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Systematic Memory.
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little boat on a rill. Candle and rain: out in the rain with a lighted candle. Horse and room: a horse finding his way unbidden into your room. Haystack and rower: a rower mooring his boat under the shadow of a haystack. Watch and reef: cast upon a reef where you keep constant watch. Desk and robe: a gorgeous robe locked in your desk. Tea-pot and rat: a rat inside a tea-pot. Grave and rush: a rush growing on a grave. Needle and rake: a rake with a monstrous needle for each tooth. Sun and face: a face in the sun.

Having thus exhausted your list in some such manner as the above, let some one read the table over, if you should happen not to be sufficiently familiar with it, and, as each word is repeated, it will immediately suggest the word you associated with it; that is to say, when part of the picture is given, it will immediately recall the whole.

law will suggest book nap will suggest canary
Noah will suggest door net will suggest workman
may will suggest world niche will suggest children
ray will suggest treadmill neck will suggest chain
view will suggest theatre moss will suggest fern
bee will suggest attorney mole will suggest river
tea will suggest lover moon will suggest tree
shoe will suggest gold mummy will suggest mouse
guy will suggest meadow mire will suggest manger
lass will suggest Jew muff will suggest loaf
lily will suggest church map will suggest spectacles
lawn will suggest donkey mat will suggest onion
lime will suggest coat match will suggest stick
lyre will suggest home mug will suggest clock
leaf will suggest poetry rose will suggest stone
lobby will suggest portrait rill will suggest boat