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ported by Lord Lyttelton, for the instruction of the elder children of the labourers, tradesmen, farmers, &c., who pay fees in accordance with the circumstances of the parents. The last-named establishment is worthy of special allusion, as it affords more industrial instruction and a better knowledge of "common things" than is usual in such schools. A carpenter's shop is attached to the school, and a teacher is paid by the rector to give the elder boys instruction in the elements of carpentering and turning; also the elder boys have each a small garden, which they are taught to cultivate - land and manure being given by Lord Lyttelton, and the tools also lent by him. The lads keep accounts of their profits, which go into their own pockets, after paying for seeds. The use of this kind of training was well illustrated at the last Hagley Industrial Show.

British and Roman remains have been found at Hagley, and there is a tradition of an engagement between the forces of those peoples, who were posted on Wichbury and Clent hills. There is a large camp on Wichbury, and barrows or lows on the heath near there. Among the curious old names of places are - Bead Marsh, Big and Little Hoar Stone, Antick, Irish Moors, Hen Marsh, The Goers, Summergall, Anthony, Sweet Pool, Beacon Hill, Nail Den, Wassail Piece, and Big and Lower Stitchings. Hagley gave birth, at the latter part of the seventeenth century, to Henry and William Bowles, both described as "most complete scholars," and the one as "a great poet," while the other was said to be a "neat" one. Here also lived, in the seventeenth century, John Tice, who died at the age of 125. He was nearly burnt to death at the age of 100 by falling into the fire in a fainting fit, but was rescued and recovered. His greatest misfortune was the death of his only friend, the then Lord Lyttelton, and after that event he never left his room. His younger brother, William Tice, died at Kidderminster, aged 102.

As a concluding note, it may be added that fortunately at the present moment there is no immediate apprehension