chap. iv. ANNIVERSARY AT PLAINES WILHELMS. 89 distance a comfortable house, comprising five or six rooms, has been built for the residence of a missionary, and in the yard attached to the house is a stone kitchen. I looked over the residence, which for its small size is well arranged. M. Cheron had written to England for a missionary to be sent to this station, and expressed himself ready to contribute liberally towards his support. Soon after we had assembled in the chapel, the scholars, most of them coloured children, but dressed in white, were marched from the school to the chapel. The master stood behind a table, on which a number of books very tastefully bound were placed. The parents of the children and the visitors sat around. A number of little girls and boys re cited pieces of poetry, or dialogue, in French. The venerable pastor, M. Le Brun, offered up prayer on their behalf, and gave a short address. The master read a paper on the ad vantages and responsibilities of education, after which the most successful and well-behaved scholars were called one by one to tbe table to receive their prizes. When the master had announced the ground of the award, one of the visitors gave the book appropriated to the successful scholar, at the same time placing a garland of flowers, consisting chiefly of roses, upon the head of the delighted child. By this arrange ment it sometimes happened that a father, mother, or grand mother rewarded and crowned their own little child. It was the first time I had witnessed anything of the kind, and I could not but regard this simple and graceful performance as an agreeable means of enhancing the gratification of both parties. At the close of the examination, the anniversary service in the chapel commenced, and M. Le Brun preached a plain, instructive, and useful sermon to an attentive congregation. The chapel was full, a number of friends having come from a distance. At the conclusion of the service the children