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Let the back-yard be considered as a sort of punishment for 



misbehaviour and refractory conduct, where, shut up between 

 four buildings, nothing can be seen lo enliven the prospedt 

 while, on the contrary, from the South Terrace, cheered by the 



Sun, the View of the Country will be delightful ; since the 



immediate fore-ground consists of a Garden, and the perpetually 



varying and moving scene which is presented by the great 

 road to Canterbury, and the Coast. 



In addition to the usual employments of the Paupers in 

 the Work-rooms, it were to be wished that more wholesome and 

 useful labour might be taught to the Children than pinning, 

 and other manufactures. This might be considered as the 

 reward of good conduct: the Children, supplied with spades, 

 and hoes, and tools, proportioned to their strength, should 



be taught and exercised in the cultivation of the Garden, 



and perhaps drilled to become the future defenders of their 

 Country. 



The Sketch will in some degree explain the effect of this 



scene as viewed from the high road. We may suppose the 

 warm benches along the front of the building occupied by the 



aged and infirm, who may there enjoy their few remaining 

 days of sunshine, without being totally shut out and lost to the 

 world. On the warm tiles of the central building some vines 

 may be trained, and the produce of these, and every part of the 



Garden, such as fruit and flowers, may be exposed to sal 



the public road, and the profits of these commodities might 

 e the reward of extraordinary industry or good behaviour. 



