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erect a seminary there upon the plan of their 

 own. His instructions were so well fulfilled 

 that the establishment he framed has existed 

 until the present time, modified by many and 

 great improvements. The superior of this col- 

 lege is M. Roux, assisted by professors of 

 eminence in the different sciences, and other 

 subordinate masters, who pursue a judicious 

 plan of general instruction that reflects dis- 

 tinguished honour upon themselves, while it 

 ensures a continual advance in knowledge to 

 a very considerable number of students and 

 scholars. The New College, or Petit Seminaire, 

 near the Little River, in the Recollet suburbs, 

 is most eligibly situated; the body of it is 210 

 feet long by 45 broad, having at each end a wing 

 that runs at right angles 186 feet by nearly 45. 

 It is a handsome regular edifice, built a few 

 years ago by the seminary of St. Sulpice, at an 

 expense of more than £'10,000, for the purpose 

 of extending the benefit of their plan of educa- 

 tion beyond what the accommodations of their 

 original establishment would admit of. On the 

 exterior, decoration and neatness are so judici- 

 ously blended as to carry an air of gmndeur, 

 to which the interior distribution perfectly cor- 

 responds ; the arrangements have been made 

 with the utmost attention to convenience, utility, 

 and salubrity, consisting of residences for the 



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