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78 Juvenile Letters.

of excellent sermons. "Here," said she, "my dear, though we are deprived of hearing the word, we will not deprive ourselves of reading it."

She likewise lent me several other books; from one of which I make the following extract. "While every part of useful know"ledge should be carefully imparted to young " persons, it should be imparted not merely for "its own sake, but also for the sake of its sub"serviency to higher things. All human "learning should be taught not as an end, but "as a means; and in this view, even a lesson "of history or geography may be converted " into a lesson of religion."

You would have been highly gratified, could you have accompanied me, the other day, to an Indian wigwam. It was a little hut, covered with bark, without any floor, containing a large family; all of whom were employed in making baskets and bonnets. Their work was very ingenious. I bought several little baskets; one of which I design for you. There are two or three families here, of different tribes. 
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Some of them can read and write; and one of the young women understands something of English grammar. When she is with her tribe, which is more than a hundred miles from here, she is employed in teaching children. How I wish they might all be taught!

I remain
Your sincere friend, 
Sophronia Bellmont.
Miss Caroline Courtland.

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Letter XXIX

From Miss Henrietta Harding to Miss Susan Sanderson.

Newport.

My Dear Friend,

I HAVE been about a month on this island; which is thought to be one of the most healthy places in the Union. It certainly is a very pleasant place. Here was the residence of the pious Mrs. Osborne, whose memoirs I sent to my aunt at Charleston, South Carolina;