fons on the Language of Signs. 355 | 
and hence eit distinction between sight and discovery is 
founded i in the universality of sign langua age. For instance, 
—suppose a mineral is presented to this society and laid 
upon the table. [ cast my eyes upon it, and simply see it, 
without marking its distinguishing characteristichs ] look 
at it again and observe itis an earthy mineral. Itis brough 
nearer, and | see it is limestone, and upon taking it up to 
see more particularly, I find it to be granular fieestoud or 
white marble of the primitive kind, and I soon become 
convinced that I have correctly determined its geological 
character by turning it over, when I discover in its fracture 
a small nodule of quartz, and a fine chrystal of tremolite. 
Thus the discovery is brought to light, and is directed to 
my ane te. vision, and is thence conveyed to the intel. 
lectual ere it is retained after the object is re- 
, when the Indians are ip search of game, as be- 
fore observe it is easy to imagine how, in ‘the sapecaeiet 
of an herd of deer, or bisons, or a war party of an enemy, 
the objects come to the visual organ, and hence arises the 
proper characteristic sign, which is natural and universal. 
In these instances the sight is constantly in operation, and 
yet hours and days may pass without seeing any thing in- 
teresting to them, but suddenly a discovery is made of game 
or of an enemy from behind a hill, a tree, or out of a ra- 
vine, whither the eyes had before been frequently directed. 
us, too, we see the object strikes the eye, and as it 
Sipe emerges from obscurity, and gives the true and char- 
acteristic distinction in the language of signs between see- 
ng and discovering. = 5 
To see, is a radical word i in sign language ; from whi h 
sual organs, or in the language. of Sicard, “ opera 
organic eye ;’’* and he defines them piss 
0 see is asimple sensible action, 56m es eee, 
look is a double — en io to see, see, 
do. _ to see, see see, 
do. to see, see, sec, see, 
do. to see, see, see, See, see. 
Theorie des sign es. 
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