book companies of foldiers, quartered jri the neighbouring villages,
.— .— »amount to about 6000 troops. The inhabitants carry on a
fmall commerce with England and Holland ; export planks
and tallow; and import fait and tobacco.
The governour o f Wiburgh having previoufly difpatched
a letter o f recommendation in our favour to the commander
o f the garrifon of Frederickfliam, the latter, accompanied with
the officers o f his corps, honoured us with a vifit immediately
upon our arrival, and invited us to dinner. Thefe marks of
attention and hofpitality are always pleating to travellers in
a foreign country, but were greatly enhanced in fuch a fea-
fon o f drearinefs. Our. hoft, an old German officer, who
had feen much fervice, and poffeffed all that liberal frank-
nefs generally confpicuous in veterans, enlivened an excellent
entertainment with the vivacity o f his conversation. The
floors o f the apartments, inftead of being covered with carpets,
were, according to a cuftom not unufual in thefe parts,
ftrewed with leaves and fmall twigs of pines and firs, which
afford, when bruifed, a pleafant fmell, and give a cleanly
appearance to the rooms.
Feb. 7. From Frederickfliam we continued our journey
through a hilly country abounding with forefts and lakes,
And in about 34 miles arrived at the frontiers o f this empire.
The peafants o f Finland differ widely from the Ruffians in
their look and drefs: they had for the molt part fair complexi-
oris, and many o f them red h a ir : they ihave their beards,
wear their hair parted at the top, and hanging to a confider-
able length over their ihoulders *. We could not avoid remarking,
that they were in general more'civilized than the
* T,he Ruffian sh av e generally .dark complexion« arvd hair : they alio wear their beards,
•sifid cut their hair iho„rt. ^
5 Ruffians;
A R U S S I A N m t W l M T E t B A . E S S „
Ihibiirfaul according to Act o f Parliament. JanfzfjyS-/- byT.fdde/1. indie Strand.