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the principal church of this northern di- 

 strict, and where its pastor resides. 



June 30. 



The clergyman of Jockmock, IVIr. Maim- 

 ing, who is the schoolmaster, and Mr. 

 Hogling the curate, tormented me with 

 their consummate and most pertinacious 

 ignorance. I could not but wonder how 

 so much pride and ambition, such scanda- 

 lous want of information, with such incor- 

 rigible stupidity, could exist in persons of 

 their profession, who are commonly ex- 

 pected to be men of knowledge ; yet any 

 school-boy twelve j^ears of age might be 

 better informed. No man will deny the 

 propriety of such people as these, at least, 

 being placed as far as possible from civi- 

 lized society. 



The learned curate began his conversa- 

 tion with remarks on the clouds in this 

 country, setting forth how they strike the 

 mountains as they pass, carrying away 

 stones, trees and cattle. I ventured to 



