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CHAP. IV.
History.
The pupil having acquired some knowledge of the details of geography, including statistical tables, and also of the mode of fixing in his memory the chronological succession of sovereigns, will proceed to the study of history with peculiar advantages.
The following arrangement of some dates will introduce us to the application of the mnemonical principles to history.
| Room | Stripe | Place |
| 17 | 8 | 6 |
| 15 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | 7 | 4 |
| 8 | 9 |
There are here units of years, tens of years, or decennials; and hundreds or centuries. As the division into rooms already noticed, will be here resorted to, we cut off the first series of units, and call them places; the next which are rejected
