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Ok Kiugutg Changes on the Bdis.

Thei e is, probably, no ringei, however accomphshed, who

does not now and tlicn miss the beli he ought to follow ; but in

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soch a case he will not he hopelessly confused, because he will just have on the proper amount of weight to take his bdl into the place, whethei up or down, in which it is wantcd, and the result will, in suoh a case, only bc a shght falter in the striking, if eveu that. 11 is this way of so pulling a beli that it falls into its place, that mrtke^ it easy for a practised ringer to observo which is the= actual beli he bas to follow ; because from the way in which he pulls, his beli will at the next stroke strike almost in its exuct position. It will now be understood why a beginner must practise until the managerneni of his ropę and beli gives him m> worry. If he bas to look at the sally in order to eatch it, or look up to watch it Corning down, or anything of that sort, hc will have no time left to look for the beli he hasnext to strikeafter.

In ringing changeson three bells if only three belJs berung, they swing at such interva!s that I do not think it is as easy to “read” the ropes as when the interva)s between the changing bells are shorter. I, therefore, think that it will bean advantage to ring five bells and practise changes on the middJe bells (2 3 4), s and 5 being rung in their usual places as in rounds. In this case, when the changing bells come down to lead their whole puli, they will then follow, at tlić same end, the be!] which is continually in front; this, for learners, is much easier than leading off the last beli at the opposite end. The changes may even bc practised on six bells with advantage, the changes being rung on 2 3 4 or 345, while the other bells are rung as in rounds. When any beli isconstantly “ rang bekrnd," that is, immediately after the last of any number of changing bells, it is sald to be “conering.'' The ringer of any covering heli should here refer to a later chapter on this subjeet,

The htnting cotint on four bells.—In ringing the freble on four bells, tbe usual rulc for buMing up, namely, to follow the beli that followed you must be used. Thisappiies until the fitst biow