She sent for and recommended particularly a certain _Orbis Pictus_, which she herself had studied when a child, and which began with the words, "Come here, boy, and learn wisdom from my mouth," and in which one could see clearly how the soul was fashioned, and how it looked.

It looked like a pancake spread out on a table round and smooth, with all the five senses properly numbered.

Mrs.Gunilla assured Elise, that if her children paid attention to this picture, it would certainly develop and fashion their ideas of the human soul.

Furthermore, she proposed the same educational course as had been used with such distinguished success upon her deceased father and his brother, when they went to school, and which consisted in every boy being combed with a fine comb every Saturday, and well whipped, whilst an ounce of English salt was allowed per boy, in order to drive the bad spirits out of him.

Beyond this, they had, too, on the same day, a diet of bread and beer, in which was a dumpling called "Grammatica," so that the boys might be strengthened for the learning of the following week.
During the merriment which these anecdotes occasioned, the Judge came in: delighted with the merriment, and delighted with his wife, he seated himself beside her, quite covetous of an hour's gossip with the ladies.
Mrs.Gunilla served him up the human soul in the _Orbis Pictus_, and Elise instigated her still further to the relation of the purification of the boys.