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important acquirement to
persons in all spheres of life’.
Lessons would be offered,
‘aided by novel
contrivances’, but only early
in the morning in order not to
offend ‘decency’, as
presumably the pupils were
naked. There was a 4-foot-
deep ornamental lake, which
would serve as a School of
Natation for young beginners,
and ‘The Honourable the
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