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for each additional pupil. The school was established under 

 the auspices of a society in 1827, and the whole number 

 educated, since its foundation, is four hundred and ninety- 

 seven. 



The terms for boarding, lodging, tuition, and washing, are 

 ten pounds, or fifty dollars, a year, payable quarterly, in advance. 

 It may be interesting to see the dietary of the school, which I 

 subjoin : 



BREAKFAST. Eleven ounces of oatmeal, made into stirabout , 

 one pint of sweet milk. 



DINNER. Sunday. Three quarters of a pound of beef stewed 

 with pepper and onions, or one half pound corned beef, with 

 cabbage, and three and one half pounds potatoes. 



Monday. One half pound pickled beef, three and one half 

 pounds potatoes, and one pint of buttermilk. 



Tuesday. Broth made of one half pound of beef, with 

 leeks, cabbage, and parsley, and three and a half pounds of 

 potatoes. 



Wednesday. Two ounces of butter, eight ounces of oatmeal 

 made into bread, three and a half pounds of potatoes, and one 

 pint of sweet milk. 



Thursday. Half a pound of pickled beef, with cabbage or 

 turnips, and three and a half pounds of potatoes. 



Friday. Two ounces of butter, eight ounces of wheatmeal 

 made into bread, and one pint of sweet milk or fresh buttermilk ; 

 three and a half pounds of potatoes. 



Saturday. Two ounces of butter, one pound of potatoes 

 mashed, eight ounces of wheatmeal made into bread, two and a 

 half pounds of potatoes, one pint of buttermilk. 



SUPPER. In summer, flummery made of one pound of oatmeal, 

 and one pint of sweet milk. In winter, three and a half pounds 

 of potatoes, and one pint of buttermilk or sweet milk. 



In lodging, the same system is strictly followed ; the beds, 

 bed-clothing, and all other necessary articles, being simple, 

 though clean, and therefore within the reach of any industrious 

 peasant. A proper degree of exercise is provided for by the 

 distribution of hours into field and home occupation, so that 

 each pupil is, in fine weather, half the day in the open air, as 

 explained by the following table : 



