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tention. Large and ample offices are conve- 

 niently placed behind a plantation at a fmall 

 diitance : around the palace is a large lawn, 

 which fpreads on every fide over the hills, and 

 fkirted by young plantations, in one of which 

 is a terrace, which commands a moft beautiful 

 view of cultivated hill and dale. The view 

 from the palace is much improved by the bar- 

 racks, the fchool, and a new church at a dis- 

 tance, all which are fo placed as to be exceed- 

 ingly ornamental to the whole country. 



The barracks were ere&ed under his Grace's 

 directions, and form a large and handfome 

 edifice. The fchool is a building of confidera- 

 ble extent, and admirably adapted for the pur- 

 pofe: a more convenient or a better contrived 

 one, is no where to be feen. There are apart- 

 ments for a matter, a fchool-room 56 feet by 

 28, a large dining-room andfpacious airy dor- 

 mitories, with every other neceffary, and a 

 fpacious pjay-ground walled in; the whole 

 forming a handfome front : and attention be- 

 ing paid to the residence of the matter (the 

 falary is 400I. a year), the fchool flourifhes, 

 and muft prove one of the greateft advantages 

 to the country of any thing that could have 

 been eftablifhed. This edifice entirely at the 

 primate's expenfe. The church is erecled of 

 white ftone, and having a tall fpire makes a 

 very agreeable objed, in a country where 

 churches and fpires do not abound — at leaft 

 fuch as are worth looking at. Three other 



churches 



