ſome unexpected misfortune happens to the parent, who is rendered as unable to afford the expence of ſending his children to Europe, and paying the neceſſary contingencies of ſchooling there, as he was when they firſt came into the world; or too much time is required to enable him to accompliſh his purpoſe.
The conſequences are obvious, for the child having outgrown the proper ſeaſon for receiving any material benefit from education, it anſwers very little purpoſe, if at that time the parent is able to accompliſh his deſire. And it is a general remark in the Weſt Indies, that of ſuch as have been ſent to Europe for education after a certain period, few have returned thither as accompliſhed as many, who have had only a moderate ſchooling in the iſlands; and ſcarcely any, without having his morals corrupted.
To this ſo prevalent practice in parents, of ſending their children to Europe for education,
