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ters, whom he severally asked concerning their views of the let- 

 ters and figures, without mentioning his own. The forms shown 

 in Fig. 10 (b), (c), and (d) are the results. The brothers and sisters 

 differ widely in age, did not learn their letters or figures from the 



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>NE0.. T H 



*t°' Tw. 



Ill/ 



SUN. 



1. s' 



"* 



JULY 

 JJ SEPT./ JMAR. 



O JAN. 



O v 



x-yz 



Fig. 15. 



same books, and had never, until this time, spoken of their forms 

 to one another. The very striking similarity, together with the 

 odd character of the forms, shows strong hereditary tendencies in 

 this case. There are other instances of family likeness in number 

 forms. It is not, however, invariable. Figs. 2, 12, 14, 15, and 16 

 are forms from members of one family. There are some similari- 

 ties, but they are not striking. 



Fig. 11 shows the number form of a girl of nine years. This is 



a colored form, its peculiarity 

 consisting in the fact that the 

 numbers containing two or 

 more figures maintain their 

 individuality and appear in 

 a color formed by mixing 

 the colors of its constituent 

 digits. Thus 13 is not white 

 and pink but pale pink. Oth- 

 er colored or partly colored 

 forms appear in Figs. 17 and 

 18. In the former, 5 is scar- 

 let, while the other numbers 

 are not seen in colors. This 

 form, like that in Fig. 4, lies 

 in space of three dimensions, 

 and like that of Fig. 10 has 

 some faint and some missing 

 numbers. Other peculiarities of this form are best presented in 

 the words of the seer herself : 



Sun. S s 



East\M T F ^" T f% 

 \TwTy. F/ vTwTy 7 . 



East 



South 



I mnopqr st u , 



f edcba 

 North 



North 



<x JungKjIy 



Apr./ \Sept. 



West Mar.t /"Oct. 



FebSv^^/Nov. 

 Jan. Dec. 



East 



South 



Fig. 16. 



