ijo Mr. Bew on Blindnejs . 
ftature of thofe he was fpeaking with, by the 
djredtion of their voices; and he made tolerable 
.conjectures, refpecting their tempers and dif- 
pofitions, by the manner in which they conducted 
their converfacion. 
It muft be obferved, that this Gentleman’s 
eyes were not totally infenfible to intenfe light. 
The rays refradted through a prifm, when fuffi- 
ciently vivid, produced certain diftinguifhable 
effedts on them. The red gave him a difagreea- 
able fenfation, which he compared to the touch 
of a faw. As the colours declined in violence, 
the harfhnels leffened, until the green afforded 
a fenfation that was highly pleafing to him j 
and which he defcribed, as conveying an idea 
fimilar to what he felt, in running his hand over 
fmooth polifhed furfaces. Polifhed furfaces, 
meandering ftreams, and gentle declivities, 
were the figures, by which he expreffed his ideas 
of beauty. Rugged rocks, irregular points, and 
boifterous elements, furnifhed him with expref- 
fions for terror and difguft. He excelled in the 
charms of converfation ; was happy in his 
ailufions to vifual objedls j and difcourfed on 
the nature, compofition, and beauty of colours, 
with pertinence and precifion. 
Dodlor Moyes was a ftriking inflance of the 
power, the human foul pofTeffes, of finding re«» 
fources of fatisfadfion, even under the moil rigo¬ 
rous calamities. Though involved “in ever during 
darknefs, 
