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L. The tenth class. How very easy such a 

 system is. 



E. It has been much celebrated for its ex- 

 treme simplicity. You remember the meaning 

 of the Greek word Andria ? to this is added the 

 Greek terms of the numbers, one, two, and 

 three, up to ten, thus : 



1 MON- ANDRIA, one husband. 



2 DI-ANDRIA, two husbands. 



3 TRI-ANDRIA, three husbands. 



4 TETR-ANDRIA, four husbands. 



5 PENT-ANDRIA, five husbands. 



6 HEX-ANDRIA, six husbands. 



7 HEPT-ANDRIA, seven husbands. 



8 OCT-ANDRIA, eight husbands. 



9 ENNE-ANDRIA, nine husbands. 

 10 DEC-ANDRIA, ten husbands. 



Many of these prefixes are used in ordinary 

 language, as monarchy, dialogue, tripod, tetra- 

 gon, pentagon, hexagon, heptarchy, octagon, 

 and decimate. 



L. I can remember the names of the first 

 ten without difficulty : but they are so easy I 

 am afraid something more difficult is coming. 



E. Not so ; you have already mastered the 

 hardest part. The remaining classes are : 



