268. My first is the name of a river, my second is a pleasant beverage, my third is what we are too apt to do, and my whole is the name of an ancient city.
DEAF AND DUMB ALPHABET.
SINGLE HANDED ALPHABET.
269. The deaf and dumb converse with each other, and with their teachers, by signs made with their hands. There are two ways of making the letters with the fingers; in one, both hands are used; in the other, only one. Above, you see how the letters are made with one hand.
270. When are the letters like the keys of a piano?
271.
Up and down two buckets ply