Rambles in Sweden And Gottland: With Etchings By the Way-Side
Rambles in Sweden And Gottland: With Etchings By the Way-Side
Robert Colton
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In many instances, the expenses for the occasion are paid by the patroon, or master of the performers in the fttie. I was at a large ironfoundry, where about three hundred were regaled with cat-gut, strong cheese, and Swedish brandy to their heart's content, in a saUe decorated with birch and lilac, till none of the primeval blackness of the den was visible. All waltzed and gal- loped to national airs, and conducted themselves very becomingly. The patroon had his own friends about him, for whos...e comfort a very good supper was provided. From this comfortable house, I took a walk about one o'clock towards the east, and ascended one of the rugged eminences, to witness the sun make his appearance, at an hour I could scarcely believe to be possible. If I say that he had set outright by eleven o'clock, I shall be within compass, though long Digitized by Google AN EARLY SUNRISE. 135 after that hour the horizon was sufficiently il- lumined to denote the short distance he was re- moved from us.
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