After the writing, we had a lesson in history, and then the babies chanted their ba, be, bi, bo, bu.

" He began to swing as if he meant to murder the wee ba', and I strained my een.

The Levée of a great Man is laid after the same manner, and twenty Whispers, false Alarms, and private Intimations, pass ba

In later times we see that every man possessed a ba, and we learn that each god possessed several ba's.