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to ſchool, and the allowance for them is ſo low, that the perſon who undertakes the charge muſt have more than ſhe can poſſibly attend to; of courſe, the mechanical parts of education can only be obſerved. I have known children who could repeat things in the order they learnt them, that were quite at a loſs when put out of the beaten track. If the underſtanding is not exerciſed, the memory will be employed to little purpoſe.
Girls learn ſomething of muſic, drawing, and geography; but they do not know enough to engage their attention, and render it an employment of the mind. If they can play over a fewtunes
