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5. Real instruction,, or kuowledge of nature and the 

 external world, including the first elemeuts of the sciences 

 and the arts of life — of geography and history. 



6. Arithmetic continued through fractions and the rules 

 of proportion. 



7. Geometry — doctrine of magnitudes and measures. 



8. Singing and science of vocal and instrumental music. 



IV. Fourth part, of two years, including children from 

 ten to twelve years old — six principal branches, namely: 



1. Religious instruction in the religious observation of 

 nature; the life and discourses of Jesus Christ; the his- 

 tory of the Christian religion, in connection with the 

 contemporary civil history; and the doctrines of Christ- 

 ianity. 



2. Knowledge of the world, and of mankind, including 

 civil society, elements of law, agriculture, mechanic arts, 

 manufactures, etc. 



3. Language, and exercises in composition. 



4. Application of arithmetic and the mathematics to 

 the business of life, including surveying and civil engineer- 

 ing. 



5. Elements of drawing. 



6. Exercises in singing, and the science of music. 



V. Fifth part, of two years — children from twelve 

 to fourteen. 



1. Religious instruction, in the religious observation of 

 nature, the life and discourses of Jesus Christ, the history 

 of the Christian religion, in connection with the cotem- 

 porary civil history, and the principal doctrines of the 

 Christian system. 



The first topic of instruction mentioned under this head 



is one of peculiar interest and utility. The pupils are 



taught to observe, with care and system, the various 

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