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intended for any profession, may enjoy the ad- 

 vantage of it. It is divided into two branches, 

 distinguished as the Grand and Petit Seminaire. 

 The studies of the superior department are 

 conducted under the superintendance of M. 

 Robert, who is himself professor of philosophy, 

 three directors, and a competent number of 

 professors in the different branches of litera- 

 ture and science* The ability and zeal of 

 these gentlemen are sufficiently attested by the 

 great number of pupils who have been dismissed 

 from under their care, possessing every accom- 

 plishment of a learned, liberal, and polished 

 education* M. Parent is director of the Petit 

 Seminaire, which is exceedingly useful as a 

 general school, wherein great numbers are edu- 

 cated free of expense, excepting only the trifling 

 sum of five shillings per year as a compensa- 

 tion for fuel; boarders are also received on the 

 very moderate pension of twelve pounds ten 

 shillings per annum. The interior plan of this 

 structure is judicious, and the arrangement 

 very convenient : it contains all requisite do- 

 mestic apartments, halls for the senior and 

 junior classes, residences for the superior, di- 

 rectors, professors, and different masters. The 

 situation is airy and salubrious ; the house is 

 surrounded by large productive gardens, en- 

 closed by a wall, and extending in depth to 



