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making. The quantity of cider formerly made and 

 drunk in this state is said to have been immense. It is, 

 I suppose, from this being a staple branch of husbandry, 

 that our home saying, " Great cry and little wool," ori- 

 ginating in the noise made at the scraping of a pig, has 

 here assumed the form of " More cry than cider." 



9th Sept. — Newhaven in Connecticut is known in 

 Europe chiefly as the seat of Yale College, one of the 

 oldest and most respected of the academical institutions 

 in the United States. It was founded in 1700, has at 

 present 531 resident students, of whom 386 are under- 

 graduates, 52 students in its theological, 33 in its law, 

 and 41 in its medical school.* The Orthodox Congre- 

 gational body are the prevailing denomination in the 

 state of Connecticut; and Yale College, though in no 

 way exclusive, and having no tests, is under the manage- 

 ment of trustees and instructors, who are for the most 

 part of this denomination. Rooms are provided in the 

 college buildings for about one-half of the under-gra- 

 duates, the rest living in lodgings in the town, and all 

 dining in private houses or clubs, as is the custom 

 in the German universities. The total annual expense 

 of a residence at college is about 150 dollars, or a 

 little more than thirty pounds, made up as follows, — 



Tuition fees, . . . . . 33 dollars. 



Room-rent, &c., . . . . 21 — 



Board (forty weeks,) . . 64 to 90 — 



Wood, lights, washing, furniture, \ ^ 



stationery, &c., . . . / 



Total, . . . . 150 to 215 — 



So that about 200 dollars, or £42 sterling, will, on a 

 liberal scale, defray all the necessary residence expenses 

 of under-graduates. The medical institution in connec- 



* The above was in session '49-50. In the present of '50-51, the 

 number of under-graduates is 432, and the whole number of i-esident 

 students, 555. 



