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MODEL DESIGNS FOR COUNTRY SCHOOLS.
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1542. The Desks of the Writing Classes are arranged next after those of the first or sand class (those who write in sand) : they are to be four inches higher than the latter. The forms are six inches broad, and sixteen inches in height. The desks are inclined planes, rising two inches: they are nine inches broad, and are furnished with beads along the least elevated sides, in order to prevent the slates from falling and being broken. At
