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The Verbi b.ing thus Difpatch’d ; he is then to Learn the Prepoßticns ;Whtrein lies the whole R,gimenoi the Neun. (For Uiversity of Caje , wehave none.) TheFoiceot which is tobe Insinuated by convenient txam-ples, suittd to thtir D htrent Sign ficarions, As, for I stance Of \ Jl itecees Bnad ; A Cup of I Va: er ; A Pmt of Hine; & c. And in l.ke manner,toi fj, On, Tu, Frcm, At, In, Ry, &c. And by this timt he viillbepretry well en-bled to Understand a Single Senterce.

In the last place, he is (in like manner) to be Taught Conjunlfkns ,(Which ferve to Connect, not Words only, but Sentences,) As, And, If,But, Becaufe , ‘1 he> efo'e, &c. and these lllustrated by convenient Exan ples •as, Becauje lamCold, Tbtreßre 1 go to the Firc } That 1 may be Warm;Tor it is Cold Weathtr.

By this Time his Book (if well furnish’d with Plenty of Words; and thosewell Digest ed, under Stveral Heads, and in Good Order; and well Rcc uit-ed from time to time as New Words occur;) will Serve him in the Natureot a Diilionary and a GrAmmer. And in Cafe the Deaf Person be other-wisc ofa Good Narural Capacity, and the Teacher of Good Sagacity ; Bythis Method (preceeding gradually, Step by Step,) you may (with Dili-gence and due Application, of Teacher and Learner,) in a Tear’s Time orthereabouts, peiceive a greater Progress than you would expect : and agood Foundation latd for further Instruktion, in Matters of Religion, andother Knowledge, which may be Taught by Books,

It will be convenient, allalong, to have Pen, Ink, and Paper, athand,to Wrice down in Words, what you Signify to him by Signs ; and cautehim to Write (or Ihew him how to Write) what he signifits by Signs :Which way (of Signitying their Mind by Sign; J Deaf Perlons are oftenvery Good at. And we must endeavour to Learn thtir Language (if I mayso call it) in order to Teach tbem ours : by ihewing what Words answer totheir Signs. ’Twill be also convenient, as you go along, (after someconvenient Progress made,) to Express, in as plain Language as may be,the Import of some of the Tables. As for Instance, The Heud is the HigbefiPort of the Body ; The Feet the Loivefi Part ; The Fore-bead is Over theEyes ; &c. And such Plain Discourso, put intoWritsng, and parcicularlyExplain d, will Teach him by Degrces to Understand Plain Sentenccs. Andlike Advantages, a Sagacious Teacher, may take as Occasion offers it seiffrom Time to Time.

This is the Method I used with Good Succefs about 34. Years ago, whenI Taught Mr. Alexander Popham, who was Born Deaf, to Speak Distinct-ly, and to Understand a Language, so as to Express his Mmd (colerablywell) by Wri:tng, and to Understand what was IVritten to him by others ;As I had, before, Taught Mr. Daniel Whaley.

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