The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-11-22

4 VI Fi9i"h W do uOt much increased
ihe operation was again performed OF
The l7th, with complete success. She re.
| turned home in Il carriage from the honse
IN winch the operation was performed,
with her eye covered with loose piece
OF silk. The first thing she noticed vas
"a hackney coach passing, when she ex-
claimed, "what is that large thing that
has passed BY US % la the course of
he evening she requested her brother
10 show her his watch, concerning which
she expressed much curiosity, end she
looked at il a considerable time holding
1t close TO her eye. She was asked what
me saw, and she said ihere was dark
and bright side; she pointed to the
hour OF twelve and smiled. Her brother
asked her if she saw any thing more
She replied " Yes and pointed to the
hour of six, and 10 the hands of the watch.
She then locked at The chain and seals.
ana Observed tbnt ono ef tho seals wos
bright, which was The case, it being a
solid piece of rock chryslal. The next
day Mr.. Warcrop asked her TO look a.
gain at the wat4h, which she refused to
do, saying that the light was offensive 10
her eye, and that she felt very stupid :;
meaning that she was much confused. by
the visible world, thus for The first time
opened 10 heron the third day she
observed the doors on the opposite side
of the street, and asked if they were
red, but they were in fact OF an oak col
our. In the evening she looked at her
brothers. face, and said tha, she saw bis
nose; he asked her to touch il, which
she did; he then slipped handkerchief
over his face, and asked her 10 look
again, when she playfully pulled it of,
and asked What is that p
On the sixth day she told US that she
saw better than she had on any preced-
ing day? but ! cannot tell whatl do
see am quite stupid" -She seemed
indeed bewildered from moi being able
to combine The knowledge acquired by
the senses of touch AID sighi, and felt
disappointed in not having the power of
distinguishing at once by her eye objects
which she could SO readily distinguish
from one another by feeling them.
On The seventh day she took notice of
The mistress Of the house in which she
LEGGED, and observed that she was tall
She asked what the colour Of her gown
was ? in which she was answered that il
was blue. So is that thing on your
head," she then observed, which was the
case; t'hnd your handk erchief, chat is a
different colour;" which was also cor,
rect. She asked, see you pretty well,
think" The teacups and saucers un-
derwent an examination "What are
they like % her brother asked her
81 don't know" she replied; "lhsy
look very queer to me; but can tell
what they are in a minute when touch
them" She distinguished an orange on
the chimney piece, bnt could form no
cotton Of what it was till che touched it.
She seemed now TO have become more
cheerful, and entertained greater expec-
tation of comfort from her admission in
to the visible world; and she was very
sangulne that she would find her newly
acquired faculty Of more use to her
when she returned home, where every
Thing was familiar to her.
On the eighth day she asked her
brother, when at dinner, what he was
helping himself TO +? and she was told il
was glass of port wine. she replied,
"port wine is dark, s. looks TO me very
ugly" She observed, when candles
were brought into the room, her broth
er's face in the mirror, as we'll as that of
lady who was present; she also walk
ed, for The first time without assistance,
from chair 10 sofa which was on the
opposite side Of the room, and back a.
gain TO the chair. When at tea she
took notice of theatEay, observed the
shinitrg=of the japan work, asked what
the colonr was rsund the edge? She
was told it was yellow ? upon which she
remarked, viii know that again.
Eighteen days after the last operation
bad been performed, Mr.. Wardrop al
tempted 10 ascertain, By few expert
ments, her precise notions OF colour,
size, forms, positions, motions, and dis
tances of external objects. As she coulG
only see with one eye, nothing could be
ascerlained respecting the question of
double vision. She. evidently saw the
difference of colours; that is, she re-
ceiyed and was .sensible of different i'm
pressions from different colours. When
pieces Of paper one and half inch
square, differently coloured, were pre-
scented TO her, she not only distinguished
them at once from one another, but
gave decided preference to some ccl-
ours, liking yellow most, and then pale
pink. 1t may be here mentioned, that,
when DESTROYS Of examining an object,
she had considerable difficulty in direct
| ing her ewes 10 il. and finding out lis