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the lead, .md it is therefore the beli that is rnaking second's place lhat he musi fol Iow. Having simek hhit> biow iri ihird's place, he hunts up by agam taking ihe beli he dodged with, and which he struć k after at the first blow in fourllds place. Having llms niadc his hrsi blow behind, his last blow behind will be ovcr the (reble ; he ihen hunts down to lead by laking id tern a te ly one and Ihen the other of ihe twu reroaining helis. After leading—as the treble will tum him frotn the lead—he rnakes second’s place, and fiiuls himsell ul tiie place from which tie steuted.

Willi learuers. the worst ringing occuts at, or im media t cl y follows, tire fuli lead of the treble. If a man therefore knows which blow, on his way flown, he will strike over ihe treble, this knowtedge will greatly assisi him to sleady hmiself and get down to lead witbout rnaking the eon fu sio n worse. Thus, besides knowing in which place lic* will rneet the treble in goiug np, each ringer should also remem ber that

Aficr Jodging in y<\ down, he musi I*ihc thć tuhU n.f;• I go in {\.t , down)

After dodging in y<\ up, his łasi blu* behind w dl be over the ir-ehle

I have fc>p>lained all this al great lenglh, as my objęci is lo show, as far as possśble, that in ehange-ringing actual qutck-ness of siglit must be helped out by this men tal process of •* weeding “ the bełis out. The treble being a beli that is never varied to ks werk, it m.iy always beexpeotod at certam plac es by the other bclls after Ihcy have done certain work, and the man w ho leanis (out of ihe tower) which these points are, will, consei[uemly, learn ehange-ringing mui.b morę fjuickly than one wbo pays no aUention to such matlers. The lalter will probably be found staring at the treble man, and waiting for him, when he ought to have known at the previous blow that he i hen had lo follow him.