The house was one of the first on New Augustengroden, built in 1816, [swept] down by the water in 1825, and rebuilt the same year.

He was an intelligent young man, and answered many inquiries which we made.
Finding the distance might be too great to walk, next morning we procured horses, and started about seven o'clock, taking from our small stock of books one for each family.

We commenced intercourse with them by first interesting ourselves about their families and domestic concerns, not unmindful of every suitable opportunity to turn the conversation on the subject of religion, which is too much neglected by most of them.

They are of the Lutheran profession; but the church being at some distance, they do not regularly attend.

Most of them have as many as six children, and some eight, with fine countenances.