both active and passive, without any previous knowledge of that language.
"4. Miss S. S. (of the same age with the preceding pupil) answered to the declensions and conjugations of the Greek Language, and declined and conjugated several regular nouns and verbs proposed to her. This pupil had never seen a Greek character till put under the care of the Professor.
"The whole instruction received by the above pupils consisted of five lessons only, of one hour each."
"Master S. H. explained the physical, mathematical, and chemical characters of minerals, after Hauy's system, assigning the systematical order of any character whatever proposed to him, and showing in what manner any mineral ought to be examined and tried, to ascertain its nature. This pupil received only two hours' instruction from M. Feinaigle.
"Master S. H. afterwards requested the audience to give twenty words, or names, without any order or connection whatever. These words were written on a board, and numbered from one to twenty as follows:—
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