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though very irregular; the, cheefe was 
alfo iliced into as many parts as. there 
were boys fitting. at the table.. Not- 
withftanding the {cience and good faith 
attributed to the divider uf the cheefe, 
the pupils take the following precaution 
to prevent any collufion in equalling the, 
fhares:. the, pieces counted are laid on 
the table, are taken up ene after another 
by the divider, who always afks <who 
fhallI give this to?’ on which one of the 
youngeft, with his back turned to the 
table, names one of his companiens, and 
fo on tillshe diftribution be finithed. 
collufion can, be praétifed between the 
divider and the wamer, as they do not © 
know their appointments till all are 
feared at table; the company at large 
name them every day alter the denedicite. 
“ALQuIER, reptefentative of the 
people, being with us, called for a glals 
of beer, and drank to the health of the 
pupils, and to the profperity of the Bata- 
vian republic; on this all the youths 
rof= up inftantly, and uncovering, ex- 
claimed. Vive la République Frangovfe! 
-Cne of the younger pupils was then 
defired to drink a health to the glory of 
the French republic, upon which all of 
us Frenchmen who were prefent, re- 
turned the compliment by exclaiming, 
Vive la République Batave! 
«The economy which reigns through- 
out the houfe.is admirable; nome are to 
be feen there, buta very fmali number of 
perfons neceffary to. its fervice 5, a.com- 
‘nandant of marine, a mafter-gunrner, a 
man to look after the kitchen, and an 
officer of health. The pupils perform 
all the domeftic fervice, each one by ro- 
tation. - Every thing is fwept, wathed, 
&c. with extraordinary neatnefs, fo that 
not the flighte& difagreeable {cent is to 
be perceived. 
“‘ Their education is entirely direéted 
towards the maritime life, and they are 
early inured to all the good habits of fea- 
men; their drefs is failor like, their pro- 
vifions are nearly the fame, and’ their 
lodging refembles that found on board 
hips: they work, however, much harder 
than on board fhip, for which reafon 
they are anxious to embark as early, as 
poffible, in order to put an end to their 
education. More than fixty. ftudents 
have already entered into the fervice of 
the marine, exciting the greateft hopes of 
their talents and good conduct. . 
“With. regard to the police of the 
Heufe, it is managed with great exacinefs 
by the inftraétors, who are obliged to give 
an account in writing, twice a week, to 
Dutch Marine School....Vandermonde. 
No 
the governors, of the behaviour of the 
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pupils, their affiduity in ftudy or labour, . 
and their improvement. Zhe inferior 
police is adminiftered by the pupils 
themfelves; the punifhments beimg ine 
flicted and executed’ by fome among their 
own number, whom they appoint for 
that purpofe. A flight fault is punifhed 
with the inftantaneous privation of the 
blue ribbon, which they wear in their ~ 
hats ; and a greater one, by the ftigma of 
eating ata table feparate from the reft of 
the company. Such as beat their fel- 
lows, are punifhed by receiving lathes” 
with {mall cords over their fhou!ders, 
through the whole fchool. Defertion is 
running the gauntlope for this purpofe 
punifhed by imprifonment, .and greater - 
offences by difmiffion from the houfe; this 
laft is confidered as the greateft difgrace 
poffible. wes 
“In the month of Auguft-every year, 
there is a grand vacation throughout the 
eftablifhment. 
pupils as have beft difcharged their duty, 
receive encomiums by proclamation, &c.. 
They are mofeover invited to drink 
At this. time, fuch of the - 
wine out of a large filver cup, bequeathed — 
to the houfe for this purpofe, by a cele~ 
brated mariner. 
“In aword,” coneludes Thouin, ¢ this 
inftitution refleéts honour on thofe who 
founded and faupport it, as a proper 
nurfery for excellent feamen, ufeful to the 
Batavian nation, and tending to accelerate © 
the progrefs of the ferences.’ 
Ke eee F 
For the Monibly Magazine. 
[The following notice relative, tothe life and 
writings of VANDERMONDE, was written 
in French, by LACEPEDE, fecretary to the 
clafs of phyfical and mathematical ferences, 
in the National Inftitute, at Paris: and 
was recited, the 15th Germinal, in the firft 
public fitting “of that body.] 
VANDERMOND E, member of the Na- 
tional Inftitute of Sciences and Arts, 
was born at Paris, in the year 1735. He 
devoted his youth to felf-inftru€tion ; and, 
even at the age of thirty, was far enough 
from fufpeéting that he was deftined to 
inftruét others in his turn. 
bsought him near to the celebrated Fon- 
taine. That fexagenary geometrician 
eafily divised the progrefs which VY AN- 
DERMONDE would one day make in the 
mathematics ; in him he anticipated, as it 
were, a fucceffor to himfelf; he patron- 
ized and careffed him; let him imro the 
fecret of his refearches, calculations, 
inventions, of that lively enjoyment 
which profound fpeculation gives to an 
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