XIV INTRODUCTION. 



Sanxay, to the entire control of the school. 

 Speaking of him in this capacity his biographer 

 says : — ' Religion was the foundation-stone on 

 which he built the fabric of all instruction that he 

 imparted to his pupils, while he instilled into their 

 minds the noblest sentiments that are deducible 

 from moral principles of the highest nature. On 

 such a superstructure he could hardly fail of 

 success, more particularly so when, to it, he added 

 a gentleness of manners that won the confidence 

 of his pupils, whom he trained to virtue by 

 example tutored with love and disciplined by 

 kindness.' In the same year in which he took 

 up his residence at Cheam, Gilpin married an 

 orphan niece of his uncle. His marriage he after- 

 wards described as one of almost uninterrupted 

 happiness. Two sons aud two daughters were born 

 of this marriage. Of these, the daughters both 

 died whilst young ; one of the sons emigrated to 

 America, and the other — William, the youngest — 

 entered the Church. 



During the year 1770, and subsequently, our 

 Author undertook numerous tours through various 

 parts of England, Scotland, and Wales. His bio- 



