Having repeated these, No.

3 monitor hands them over to No.

4, who perhaps has an engraved clock face, with hands composed of two pieces of wood, over which paper in the shape of clock hands has been pasted; he gives the children a lesson from this object, explains to them the difference between the minute and second-hand, shews them their uses, and points out the dots which mark the minutes, and the figures which divide it into hours, makes them count the seconds, and soon tell the hour.No.4 then gives the class to No.

5 monitor, who has at his post a representation of the mariner's compass; he explains its uses, shews them the cardinal points, tells them how it was discovered, and then he will move the hands around, beginning at the north, and making the children repeat as he moves the hands, north, north-north-east, north-east, east-north-east, east, east-south-east, south-east, south-south-east, south, south-south west, south-west, west-south-west, west, west-north-west, north-west, north-north-west, north.

The degrees, &c., may be considered as going too far for infants; we therefore reserve them until we treat of juvenile schools.
We have not thought it necessary to name all the points of the compass, but have confined ourselves to the principal ones.No.5 then hands the class to No.