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 ¬and when they grow up, it is too late to correct them but by criminal justice. Some difficulties might perhaps attend such jurisdiction in the outset, but they could hardly reach another generation ; the moral voice of the law would be heard even by infants, when principles, good or evil, are easiest implanted, and which generally endure for ever. ¬Soon after sunrise we proceeded on our journey with only pleasant and rational speed, and I can now therefore take some notice of the face of this fine island, which I could see no more of during the former day than if I had soared over it in a balloon. — The air was serene — the roads were smooth, and the hourly shifting landscapes beautifully various — delightful undu- lations of hill and valley enlivened throughout by smooth or rapid waters, and enriched with picturesque villages, through the light smoke of which the distant spires of churches were every where to be seen. — To crown the prospect* the sides of almost all the eminences sloping ¬southward, ¬