This is a fact, almost universally known, and affords us this proof, that having learned with facility such of the mechanical arts, as they have been taught, they are capable of attaining any other, at least, of the same class, if they should receive but the same instruction.
With respect to the liberal arts, their proficiency is certainly less; but not less in proportion to their time and opportunity of study; not less, because they are less capable of attaining them, but because they have seldom or ever an opportunity of learning them at all.

It is yet extraordinary that their talents appear, even in some of these sciences, in which they are totally uninstructed.

Their abilities in musick are such, as to have been generally noticed.

They play frequently upon a variety of instruments, without any other assistance than their own ingenuity.

They have also tunes of their own composition.