Cs,MnCl,. 2 H,O and Rb,MnCI, 4 2 H,O are two antiferromagnetic subst,ances with a similar triclinic structure, but. with different NBel temperatures of 1.84 and 2.24 "K respectively. The magnetic moments have been measured a t 0.5 O K in external fields up to 70 kOe. In order to calculate the exchange and anisotropy fields the measurements were made on single crystals which were oriented. with the ordering direction first parallel and then perpendicular to the field. The alignment axis is the 0-Mn-0 direction.