47S JOURNAL. [PART in. 



9J3. Oil coming within the precincts of the 

 Harmonites we found ourselves at the side of the 

 Wabash again ; the river on our right hand, and 

 their lands on our left. Our road now lay 

 across a field of Indian corn, of, at the very 

 least, a mile in width, and bordering the town 

 on the side we entered ; I wanted nothing more 

 than to behold this immense field of most beau 

 tiful corn to be at once convinced of all I had 

 heard of the industry of this society .of Ger 

 mans, and 1 found, on proceeding a little far 

 ther, that the progress they had made exceeded 

 all my idea of it. 



014. The town is methodically laid out in a 

 situation well chosen in all respects ; the houses 

 are good and clean, and have, each one, a nice 

 garden well stocked with all vegetables and 

 tastily ornamented with flowers. I observe that 

 these people are very fond of flowers, by the 

 bye ; the cultivation of them, and musick, are 

 their chief amusements. I am sorry to see this, 

 as it is to me a strong symptom of simplicity 

 and ignorance, if not a badge of their German 

 slavery. Perhaps the pains they take with them 

 is the cause of their flowers being finer than any 

 I have hitherto seen in America, but, most pro 

 bably, the climate here is more favourable. Hav 

 ing refreshed ourselves at the Tavern, where we 



