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0.lp>, Bk^rotfe^ Sltherj or, whether-, Nekhery nor*. If- then', J^y (rvherefore^J 
becaufcj therefore^ But, through, yet ; (kc. And thefe illuftrated by convenient 
Examples, in each cafe. As, 
Becaufe I am cold 5 therefor I go to the fire 5 that I may be warm 5 Tor k 
is cold wether. 
If it were fair, then it vjould be good walking: Btit (however) though 
it rain, yet I muft go 5 becaufe I promifed. With oiher like inftances. 
And, by this time, his Book, (if well furnifhed with plenty of Words j 
and thofe well digefted , under leveral Heads , and in good Order j 
and well recruited from time to time as new words occur j ) will fer ve 
him in the nature of a DiBionary and Grammar. 
And, in cafe the Deaf Perfon be otherwife of a ^ood Natural Ca- 
pacity ; and the Teacher of good Sagacity 5 By this method ( pro- 
ceeding gradually , ilep by ftep , ) you may ( with Diligence and due 
Application, of Teacher and Learner, ) in a Years time, , or thereabouts^ 
perceive a greater progrefs than you would expeft : and a good Foun- 
dation layd for further Inftrudtion , in matters of J^ligion, and other 
J^nowiedge which may be taught by Books. 
It will be convenient , all along, to have Pen Ink and Paper ready 
at hand, to write down in Words, what youfignify to him by Signes ; 
and caufe Him to Write ( or fhew him how to Write ) what He fignifies 
by Signes. Which way ( of fignifying their mind by Signes ) Deaf 
perfons are often very good at. And we muft endeavour to learn Their 
language ( if I may fo call it ) in order to teach them Ours: Byfliewing, 
what Jf^otds anfwer to their Signes. 
'Twill be convenient alfo, as you go along, (after fome convenient 
progrefs mnde, ) to Exprefs ( in as plain language as may be ) the import 
of fome of the Tables. As, for inftance, 
The IJead is the Higheft part of the Body ; the Feet , the Loweft 
part ; The Face is the Fore-part of the Head -, The Forhead is Over the 
Fyes', The Cheeks are Under the Fyes The Nbfe is betwen the Cheeky ^ 
The Mouth is Under the JVcfe, and Above the Cfcw, &c. 
And fuch plain Difcourfe , put into Writing , and particularly ex- 
plained 5 will teach him by degrees to underftand Plaiu Sentences. And 
like Advantages, a Sagacious Teacher, may take as occafion offers it felf 
from time to time. 
Thus I have, in a Long Letter, given you a Short Account of my Me- 
thods ( ufed, in f«ch cafes, with good Succefs 5 ) which to do at Large, 
would require a Book^ 
I have taken the pains to draw-up this method, (which is what I 
have purfued my felf in the like cafe,) as apprehending it may be of ufe 
to fome others when I am deiid. And I am not deiirous it fhould dy with me. 
And I have done it as plainly as I could, that it may be the bet- 
ter underftood- 
1 have given onely fome fhort Specimens of fuch Tables as I had 
made for my own ufe, and the ufe of thofe whom I was to inftruft^ 
but to give them at large , would be more than the work of a Let- 
ter; and they are to be varied, as the Circumftances of rhe Perfons, 
