year.

On the 11th of November two little girls, Anna and Comfort, were added
to their household. The mother had recently died, and the father offered
to pay the Moravians for taking care of them, but they preferred to have
them bound, so they could not be taken away just when they had begun to
learn, and so it was arranged. On the 28th, a man from Ebenezer brought
his son, and apprenticed him to Tanneberger, the shoemaker.

The dark side of the picture arose from two causes, ill health, and
matrimonial affairs. There was a great deal of sickness throughout
Georgia that summer, and the second company became acclimated through
the same distressing process that the first had found so hard to bear.
Mrs. Dober, Mrs. Waschke, Mrs. Toeltschig, Gottlieb Demuth, John Boehner
and others were sick at various times, and David Jag cut his foot so
severely that he was unable to use it for four months. Nor was this the
worst, for three more of their number died. Roscher was sick when
he reached Savannah, with consumption, it was supposed, but Regnier
suspected that this was not all, and when Roscher died, March 30th, he
secured permission to make an autopsy, in which he was assisted by John
Wesley. The examination showed a large hematoma in the left wall of the
abdomen, and other complications. The records say, "we have no cause to
grieve over his departure, for he was a good soul," and died in peace.

The next to pass away was Mrs. Haberecht. Her health began to fail the
latter part of March, but she did not become seriously ill until the
26th of May, when she returned from the farm, where she and others had
been employed, and told her friends that the Saviour had called her, and
her end was near. With joy and peace she waited for the summons, which
was delayed for some time, though on several occasions her death seemed
only a matter of hours. On the 16th of June she shared with the others
in the celebration of the Communion, and on the following evening "went
to the Saviour".

Matthias Boehnisch's illness was of short duration, lasting only from
the 27th of September to the 3rd of October. He had had a severe fall on
the ship coming over, from which he continued to suffer, and now a hard
blow on the chest injured him mortally. Some of his companions found it
hard to understand why he should be taken, for he was a good man, who
gave promise of much usefulness in the Lord's service. It is an old
question, often asked and never fu