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men pay for according to agreement and their feveral capacities. The lying-in womenhave three meals a-day. This eftablifhment fome years ago was on the firft ftory; it isnow kept on the ground-floor, which is not fo well, as it is more liable to damp, the ef-fefts of which, indeed, we were able to diftinguilh.

Spmhaus. A houfe of correction : at the time we faw it, it contained one hundredand eighty-feven women, more than forty of which were Fins, and twenty-two men,chiefly children or lame perfons. Mod of thefe women were confined for theft, feveralfor more heinous offences, the mod common of which is child murder ; in fuch cafetheir imprifonment is perpetual; the unfortunate wretches guilty of this crime are notallowed admiflion into the court, but to make amends their lodgings are better and moreclean than the others: on Chriftmas-day they are treated with fiddles at the King’sexpence, which is the only recreation they enjoy throughout the year. Every onewithout exception is obliged to fpin two pounds and a half of wool per day on accountof the houfe. The crown allows two {killings * per day for their food; fuch as are con-fined for fix years, or longer, or for life, are clothed in blue every three years; theothers wear their cloaths as long as they will hang together. No perfon can be con-fined here without an order from the high governor or the police, when an arrange-ment is made with the company of directors refpe&ing the manner in which the partyis to be treated. The women lay two together, except when ill, in which cafe they arekept by themfelves in a feparate building; men, women, and children together; thebeds are all on one fide of the apartment, and the fink on the other, near the windows,which in fome degree contributes to the bad fmell; the beds are bad. There are butthree men to guard this houfe; in order to reach it you pafs a fmall lake, which com-municates with the larger one, over a bridge, whence you have a charming flant viewof the city. The chapel belonging to the houfe is a tolerably handfome building ; thefoundry of Mr. Afpluud, which we fhall defcribe, is oppofite.

Dannwiken. A mad-houfe is fituated in a pleafant pofition on the fea-fliore, towardsthe fouth; it contained, when we were there,, fifty-two perfons; more women thanmen. On placing a madman in this houfe, you pay a plottef weekly. On one fide ofthis building is a houfe capable of receiving a hundred perfons, men as well as women ;upon payment of 50 rix-dollarsj, a man rendered incapable of work, or an idiot, is ad-mitted and maintained for life; an old man. pall labour is received there for 16 rix-dollars, and occafionally for nothing. In the morning they have a pound of bread,.beer, foup, and meat. In the evening bread and gruel with milk. From this houfethere is a charming profpedl of the fea.

Widows of citizens. The afylum for citizens* widows is the moll remarkable of anyof this defcription at Stockholm ; it is imitated no where to our knowledge, howeverdeferving of imitation; you enter by an iron gate from the ftreet into a fmall court,ahnoft fquare, with a raifed footway: it contains fixty two women, which number isnever exceeded; upon a vacancy occurring, whether by death, or inheritance of pro-perty, thofe who replace fuch as go out, enter either at Eafter or in October. Mailersin different trades and profeflions pay annually a'certain fum, and their widows alone areadmitted; it is requifite they fliould be fifty years of age; on their admiflion they maybring with them whatever they will for the encreafe of their comfort and accommoda-tion, but at their death, whatever they bring belongs to the houfe. They are obligedto clothe themfelves and bring furniture for their bed ; they pay nothing on entrance,have three meals a-day, two plates at dinner,, and as many at fupper. They each have

• About two-pence halfpenny (lerling. f fterling, £ About 12I flerling.

a bed