258 SCHOOLS. 



ing in the streets, in little huts hastily put to- ? 

 gether, with the spelling-books in their hands. 

 Such as could already read were made to learn 

 passages from the Bible by heart. Every street 

 in Hanaruro has more than one school-house : 

 they are long huts, built of reeds, without any 

 division. In each of these, about a hundred 

 scholars, of both sexes, are instructed by a sin 

 gle native teacher, who, standing on a raised 

 platform, names aloud every single letter, which 

 is repeated in a scream by the whole assembly. 

 These establishments, it may be supposed, are 

 easily recognised afar off; no other sounds are 

 heard in the streets ; and the human figure is 

 seldom to be seen amidst this melancholy still 

 ness, except when the scholars, conducted by 

 their teachers, repair to the church. Every 

 sort of gaiety is forbidden. 



Lord Byron had brought with him from 

 England a variety of magic lanterns, puppet- 

 shows, and such like toys, and was making pre 

 parations to exhibit them in public, for the en 

 tertainment of the people, when an order arrived 

 from Bengham to prevent the representation, 

 because it did not become God-fearing Christians 



