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commenced sewing, and were making satisfactory 
progress. 
They go four times in the week to the council 
chamber to be instructed by gratuitous teachers. 
On Sunday evening service is performed according 
to the Church of England by Mr. Fleming, and 
the children are said to be attentive and well- 
behaved. The Methodists of the New Connection 
have them also under spiritual instruction in the 
morning and afternoon of each Sabbath, assisted by 
persons of other religious denominations. 
All instruction is given in English ; their food is 
cooked by the elder children, (who also provide the 
firewood,) and distributed by themselves under the 
master’s eye The cook is said to take good care of 
himself, and certainly his appearance does not belie 
the insinuation, for he is by far the fattest boy in 
the lot. The school building is a plain, low cottage, 
containing a school-room, a sleeping-room for the 
male children, another for the female, and apart- 
ments for the master and mistress. There is also 
an old out- building attached, where the children 
perform their ablutions in wet weather. Mr. and 
Mrs. Smith receive £100. per annum from the 
Colonial Government for their services. The 
children of this school have not yet been generally 
provided with other clothing than a small blanket 
each. The third school was only just commenced 
at Encounter Bay, where it has been established 
through the influence and exertions of Mr. Meyer, 
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