A RURAL INSTITUTE. 21

of country, which is unfitted, by nature for the intended purpose; and a more northward situation is more central to the kingdom; and the soil and clima- ture are, there, better adapted to the general intention.

There are reasons why the collegiate establishment, now proposed, should be situated near a town; and there are, per- haps, only two near which it can be

_ placed, with accuracy. These are New-

port and Northampton. The latter is more central to the kingdom: but the former would be more convenient for those who are most immediately inte- rested in the success of the institution; namely, men of fortune who reside in town, during the spring months,—the most interesting season of agricultural operations. And, in the outset of the establishment, nothing could give it greater celebrity than their attentions.

The extent of the lands, which are re- quisite to an institution of this nature, is