We will now give names to the cubes of Block 1 of the 81 Set. We call
each one Mala, to denote that it is a cube. They are written in the
following list in floors or layers, and are supposed to run backwards or
away from the reader. Thus, in the first layer, Frenum Mala is behind or
farther away than Urna Mala; in the second layer, Ostrum is in front,
Uncus behind it, and Ala behind Uncus.
Third, or {Mars Mala Merces Mala Tyro Mala
Top {Spicula Mala Mora Mala Oliva Mala
Floor. {Comes Mala Tibicen Mala Vestis Mala
Second, or{Ala Mala Cortis Mala Aer Mala
Middle {Uncus Mala Pallor Mala Tergum Mala
Floor. {Ostrum Mala Bidens Mala Scena Mala
First, or {Sector Mala Hama Mala Remus Mala
Bottom {Frenum Mala Plebs Mala Sypho Mala
Floor. {Urna Mala Moles Mala Saltus Mala
These names should be learnt so that the different cubes in the block
can be referred to quite easily and immediately by name. They must be
learnt in every order, that is, in each of the three directions
backwards and forwards, _e.g._ Urna to Saltus, Urna to Sector, Urna to
Comes; and the same reversed, viz., Comes to Urna, Sector to Urna, etc.
Only by so learning them can the mind identify any one individually
without even a momentary reference to the others around it. It is well
to make it a rule not to proceed from one cube to a distant one without
naming the intermediate cubes. For, in Space we cannot pass from one
part to another without going through the intermediate portions. And, in
thinking of Space, it is well to accustom our minds to the same
limitations.
Urna Mala is supposed to be solid Gold an inch each way; so too all the
cubes are supposed to be entirely of the colour which they show on their
faces. Thus any section of Moles Mala will be Orange, of Plebs Mala
Black, and so on.
[Illustration: Fig. 10.]
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