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Rh complexion a little dark, tho' the skin of the upper part of her arm, as well as her bosom, is white: She has lively blue eyes: Her speech is clear and quick; she seems to have a good understanding, from her learning readily what is taught her; and she sews neatly enough. She shews that she knows how to work at a kind of tapestry, by putting herself in the proper posture, and passing the needle alternately downwards and upwards. The governess of the hospital says, she understands Dresden work very well, which the must have been taught by the Lady who took care of her; but the girl could not tell in what country that was, never having conversed with any body, nor gone abroad. They are instructing her at present in the Christian religion: She says, she desires to be baptized in the terrestrial paradise, by which she means our churches. The curates in the neighbourhood of Songi have made her understand by signs, that it is improper for her to climb trees, being unseemly in a girl; and therefore she at present abstains from doing so. A rumour has been spread, of orders being given to carry her to court. It is not known how she has