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let their children to to the iostitoaon or not ; tend at ten
years of age they generally send Miens to work at the 'aids.
We accepted Mr. Clegg's offer to take coffee with bins in
lire evening, and set out again with our guide to see the falls
of the Clyde.
The fist fall above the village is Cerra Linn, where the
Clyde leaps down a rocky precipice of stout twenty feet
opon a Mat ledge Obit stretches edgeways Ilerollll the channel,
and then falls twenty or thirty feet more into a deep and
dark basin. Half a toile higher sip is the fall of Buoniton
Lion, where the river falls at once almost 30 fe-t. The banks
of the river all along are high and rocky, covered with very
beautiful foliage and trees, chiefly oak.
On the way back to Lairaik, we entered into conversa-
tion with our guide, and wished to know his muniments
with regard to Mr. Owen's establishment at New Lamest'.
He said that Mr. Owen had certainly done musk good, bat(
that there were some things against him, and in support of
his awl-lion told us, that a profit was made at the share
Thal bore bard on the work people, and that if they slid not
buy ifiey would be tarried off. He tokl as that meal was
now selling, for instance, at thrre-hattipiesice dearer at the
store than to the town of Lanark.

We returned to the inn at haltpasethree,ment our care age
bark to Glasgow, and dined.
At seven in the evening we pet off to walk for the village,
but missed our way in the dark, and got there by eight
o'clock.
After taking coffee with Mr. Clegg, we wear tole that a
number of the yosug •illrgess, who had !men at work der.
ing the day, were stow collected at the Militia-ion fur the
',imputes of rontosensent and instruction. We weir( thi-
ther with Mr. C.sind found in the first or infants'room, about
thirty young people of both sears 'carom:: to ring with a
teacher. In the room on the left hand weie about a doyen
Tads and two or Met 011:11, learning to play upon musical
instruments.

la the right.band room cm the ground fluor, 111 consider-
able number of young people were receiving inetruction in
reading, writing, arithmetic, and come in sewing. They
had all been working in the mills tinting the day, and
are liberty to come here or uot iu the (vesting, as they
ptease. Those vb.r do corny are required to come at re-
gular honer, and to behave orderly anti with kindness to one
another.

