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The first was the work which forces the wat$r into the cistern, as 
above-mentioned. By a conductor from the brook, a water-wheel 
is set in motion; this wheel works two pumps, which force the 
water into iron pipes leading into the cistern. Not far from this 
work lives a currier by the name of Mr. Leipert, who manufac¬ 
tures leather and morocco: in this establishment the principal 
machinery is also moved by water. They have two ways here 
of raising water, one is by boxes fastened on a large wheel, 
these boxes fill themselves with water, when they are below, and 
throw it into a gutter, when they come up; the other is by a com¬ 
mon pump. 
At last my companions introduced me to a gentleman, who, 
with trouble and expense, had established a cabinet of ancient and 
other coins. This collection was indeed extensive and valuable, 
recollecting that it was in America. 
I spent the evening very pleasantly in the young ladies school; 
all the girls were assembled, and gave a musical entertainment, 
mostly songs composed for several voices. But as the girls have 
to "retire early, the entertainment, for which I w~as indebted to 
the politeness of Mr. Seidel, was soon ended. I remained a short 
time with Mr. Seidel, I then took my leave of this worthy man, 
of the venerable Bishop Huffel, and the polite Mr. Frueauf, with 
the intention of returning next spring, God willing, to this lovely 
spot, with which I was so much delighted. In going home, I heard 
the young ladies sing their evening hymn, and received a very 
pretty serenade from twenty young folks of the place, who, 
although they belong to the brotherhood, serve as the musical 
band of the militia. I could not leave this peaceable and quiet 
Bethlehem without being affected, whose inhabitants all live 
united like one family, in brotherly and sisterly love, and seem 
all to have the same habits, acquired by the same education and 
continued sociability. I returned with the stage on the same 
bad road to Philadelphia by which I left it, but better enjoyed 
the view of this beautiful, well cultivated and thickly peo¬ 
pled country. The last part of the road was particularly inte¬ 
resting to me. In the flourishing villages of Germantown and 
Nicetown there are handsome gardens and country-seats of Phi¬ 
ladelphians. In the vicinity of Whitemarsh, I observed the re¬ 
mains of General Washington’s entrenchments. Germantown, 
originally settled by Germans, forms only one street, which is 
above three miles long. During the time when the English oc¬ 
cupied Philadelphia and its vicinity, General Washington fell 
upon the English that were in and about Germantown. One 
battalion of the British threw themselves into a stone house, and 
defended themselves in it until the British army could rally 
again, and drive the Americans back. The house is situated in a 
