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blsfung with which Providence had favored a man ful- 

 filling with cxadnefs the duty of his ftation. 



p. 276 — 277. Tiie cattle of Kliyogg were well fed and 

 attended. He pofTeflT^d 4 horfes, 9 oxen, 4 cows, 4 calves 

 of one year old, and as many of two years. It hence 

 appears, that conformable to maxims which many oth- 

 ers alfo confider as economical, he raifes his own cattle. 

 By this means he accuftoms them to the food of his 

 farm ; whilft cattle which are brought from diftaut pla- 

 ces grow lean and even die, folely from a change of 

 their food ; and by the fame means alfo, Kliyogg pre- 

 ferves his cattle from contagious dileafcs, with which 

 flrange cattle often infe(5t a whole flable, 



p. 277 — 280. Knough, remarks the author here, has 

 been faid to prove that Kliyogg is flill the fame, and 

 always deferves the name of a country philofopher : But 

 the author adds, that the pliilofopluc dream which he 

 had till now entcrtaiiycd, of having all the family of 

 Kliyogg united in patriarchal concord in the fame houfe, 

 he had found himfelf obliged to abandon. Kliyogg 

 hirafelf was indeed the firft to perceive the impoflibility 

 to execute the idea. — Already his fon- in-law, the faith- 

 ful companion of Ills labors, had quitted him ; himfelf 

 having procured for him a farm in another part of the 

 country. — Difference of fentimenthad given caufe for 

 this reparation. The fon- in-law loved work, but he 

 loved alfo tliofe pleafures of fociety which Kliyogg 

 detefted. Hans alfo thought it innocent for the rich 

 to difHnguifli theralelvcs by their fine clothes, which 

 was contrary to the mode of thinking prevailing in 

 Kliyogg. Hans infjRed likevvife, upon making a tav- 

 ern of the houfe to fell their wine to the beft advan- 

 tage ; and the father-in-law thought a tavern would be 

 ti fource of corruption for the family ; conceiving with 

 reafon, that the (Iriking examples of intemperance and 

 other vices, with fwearing and loofe converfation, to 

 which in thefe fitnations his family would neceffarily be 

 witncfsj would efface front th-: minds of his children the 



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