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C. fi·lO:dl)' going 10 Edioburgh, lO call at Mr llraid·
wood.
~nd
incluire ioto the tnuh of vhat he had
wrote him: h: <lid fo ; conl'erfeo wilh
~Ir
Bralo,
wood, law the ycuog lady. ht:trtl htr read, fpeak,
and anfll'er any quenions he pUl to her. On his r.·
turno ht lOltl the
r~lher
the furpriling progrcfs his
child had mide; but Odl tht f.Hher Ihoughl lhe II'hole
~n
impofi¡ion: Ihe girl herfdf Iyrole tO her f.ther,
hUI he lookrd upon Ihe Imcr as
3
(orgery. AboUl
Ihis time the (.¡¡her dled. ano the mother fCOl
no
un·
ele and coulin of lhe d••( lau)"s (roOl Shrewlbury, in
order 10 be f.llisli,o 01 the trulh. When Ihey arri·
ved, .Mr Braidwood lOld the r,irl her undeand coufin
WeTe
in the plrlour, and dcfi led her 10 go aod atl<
theO! how lhey dio, and how her OIothe\' ami olher
frienas did. The (rieods
WeTe
al!oniihed, and could
h"dly credil their olVn cm ano eyes.
We
llave coovClfed with Mr B,.iowood, concerning
Ihe oalure and melhoo o( ltaching this wundcr(ul
.tri :
he feems tO be very dcli rous 01' communicating and
Iran(milling his di(eovery tOpollerity: bUl (ays, and,
from Ihen,ture o( lhe thing, we bclieve il tO be true.
Ihal he cannot eommunieate it fo (ully in wriling as10
cnable any olher perfon tO teaeh il. The firO thing in
Ihe melhod is, 10 leach the pupil 10 pronounee lhe
(¡mple founds o( lhe I'owels ano con(onaOls. We
have even feen him per(orming this operadon ; bUI
are unable 10 give a elear idea o( it. He pronounees
Ihe found of
n
Oowly, poioling OUl the figure o( lhe
lener at the fame time ; makes his pupil ob(erve the
mOlion 01 his momh and lhroat; he theo pUlS his fin·
ger into lhe pupi!'; :nouth, deprelfes or e\evates the
longue, and makes him kcep lhe P",ts io that pofi.
lioo; theo he Iays hold o( the omfide o( the wind·
pipe, and gives it fome kiod o( fque,ze, which il is
impoflible 10 defcribe: all the while he IS prooouoeiog
D.
Ihe pupil is anxiouOy imitating him, but at r,rn
feems nOl to underlland what he would have him 10
do. In this manner he proceeds, lill the pupil has
learned 10 prooouoee the founds o( the Imers. He
goes 00 in the fame m¡nncr tOjoin a vowel and a coo·
fonaot, lill at Ienglh lhe pupil is enabled both 10
fpeak aod read.
It
is altocether in vaio for us tOauempt to fay any
more conceroillg the mode 01' oprration. Mr Braid·
wood undcrt;lkes every deJf per(on, who is 001 at
lhe f:lme time (ooliOI or id,ollcal. The grealefi mif.
funuoe is, lhat this an is ecofined to a liogle mao,
¡nd that his pupils mulllivc in Ihe hou(e wi,h hilO for
(0me years.
Th~
exFeoce nceclfalily mendillg educa·
1I0n o( lhis kiod, cxeludes .1I bm people in opulenl
ClrcumO.nces (rom deriving aoy advaotar,e (roOl il.
Mr Ilraidwood fays, th:II tI,c ollly
w~y
(or preferving
Ihe art, aod commlloicaling it
10
a lluOlber, is lOtah
people in the way o( apprcnlices: tlcis hc is unable
tOdo at his own eXptllce. What a pity, lhat fueh
a curious "r.d ufeful
ut
Ihould li'/e alld die I\'; lh a
fingle man! Thm are maoy fums monified in Ihis
kiogdolO, bOlh by governmcot alld pliVillC perfuos, (or
Icf¡ illlportant purp0lCs, lhan lhe plCr, rVJlion aoJ ,·x·
D U N
lellfioo o( the art of raifiog a glw oumber o( our fel·
I, w·ereatures (roOl the rank of brutes,
10
th<t o( rea·
f, oable beiogs, ano lIfe(ul melvbers o( fociety.
