She distinguished the clergyman moving his hands
in the pulpit, and observed that he held something in them. This
was a white handkerchief.
"On the sixteenth day she went in a coach through the town, and
appeared much entertained with the bustle in the streets. On
asking her how she saw on that day, she answered: 'I see a great
deal, if I could only tell what I do see; but surely I am very
stupid.'
"On the seventeenth day, when her brother asked her how she was,
she replied: 'I am well, and see better; but don't tease me with
too many questions till I have learned a little better how to
make use of my eye. All that I can say is, that I am sure, from
what I do see, a great change has taken place, but I can not
describe what I feel.'
"On the eighteenth day, when pieces of paper one inch and a half
square, differently colored, were presented to her, she not only
distinguished them at once from one another, but gave a decided
preference to some colors, liking yellow most, and then pale
pink. When desirous of examining an object, she had considerable
difficulty in directing her eye to it and finding out its
position, moving her hand as well as her eye in various
directions, as a person when blindfolded or in the dark gropes
with his hands for what he wishes to touch. She also
distinguished a large from a small object when they were both
held up before her for comparison.
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