258 SCHOOLS. 



ing in the streets, in little huts hastily put to- 

 gether, with the spelling-books in their hands. 

 Such as could already read were made to learn 

 passages from the Bible by heart. Every street 

 in Hanaruro has more than one school-house : 

 they are long huts, built of reeds, without any 

 division. In each of these, about a hundred 

 scholars, of both sexes, are instructed by a sin- 

 gle native teacher, who, standing on a raised 

 platform, names aloud every single letter, which 

 is repeated in a scream by the whole assembly. 

 These establishments, it may be supposed, are 

 easily recognised afar off; no other sounds are 

 heard in the streets ; and the human figure is 

 seldom to be seen amidst this melancholy still- 

 ness, except when the scholars, conducted by 

 their teachers, repair to the church. Every 

 sort of gaiety is forbidden. 



Lord Byron had brought with him from 

 England a variety of magic lanterns, puppet- 

 shows, and such like toys, and was making pre- 

 parations to exhibit them in public, for the en- 

 tertainment of the people, when an order anived 

 from Bengham to prevent the representation, 

 because it did not become God-fearing christians 



