48 Original Articles. • [Jan., 



his head.) " Dr. Livingstone." (Eeflecting again.) " No ; I cannot 

 tell you the name of the African traveller." 



Ed. "I will spell it for you. D-u." (The boy repeated the 

 letters. ) " What does that spell ? " 



J. M. A. " Du." 



Ed. " C-h-a-i-1-l-u." 



J. 31. A. " Challoo," (So he pronounced it.) 



Ed. " Put the two together." 



J. HI. A. " Du Chaillu. 1 have never heard of that name." 



Ed. (After waiting a little). "What name?" (The boy repeated 

 it.) " He first brought the gorilla into England. Now go on ; tell 

 me what you saw." 



J. 31. A. " I saw a fish. Its name is jack. Do you know ? " 



Ed. " Very likely ; but I did not see it. Go on." 



J. 31. A. "I saw three prawns ; they are very pretty." (They had 

 been looking at the aquarium.) 



Ed. " Were they dead ? " (He did not read the word " dead " 

 quickly from the lips.) " Were they alive ? " 



J. 31. A. (Nodding). " Alive." 



Ed. " What were they moving in ? " 



J. 31. A. " They were moving their legs." 



Ed. " You do not understand me. In what did the prawns move ?" 

 (No answer.) " Was it in a teapot ? " 



J. 31. A. (Laughing). " No ; in a glass box full of water." 



Ed. " Tell me what more you saw." 



J. 31. A. " I have seen ■ " 



Ed. "Wrong!" 



J. 31. A. " I saw an artificial town, in down-stairs " (correcting 

 himself)—" in the lower room." 



Ed. " What do you call a small town made of wood, and put under 

 a glass case ? " (It was the model of Liverpool.) 



J. M. A. " There is no name." (Meaning on the town ; he did 

 not see the name.) 



Ed. " What do you call a small engine ? " (Showing the size of 

 a model with his hands.) 



J. 31. A. Shook his head. 



Ed. " A model." (He had never heard the word before, and it was 

 therefore written down for him.) " Tell me what else you saw ? " 



J 31. A. " I saw a small ship, which bears three masts." 



Ed. " Also a model." 



J. 31. A. "Yes; a model." 



These are a few examples of the tuition of the deaf by " lip-read- 

 ing" and articulation instead of by dactyology, and we hope the 

 day is not far distant when the former will supplant the latter 

 wherever it is practicable. 



