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rainy weather during last month, and the bad condition of the roads together with the walk caused many absences, which would not have happened if it had been otherwise.

Salem is quite a different place form either Centreville or Church Hill; while the latter places present the appearances of thriving and peopled towns, there exist but a few houses to designate the spot Salem: this, in some degree accounts for the good attendance of the pupils in the latter places, which is far less perceptible in the former.

Very respectfully,
[[signature]] Andrew F. Hill. [[/signature]]