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departments, as well as the many other employ- 

 ments they might be destined to pursue; and in 

 this the teachers would have it greatly in their 

 power to discover the talents or innate powers of 

 mind of their pupils, as well as the bent of their 

 inclinations, so as to be enabled to advise or direct 

 inexperienced youths as to what might best suit 

 their several capacities ; and to point out to them 

 the proper course of education that might lead to 

 the calling or occupation in w r hich they might 

 make the most respectable figure w r hen they were 

 launched into the world. This duty of every 

 teacher is an important one, and would require 

 the keenest observation to make the true dis- 

 covery; for, after all, we maybe assured of this, 

 that it is impossible to set bounds to the improve- 

 ment of the human mind, and it is also equally 

 so to limit the capabilities of the human frame 

 when duly cultivated 



[Here ends the manuscript of Bewick's "Memoir/' 

 In the first edition, the date, "November ist, 1828," 

 was added, probably by Miss Jane Bewick. If cor- 

 rect, he must therefore have been engaged upon it 

 until within a few days of his death. Among his 

 papers is a page of memoranda respecting a journey 

 made to London in the previous August and Sep- 

 tember. He set off with his two daughters, ma York, 

 on the 1 3th of the former month, reaching London 

 on the 1 4th,* and lodging in Norfolk Street, Strand. 



[* This is quick travelling for the year of grace, 1828. But the 

 dates are Bewick's, and are correctly given from his notes. He 

 says he left Newcastle on Wednesday morning, and arrived at the 

 "George and Blue Boar," Holborn, on Thursday evening, having 

 slept at York.] 



