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PREFACE. 



cult to bestow all that attention on a school for 

 the instruction of the children and youth, now in 

 their establishments, whom they might think it 

 proper to educate, which would be necessary to 

 secure its proper management. Could this care 

 be entirely taken off their hands, by men of known 

 and approved characters, acting under a responsi- 

 bility to some respectable society ; by men who 

 would feel all the interests which christian be- 

 nevolence can create in the welfare of the chil- 

 dren and youth committed to their care, it does 

 appear to me, that they would gladly cooperate 

 with them. 



As the North West Company from motives of 

 interest, as well as from more noble considera- 

 tions, would contribute something to the support 

 of such an establishment, should it meet their ap- 

 probation, the expense of it would, of course, be 

 less to the society that should embark in the un- 

 dertaking, than is commonly incurred, in establish- 

 ments of this sort. 



The children and youth above mentioned, 

 might be instructed in the arts of civilized life, in 

 science and in Christianity, with much greater ease 



