CONTENTS. xm 



ClIAlWBR XI. 



EDUCATION. 



Varied classes of the population — Enterprising and indus-^ 

 trious Americans — ^Tliey contribute to maintain and sup- 

 port tJie energies of the Bermndans — Bxtraordinary 

 resources of Bermuda cannot be viewed with indiiFerenc© 

 by the philosophic and contemplative miad— Diffusion of v , 

 the humanising arts — Character of Berkeley College — A — ■^, 

 magnificent charity — Great desideratum of a place of study 

 and retirement &r young mga— Berkeley College should be 

 thrown open to white and eolourett people in the West 

 Indies — Great advantage of the college to Bermuda— - 

 National feeling — School education of young people of 

 colour— Prcij udice of the white population— Bishop Berkeley 

 — The colony a centre of commerce and its advmite^es — 

 The spirit of literature and philouthropy— Free schools 

 —Facts relating to the education of the poor , . ISS 



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MAN^JEES AND CUSTOMS. 

 Evening assemblages— Balls— Diimer-parties-Shooting— 

 Fishing — Boating — Regatta — Spectators — Bermuda 

 damsels— Royal Bermuda Yacht Club — Superiority of 

 satllng-boats-Sea-bathing— Fishing oa the open sea- 

 Intellectual resources isa 



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NATURAL HISTORY. 



Native birds— Mangrove-trees— Occasional visitaats— Ento- 

 mology— Gonus Diurna (or butterflies)- Genus Sphinx 

 (or the hawk-moth)— Genus Phalseaa (or moths)— Coleop- 

 tera—Cidarise— Chaateuse8(or singers)— Aph)dii(or plant- 

 lice)— Ge«u8 Coccus (or scale insects)— Coccus cacti (or 

 cochineal insect)— Insect changes- Apterous insects- 

 Jigger (Palex penetrans)— Death-watch (Anobium per- 

 tinas)— Genus Forflcula (or earwigs)— Genus Blattas (or 

 cockroaches)- Arachnides (or spiders)— Genus Seorpto 

 (scorpions)— Silk-spidej C*etraf»atha extenso) . . 19S 



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