Apparatus to enable the Blind to learn and teach Music, [257] the four corner foal teeth are cast, and then he passes for a five-year-old ; at full five years, the flesh disappears, and the corner teeth become complete shells, hollow within, and the tusks have pierced the gums, and their points may be felt with the finger. At from 5 to 6 years, the tusks become of a moderate size, sharp, the insides fluted, and the edge next the gatherers thin: he is now called six-year-old, which is the most valuable age.-At from 6 to 8 years all the gatherers are full, having only a brown speck on the top; the corner teeth have become much thicker, and the tusks longer; but as the speck remains with many horses for several years after, a person who is not a judge, will be told that the horse is not more than six years old.-At 8 to 10 years and upwards at eight the bean being generally worn out from the teeth of the under jaw, the upper jaw may be examined; at nine the speck of the centre; at nine and a half that of the middle; and at ten, that of the corner teeth is effaced, then the. horse is said to be aged, and to have lost all mark.-The age can no longer be distinctly known from the teeth, but a probable conjecture may be formed from the length of the tusks." APPARATUS TO enable the BLIND TO LEARN AND TEACH MUSIQ, BY MR. MATTHEW COOKE. [From the TRANSACTIONS of the SOCIETY for the ENCOURAGEMENT of ARTS, &c. numerical figures, the blind person will instantly know what particular finger is to be put on the key of the piano forte, or organ-that their utility, also, is obvious in perform. ing thorough bass, as they form the ground work of that admirable sys tem, and are absolutely necessary to discover to the practitioner from what source the laws of harmony are derived, as without the knowledge and constant use of figures, no person can properly execute on the piano forte, or organ, even the most common tune, in a skilful or scientific manner. "An accompanying plate exhibits a psalm tune properly figured, and is intended as an illustraR tion of thorough. bass. The notes may be also figured, to shew that a particular finger must be applied to the identical key of the instrument to which the figured note alludes. By this method the blind musician will readily acquire a good habit of fingering, and at length be capable of executing the most diffiult passages with ease and freedom. "Mr. Cooke proceeds to obsérve, that when the blind pupil has gained a competent knowledge of thorough bass, he must acquire the science of composition. For this purpose the machine exhibits a complete score of the treble cliff, the alto cliff, and the tenor cliff, each displayed in their respective order and situation. "Mr. Cooke informs us that the usual mode of instructing blind persons in the theory of music, consists n the use of a wooden apparatus, or frame board, with a number of holes filled with moveable pegs, the heads of which are cut into different shapes and forms, to give an idea of musical characters. But he complains of this system, as being peculiarly intricate and perplexing, and that the machine is very limited in its operations, containing about 600 different pieces, with only 18 varieties of character; whereas the apparatns which he has contrived, and for which he has received the gold medal from the Society for the encouragement of Arts, contains 941 pieces, with 71 varieties of character. This new machine may be packed in a case three feet long, one foot three inches wide, and 4 inches in depth; and as the characters are made of brass, they will endure any conveyance, either by sea or land without injury. The price of the appartus is 211. POETRY. Rightly may'st thou rejoice, For in a day of darkness and of storms, An evil day, a day of woe, All shores were hostile to the Red-Cross flag, Save where, behind their ramparts driven, Stood firm, and put their trust A weak but clamorous crew, Pester'd the land, and with their withering breath For peace the feeble raised their factious Oh madness, to resist R 2 cry: Seek Seek the peace-garland from his dreadful hand! They would have knelt, to take For in the day of danger thou didst turn III. Rejoice, thou mighty Isle, And the wide air grow giddy with your joy! Shut up the loom, and open the school-doors, This memorable time, When Peace, long absent, long deplored, returns: In servile weeds array'd, Fear, Sorrow, and Repentance following close. Doth lead her like a bride; Hope, Safety, and Prosperity, and Strength, The while the grateful nation bless in prayers Rightly may'st thou rejoice, The olive-garland twines, by Victory won. IV.. Enjoy thy triumph now, Enjoy the rich reward, so rightly due, Thou on thine own Firm-Island seest the while, Were but to typify these splendid days, And Chiefs renown'd in arms, No such assemblage shone in Edward's hall, Proud day for thee and for thy kingdoms this! When Britain round her spear V. Yet in the pomp of these festivities, In mental as in visual darkness lost. Oh for one little interval, Remove the blindness from his soul, That he may know it all, And bless thee ere he die. VI. Thou also should'st have seen Forget |