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JOURNEY IN SNEUBERG. 
[1813. 
SO simple and so singular, that it could not easily be 
imitated. The whole scene would have merited the 
pencil of a Raphael to paint it. A small group of 
children stared into the hut. The poor man knew 
nothing ; and when the girl told him that an institution 
was soon to be established to teach him and others 
the things of God, which would make them happy, he 
made no verbal answer, but he intimated, in a very 
significant manner, that he understood what she told 
him, but that the report coming from white people, he 
would not believe it till it took place. 
The master of the house, a young man, had his hand 
lately shot off by a musket ; another young man, who 
appeared to be his brother, had his leg broken lately 
by a fall from his horse ; and the mistress had been 
confined only four days. The family were very friendly 
to us. After halting about an hour we proceeded on 
our journey, and a second time left behind us the 
habitations of civilized men. The country is covered 
with heath ; only here and there, at great distances 
from each other, is there any grass. 
A little after sun-set, by means of our friend's strong 
oxen, we reached a fountain where our waggons had 
halted for some time; these soon went forward, and 
we followed in about an hour. At eight, P.M. we 
came up to them, and travelled together for some 
time, vyhen we again left them and pushed forward, 
accompanied by ten armed horsemen, boors and their 
slaves. At nine, P.M. we halted among low hills^ 
