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it, was this: Suppoſe the Word to be ſpelt was Plumb Pudding (and who can ſuppoſe a better) the Children were placed in a Circle, and the firſt brought the Letter P, the next l, the next u, the next m, and ſo on till the Whole was ſpelt; and if any one brought a wrong Letter, he was to pay a Fine, or play no more. This was at their Play; and every Morning ſhe uſed to go round to teach the Children with theſe Rattle-traps in a Baſket, as you ſee in the Print.

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