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turn, he says, and so on in succession through- 

 out the year, there being no interruption, I 

 understood him to say, to his labours. His 

 salary, i. e. money salary, is the small one of 8/. 

 a year, and that from an endowment, if I was 

 correctly informed. 



PISCATOR. I know the man and respect him,- 

 and know that he is respected, and a welcome 

 guest from house to house. The manner in 

 which he is remunerated is far better, is more 

 friendly and kind than that of the " whittle- 

 gait," a mode in usage in many of the other 

 Cumberland dales, according to which the 

 school-master has to seek his victuals merely 

 from the houses in succession, the children of 

 which he teaches, without having a bed in the 

 house, or being considered an inmate, and con- 

 sequently has to trudge often from a distance to 

 his lodging, which, if he be a bachelor, as our 

 friend is, must be comfortless enough. As we 

 go to the lake after breakfast, we will look in 

 on his little school. The schoolroom is by the 

 road side, and in size is small, in just proportion 

 with the church, and therefore I think we may 

 justly conclude, the smallest in the kingdom. 

 Both the church and schoolroom present a 



