232 Females little instructed in Domestic Matters. 



here, and their happiness hereafter, are wholly 

 dependant on the careful performance of these 

 duties that to be good is to be happy; 

 with a full knowledge and conviction of the 

 truths of the gospel, the general character of 

 the people must become exalted, and most im- 

 portant changes may reasonably be expected in 

 the manners, habits, and conduct of the labo- 

 rious classes throughout the empire. 



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In the numerous cabins I have visited, I have 

 been much concerned to see so little attention 

 paid to the instruction of females in domestic 

 concerns, not having on any occasion seen the 

 mistress of a family occupied with her needle. 

 What good reason can be offered for the neglect 

 of making the rags of which their clothes are 

 composed somewhat more decent and tidy ? I 

 can imagine none, excepting that of a Manks 

 farmer, who, on being reproached for suffering 

 so many weeds on his land, replied, " The 

 attempt would have been hopeless, there were 

 so many of them." 



The infirmary is a spacious, handsome edifice, 

 and is said to be under very good regulations. 



There are here two public charities which 

 demand peculiar notice. The one is a reposi- 



