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LESSON 52-Continued.

The mineral wealth of England lies chiefly in the mountains of the North and West. These mountains contain, however, very little good building stone, it being mostly soft and porous.

Remember that the CUMBRIAN GROUP is in Cumberland, and the CAMBRIAN GROUP in Wales.

Cambria was the ancient name of Wales.

There are three mountain Systems

(1) The Northern System.-Pennine Range and Cumbrian Group. (2) The Cambrian System.-In Wales.

(3) The Devonian System.-South and West of the river Thames, of which the principal heights are in Devonshire.

Lesson 53.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums. (1) Out of eighteen sovereigns I paid my tailor £4 9s., my bookseller £1 17s. 94d., my grocer £5 3s. 104d., my butcher £3 18s. 11d. How much had I left?

(2) How much greater is four thousand and sixty pounds than £409 7s. 10 d. (3) Divide 8,782,164 by 367, and prove.

(4) From six pounds and sixpence take four florins, ten halfcrowns, and five threepenny pieces.

heard ......did hear

herd .........a collection of cattle hie.

to hasten

high......lofty
him......objective case of "he"
hymn ...a sacred song

Lesson 54.-Thursday.-Grammar. Learn and Write. The words "THIS," "THAT;""THESE," and "THOSE" are called DISTINGUISHING adjectives.

"A

They are called distinguishing adjectives because they point out some
particular noun to distinguish it from others of the same kind.
'AN," and "THE," are also called distinguishing

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adjectives.

These adjectives all tell " WHICH THING."

slates.

Ex. 18. Put distinguishing adjectives before the nouns, and a line under every pronoun.—I have book. Give me How do you do sum? Tom saw -bird fly past the window. master that was his own work. Have you done work I told you to do? is a new book, but

He told

old one. Give me

rather than

Lesson 55.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums. (1) £39,786 13s. 11d. £27,899 14s. 11ąd.

(2) £4,603 £829 17s. 1 d.

is an

(3) How much must be added to fifty pounds and a halfpenny to

make it £500 3s. ?

(4) How much more is fifty crowns than forty florins.

hole.....a hollow place

whole......all, entire

idle.........lazy

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TWELFTH WEEK.

Lesson 56.-Learn for Monday Morning.

ST. LUKE, Chapter XV., Verses 14-17; OR ELSE LEARN

GOD PROVIDETH FOR THE MORROW-(Continued).

Say, with richer crimson1 glows2
The kingly mantles than the rose;
Say, have kings more wholesome fare
Than we poor citizens of air?

Barns nor hoarded grains have we,
Yet we carol" merrily;

Mortal, fly from doubt and sorrow,
God provideth for the morrow!

1 crimson, a deep red colour. 2 glow, to shine brightly. 3 mantle, a cloak, dress. wholesome fare, food good for the health. 5 citizen, dweller in a city, citizens of air, the birds. 6 hoarded grain, corn, &c., stored up. carol, sing.

Lesson 57.-Tuesday.-Geography. Write and Learn.

The principal PLAINS are―

PLAINS.

(1) In the NORTHERN DIVISION, the Plain of York, in the centre of Yorkshire, and the Plain of Cheshire, between the rivers Dee and Mersey.

(2) The CENTRAL DIVISION contain one large plain, called the Central Plain. In the east is the Fen District, round the Wash; and the Eastern Plain is Nor'-folk, Suf'-folk, and Es'-sex.

The Fen District is a very low tract of country round the Wash, and containing the mouths of several rivers. It once had a great number of marshes and small lakes, called "Meres," but most of it has now been drained.

(3) The SOUTHERN DIVISION Contains the Valley of the Thames and the Weald.

The word "weald" means wood. The district lies between the North and South Downs, and was once covered with a thick forest. Some of our best iron used to be made in the Weald, but the manufacture has now died out.

Lesson 58.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums.

(1) In a subtraction sum the answer is £40 13s. 6d., and the second line is £36 19s. 10ąd. What is the top line?

(2) Find the difference between £60 0s. 111d. and £724 3s. 2d. (3) Add two guineas, four florins, three half-crowns, sevenpence farthing, nine sixpences, twenty-four shillings, thirteenpence halfpenny, and three farthings.

(4) Divide 786,243 by 476, and prove the answer.

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Lesson 59.—Thursday.-Grammar. Write.

Ex. 19. Supply an ADJECTIVE telling WHAT SORT the noun is, and place a line under every verb.-The man drove the - horse. The mason built a stones. In the night the rain fell heavily. Did you see the farmer mowing the grass? Give me a

wall with

slate and a

pencil.

Ex. 20. Place the NOUNS, PRONOUNS, and VERBS and ADJECTIVES in FOUR columns.-The last rose of summer is dying. Harry Jones fell off the milk-cart as he was driving it. The little birds laid their heads under their wings. The cruel uncle did the poor babes a foul wrong when he left them to perish in the lonely wood. The king's gold sceptre lay at the bottom of the river.

