BOOK II. CHAP. XII. 25^ 



I have chiefly confined my thoughts to a fchool for boys. If 

 another for girls flioulJ likewife be approved, perhaps a fituatioa 

 nearer one of the towns, as at Halfway-tree, in St. Andrew's, 

 miglit be molt proper, in order to accommodate them eafier with 

 the necefl'ary mafters. This fchool would be bell regulated under 

 a felcifl committee of the principal ladies in the ifland, the go- . 

 vernor's lady being the patronefs. Thefe fuperintendants might 

 annually be chofen by ballot; and the legiflature no further in- 

 terfere, than in fupporting the foundation, and regulating the terms 

 of admiflion. 



The expence annually attending the boys feminary cannot be 

 exadlly computed ; neverthelefs, as a calculation may not only 

 convey fome idea of what it will require, but ferve as a ground- 

 work for concerting a regular plan of fuch an undertaking, I take 

 the liberty to offer the following : 



The head mafter, annual falary, jT. 28c to £. 300 



An affiflant, ■ ■ 140 



A Botanical profeflbr, ■ 140 



A phyfician, ■ 1 40 



A teacher of mufick, — . 70 



A ditto, of fencing and the manual exercife, -— 70 



A dancing-mafter, — — , ^ ... ■ 70 



An overfeer, ■ ■ • .. ■ 1 ■ 80 

 Two white fervants, at 35/. each, 70 



1060 

 Neceflaries for ten Negroes per cinn. at 60 x. each, 30 



1090 

 A botanic garden, fituated near the fchool, might be laid out, and 

 {locked with thofe plants of the ifland, or of the Southern con- 

 tinent, mofl: diftinguiflied for their virtues in medicine, or value for 

 commercial purpoles. It is certain, that nature has not only fur- 

 ni(hed this ifland with feveral vegetable produdions ufeful in trade 

 and manufactures, but likewife an unlimited variety of medicinal 

 balms, barks, and roots, adapted to the cure of moil diftempers 

 incident to the cHmatc. 



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