to comparative health.—The physicians advised travelling, that change of air, and a variety of objects, might dispel that gloom which seemed to impede her natural cheerfulness, and undermine her strength.
"In compliance with this advice, for near two months past we have lived a desultory kind of life, without any fixed plan, but moving from place to place, as fancy or inclination directed. By this management, we have succeeded in amusing Miss D'Alenberg; and though that playful gaiety, and animating vivacity she once possessed, appears to be entirely lost, yet there is a soft complacency, an earnest desire to look contented in every word and action, that highly gratifies her father, and inspires hope, that time and effort may restore her tranquillity.
"About ten days ago, we arrived at Ens, in which city lived a relation of Mr. D'Alenberg, who received us with great kindness. The next evening I accompanied my friend in a walk by the side of the river, not far from our residence. We strolled sometime
