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impossible unless the eyes were placed in a 

 particular position with respect to the rays 

 of light, as is observable in persons that 

 squint. The natural situation of the eyes 

 in the subject before me was partly under 

 the upper lid, so that only half the pupil 

 was exposed, and this was sufficient for 

 vision in one particular direction only. I 

 know no remedy for such a misfortune, ex- 

 cept perhaps glasses, cut in a peculiar man- 

 ner for this express purpose, might help it. 

 I recommended however that the child's 

 cradle should be placed with the feet to- 

 wards the window, so that she might, 

 though not at first without inconvenience, 

 gradually acquire a habit of turning her 

 eyes downward in pursuit of the light ; for 

 by repeated efforts any thing becomes pos- 

 sible and easy. Bartholin's management 

 of squint-eyed people is founded on the 

 same principles. 



After a violent storm of thunder with 



much rain, I went, about four in the after- 



jriopn, to the new town of Pithoea, and ex- 



