, who can one way or 
another make them underlland him. His faults in fpeaking fecm 
to be as many graces of fpeech, his ideas are always applauded as 
original, conflantly found entertaining, and either at once under¬ 
flood or gueffed. The more diflant the country from which he 
comes, the more interefling is his perfon; they contemplate his 
faee, furvey him from head to foot; are unable to reflrain a fmile 
of pleafure in feeing him, and in hearing him fpeak: the gayety 
of the family diffufes itfelf from the faces of the mailers to thofe 
of the fervants, and even defeends to the cat and dog, which, on 
his account, dine and fup better than ufual. As they are at a 
lofs to diflinguifh between a pleafant and cheerful entertainment, 
and that of a ufelefs and troublefome profuf on ; in order to mark 
their perfedl good will to oblige you, they almofl fuffocate you 
with tea, coffee, chocolate, liqueurs, punch, and drink of all kinds, 
which fucceed one another, in contempt of all order, with an op- 
preffive rapidity. The moment of departure is always melan¬ 
choly : you fancy it impoffible to quit a houfe w r here you are the 
object of fuch unwearied attention and politenefs. Sometimes the 
young ladies will make ufe of fome flratagem in order to detain 
you; and I will honeflly confefs, that I have occafionally got into 
the carriage when my heart was well difpofed to remain. 
Such was the unbounded hofpitality we experienced in the 
houfe of the reverend Mr. Swamberg. His daughters were pretty,' 
lively, 
