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When the learners have studied the division of the two rooms, and the exercise of the figures and letters, they may proceed to the use of the symbols, which are 100 in number, i. e. a symbol for each place. The following is a list of their names.
First Room.
1 Ate—goddess of revenge.
2 Ino—wife of Athamas, king of Thebes, who in a fit of insanity killed Learchus, his son; Ino escaped the fury of her husband, and threw herself into the sea, with Melicerta (another child) in her arms.
3 Guy—earl of Warwick, encountering a cow.
4 Roe.
5 Leo—or Lion.
6 Ida—a mountain near Troy, or the one in Crete.
7 Oak.
8 Obi—the Spirit of the West Indies; also a Charm. Three-fingered Jack is introduced, with an old witch.
9 Ape.
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10 Atys—a son of Cræsus, king of Lydia.—He was born dumb, but recovered his speech from a fright, in seeing his father attacked by a soldier at the storming of Sardis.
11 Equity—represented like Justice, but her eyes are uncovered.
12 Autonoe—daughter of Cadmus, and mother of Actæon; whose transformation by Diana caused her death.
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