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Lesson 22.-Tuesday.-Geography. Write and Learn.

CAPES.

The coast of England is very extensive, being more than 2,000 miles long. It has a great number of capes, bays, and good

harbours.

On the East Coast.-Flam'-borough Head, in Yorkshire ; Lowes'-toft Ness, in Norfolk; the Naze, in Essex; North and South Fore'-land, in Kent.

LOWESTOFT NESS is the most Easterly point in England.

On the South Coast.-Dunge'-ness (dunj-ness) in Kent; Beach'-y Head and Sel'-sea Bill, in Sussex; St. Cath'-ar-ine's Point and the Needles, in the Isle of Wight; Port'-land Bill, in Dorset ; Start Point, in Devon; and Liz'-ard Point, in Cornwall.

LIZARD POINT is the most Southerly point in England.

On the West Coast.-Land's End, in Cornwall; Hart'-land Pt., in Devon; St. David's Head, in Pembroke; Great Ormes Head, in Denbigh; St. Bees Head, in Cumberland.

LAND'S END is the most Westerly point in England.

Lesson 23.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums. (1) £5,678 8s. 10d. + £2,680 19s. 11ąd. + £64 13s. 44d. + £17 0s. 9 d. + 10s. 6d. + £5 + £3,006 + 9 d. + £8,621 13s. 10d. (2) How much does the following come to: three half-sovereigns, five crowns, three half-crowns, twenty sixpences, eight pennies, four threepences, and five farthings?

(3) Divide 8,678,219 by 394, and prove the answer.

ceiling...the top of a room

sealing-wax...to seal letters cession...giving up

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session...a sitting
check...to stop, to restrain
cheque...an order for money

Lesson 24.-Thursday.—Grammar. Write.

Ex. 9. Put a line under nouns and pronouns.-"Long ago a boy set out to see the world. He wanted much to see it, so he left home, and walked on till he saw a woman. She asked him where he was going, and he answered that he was going to see the world. 'It is very large,' said the woman, 'but I will go with you to see it.' So they set out. Their way led them through a dark forest. Here there was a gloomy den, where a cruel wolf lived, who, as soon as he heard their footsteps, rushed out of his cave and tore them to pieces." Ex. 10. Put suitable PRONOUNS in the spaces. orange, but was sour. Hark! 'tis a lark; how London is a city, is the capital of England. boys. Shall

light

-a candle?

bought an

sings!

are good

Lesson 25.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums.

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.......................a hundred

(3) Mr. Jones owes Mr. Brown so much money. If he pays Mr. Brown £60 9s. 10d. he will still have to pay him £40 3s. 2d.

How much money does he owe?

chord ...the string of a musical

sent. ...to cause to go

scent ......a perfume

instrument, a musical sound

choose...to select

cord ......a string

chews ....grinds with the teeth

SIXTH WEEK.

Lesson 26.-Learn for Monday Morning.

ST. MATTHEW, Chapter XIII., Verses 44-46; OR ELSE LEARN——

A PSALM OF LIFE-(Continued).

In the world's broad field of bat-tle,

In the bi-vou-ac1 of life,

Be not like dumb, driv-en cattle!
Be a hero2 in the strife.3

Trust no Fu-ture, howe'er pleasant!

Let the dead Past bury its dead! Act-act in the living Present! Heart within and God o'erhead!

1 bivouac (pr. biv'-ōō-ak) an encampment, or keeping watch of an army all night. 2 hero, a warrior, or brave man. 3 strife, the battle of life. 4 heart within, conscience, telling us what is right.

Lesson 27.-Tuesday.-Geography. Write and Learn.

ISLANDS.

On the East Coast.-Holy Is., off Northumberland; Shep'-pey Is. and Than'-et Is., in Kent.

On the South Coast.-Isle of Wight, off Hampshire; and the Channel Islands-Jer'-sey, Guern'-sey, Alder'-ney, and Sark,―off the Coast of France.

The Isle of Wight has been called the "Garden of England" on account of its beauty and fertility.

The Channel Islands are the only remains of the great possessions we once had in France. They have belonged to England since the Norman Conquest (1066).

On the West Coast.-Scilly Isles, off Cornwall; Lun'-dy Is., off North Devon; An'-glesea, off Caernarvon; Hol'-yhead (hol'-e-head), off Anglesea; Wal'-ney Is., off North Lancashire; the Isle of Man, in the Irish Sea.

The Scilly Islands, about 30 miles S.W. of Land's End, are 140
in number, but most of them are mere rocks. St. Mary is the
largest.

Holyhead is the chief port for the steamers between England and
Ireland.

The Isle of Man is nearly an equal distance from England, Wales,
Scotland, and Ireland.

Lesson 28.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums.

(1) £3,896 18s. 104d. — £978 18s. 10 d. (2) 8,678 17s. 91d. £8,593 19s. 11ąd. (3) £297 Os. Od. - £198 6s. 6d.

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(4) If you multiply a certain number by 38 you get for the answer seven hundred and twenty-five thousand three hundred and forty-four. What is the number?

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Lesson 29.—Thursday.—Grammar. Learn and Write.

A VERB is a word which TELLS something about a NOUN or PRONOUN.

A VERB makes an ASSERTION.

Fishes swim in the sea.

Here swim tells something about the fishes: it tells what they do.

Tom frightened the fox.

Here frightened tells what Tom did to the fox.

The bird was killed with a stone.

Here was killed tells what was done to the bird.

EVERY SENTENCE MUST CONTAIN A VERB AND A NOUN, OR A VERB AND A PRONOUN.

