Yo 
Ifiand and have purfued with delight the 
meandering paths which many of your 
Correfpondents have led us in their topos 
graphical defcriptions; but, whilft my 
eye dwelt with extacy onthe happy ftate 
of their civilized inhabitants, and my 
imagination rioted on the romantic {cene~ 
ry, and feafted on the luxurious Jand{cape 
which furrounded their abodes, I fecretly 
regretted that I was not perfonally ac- 
quainted with many of the objects which 
excited fuch fenfations of pleafure within 
me, and I was forry that I could not join 
in rearing the monument of affection, to. 
the witnefs of departed years, or boldly 
ftand up in vindication of its rights. 
Permit me to avail myfelf of the improve- 
ment of late adopted in your work, by 
publicly paying a tribute of affection to a 
place, which, fince my firlt acquaintance 
with the fame, I have often revilited with 
increafed fatisfaction; and by attempting 
to pourtray a fketch of the manners of its 
inhabitants, the fimplicity and unaffuming 
‘ amiablenefs of which [ have often beheld 
with admiration, and which, though dif- 
tant, I ftill remember with unabated plea- 
fure. The fubjeét of the prefers letter may 
perhaps to many appear trifling and un- 
important; but, when I recollect that the 
more minutie every individual branch of 
knowledge embraces, the more its limits 
are extended, and the more perfect its 
fyftem is rendered, I cannot but think 
that by far the greater part of your read- 
ers, who are convinced of the importance 
of Topographical Hiftory, will acknow- 
ledge the utility of fuch an attempt, nor 
condemn the defcription of a Village as 
defpicable and infignificant. 
In the Weft-Riding of Yorkhhire, at a 
fiwall diftance from the high-road leading 
frem Leeds to Bradford, and almoft in the 
middle between both towns, lies the fmall, 
but neat village of Fulnec, a fettlement of 
the United Brethren.* Situated on -the 
flope of a rifing-ground, and affifted by 
the improvements of agriculture and the 
embellifhments of the gardener, Fulnec 
prefents a firiking and agreeable view 
from the oppofite hill; whilft the fiyle and 
extenfivenefs of its principal buildings, to- 
gether with the pleafing fymmetry, fo un- 
ufual in the plan of a village, arrefis the 
ttention, and roules the curiofity of ‘the 
inquifitive traveller, Unlike many of the 
Settlements of the United Brethren on the 
* Other fettlements of the United Brethren 
in this country, are Oakbrook, in Derbyhhire, 
and Fairfield, in Lancathire; befides which, 
they have Secieties in many of the principal 
sewns. : 
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Account of Fulnec, a Moravian Settlement. 
[Aug. 3, 
continent, which, for the moft part, fem 
to have been laid ovt, as chance or a re- 
lifh for folitude directed, in the moft dreary 
and uncultivated diftriéts, Fulnec is not 
deftitute of beautiful profpeéts: on the, 
contrary, its fituation is on that account 
peculiarly inviting; and the front view, 
which prefents to the inhabitants a pro- 
fpect of Toneftall, together with the range 
of an extenfive park, and part of the vil- 
lage, fituated on the gradual afcent of the 
oppofite hill, is certainly very piéturefque. 
The village itfelf confifts principally of 
two long fireets, neatly paved; and the 
buiidings in particular of which the 
lower {treet 1s compofed, -exhibit an 
handfome appearance ; amoneft thele, the 
chapel is particularly remarkable for its 
elegance and fimplicity, with which the fpa- 
cious buildings on either fide, the one for 
the fingle mei, and the other for the fingle 
women, agreeably correfpond. Of late, 
feveral other buildings have been erested, 
between the chapel and the houfes juft 
mentioned ; but although the fymmetry of 
the view has, in a manner, been preferved, 
the effeék is, in my opinion, totally loft. 
Before the front is an elegant terrace lead- 
ifg to the burying-ground; and lower 
ftill, is an extenfive range of meadows, 
which in fummer exhibit the moft fmil- 
ing appearance of verdure and fertility. 
About the middle of the laft century, 
the eftate upon which Fulnee now ftands 
bore all the marks of a dreary and uncul- 
tivated wild. ‘Che land, which now wears 
the appearance of a fmiling Eden, was 
then partly a rocky and unfruitful foil, 
partly one continued fwamp, overgrown 
with mofs and bulrufhes. “But that ad- 
venturous fpirit of enthufiafm which cha- 
racterizes all the undertakings of the 
United Brethren—which has led them to 
explore the icy regions of Labradore and 
Greenland, and to penetrate into the burn- 
ing defarts of Africa—was not to be 
daunted. by fuch trifling obftacles. With 
indefatigable zeal, the ground was quickly 
cleared by the new fettlers, many of 
whom had forfaken their families and 
connections on the continent, to enlift un- 
der the banners of the worthy founder of 
their feét ; and, in-a fhort time, the fupe- 
rior cultivation of the eftate, on which 
the {mall colony was formed, exhibited 
firikking proofs of the indafliry end un- _ 
wearied diligence of its inhabitants.. Nor 
was it long before many of the adja- 
cent villagers, led either by curiofity or 
by a uniformity of principle, flocked to 
the place, ‘and joined.the Brethren. The 
name of Lazubfill, which had, at firlt, 
