146 An Epitome of the Improved 
most useful propositions of Euclid are reduced to the com- 
prehension of a child of 5 or 6 years old; marhematies. by 
the help of the last mentioned instruments 5 and all the mathe- 
matical forms in substance, by solid figures. Natural bisto- 
ry in all its branches, is learned by examining the objects 
in substance, or accurate representations of them, in designs 
or prints; anatomy by skeletons, preparations, and wax 
figures; geography by globes and maps, most of the last of 
their own construction; and hygiene, or the preservation of 
health, by their own experience, in attending to the conse- 
quences of all the natural functions. They are taught the 
elements of writing and designing by the freedom of hand, 
acquired by a constant practice, in forming all kinds of 
figures, with a slate and pencil put into their bands, when 
they first enter the school, on which they draw right lines, di- 
viding them into equal parts, thereby obtaining an accuracy 
of the eye. which, joined to the constant exercise of judging 
of the distances of objects and their height, gives them a per- 
fect idea of space, and practises them in a rapid and correct 
coup d’@il, so necessary in the useful arts and manufactures, 
and on which the accurate knowledge of the . properties 
of every species of matter depends. They learn music by 
“the distinct difference of sounds, through the medium of an 
organ constructed for the purpose, and a sonometer; and 
first, Jearn sounds before they are taught the notes or 
signs of those sounds; gymnastics, or the exercise of all mus- 
cular motions. they acquire by the practice of all kinds of 
movements, always preferring those that may lead to utility, 
such as marching, climbing, the manual exercise, &e. &c. 
They are taught the greatest part of those branches at the 
same time, never fatiguing the mind with more than an hour’s 
attention to the same thing, changing tke study, and rendering 
ita play by variety. The pupils learn as many modern lan- 
guages as there are different languages spoken by the boys 
of different nations at school, each instructing the others in 
the vocabulary of his language, while be acquires the words 
corresponding in the language of those he converses with, 
until he bas a complete vocabulary in his head, when be be- 
gins translating his own language into the foreign, and the 
master, when he corrects his translation, gives him the rules 
of grammar, by which he is guided in the correction, by 
which means the pupil learns the practice and theory o! 
grammar at the same time; and while the rule is imprinted 
