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    mg ^ an 3 pronounci names of things aftd places , they begin to read common letters and easy books : they generally procure the former either from their relations

    or friends , from some of the office servants , or from the shop-keepers for nothing ; the master has always a few of the latter in his possession , with which he supplies the boys , should they happen not to have any '' themselves ; such of the scholars however as possess books bring tliem to the school for their own

    use . 27 * It is common for some of the inferior scholars to seat themselves in the school near others who are further advanced in

    instruction , &nd who furnish them with such assistance as they may require during the time that they are pfeparing their own lessons *

    28 . The master always selects from amongst the scholars one or more permanent assistants , who are Cal 1 eo ! under-rnasters ; they receive Ii 6 |) ayj , and are not exempted from payipent for their own Instruction , but they are not punished for any

    offence they may commit : when tfifcy reave the school others are cfrpseii to supply their places , and these always from among the cleverest and best-behaved boys in ^ e school * Oth e rs amongst the ^ Ijol ^ fir e constantly called upon to assist in teaching , perhaps for

    kme : or two lessons , or a day or ^ iiibTc ; and these are always changed & < ££ o ^ jhg to the progress they may make in reading , writing , or in figures *

    $ j $ A& of the powder of pot-stone and ^ ter , wjbuch they expose to the sun un-W hirdencd , and they smoothen it by WCtton , iipon this they write with the ^^ ii ^ linfc

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    29 . The punisfinWnfs inf these Hindoo schools appear to be very lenient : a long slender cane is oc ~ casum&lly used ; sometimes when the letters are ill-formed , the boys are made to strike the knuckles of

    both hands joined together , a fevr times against the back of the writing-board , which the master holds before them for that purpose , or else the master makes the blows with the board ; when the offence

    is greater they are * made to suspend themselves for a sliort time with both hands , at a little distance from the ground , by laying hold of a rope , that remains tied round one of the beams of the school .

    30 . Theft or absence from school , is punished by tying the arms together , at the wrists , arid the thighs above the knees ; akd the boy thus loosely bound , re * , mains for a time seated oh tfie

    ground , embracing the knees with his arms , without being allowed to change his posture or his place . 31 . There is another punishment in these schools to shame the scholars who are careless in

    writing ; one of them who writes well is desired to seat himself upon the shoulders of another , who has been idle or inattentive , whilst the latter is seated on the ground ; and in this way he is exposed to the whole school , until he promises amendment . 32 * Those boys who may be late in their attendance at the school are punished in the following manner : the first and second 'tirrie

    they are admonished oiilyv ' ahd never flogged , the third tirfre they receive one gentle stripe upon the palm of their open hand , with the cane ; the fourth they receive two sttibes a little rtrore

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1814, page 475, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2443/page/27/