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Although this invention is calculated for the diverſion of infants, yet it will afford great pleaſure to the Parent and Nurſe, to obſerve the progress, and ſurpriſing difference in the early ſenſe of their children.

The method I propoſe, is that you firſt ſhew the child the following animals, one at a time, and pronounce its ſound, as for example.

Aſk which is the DOG? then point to it, then aſk what the DOG ſays, then ſay,

BOW, WOW, WOW.

and ſo on to the reſt, by which means, the child in a ſhort time, will be able to do the ſame.