Up stain we went to the large class-room, where boys
and girls were reading, aewiug, learniug arithmetic, Qtr.
We passed into the adjoissiog exercise room, lighted by
bras, chaudelierr, and saw about forty couple of young
persons dancing emit dances, and scenting to rojny them-
selves very march without nay romping or indecorous beha-
viour. Many of therm were barefooted.
We took some supper with Mr. Clegg, dho gave na two
printed papers, de.ieloping a system founded on the prin-
ciples that we had secs put in practice here, and stirring
how it may be appl.cii to society in general. The walk
from the silage to Lanark by moon-light was very pleasant.
Helober 8, Priday.—nrealtfarted at the ton, and got the
guide to chew the way to the other Falls, &C.; going through
the I went into a total shop, and foam] the price of
their mast to be bfieen-pence halfpenny per perk. lu ilia
afternoon, we inqwired at the Mort ■t New Laisark, and
found the new meal was 6fteen-peace, soil old meal six-
teen-pcnee a peek; we also found that tootle lied beta turned
sway (mum the village fur some years.•
Our guide took its to hear an echo at Barrourld, about
hail' a rode (rum the town : it repeated four mooosyllables
very distinctly.
We then crossed a rising ground, to get a view of the
steep rocky thrift, that form the bank■ of the beautiful
little river called the Mouse, which winds almost Impercepti-
bly at the bottom of those cliffs, called the Carden., Craig..
Following the course of ohs stream • little way, we found a
place to get dowse the hank, and saw on the opposite side s
cleft its the ruck called Wallace's Cave, from having been
the hiding place of that chieftain. It is very narrow,
nearly coveted wins bushes, and goes hut • little way
in, affording only room to sit or squat down. We
continued to follow the course of the Moose, till we came to
an old semicircular arch over it, said to be a Roman
brAge--nut now used fur a road. Almost one hnudrrd yards
lower down is a modern bridge for the high road. A little
below this the Mouse joins the Clyde, soil we followed the
Hamilton road as far as the farm of Stonebyers, near the '
jiver, 'sheer we heard the fall of that name, and went to
look at it. The Clyde here rushes down three perpendicular
steep locks, making a fall of about eighty feel. When we
got bark to the tun at was time fur dinner.
In the evening we new to drink tea with Mr. Clegg and
then to the iustit orlon, where part of the young people, who
hod been at work during the day, were taking their usual
evening's Inst►uction in the class.rooms. The younger chit.
deed were at home and to bed. Li the exercise-non up
stairs we Numd a number of well-dressed strangers, who
were admitted on Frid.y evenings to see amid hear the amuse-
ments; anwug them Lady Many ROSS had brought a party,
with Sir U. H. Blair, and Lord Archibald Ilansiliou.
Mrs. Owen was here with he► young family, who danced
a quadrille to please the danring.lnseter ; and as be was
going back to Edinburgh, many of the children were dress-
ed in their best clothes in compliment to him. Reels and
coutradances went on for some tune, inid then all the party
moved into the sdjoi ii itt g class rooms, where the concert was
to be pei folioed. Mr. Owen euuducted the strangers to Hie
benches wear the pulpit, and the rest of tltc audience, being
about eleven hundred persons of the village and from the
town of Lanark, Slled the ►ritches in the middle of the
room. The children were in the galleries at the sides, and
those that played and •nog were iu the gallery at the rod.
The performances gave great plea: tore, fool atter one song,
some strangers applauded, which gave the children an op-
portioniry of skewing their d light by loud clapping of the
hands. The whole party broke up with mouse quietness sun
decorum then I. have seen to the suet polite • 'Wages.
Mr. Owen invited my friend and me to breakfast next
maiming at his house at Bissaisid. we ',sigma with Mr.
Clegg and returned to Lanark highly pleased with what we
load area.

As the inhabit nts of the village are mot all of one reli-
glows sect, differeut places are appointed fur the religious
worship of each, and charity for one another is inculcated
by the example and authority of Mr. Owen, who favours all
of them equally.
October 9, Batrrety.—Walke4 to Braxfield by half-past
eight, and breakfasted with Mr. Owen and family—were de.
hglmed with Mr. Owen's manner to his own children. Afier
breakfast we walked wills him through his grounds through
the woody banks of the Clyde, to tire village, and went to
the Institution. We remained some time in the first nouns
with the happy Ririe innocents, ■nd could out observe any
thing of dassetiafsetion or uneasiness among them. The
mue.pius and other toys seemed rather neglected for tha
pleasure of footslog about with one another. In the work.
slurps for machinery, Me. Owen chewed US models fur an
estaldishmenr, and explained them. Lard Archibald
milion and another Gentleman joined up, and Mr. °won ar.
rompanied them through the marufacioty, and ►aplaincd
the details.

1 was guile satisfied with what 1 had styli, and lent the
party to go and talk with Mr. Clegg, and learn hum into
how the irslalitirlimenl had berm throned.

The manufactory had been fotindcri by Mr. David Dale,
of Glieguw, in the yea• 1784, also obtained the hands ne-
cessary fur the work, by inducing aiiaaus to Nettle there
with their families, and by receiving children from various
public charities in Edinburgh and the country.
Mr. Dale was an excellent MOM and took treat pains in
pruaide for 'heir romfort and ingsractrou as Cur as electron.
stances would permit ; bur many of the swell-intentioued plans
of Mr. Dale were frustrated by the conditions under which
be was obliged to support his astablultment ; conditious
that haee contributed in all large manufactories to plunge
the population employed in thou into carry kind of ♦ice
and uusuy.
Mr. Dale was advancing in years ; he bad no son to sne-
ered biw ; and finding all his exertions for the improve.
went and happiness of bra fellnw-creatbres su ill repaid, It