Ex. 11. Put a line under the verbs.-Horses draw carts. Pigs grunt. The joiner cuts the wood with a saw. I met the postman as I came to school. God is good. The ducks found a worm. When your work is done you shall go and play. The boy went and bought a cake, which he ate.

Lesson 30.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums.

(1) Add thirty thousand and nine pounds four and twopence halfpenny; ninety pounds and sevenpence farthing; twenty thousand and eight pounds fifteen shillings and a halfpenny; six hundred pounds; fifteen shillings and elevenpence farthing. (2) £3,976 — £29 18s. 11d. (3)

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£3,000 — £606 13s. 10 d.

creak...to make a squeaking noise

creek...a narrow inlet

SEVENTH WEEK.

Lesson 31.-Learn for Monday Morning.

ST. MATTHEW, Chapter XIII., Verses 47-50; OR ELSE LEARN.
A PSALM OF LIFE-(Continued).

Lives of great men all re-mind us,
We can make our lives sub-lime,1
And, de-part-ing, 2 leave be-hind us
Foot-prints on the sands of time;
Footprints that per-haps another,
Sailing o'er life's sol-emn main,+

Some for-lorn5 and ship-wreck'd
brother,

Seeing, shall take hearts again.
Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate,
Still a-chier-ings, still pur-su-ing",
Learn to labour and to wait.

1 sublime, noble, worthy of being copied. marks made by the foot. 4 main, the sea. encouraged. fate, lot, or "state of life." suing, following after.

Longfellow.

2 departing, dying. 3 footprints, 5 forlorn, lonely. take heart, be & achieving, performing. • pur

Lesson 32.-Tuesday.—Geography. Write and Learn. PARTS OF THE SEA.

On the East Coast.-The Mouths of the Rivers Tyne, Wear, and Tees; the Humber, the Wash; Har'-wich (har'-idje) Harbour; and the Mouth of the Thames.

On the South Coast.-Spit head, Southampton Water, and the So'-lent, between the Isle of Wight and the mainland; Poole Bay, in Dorset; Tor Bay, in Devonshire; Plym'-outh Sound; Fal'-mouth Harbour, and Mount's Bay, in Cornwall.

In Plymouth Sound is a famous breakwater, or stone wall, built in the sea, to make a safe harbour for ships. Nine miles south is Eddystone (ed'-dis-stun) Lighthouse.

On the West Coast.-Bristol Channel, containing Swansea (swon'-se) Bay, in Glamorganshire, and Caermarthen (kăr-mar'-then) Bay in Caermarthenshire; Mil'-ford Haven and St. Bride's Bay, in Pembrokeshire; Cardigan Bay, Caer-nar'-von Bay; the Mouths of the River Dee, the Mersey, and the Ribble; More'-cambe (mor'-kam) Bay, in Lancashire; and Solway Firth."

Lesson 33.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums.

(1) £21 18s. 91d. + £3,678 + £146 0s. 10d. + 13s. 101⁄2d. + £500+ £684 13s. + 19s. 9ąd. + £6,862 17s. 84d. + £484 13s. 0‡d. + £6 10s. 2d. + £49.

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Lesson 34-Thursday.-Grammar. Write.

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Ex. 12. Write out the NOUNS, PRONOUNS, and VERBS in three columns.-The cat mews. I spilt the ink on my copy-book. "Bold Robin Hood was a forester good." Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall." "There was a little man and he had a little gun, and his bullets were made of lead; he went to the brook and he shot at a duck, and gave it a rap on its head." "Bah! bah! black sheep, have you any wool?"

Ex. 13. Put one line under the nouns, and two under the pronouns. A sailor once had a parrot. To every question they asked it the bird answered, "There is no doubt about it." One day he took it to the market to sell, and fixed the price at twenty pounds. A woman, wishing to buy, asked the parrot if it was worth so much money--to which it replied, "There is no doubt about it." She was so delighted with the bird that she bought it. Soon after she repented of the bargain, and said aloud to herself that she was a fool for having thrown so much money away! "There is no doubt about it," answered the bird.

Lesson 35.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums.

(1) A large school cost for building, &c., the following sums: what was the total cost? Land, £4,672 3s. 9d.; mason, £2,684 13s. 10d.; joiner, £573 11s. 9d.; glazier, £90 0s. 10d.; painter, £82 16s. 10d.; plumber, £104 13s. 23d.; plasterer, £59 11s. 2d. ; ironmonger, £32 17s. Ogd.

(2) £50 18s. 101d.

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(3) From twenty pounds and twopence take half-a-crown. (4) Divide 38,274 by 78 and prove.

die ..to give up life, a stamp draught..a drawing, a drink, a dye. ..colour

doe

........a female deer

dough.. ..unbaked paste

current of air draft......a bill of exchange

EIGHTH WEEK.

Lesson 36.-Learn for Monday Morning.

ST. LUKE, Chapter XV., Verses 3-5; OR ELSE LEARN—
EX-CEL'-SIOR1.

Higher, higher, ever higher,
Ever to perfection2 nigher3,
Mortal climb-untiring climb
Up the steep ascents of time
Ever higher-life was given
Thus to raise itself to heaven.

Higher ever, until death
Stays at last thy mortal breath;
But, O take to heart? this truth-
He who wins aspiress in youth;
He who earliest shall begin,
He shall ever highest win.

W. C. Bennett.

1 ex-cel-si-or (L.), more noble, "upward, and onward." 2 perfection, state of being perfect. 3 nigher, nearer. mortal, man, who is subject to death. 5 ascent, a hill. stays, stops, or takes away. take to heart, learn. 8 aspires, aims at something, desires something.

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