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Excerpt from Continuation of the Appendix to the Second Report of the Committee on African Instruction, 1824
Bear with my having said thus much on the subject, when, perhaps, other information ought to have preceded; but every thing I see here, or in the Gambia, as to school instruction, confirms the sentiment, that the most facile means of instruction, in letters, to all, must, in the first instance, be the medium of their own native language. Ann Thompson is now teaching J aloof and English in the Gambia; and although we are fully satisfied she is going on diligently and well, we know that the accounts of her success, which we re ceive from a merchant here, must be exaggerated. She is in much esteem among the people there; and those who have children under her care, will much regret when she leaves them. Sandanee has a great wish to have a J aloof and Eng lish school in the Gambia; (at Bathurst;) and if we should conclude it best, for the present, to fix him there, it will be only conditionally, until we can hear from the Committee. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
