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The best method of using the abovo is to cut away the leaf, and paste each of the six divisions on a separate slip of stiff card; present these cards to the person whose age you wish to tell, and desire him to return you all those on which his age is marked; add together the first figures of each card returned, and the amount will be the exact age of the person. Thus, if his age should be 27, he will return you Nos. 1, 2, 4, and 5, these being the only cards on which 27 is marked, and by adding the first figures of each of these together, viz., 1,2, 8, and 16, you obtain 27—the age required.