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derstands the application of the directions given under the figure.
The same course must be pursued with every other figure. By frequently drawing the figures the pupil will be able to answer the question, "How must you proceed in drawing this or that figure?" As, at first, perfect exactness is not required, the necessary knowledge of terms may be acquired by drawings made without instruments.
It will be seen by the examples of Perspective Drawing here given, that the pupil will not need a real Perspective Plane or plate of glass, if he can imagine one to be between his eye and the object; and, as the teacher may vary the exercises ad infinitum, by requiring figures to be drawn of given dimensions, it is unnecessary to give more examples.