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Lesson 37.-Tuesday.-Geography. Write and Learn.

SURFACE.

The natural features of the country divide it into four districts. (1) The NORTHERN DIVISION including all the country north of the river Trent.

The Northern and Western Divisions contain some of the principal coal, iron, and lead mines.

(2) The CENTRAL DIVISION included between the rivers Trent and Thames.

The Central Division includes the Midland Counties." It is chiefly agricultural.

(3) The SOUTHERN DIVISION included all the country south of the river Thames.

(4) The WESTERN DIVISION including Wales and all the country west of the river Severn.

The north and west is mountainous, the centre and east flat, and the south hilly.

Lesson 38.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums. (1) How many times can 369 be taken from three hundred and sixty-nine thousand and nineteen ?

(2) What does the following bill come to: sugar, £1 11s. 24d. ; rice, 14s. 6d. ; sago, 19s. 103d.; pepper, 1s. 6d.; mustard, 2s. 41⁄2d.; tea, 30s. 10d.; coffee, 15s. 4d.; currants, 5s. 9d.; butter, 7s. 6d. ? (3) £500 - £50 0s. 4 d.

(4) What change will you get out of 10s., if you pay away 4s. 92d.? fain... ..glad, desirous faint ..to swoon

fane ....................a temple, a church

feign .to pretend

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Lesson 39-Thursday.-Grammar. Learn and Write. An ADJECTIVE is a word which MARKS or POINTS OUT a noun.

The word adjective means added to something. The something to which an adjective is added is a noun.

The black cat killed the young mouse.

Here "black" marks the noun cat, and points it out from other cats, and "young" marks the noun mouse, pointing it out from other mice. ADJECTIVES point out which thing.

They tell what sort of a thing.

They tell how many things.

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A hungry fox one day did spy.

Some fine ripe grapes that hung on high."

"Some'

Here "hungry" tells what sort of a fox. "One"tells which day. tells how many grapes, and "fine" and "ripe" tell what sort of grapes. Ex. 14. UNDERLINE the adjectives.-Come, pretty pussy, and sit before the warm fire, and I will give you some sweet fresh milk to drink. Silver is white. Red and white roses grow in our garden. The poor blind man was led by a tiny black-and-tan dog, which had a fine bright steel chain fastened to a pretty brass collar. The green parrot talks cleverly.

Lesson 40.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums. (1) £392 0s. 01d. - £80 Os. 4 d.

(2) How much does the following bill come to: coat, £2 19s. 6d. ; trousers, 18s. 10d.; waistcoat, 7s. 34d.; hat, 5s. 2d.; necktie, 2s. 34d.; gloves, 3s. 7d.; silk handkerchief, 5s. 9åd.; shirt, 4s. 114d.; collar, 7d.; and boots, 21s. 3d.?

(3) A gentleman has £350 a year; he spends £204 3s. 9 d., and puts the rest in the bank. How much does he save? (4) Multiply 78,264 by 30,009, and prove.

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Lesson 41.-Learn for Monday Morning.

ST. LUKE, Chapter XV., Verses 6 and 7; OR ELSE Learn

BE KIND TO EACH OTHER.

The night's coming on,

Be kind to each other

When friend and when brother
Perchance1 may be gone.2

Then, 'midst our de-jec-tion, 4

How sweet to have earned The blest recollection5

Of kindness-returned !

1 perchance, perhaps. 2 may be gone, may die. 3 'midst, amidst. sadness, sorrow. 5 recollection, remembrance, calling to mind.

4 dejection,

Lesson 42.-Tuesday.-Geography. Write and Learn.

MOUNTAINS.

(1) The NORTHERN DIVISION contains the Chev-i-ot Hills (chev'-yot) in the north, Pen'-nine Range_down the centre, the Cum-bri-an Group in the west, and the North York Moors and the Yorkshire Wolds in the east of Yorkshire.

(a) The Cheviot Hills separate England from Scotland. They are noted for their excellent pasture, and a superior breed of sheep, called "Cheviots," is raised on them.

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(b) The Pennine Range is a continuation of the Cheviots, and extends through the counties of North-um'-ber-land, Cum'-ber-land, Dur'-ham, West-mor-land, York'-shire, and Lan'-ca-shire, terminating in the Peak, in Der'-by-shire.

The highest peak is Cross Fell, in Cumberland, 3,000 feet high.

(c) The Cumbrian Mountains cover the greater part of Cumberland and Westmorland. Scaw Fell, 3,220 feet high, is the highest mountain in England.

Lesson 43.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums.

(1) Frank's mother went to the grocer's, and spent £2 13s. 4 d. What change did she get out of a five-pound note?

(2) Add £309 16s. 8d.; £2,000 Os. 74d.; 14s. 6d.; £7,800; £9 4s. 101d.; £306 10s.; 17s. 11 d. ; £8,064 13s. 44d. (3) From a sovereign subtract three halfpence.

(4) £9,000 138. 84d. freeze......to turn to ice

13s. 8 d.

gate...

frieze......a coarse cloth

gilt

.a kind of door ...covered with gold

gait .........manner of walking

guilt

......sin, crime

Lesson 44-Thursday.-Grammar. Learn and Write. The words "A," "AN," "THE" are adjectives. They are often called Articles.

Reach me an apple and a pear out of the basket.

Here

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" and " an are adjectives, because they mark the nouns apple and pear; and "the" is an adjective, because it points out which particular basket.

THE" is called the DEFINITE article, and "A" and "AN" the INDEFINITE article.

"An" is used instead of "A" before all words beginning with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u), or with silent "h."

