received sight by the formation of an artificial pupil. 535 
great spirits ; she said to her brother, “ I see you very well 
to-day ;” and came up to him, and shook hands. She also 
observed a ticket on a window of a house on the opposite 
side of the street (“ a lodging to let”); and her brother, 
to convince himself of her seeing it, took her to the window 
three several times, and to his surprise and gratification, she 
pointed it out to him distinctly on each trial. 
She spent a great part of the eleventh day looking out of 
the window, and spoke very little. 
On the twelfth day she was advised to walk out, which 
recommendation pleased her much. Mr. called on her, 
and she told him she felt quite happy. Her brother walked 
out with her as her guide, and took her twice round the 
piazzas of Covent-garden. She appeared much surprised, 
but apparently delighted ; the clear blue sky first attracted 
her notice, and she said, “ it is the prettiest thing I have ever 
seen yet, and equally pretty every time I turn round and 
look at it.” She distinguished the street from the foot pave- 
ment distinctly, and stepped from one to the other like a 
person accustomed to the use of her eyes. Her great curiosity, 
and the manner in which she stared at the variety of objects, 
and pointed to them, exciting the observation of many by- 
standers, her brother soon conducted her home, much against 
her will. 
On the thirteenth day nothing particular took place till tea- 
time, when she observed that there was a different tea-tray, 
and that it was not a pretty one, but had a dark border ; 
which was a correct description. Her brother asked her to 
look in the mirror, and tell him if she saw his face in it? 
to which she answered, evidently disconcerted, “ I see my 
own; let me go away.” 
