A treatise on the education of the deaf and dumb : To which is added an essay on deafness, also, an appendix, relating to the education and comfort of the blind / by John England.

England, John, active 1819.

Date:: 1819

Credit: A treatise on the education of the deaf and dumb : To which is added an essay on deafness, also, an appendix, relating to the education and comfort of the blind / by John England. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$In describing the figures of objects, they are deli- ■ neated much the same as geometrical figures ; a circle, and a globe are named round. four lines equi-distant, a. square-, long and short, by a long and short line; high and low, by contrasting two objects erected ver- tically; tall being an adjective applied only to a manor a tree; but when the man is dead, or the tree cut down, they are then termed long. No. I. ANIMALS. QUADRUPEDS. Male. Female. Use alive. Use when killed. Flesh. Skin. Horned j Cfttle. | Bull. Cow. Cow gives milk. Beef. Leather. Ram. Ewe Ewe do. Mutton, do. He Goat. She Goat. She Goat do. do. Domes- i tic Ani- J mats. 1 Dog. Bitch. unclean, do. He Cat. She Cat. do. do. Wild A- . Hare. Doe. clean. do. nitnals. Fox. Bitch. FOWLS. unclean. Domes- ticFowls. 'Cock. Hen. Hen lays eggs. clean. Feathers. He Pigeon.She Pigeo n.She Pigeon do. do. do. or Poul- Drake. Duck. Duck do. do. do. try. Gander. V. Goose. Goose do. do. Quills, Pens. Wild ' Partridge. Hen. Hen do. do. Feathers. Fowls,or ■ game. , Woodcock. Hen. Hen do. do. do. No. II. FISHES. Some Fishes are Hermaphrodites, and no distinction of sex is used. • c/5 f Salmon, used for food. a qj \ * f, J Trout, do. |E ] Pike, do. £$ [Eel, do. S . [Shark, unclean. | & J Whale, do. Z £ j Haddock, clean. ^ [ Herring, do.$