MORAVIANS. 
fnales or more, nearly of the same age, yere 
seated at work in each apartment. The en¬ 
trance of strangers did not interrupt them in 
the least: they went on with tjieir work, and 
except the inspectress, who never failed politely 
to rise and speak to us, they did not even seem 
to take any notice of our being in the room. 
The dress of the sisterhood, though not 
quite uniform,, is very nearly so. They wear 
plain calico, linen, or stuff gowns,, with aprons, 
and close tight linen caps, made with a peak 
in front, and tied under the chin with a piece 
of riband; Pink ribands are said to be worn 
as a badge by those who are inclined to marry; 
however, I observed that all the unmarried 
women wore them, not excepting those whose 
a^e and features seemed to have excluded them 
from every chance of becoming the votaries 
of Hymen. 
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The dormitory of the female house is a very 
spacious apartment in the upper story, which 
is aired by a large ventilator in the ceiling. 
It contains about fifty boarded beds without 
testers, each calculated to hold one person. 
They sleep here during winter time in the 
German style, between two feather beds, to 
which the sheets and blankets are stitched fast ; 
in summer time the heat is too great here to 
ajlmit even of a single blanket. 
