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fcull, throat, ftomach, heart, lunns, ^c In another paper, under 
the title Seaft may be placed^the feveral kinds of beafcs, as 
horlc, cow, n-ieep, hog, dog, hare, ^c. under the title Sir dor 
Fo-wl the leveral kinds of birds, as hen, duck, goolc, kite, 
lark, ^c. under the title Ffjb, put pike, eel, plaice, lalmon, lob^ 
fler, ^c. You may then put plants or vegetables under feveral 
heads or fubdivifions of the lame head, as trees, fruits, flowers, 
herbs, corn, ^c. And the like of inanimates, as heaven, iun, 
moon, liars, elements, earth, metals, minerals, waters, air, me- 
teors, fire, ^c. Under the title Charts put the feveral lorts, 
both woollen, linen, ^c. and under the title Houfe, Room, &c. 
the parts, furniture and utenfils thereunto belonging, with divi- 
fions and fubdivifions as there is occafion ; ?nd in like manner 
may be added from time to time more colkaions or clafies of 
names or words, properly digefted under diftinft heads and iuit- 
able diflributions, to be written in dillina leaves or pages of his 
book, in fuch order as may feem moH convenient. When he is 
furnifhed with a competent number of names, it will then be 
time to teach him under the titles fwgular and plural, the for- 
mation of plurals from fingulars, by adding s or eSy hand, 
hands, face, faces, fi/li, fifhes, ^c. with fome few irregulars, 
as man, men, woman, women, foot, feet, moulc, mice, ox, 
oxen, ^c. which, will ferve for poffeffives, to be afterwards 
taught him, that are formed from their primitives, by the hke 
addition of s or es, except fome few irregulars ^ as my, mine, 
thy, thine, our, ours, ^c. and in all thofe and other the like ca- 
fes it Will be proper firft to fliew him the particulars, and then 
the general title: Then teach him in another page or paper the 
Particles, as a, the, thefe, ^c. and the "Pronouns, as I, thou, he, 
they, who, ^c. then under Jd]-Iiive, Suhjiantive, teach him to 
connea thefe, as my hand, your head, their fhoes, ^c. To 
furnifh him with more adjedives, under the title Colours, you 
may place black, white, grey, ^c. and having towed the parti- 
culars, let him know thele are called colours 5 the liKe tor taite, 
fmell, hearing, and touch or feelings from whence you may fur- 
nifh him with examples of adjeaives with fubdantives, as white 
bread, foft chede, my black hat, ^c. And then invemng the 
order, fubftantive and adjeaive with the verb copulative between, 
as filver is white, gold is yellow, lead is heavy, I am not 
well, ^c, which will give him fome notion of lyntax: In hke 
manner, when fubftantive and fubftantive are cormeaed, as gold 
is a metal ^ a rofe is a flowery larks are birds, ^^6". then as thole 
before relate to qualitv, you may give him iome other words re- 
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