i^^l. p fan for relieving the blind. 75 



A bungalo of i.hi;. sort, in my gaiden, seventy feet in 

 leng'.h, ai.u fifty In breadth, is now employed with every 

 advantage ; and contains a complete establifliment, as I 

 have placed in it an upper servant, with a dozen children 

 under his direction, a schoolmaster to teach the chil- 

 dren to read, write, and keep accounts, and a silk wea- 

 ver. 



Son>.« o(the children are not more than three years old, 

 and yet tney feed the worms, and remove them from their 

 litter, with the utmost care and attention, — so prevalent 

 is the force of imitation on innocent minds. 



The businefs of managing the worms, and winding the 

 silk, requires no farther attention from me j as the latter 

 is so well executed, that the silk weaver has reeled it off 

 again, on bobbins, and spun it into thread. 



I therefore recommend that you cause a similar lodge- 

 ment to be erected, and a similar establilhment made, at 

 every one of the mulberry plantations, although I am 

 sorry to observe a total neglect of the wells ol water, 

 the attention to which I so earnestly recommended. 

 I am^ is'c 



Fort St. George, Dec. 6. 1751. 



To be conttnued occasionai/y. 



A PLAN FOR. RELIEF OF THE INDIGENV BLIND. 



The following phn for affording relief io a numerous <I.-fs of men, who 

 are incapable of earning their bread in the corrimon way, 5eeins to be S3 

 well caUuUted for efttcling the otjecs in view, ihat the Ecitor mcSC 

 chearfuUy lends his aid to render it 2S gcncraih kniJW!\ ss pofsihle ; 

 and begs leave to recommend it to his benevo'm: readers as 'n object 

 highly meriting their attention. Any hints teno ng to rer-der the plan 

 still more perfect, will be thankfully received. 



Of all the objects which daily call for the exercise of 

 compafsion, there are none more deserving of it than the 

 indigent blind. Their uncomfortable situation being the 

 immediate hand of God, is the more entitled to pity. Can 

 we conceive a reasonable creature in more deplorable cir- 



