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Let the back-yard be considered as a sort of punishment for
misbehaviour and refractory conduct, where, shut up between
four buildings, nothing can be seen to enliven the prospect:
while, on the contrary, from the South Terrace, cheered by the
Sun, the View of the Country will be delightful; since the
immediate fore-ground consists of a Garden, and the perpetually
varying and moving scene which is presented by the great
road to Canterbury, and the Coast.
In addition to the usual employments of the Paupers in
the Work-rooms, it were to be wished that more wholesome and
useful labour might be taught to the Children than spinning,
aid other manufactures. This might be considered as the
reward of good conduct: the Children, supplied with spades,
and hoes, and tools, proportioned to their strength, should
be taught and exercised in the cultivation of the Garden,
and perhaps drilled to become the future defenders of their
Country.
The Sketch will in some degree explain the effect of this
scene as viewed from the high road. We may suppose the
warm benches along the front of the building occupied by the
aged and infirm, who may there enjoy their few -remaining
days of sunshine, without being totally shut out and lost to the
world. On the warm tiles of the central building some vines
may be trained, and the produce of these, and every part of the
Garden, such as fruit and flowers, may be exposed to sale on
the public road, and the profits of these commodities might
be the reward of extraordinary industry or good behaviour.