After reading, various questions were put to them by the Archdeacon, which they answered with promptness and accuracy.

Words were promiscuously selected from the chapter they had read, and every one was promptly spelled.

The catechism was the next exercise, and they manifested a thorough acquaintance with its contents.
Our attention was particularly called to the examination in arithmetic.
Many of the children solved questions readily in the compound rules, and several of them in Practice, giving the different parts of the pound, shilling, and penny, used in that rule, and all the whys and wherefores of the thing, with great promptness.

One lad, only ten years of age, whose attendance had been very irregular on account of being employed in learning a trade, performed intricate examples in Practice, with a facility worthy the counting-house desk.

We put several inquiries on different parts of the process, in order to test their real knowledge, to which we always received clear answers.
The girls were then examined in the same studies and exercises, except arithmetic, and displayed the same gratifying proficiency.