oe, shoes), fifteenth month. In the last two cases comes in,
to explain the omission, also the mechanical difficulty of the _Z_ and
_Sch_. The oldest of these children, a girl, when a year old, used to
say, when she refused anything, _ateta_, with a shake of the head. She
knew her own image in the glass, and pointed at it, saying _taete_ (for
_Kaete_). In the following table the Roman figures stand for the month;
F_{1}, F_{2}, F_{3}, F_{4}, for the four children in the order of their
ages. No further explanation will be needed:

VIII. _papa_ distinctly (F_{1}); _dada_, _da_, _deda_, first syllables
(F_{4}); _derta_ for _Bertha_ (F_{1}).

X. _dada_, name for all possible objects (F_{2}); _papa_ (F_{3}); _ada_,
_mama_, _detta_ (F_{4}).

XII. _puppe_ (doll) correctly; _taete_ for _Kaete_ (F_{1}); _ida_, _papa_,
_tata_ for _Tante_ (aunt); _taete_ (F_{4}).

XIII. _mama_, _detta_ for _Bertha_; _wauwau_ (F_{2}); _lala_ (F_{4}).

XIV. _ba_ for _baden_ (bathe) (F_{2}).

XV. _hia_ for _Ida_; _ate_ for _artig_ (well-behaved); _da_ for _danke_;
_bappen_ for _essen_ (eat); _piep_; _ja_, _nein_ (yes, no) correctly
(F_{1}).

XVI. _ei_ (egg) correctly; _feisch_ for _Fleisch_ (meat); _waffer_ for
_Wasser_ (water); _wuffe_ for _Suppe_ (F_{1}); _tatte_ for _Tante_;
_tittak_; _Hut_ (F_{3}).

XIX. _at_ for _Katze_ (cat); _duh_ for _Kuh_ (cow); _w[=a]n_ for
_Schwan_ (swan); _nine_ for _Kaninchen_ (rabbit); _betta_ for _Blaetter_
(leaves); _butta_ for _Butterblume_ (buttercup); _fiedemann_ for
_Friedemann_; _taeti_ for _Kaeti_ (F_{1}); _gad_ for _gerade_ (straight);
_kumm_ for _krumm_ (crooked) (F_{3}).

XX. _fidat_ for _Zwieback_ (biscuit); _tierdatten_ for _Thiergarten_
(zooelogical garden); _waden_ for _wagen_ (carriage); _naehnaden_ for
_Naehnadel_ (needle); _wewette_ for _serviette_ (napkin); _teid_ for
Kleid (dress); _weife_ for Seife (soap); _famm_ for _Schwamm_ (sponge);
_tonnat_ for _Konrad_; _potne_ for _Portemonnaie_; _hauf_ for _herauf_
(up here); _hunta_ for _herunter_ (down here); _hiba papa_ for _lieber_
(dear) _papa_ (F_{1}); _tue_ for _Thuer_ (door); _bau_ for _bauen_
(build); _teta_ for _Kaete_; _manna_ for _Amanda; ta_ for _guten Tag_
(good-day); _ku_ for _Kugel_ (ball) (F_{2}); _appudich_ for _Apfelmuss_
(apple-sauce); _mich_ for _Milch_ (milk); _ule pomm_ for _Ulrich komm_
(Ulrich come); _ku_ for _Kuchen_ (cake); _lilte_ for _Mathilde_ (F_{3}).

XXI. _teine_ for _Steine_ (stones); _bimelein_ for _Bluemelein_ (l