priate anecdotes. Meanwhile, the Sisters converse together in low tones on similar subjects.

We made wreaths to day to dress a table for the Inspector and Inspectress to-morrow.

7th. At nine o'clock this morning we went to sing verses of benediction on the married people, who were at morning prayers in the church. It is the widowers' festival also to-day, as there are so few of them here. At half-past two was the Lovefeast, which lasted till four; but I regret to say we did not sing our piece at all well, after all our practising. All the married Sisters were in black, with white shawls and aprons. The church was strewn with fir, plants were placed in the windows, and the desk-covering bound with a blue ribbon, and garlanded with flowers. In the afternoon, Sister Z. took me with her to congratulate the Inspector and Inspectress, and see their table. The dahlia wreath was magnificent-their servant had sat up two nights to make it; and a fine large sponge-cake in the centre of the table was likewise a present from her. Little Bernhard and Gertrude had signed a copy of verses written for them on the occasion.

Sister M.'s visitors are arriving; she has asked nearly fifty. The dining-room is being lighted up, the long tables are formed into a square, with plenty of good things on them. I have had no business there, and have only peeped in now and then; but Pauline and Louise are to make tea and carry it round. They are now singing a grace or benediction.

At five o'clock, an address was made to the whole community, by Brother S., who takes charge of the Home Mission in Wirtemberg. The Moravians are equally interested in mission-work at home and abroad; their object is not to persuade people to join them, but to teach them to know the Saviour, urge them to read their Bible, and attend their parish church constantly.

At half-past seven the Ehe-chor received the Communion.

8th. The married people had a thanksgiving service this morning. After the lecture, I went with Sister Z. to see the ovens in the forest. They are built of large flat stones, laid one on the other, and well plastered over. Then we rambled on beside a little brooklet which gurgled on so sweetly over its rocky bed, that we frequently paused to

listen to it; and then continued our ramble along a narrow, mossy forest-path, chatting as we went, and now and then stopping to gather a stray blackberry or bilberry. Hay was being made in the meadows below us it smelt so sweet. The poor cows, that have been shut up in their stalls ever since this time last year, and fed on grass cut and brought to them, will now be allowed to go into the pastures and crop for themselves.

9th. Sister L. and the girls have been busy making flags for the boys, who are to have their Kartoffel Fest to-morrow. The flags are half red and half yellow, with a Swiss one, red with a white cross. At four o'clock, all the girls belonging to the Grand Duchy of Baden treated themselves to a vesper of chocolate and cakes, in honour of the Grand Duke's birthday. While walking in the garden, after vesper, I was amused to see one of the Sisters perched in an apple-tree, gathering the fruit. They do all the work of the garden, without any assistance from men.

10th. Got up at half-past five. The mornings are now beginning to be dusky, and I feel more inclined to be lazy; but I wish to continue rising

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at a quarter-past five as long as I can.

At halfpast eight we all went to the Kinder Stunde. Brother S. made it as interesting as possible, to fix the attention of the boys, which was likely to stray away to their feast in the afternoon. He spoke of the different deities that have been, and still are, adored in different parts of the world, and of the love we ought to show to the one true God and Saviour.

At one, Brother W. came with some one to fetch a great basket of potatoes, which was carried off, together with a huge copper kettle and some fryingpans, in a light cart. At half-past one, the beating of drums called us to the windows; the boys were marching round the "Place" in military order, headed by Brother S., bearing a Bavarian flag — a white star on an azure field. Their military dress is a brown holland jacket and trowsers, a belt, and a sword, or something to resemble one. The Inspectress invited Sister Z. to join the party. At supper she amused us with an account of the feast. All sorts of things were cooked, including pancakes. Then a standard was stolen, and recovered in military fashion, which was highly amusing. They all returned at seven o'clock.

PART II.

LOUISE brought me a silver thistle from Stockburg this afternoon, where, she says, she saw numbers growing by the way. It is a handsome flower with a brown and grey downy centre, and bright silvery petals, which are as stiff and shiny as a piece of cane. At a distance, it resembles a large passion-flower. It contains a sort of choke, which is tolerably nice to eat.

Sept. 12th. "The Feast of Potatoes" is over! This morning we had our French lesson, as usual, and had no thought of the festival till we heard the Inspector's step in the corridor, and then his voice in the teachers' room. When the class was over, however, a murmur went round that the treat would take place in the afternoon. Still the lessons went on quietly till eleven, at which hour the Bible class