20 AN EXCELLENT INSTRUCTOR. 



instrument of punishment of his own 

 invention, with which he struck terror 

 and hatred into the hearts of most of the 

 scholars to my great relief and joy was 

 sent away. No usher was allowed to 

 strike a boy under any circumstances. 

 Chastisement was administered by the 

 master's hand alone, and so superior was the 

 system this excellent man judiciously adopted, 

 that the cries of a delinquent were seldom 

 heard. By his easy and temperate method, 

 learning was made attractive to even the un- 

 willing mind. The most sullen temper was 

 subdued by his kind and persuasive manner. 

 He was at once a well-bred gentleman, an 

 accomplished scholar, and a sincere Chris- 

 tian, and possessed by nature the power 

 of drawing and attaching to him the affec- 

 tion as well as the obedience and esteem 

 of his pupils. Naturally of an inquisi- 

 tive disposition, I was led by this good 

 man to drink at the fountain of knowledge. 

 It is true I could sip but little, and but 



