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religion, leads people to be ſober, induſtrious, attentive, and eager to make improvements in any line of life in which they may be placed. An individual who has got no education may indeed, like an unexpected meteor, make a tolerable ap- pearance among intelligent improvers, and may. chance to hit upon 2 diſcovery that will be of great ſervice to mankind; but ſuch inſtances are extremely rare, and ought never to be truſted to by thoſe who have any public concern in a com- munity. Ignorance amongſt the great body of the people, in any ſtate, is the mother of diſcord, anarchy, and rebellion. Such perſons are liable to be led aſtray by the artifices of de- ſigning men, and to commit any outrage that cruelty or vil lany may diſtate. Education in this county is every where of eaſy acceſs, and to be had upon very moderate terms. The people are extremely deſirous to give their children an educa- tion accommodated to their circumſtances; and there is ſcarcely a child of 7 or 8 years of age who cannot read Eng- liſh pretty accurately. School wages are very ſmall, being in Orwell, and nearly the ſame in other places, no more than IS. 8d. per quarter for Engliſh, 2s. for writing, 25. 6d. for arithmetic, and 3s. 6d. for Latin. The ſalaries are very ſmall. The whole amount of ſalary and wages,&c. in the pariſh of Cleiſh is, per annnm, about 131. In Portmoak it 1s 221."The four parochial ſchools may be ſtated as fol- 1ows:

No. of Scholars, Salaries« Tip) 8 5 Du Kinrofſs, 8 140 3169 Orwell,-> is 160173. 4 Portmoak, L 65 5 11 15 Cleiſh, 2 E50 8 Ir I% Reſt of the county,- 80* GRIS

Total, 385 42. 2552 8 Zuppoſcd,