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approaching the college from the high land of 

 that quarter we obtained a fine view of the 

 building, with the plain on which it ftands, 

 and the wide expanfe of the fea, fpread be- 

 fore it. Defcending from the hill we met 

 with the fineft avenue of mountain cabbage 

 trees that we had feen in the ifland. 



The college was founded by Colonel 

 Codrington, and richly endowed, with the 

 generous and very laudable intention of 

 eftablifliing a great and ufeful feminary for 

 the education of the youth of Barbadoes ; 

 the liberal founder appropriating the revenue 

 of two large eftates to the inftitution, in the 

 defire of affording an opportunity to the 

 Creole generations of the ifland, of acquiring 

 learning, and fitting themfelves for the im- 

 portant duties of fociety, and of their indi- 

 vidual ftations^ without incurring the ex- 

 pence of an European education. But the 

 benevolent intentions of the Colonel have not 

 been duly regarded. The profits intended 

 for this beft of purpofes have been fquan- 

 dered away, and the funds difgracefully ne- 

 gleded or abufed. The fuperb edifice, which 

 was planned, has not been finifhed, and even 



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