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Whete is your fchool >—24t Hackuey. 
Who teaches you?—Jdrs, Braidwood and 
ber fons. 
What is the fum of five and feven ?—Iive 
and feven is twelve. 
T then defired him to name the parts of 
{peech, and to write 23 in letters, which 
he did with great readinefs. I likewile 
prefcribed to him two queftions in arith- 
metic, one in addition, the other in. fubtrac- 
tion, which he folved very correctly. To 
a young girl, who had been a pupil’ of 
Mrs. Braidwood about eighteen months, 
L propofed the queftion—What is my 
name? pronouncing the words as articu- 
lately as poffible. She anfwered diftinétly 
—Dodor Crambie. 
I had alfo the pleafure of feeing a letter - 
to Mrs. Braidwood, from a gentleman, 
who was born deaf afd dumb, of which 
it is but juftice to fay, that its grammati- 
cal accuracy forms by much the leaft part 
of its merit. This gentleman, though deaf, 
underftands the oral language of others, 
and converfes, Iam informed, with fur- 
prifing facility. He tranfa&ts the bufinefs 
of two departments ina re{petable public 
office under government, and has already 
appeared before the public as an author. 
I may fay with truth, that I never re- 
ceived a higher gratification than in exa- 
mining thefe young pupils of Mrs. Braid- 
wood; and, if thefe obfervations will fur- 
nifh amufement to your readers, and ferve 
‘to render this ufeful feminary more gene- 
rally known, the intention of the writer 
will be fully anfwered. 
Highgate, O@. 2. A.C, 
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For the Monthly Magazime. 
ACCOUNT of AsBY, in the COUNTY of 
WESTMORELAND. 
, SBY, or, as it was formerly writ- 
A ten and pronounced, Afhby, and, 
fiill more anciently, Atkeby, is faid to 
have derived its name from an ancient fa- 
mily called Atkeby, that once pofiefled 
the whole, or principal part, of this parifh, 
and which flourifhed in the reign of Hen- 
ry II. but has been long extin&. This 
parifh lies in the Barony of Weftmoreland, 
and Diocefe of Carlifle; is four miles 
fouth from Appleby ;- and. fituated, .as 
nearly ‘as has been afcertained, . in 
£4? 45’ 30” of northern latitude, and in 
° 93° of weftern longitude. from Green- 
wich. It is bounded on the eaft by the 
pacihes of Ormiide, Warcop, Mufgrave, 
ok 
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“Account of Afby, in the County of Weftmoreland. 
[Dec. 1, 
Kirkby-ftephen, and Crofby-garret ; on 
the fouth, by the parifhes of Crofby- 
garret and Ravenftonedale; on the welt, 
by the parifhes of Orton and Crofby Ra- 
ven{worth ; and on the -north, by the pa- 
rifhes of -Crofby Ravenfworth and - St. 
Lawrence, Appleby. 
The whole extent of Afby may proba- 
bly be about four miles in diameter. A 
great part is mountainous, although the 
hills are of no very confidcrable height above 
the reft of the parifh. The following are 
deemed the higheft, and their altitude is 
taken from the level of the fea: Gathorne- 
linglow, 31538 feet; Caftle-folds, 1700 
feet; and Oxenburgh, 1620 feet in height. 
This parifh is beautifully diverfified with 
hill and dale; and Afby-{fcar forms a 
ridge of almoft folid rock, extending about 
two miles from norch to fouth, and four 
miles from eaft to weft. From this ridge, 
which is near tee fouthern extremity of 
the parifh, the ground declines gently, 
with many beautiful fwellings, to the yil- 
lage of Great Afby. 
The foil is mottly upon a limeftone 3 
but in fome fituations. a fandy loam, and 
clayey earth, may be obferved ; and, in 
the village of Great Afby, the foil is a. 
loamy gravel. In fome parts of this dif- 
trict, the foil is tolerably deep and fertile; 
but in others it is more fhallow, and 
yields lighter crops. Much of the arable | 
land is floping, but not fteep. All the 
different ftrata uniformly verge to the 
north and narth-weft. 
The climate is more dry and healthy, 
than in fome of the more weftern parithes, 
af this county. The air indeed varies 
confiderably, as it does in every other fitu- 
ation where the furface is unequal. It is 
frequently mild and temperate in the in- 
ternal and northern parts of the parifh, 
when the air is fharp and fevere in its 
fouthern and more elevated points. Chras 
nical difeafes are however very rare, Sud- 
den cold and heat, or violent exercife, will 
fometimes occafion fevers ; but deftructive 
epidemical diftempers are almoft wholly 
unknown, Inoculation for the fmall-pox 
has been practifed by the people in genex — 
ral for many years, and has proved almof 
always fuccefsful in preventing the fatal . 
effects of that difeafe. Although there be 
few inftances of remarkable longevity, 
yet there are perfons now alive, who aré 
confiderably above 80 ; many furvive the 
age of 90; and, in the year 1781, died a 
woman at the advanced age of tor. ¥, 
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