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and dry summer in a thin fallow pasture where there 

 was no water at all and the puddles were dry from 

 long drouths, and yet kept healthy and fat. Sufficient 

 moisture was supplied them, partly by plant juices and 

 partly by the dews of the morning, but these were in- 

 frequent. It is known besides that in some of the 

 West India islands, Antigua for example, where all 

 the supply of water is from rains or must be fetched 

 from other islands, cattle are never able to get a drink 

 of water, but live solely by the moisture in the vegeta- 

 tion. Notwithstanding the dearth of water, much 

 cattle is raised in this dry tract. For the rest, the land 

 is fruitful in grain and there are a good many pros- 

 perous farms of which only a few are settled by 

 Moravians, but the industrious example they give their 

 neighbors has an influence which is not to be mis- 

 taken for everywhere hereabouts one sees good build- 

 ings and good management. 



Nazareth was settled later than Bethlehem; and so 

 numbers only about 20 houses, but of a good and 

 spacious design, among which there are a House of the 

 Brothers, an Assembly-house, and a ware-house. The 

 plan of the place is more regular than that of Bethle- 

 hem, where the ground does not allow of a regular 

 plan. As yet there is only one street, short and 

 straight, leading to a pretty large square, half sur- 

 rounded by buildings. Here also there are no wells, 

 but from the springs of a neighboring hill an abundant 

 supply of excellent water is had which is brought 

 through the little town in pipes along one side of the 

 street and at certain distances is distributed through 

 pumps. All of the inhabitants have their trades and 

 do not concern themselves with agriculture. They 



