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and ading of the family ; however different in many 

 refpecls from thofe to which fhe has been accuflomed irX 

 the family which (he has quitted. 



I cannot here refrain from a defcription of this wed- 

 ding, at which I did not fail to affid:. The conRant de- 

 fire which I have to witnefs the feelings of Kliyogg 

 in all the important conjun£i:ures of his life, joined to 

 the beauty of thefeafon, for it was in the month of May 

 laft ; determined me to furprife my country friend.*'*^ 

 But what was my own furprife in meeting Kliyogg alone 

 on the road to Zurich. Notwithftanding the folemnity 

 of the day and though his fon was married in the city, 

 he was now in the purfuit of bufinefs ; that of purcha- 

 fing a beafl at the fair. He v/as in his ordinary drefs, 

 with that open air which is peculiar to him.*''^*. When 

 he v/as informed of my intentions, he vvifhed to return 

 with me to his houfc 3 but I refifted and obliged him to 

 purfae his journey. '^^'^ Having reached the farm of 

 my friend, I found every thing in compleat tranquillity ; 

 every one being at his ufual work. 



The brother of Kliyogg had jufl arrived from the 

 family-property, to take part in the family-joy. Art-- 

 Icfi goodnefs, with franknefs and kindnefs, form the 

 chiradler of this man ; and are forcibly imprinted upon 

 his countenance.--— I expreffed to him the (hare I took in 

 the happinefs of his fiimily, — hSltv thanking me with 

 confiderable cordiality, he related with a tone of great 

 ienfibility, how he himfelf had been bleiTed by Provi- 

 dence, for having followed the counfels of his brother ^ 

 how well all his children had turned out ; and that they 

 confLantly afiiiied him in his works at Wermetchv/eii, 

 which continued upon the fame footing as when the two 

 families were united. He, in particular, fpoke in high 

 commendation of his daughter ; faying that in working, 

 ilie had not her fellow in the country. To give me a 

 proof of the increafe of his circumdances, he told me 

 that he had found himfelf in a condlticn to equip his for| 



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