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free from fwampy and other noxious exhalations; and fupplied with 

 pure and wholeiome water, for drinking and culinary ufes. 



^dly, That it (hould be in the near ncij^hbourhood of fevcral 

 minor fettlemcnts, for the conveuieiice of procuring fmall Itock 

 and other neceflary provifions. 



4thly, That the roads leading to it fhould be good and 

 paflable.. 



Every one of thefe requifites are enjoyed at Old Woman's Sa-? 

 vannah. Nor is it in any of tliem liable to objection, except that 

 the road leading to Old Harbour is fo long, as to render the car- 

 riage of goods from thence in general tedious. Yet this difficulty 

 would eafiJy be furmounted, if eftabliihed prices were formed fot 

 the carriage of goods, as there are feveral teains which conflantly 

 life tills road ; or a (horter carriage might be opened to- St. Anne's 

 Bay. I propofe, therefore, that a fquare (hould be laid out here, 

 about the fize of the parade in Spanifh Town. On one fide of it 

 ihould ftand the fchooi-houfe ; oppofite to this, a chapel, for the. 

 regular performance of divine fervice. The Eaftern fide of the 

 fquare fliould be occupied with the mafler's dwelling-houfe ; and 

 in each of its wings a convenient fuitc of apartments, for the ac- 

 commodation of boarders. Facing this range of building, fliould 

 be difpofed fome convenient offices. 



One hundred acres of land contiguous ffiould be purchafed by 

 the public; and part of it cleared, fenced, and properly laid out 

 for pafturage and other ufes. To which ffiould be added, fx cows 

 and a fmall flock of fheep. Eight or ten Negroes fl-iould likewife 

 be provided, to be under tlie care of a white overfeer, at 80 or 

 lool.per annum w-ages, to clear the land, repair fences and roads, 

 and do other necefl'ary work. 



The mafter ihould be under the coutroul of a certain ivumber of 

 truftees, the governor for the time being to be one; a quorum of 

 whom Ihould annually meet at the fchool, to examine the condi- 

 tion and management of it, with full power to. rectify abufes, di(- 

 charge the mafter, and appoint in his room; and to lay a flate of 

 their proceedings before the legiftature at their annual ieliion. 



For the better proteclion of the boys, and to guard againfl: any 

 calamity likely to happen from, in^u^re^5lions among the Negroes,. 



a defcnfible 



