he
came to the half crown; at this circumstance he hesitated. He said he
did not know how Hugh Trevor "_came to keep it_," though he had found
it. He wondered that Hugh Trevor did not ask about it.

_Mr. ----_ explained to him, that when a person finds any thing upon
the highway, he should put it in the hand of the public crier, who
should _cry it_. Mr. ---- was not quite certain whether the property
found on the high road, after it has been _cried_ and no owner
appears, belongs to the king, or to the person who finds it.
Blackstone's Commentaries were consulted; the passage concerning
_Treasuretrove_ was read to S----; it is written in such distinct
language, that he understood it completely.

Young people may acquire much knowledge by consulting books, at the
moment that any interest is excited by conversation upon particular
subjects.

Explanations about the _law_ were detailed to S----, because he was
intended for a lawyer. In conversation we may direct the attention of
children to what are to be their professional studies, and we may
associate entertainment and pleasure with the idea of their future
profession.

The story of the passionate farmer in Hugh Trevor was thought to be a
good lesson for children of vivacious tempers, as it shows to what
crimes excess of passion may transport. This man appears an object of
compassion; all the children felt a mixture of pity and abhorrence
when they heard the history of his disease.

(November 23d, 1795.) This morning at breakfast Miss ---- observed,
that the inside of the cream cover, which was made of black Wedgwood's
ware, looked brown and speckled, as if the glazing had been worn away;
she asked whether this was caused by the cream. One of the company
immediately exclaimed, "Oh! I've heard that Wedgwood's ware won't hold
oil." Mr. ---- observed, that it would be best to try the experiment,
instead of resting content with this hearsay evidence; he asked H----
and S---- what would be the best method of trying the experiment
exactly.

_S----_ proposed to pour oil into a vessel of Wedgwood's ware, and to
measure the depth of the oil when first put in; to leave the oil in
the vessel for some time, and then to measure again the depth of the
oil.

_H----_ said, "I would weigh the Wedgwood's ware vessel; then pour oil
into it, and weigh _it_ (them) again; then I would leave the oil in
the vessel for some time, and afterwards I would pour out the oil, and
would weigh