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their windows and floors before the place was occupied for this purpose, and now stand empty. The lumber that is in them might be used to make some necessary improvements in the building that are occupied. Mrs Edgerton, who accompanied me, has had a great deal of experience in such institutions; and she suggested to the conductor of this asylum, some new arrangements, which would lessen the labor of attending to it, of which I highly approved. She pressed them upon the attention of the conductor, who promised to adopt them as soon as they could find means to do so.

The buildings used by the asylum are clean, the children orderly, the health of the children good in general, and the moral and religious influences of the place excellent. The Principal, Wm W. Waler, is a most kind and good man, as I think highly fitted to his work.

Dr Mendenhall, his assistant, is a valuable man.

The two ladies Misses Jenkins and Macy,