step, to the middle of the islet. They climbed upon the highest rock they could find, and stood there, shouting, and waving the oar with Ettie's apron tied to the end of it.

7. At last the water reached the rock on which they were standing. Little Ettie screamed, as a wave rippled over the rock and wet her feet.

8. 'It is of no use,' said Robert; 'no one hears or sees us. Perhaps, after all, the water will not rise high enough to cover our heads. Let us hold fast to each other, so that we may not be washed off the rock.'

9. The water was up to their knees now, and still rising. Robert told Ettie to put both her arms over the oar; then he tied her fast to it with the apron. 'There, Walter' he said, 'that will keep her from sinking, if the water gets too deep, or washes us off the rock; and you and I can each take hold of an end and swim for some time. Let us take off our coats and shoes, before the water gets deeper.'

10. The three children kissed each other, and each of the boys took hold of the oar to which their sister was tied. Just then they

heard a shout. They looked toward the shore, and saw a boat coming out to them; Jonas the fisherman was in it.

11. The old man had seen the boat drifting toward the shore, and knew at once that it must have got away from the children, and that they were in danger. He dashed into the water and swam to the boat.

12. He found one of the oars lying among the shells in the bottom. He quickly took off the rudder, pushed the oar over the back part of the boat, and began to scull it toward Rocky Islet.

13. As he came near, he could see the children standing in the water. He shouted, to let them know that help was near. boys shouted in reply, and soon they were all safe in the boat.

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14. It would be hard to tell how glad they all were. Ettie cried and laughed by turns; she threw her arms about Jonas, and kissed him again and again. It was not

long before they were safe at home once more, and Ettie and Walter were telling their father and mother all that had happened.

15. Robert was silent, for he felt that their danger had been caused by his carelessness in tying the boat; but it made him happy when his mother kissed him, and called him her brave boy.

EXERCISES.-1. Pronounce and write:

2. Mention or write down the names of all the persons mentioned in the lesson.

3. Tell which of the words in section 10 are nouns, and which verbs.

1. There was once a pretty chicken;
But his friends were very few,

For he thought that there was nothing

In the world but what he knew:

So he always, in the farm-yard,

'Mrs Goose,' he said, 'I wonder
That your goslings you should let
Go out paddling in the water;

It will kill them to get wet.'

2. 'I wish, my dear Aunt Dorking,'
He began to her, one day,

6 That you wouldn't sit all summer
In your nest upon the hay.

Won't you come out to the meadow,
Where the grass with seeds is filled?'
If I should,' said Mrs Dorking,

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'Then my eggs would all get chilled.' No, they won't,' replied the chicken; 'And no matter if they do: Eggs are really good for nothing; What's an egg to me or you?'

3. What's an egg!' said Mrs Dorking;

4.

'Can it be you do not know

You yourself were in an egg-shell

Just one little month ago?

And, if kind wings had not warmed you,
You would not be out to-day,

Telling hens, and geese, and turkeys,
What they ought to do and say?

To be very wise and show it,
Is a pleasant thing, no doubt;

But when young folks talk to old folks,

They should know what they're about.'

WHAT THE EARTH GIVES, AND WHAT MAN HAS TO DO FOR HIMSELF.

1. To birds and beasts the earth gives almost everything-food, clothing, clothing, and shelter; but man has to do nearly everything for himself.

2. The earth gives us all kinds of grain —such as wheat, oats, barley, and rice; but these kinds of grain want a great deal of work done to them before they can be eaten. They must be cut down, and gathered, and thrashed, and ground, and baked.

3. A cow or a sheep finds shelter for the night behind a tree, or on the side of a hill; but we require houses, and bedrooms, and beds. Tables and chairs do not grow out of the ground; nor do we find ready-made blankets upon the sheep's back.

4. Earth gives us the wood, and man makes tables and chairs; the sheep provides