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called Hecktown; this name originated from a waggery of Mr. 
Frueauf, on account of the fruitfulness of the inhabitants, who 
increase and multiply very fast. Nazareth is also very well built, 
and resembles Bethlehem, only it is, if it be possible, still 
more quiet. The town was laid out in the year 1744, and the 
large brick building, which is now used as the boys boarding- 
school, was originally intended for the mansion of Count Zin- 
zendorf. This district has about five hundred inhabitants, in¬ 
cluding the adjoining parish called Schoeneck, they are mostly me¬ 
chanics and farmers. There were two clergymen, Mr. Van Vleck, 
son of the ex-bishop of Bethlehem, and Mr. Ronthal, a native 
German, who was long pastor of the parish of Sarepta in Russia. 
We first visited Mr. Van Vleck, and then inspected the socie¬ 
ty’s garden; it is situated on the slope of a hill and has some pa¬ 
vilions and handsome promenades. Then we went in the board¬ 
ing school, in which sixty boys receive their education; forty 
board in the house, and twenty reside with their parents, in 
the village. This school is likewise for children of different de¬ 
nominations, and is generally praised. Immediately on my en¬ 
trance, I remarked the great cleanliness of the house. The 
scholars are divided into four classes, and are not received till they 
are eight years old. The tutors are mostly Germans, or at least- 
speak that language, which is taught to the boys by particular 
desire of their parents. The school possesses a good cabinet of 
natural history, which is kept in good order, and has a collection 
of eggs of various birds of the neighbourhood, gathered by the 
scholars. The scholars sleep in common in two great halls, two 
superintendents sleep in each of them. They eat in common 
and take a long daily walk, under the guardianship of their tutors. 
Besides the common school rudiments, the French, German, and 
English languages, they are taught drawing, music, and Italian 
book-keeping by double entry. 7 For instruction in music, every 
class has a piano: a particular room is destined for religious wor¬ 
ship. The boys have all healthy, lively, and open countenances, 
and are kept very clean. In the building there is also a theolo¬ 
gical seminary for young men who are designed for the pulpit; 
there were five pupils studying. These students are obliged 
to finish their education in the large theological seminary of 
Gnadenfeld in Upper Silesia. On the top of the house there 
is a gallery, from which you see the surrounding neighbourhood. 
Nazareth is situated on rather high ground, and is only eight miles 
distant from the Blue Mountains. The vicinity would be very 
handsome, if there were more streams in the neighbourhood, but 
in these it seems to be deficient. 
After this we went to the sisterhood’s house, wherein were 
lodged thirty-seven old women, who sleep all in one large halh 
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