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fed only with bread and water. If they are muti- 

 nous, and endeavour to excite a fpirit of feditipn 

 among their companions, they undergo corporal 

 punifhment. The latter has, however, been very 

 feldom found neceffary ; but, whenever it is inflicled, 

 it is done in the prefence of all the perfons of the 

 houfe, and, as might naturally be expected, has 

 never failed to produce a very flriking and ufeful 

 effecl. 



During the fummer months the paupei's rife at 

 half-paft five, and in winter the prayers and break- 

 fail are over before the break of day. — The fires 

 and caudles are extinguiflied in the evenings at nine 

 o'clock from the ifl of May to the ift of September, 

 and at eight during the reft of the year. — There are 

 ftated hours for making the beds, cleaning the dor- 

 mitories, wafhing and combing the children, &c. by 

 which means a conftant attention to that cleanlinefs 

 Is kept up which fo greatly excites the attention of 

 every flranger, and flroiigly recommends the ex- 

 cellence of the inflitution. — The whole family break- 

 faft, dine, and fup together in the dining-hall : they 

 are claifed feparately, the men, the women, the boys, 

 and the girls at their refpedtive tables. 



A general bill of fare is appointed, fo that the 

 provifion for each day is prepared without any per* 

 plexity or confufion ; 



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