an Infant Mufician. rg v 
vious to this event, he ufed to teize his father to play 
this tune on his organ, and was very clamourous when 
he did not carry his point.. 
When his mother returned, the father, with a look, 
which at once implied joy, wonder, and myftery, defired 
her to go up flairs with him, as he had fomething curious 
to fhew her. She obeyed, imagining that fame acquain- 
tance or friend was arrived,, or that fome interelling 
event had happened during her abfence; but was as 
much furprized as the father, on hearing the child play 
the nrft part of God fave great george our King. The 
next day he made himfelf mailer of the treble of the 
fecund part; and the day after he attempted the bafe, . 
which he performed nearly corredt in every particular, . 
except the note immediately before the clofe, which, be- 
ing an odtave below the preceding found, was out of the- 
reach of his little hand. 
In the beginning of. November 1777 he played both 
the treble and bafe of Let ambition fire thy. mind r . an old. 
tune which is, perhaps, now better known by the words 
to which it is lung in Love in a Village, Hope, thou nurfe- 
of young defire. 
Upon the parents relating this extraordinary circum- 
flance to fome of their neighbours, they laughed at it ; . 
and, regarding it as the effedt of partial fondnefs for 
their. 