DU~[ FF.R
[LlNE, a parliament.town o( Scotland, fi·
lUmd in the eounty o( Fife, fifleen miles nonh·well
o( Edioburgh: W. long.
30°
20',
and N.Iat.
56° 15'.
Hm
w,s formerly
a
mdgnificent abbey and palaee o(
the kinRs 01' Scotland, io which the prinee(s Eliza·
b:th, dJuglner o( kiog James
VI.
and mother o( lhe
princefs Sophia. from whom Ihe prefent royal (amily
are defcended, was born.
D U~I FIUES,
the capilal o( a couoty of Ihe fame name,
io Scot\aod. Iying nonhwarJs of the Solway frith :
\V. long.
3°
20' ,
and N. lat.
54° 45'.
DU BAR, a parliamenl and pon·tolVo o( Seotland,
¡.
bout tlVeoty.live miles eaO o( Edinburgh.
DU¡
B.~RTON,
the capital o( a eounly o( the fame
oamt in Scot\aod, called by (ome Leoox: it is a pu·
liamot town, fitumd at the confluence of Ihe rivers
Clyde aoo Lm n
i
fixteen miles north·wen of Glar·
~ow.
DU ICANNON, a tOIVn o( the couoty of Wexford, in
Ireland, fix milts eaO o( Water(ord.
DUN
D.~LK,
aporHown of Irelaod,eighteeo miles oonh
of Droghcda.
DUN DEE, a largeparliamenl.lown o( Angus, io SCOI·
land, fituated 00 the nonh fiJe of the (rith o( Tay,
(ollncen miles oonh·weO of St Andrews : W. Ion.
2°42',
and N. lat.
56° 32'.
DUNG, in hulbandr)', is o( fevera l forlS, as thal o( hor·
fes,
COIVS,
Oleep, hogs, pigeons, geefe. heos,
&c.
See
ACRI CUL TUR E.
DUNGA NON, atown o( lrdand, elmn milesDonh
of Armaugh.
DUNG ING of lands. SeeAcR lcu LTURE.
DUNKELD, ato\\'o o( Penhlhire in Scot\aod, former·
Iy a biOlOp'S fee, filuated about tweh'e miles oOrlh of
Perlh.
DUNG MEERS, in hulbanory, places whm (oil5 aod
dungs are mixed aod digeOed tOgether. for Ihis puro
pofe it is ufual tO dig a pil funicient tOhold the fioek
of foil the hulbaodman is capable of making
i
aod t.o
prepare it al the botlom wilh Oone aod elay, that It
may hold water, or the moifiureo( the dung; and
~e.
fid es, it Ihould be fo fi,uatcd that lhe Goks aod drtps
o( lhe houfes "nd baros may rlln into it. loto Ihis pit
lhey cafi re(ufe (odder, littcr, dung, weeds,
&c.
where
lhey lie and rot togethcr, till
th~
(,,,mer hm occafico
(¡,ril.
DUNK IRl\, a¡ort.lOwo o( the Frmh Nelherland5:
E. loo.
2°
28, and N.lat.
51°.
DUNNEGAL, the capit." o( a county
0r
th:
f~lDe
IIJllle in IrdJod, lilU,ucd 00 a hay, 10 wlueh
11
Ilk~.
wiíc
gil'e~
nA ",e: W. IJn. S"
~2',
and N. I.u.
54°
35'
DUNN INGTON.
:l
nl.lrket·lOwn o( Lincolnillire, a·
hout twenty.three miles routl¡.e,(I o( Lio_oln:
DUNS. a market'lOwn o( S_otland, tll'dl'e nllles \Ven
01'
Hu
wl,k IIpO.l Tweed.
.
DU
ST¡\II LE,,,
nl.lrkel'lolI'n, r,fleen ollles fUUlh of
Ued(Old, "nd lhi'ly nunh·wcll of Londoo.
DUN·