The letter "h" is silent in the words heir, honest, honour, hour.
Ex. 15. Put suitable ADJECTIVES in the spaces.-The
This is a
orange. John is a

Water is -.

cost

pounds.

I gave

writer. This ink is

pig.

pence for a whip. The horse

Ex. 16. Put a suitable ARTICLE and ADJECTIVE before the following nouns: Penny, cat, child, ink, spider, picture, elephant, lion, sparrow, sea, orange, noon, lamb.

Lesson 45.—Friday Morning.

Work these Sums.

(1) £397 13s. 81d. + £6,782 17s. 8d. + £4,086 19s. 11ąd. + £10 Os. 10d. + £862 13s. 94d. + 19s. 1d. + 7 d. + £400 + £6,827 19s. 10 d.

(2) Divide thirty-seven millions six hundred and forty-nine thousand four hundred by 479. (3) £3,820 8s. 7 d. 36s. 7 d.

(4) How much must be added to twenty pounds and sixpence to to make it forty pounds and sixpence farthing?

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TENTH WEEK.

Lesson 45.-Learn for Monday Morning.

ST. LUKE, Chapter XV., Verses 8-10; OR ELSE LEARN—
BE KIND TO EACH OTHER-(Continued).

When day hath departed,
And memory keeps
Her watch, broken-hearted,
Where all she loves sleeps,
Let falsehood assail1 not,
Nor envy disprove ;3
1assail, to attack, to injure.

2

Let trifles prevail* not

Against those we love!
Nor change with to-morrow,
Should fortune take wing;5
But the deeper the sorrow,
The closer still cling.

envy, ill-will. 3 disprove, prove to be false. 4 prevail, overcome. 5 take wing, fly away, leave.

Lesson 47.-Tuesday.-Geography.—Write and Learn. MOUNTAINS.

(2) The CENTRAL DIVISION Contains no high mountains, but numerous hills, as the Wreck-in and Chert Hills in Shropshire, the Cots-wold Hills in Glouces-ter (glos'-ter), the Chil-tern Hills in Buck-ing-ham, and the East Anglian Heights in Suffolk and Norfolk.

The Wreckin is an isolated peak, 1,300 feet high. The Chiltern
Hills and East Anglian Heights are composed of chalk.

(3) The mountains in the SOUTHERN DIVISION consist of the North and South Downs towards the east, the Men'-dip Hills and Quarn'-tock Hills in Somer-set, Ex-moor in Somer-set and Devonshire, Dart'-moor in Devonshire, and the Cornish Heights in Cornwall.

The North and South Downs are chalk hills.

The Cornish Heights and Dartmoor are principally composed of granite. Tin is found in the Cornish Heights.

Lesson 48.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums. (1) From £869 18s. 10 d. take £9 19s. 10 d. (4) Find the difference between 45s. and 45d. (3) Take five half-crowns from forty florins. (4) Divide 397,864,206 by 8,369, and prove. ..of the head, &c. ..an animal

hair

hare

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haul.....to pull down
hart

heart

...a stag or male deer ..the seat of life

Lesson 49.-Thursday.-Grammar. Write.

Ex. 17.-Put the ADJECTIVES in one column, the nouns they mark in another, and the TELLING WORDS opposite the nouns they tell about: thus-The good boy reads a nice book,

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The wicked man was sent to the dark prison. "Little bird, with bosom red, welcome to my humble shed." The school children played in the green lane. The poor blind horse could scarcely draw the heavy wagon. Jane is a good and useful little girl. Sydney is an industrious and painstaking boy. A hungry wolf stood at the cottage door. "Come to the sunset tree, the day is past and gone." "I'd be a fairy, sportive and gay."

Lesson 50.-Friday Morning.

Work these Sums.

(1) £6,782 10s. + £394 17s. 7 d. + £6,485 13s. 10 d. + £10 0s. 94d. + 14s. 6d. + £21,967 13s. 111⁄2d. + £464 12s. 7‡d. + £2,786 17s. 11ąd. + 9 d. 14s. 6d.

(2) John borrowed £34 18s. 6d. ; he paid back 46s., and then borrowed £5 17s. 101d. How much does he now owe?

(3) Divide ten thousand and three by nine.

(4) Find the difference between seventeen farthings and 107 shillings.

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Hugh

heel.

..a part of the foot

hue

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..a man's name

..a colour

.a tree

ELEVENTH WEEK.

Lesson 51-Learn for Monday Morning.

ST. LUKE, Chapter XV., Verses 11-13; OR ELSE Learn—

GOD PROVIDETH FOR THE MORROW.

Lo, the lilies of the field,

How their leaves instruction yield;1
Hark to Nature's lesson given
By the blessed" birds of heaven-

Every bush and tufted tree
Warblest sweet philosophy :5
Mortal, fly from doubt and sorrow,
God provideth for the morrow!

1 instruction yield, teach a lesson. 2 blessed, happy. 3 tufted tree, with the leaves growing in clusters and forming little bunches. 4 warbles, sings. 5 philosophy, lessons of wisdom.

Lesson 52.-Tuesday.-Geography. Write and Learn.

(4) The WESTERN DIVISION is almost covered by the Cam'-brian Mountains, with the high peaks of Snow-don, Ca'-der I'-dris, and Plyn-lim-mon. In the south is the Black Forest Range, and towards the west the Clee Hills, in Shropshire, and the Mendip Hills in Worces'-ter (wos'-ter).

Snowdon, 3,600 feet high, is the highest mountain in England and
Wales. Cader Idris means Arthur's Seat.

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