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himself to intercede, and I greatly commend him ; but £ 
do not mitigate the punifhment of the dilinquent. ' The 
whole of this operation teaches the boy and his compani- 
ons the nature of justice, and the benefit ofgovernment, or 
at least gives them the ideas of power and. protection, of 
good and evil, duty, authority, and obedience. 
West. Jam very much struck with the simplicity and. 
. force of this reasoning, and it agrees with my own expe- 
Fence. : 
In the summer of the year 1737, being then of Christ 
Church Coilege, | pafsed some weeks most agreeably at a 
gentleman’s house in the country, who hada fine young 
family ef children, of whose education both he and his 
wife took a singular and most succefsful direction. 
I remember I was highly pleased with their manner of 
teaching them the principles of duty, good conduct, and 
benevolence. 
- JT fhall mention +a few of the occasions on which they 
artfully infused important good principles into their chil- 
dren. 
One of their children had, in spite uf repeated injuncti- 
ons, climbed up a tree in a dangerous situation, close by 
the river. 
When fawning on his mother,’aud prefefsing tender 
Jove to her, the said “ No no, dont talk to me any more 
of your love, if you loved me you would obey me, and 
not make me unhappy by exposing yourself to danger.” 
Again. Another of her children havinz got himself 
into an out-house, locks the door upon himself, and cannot 
open it again; he remains there two hours in agony, and 
is relieved by a beggar boy, who palsing by, goes in ie 
the window and lets out the child. 
He runs home in transport, but for some time forgets 
his deliverer. The father afks him how he got out? 
‘Who Jet him out? and where is the beggar? You little 
