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Take a set of dominoes, shuffle them face down, and then pick up one of them. Turn it up and remember the total number of pips on it. Suppose this is the 5—4, equalling 9. Turn it face down and pick up another with it. Turn both face up, and see how quickly you can name the total of the two dominoes without actually counting them. Do not try this experiment more than once or twice the first day or two, but after a week’s practice with two, you may add a third and then a fourth, naming the total number of pips instantly, without counting them at all.

For variety, deal out four cards, face downwards, side by side. Turn up the first and note what it is, replacing it face downwards. Repeat the process with the other three cards, then after a few moments, try to recall the four in order. When you can do this correctly, experiment with five cards, gradually increasing the number. One student was able to remember the whole pack.

After a few weeks of this sight training you can amuse yourself and your friends by asking them to place about a dozen articles upon a table; matchboxes, spoons, paper-weights, penknives, eye-glasses, anything; each object being slightly separated from the others. Let them be covered with a hat or with a small tray while you are out of the room. No matter how quickly they lift the cover and replace it again, you will be able to name a majority out of a dozen or more articles.

Work one or two of these simple exercises occasionally, until you feel you are acquiring greater speed and accuracy.