1 98 Visit a School of Sixty Scholars. 



with him, the master stated that the children 

 had acquired their barbarous accent from an 

 old woman who had been their previous in- 

 structress. The performance, on the whole, was 

 creditable ; and it was with much pleasure I 

 learned that it was the general wish of parents 

 to have their children instructed ; as the very 

 poorest, I was assured, willingly spared a por- 

 tion of their scanty earnings for this valuable 

 purpose, which, in time, must produce its effect. 

 Dr. Johnson, in his Tour to the Hebrides, says, 

 " Whatever withdraws us from the power of our 

 senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, 

 and the future predominate over the present, 

 advances us in the dignity of thinking beings." 

 A school, I was glad to hear, was erecting by Mr. 

 Atkinson in the village, for teaching on the 

 Lancastrian plan. 



On our return to the inn, we made an acquaint- 

 ance of the apothecary of the place, apparently 

 a sensible intelligent man ; who gave us to 

 understand that the sale of drugs was far be- 

 yond the demand for medicines, and formed 

 the principal part of his business. 



Our time would not permit us to visit Glen- 

 luce Castle, about three miles from Bush Mills, 

 although in our road to this place. Here are 