Lesson 60.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums.

(1) I owed Mr. Noble £80; I paid him £40 14s. 10d. at one time, £6 3s. 2 d. at another, £20 13s. 7 d. at another. How much do I owe him yet?

(2) From 20 guineas take 20d.

(3) From 40 crowns take 50 sixpences.

(4) Divide 827,341 by 628, and prove the answer.

lain ..part. of the verb to lay lief ..gladly, willingly

lane ......a road, a passage

lie

leaf......of a tree, book, &c.

lye

........

..an untruth, to lie down .........wood ashes mixed with water

THIRTEENTH WEEK.

Lesson 61-Learn for Monday Morning.

ST. LUKE, Chapter XV., Verses 18-20; OR ELSE LEARN—
GOD PROVIDETH FOR THE MORROW-(Continued).
One there lives, whose guardian' eye
Guides our humble destiny:2
One there lives, who, Lord of all,
Keeps our feathers, lest they fall.

Pass we blithely," then, the time, Fearless of the snare and lime,5 Free from doubt and faithless sorrow, God provideth for the morrow. Reginald Heber. 1 guardian, watchful, protecting. 2 destiny, lot in life. 3 blithely, cheerfully, merrily. snare, a trap. 5 lime, birdlime, a sticky substance spread on twigs, &c., for catching birds. faithless sorrow, anxiety through not having trust in God.

Lesson 62.-Tuesday.-Geography. Write and Learn.

RIVERS.

England is well watered. Most of the rivers have slow currents, and are therefore well adapted for commerce.

With the exception of the Severn, all the large rivers rise either in the centre or the west, and fall into the North Sea.

The four largest rivers are the Thames (tems), the Severn (sev-urn*), the Trent, and the Ouse (ōōze). [TURN OVER.

* Mind the children do not give the vulgar pronunciation of sev'-ren.

LESSON 62-Continued.

(1) In the NORTHERN DIVISION the chief rivers are the Co-'quet, rising in the Cheviots, the Tyne, the Wear, the Tees, and the Ouse-all rising within a short distance of each other, on the east of the Pennine Chain, near Cross Fell.

The Coquet, the Tyne, the Wear, and the Tees all flow into the North Sea; the Ouse flows into the Humber, and so into the North Sea. The Eden, the Lune, the Rib-ble, and the Mer'-sey, rising on the west side of the Pennine Chain, and falling into the Irish Sea, The Trent, rising in the Staffordshire moorlands, flows into the Humber.

Lesson 63.—Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums.
Find the difference between-

(1) 18 pence farthing and £40. (2) 17s. 91d. and £3 12s.
(3) 30s. and 30d.

(4) Divide 2,178,649 bg 378.

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Lesson 64.-Thursday.-Grammar. Learn and Write.

Ex. 21. Supply ADJECTIVES telling HOW MANY.-John is the boy in the class. pence make shilling. I have lost marbles. If you give me apples I shall just have a dozen. There are boys in my class. There are Ex. 22. Put six adjectives before Ex. 23.

Ex. 24.

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pens in a gross.

the noun cloth, to tell the COLOUR.

Lesson 65.-Friday Morning.
(1) Multiply £5 9s. 3d. by 4, 5.
(2) Multiply £21 10s. 44d. by 6, 7.
male......of the man kind
mail ....armour, a bag for

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boy, to tell WHAT KIND. house, to tell wHAT SIZE.

Work these Sums.

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mane......the hair on a horse's neck

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FOURTEENTH WEEK.

Lesson 66.-Learn for Monday Morning.

ST. LUKE, Chapter XV., Verses 21-24; OR ELSE Learn—
LABOUR THE LOT OF ALL.

Work, brothers, work! Toil1 is ours,
But toil is the lot of man ;

One gathers the fruit-one gathers the flowers,

One soweth the seed again!

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LESSON 66-Continued.

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There is not a crea-ture, from Eng-land's king
To the pea-sant that delves the soil,

That knows half the plea-sures the sea-sons bring,

If he have not his share of toil.-Barry Cornwall. 1 toil, work. 2 lot, state of life. 3 creature, person. * peasant, a farm labourer. 5 delves, digs. 6 seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, the whole year.

Lesson 67.-Tuesday.-Geography. Write and Learn.

RIVERS.

The rivers of the NORTHERN DIVISION are very important. The Yorkshire rivers especially have numerous large manufacturing towns built on their banks.

The Yorkshire Ouse (150 miles long) is formed by two streams, the
Swale and the Ure (your). It receives on its right bank the Nidd,
Wharfe, Aire (into which runs the Cal'der), and Don, and on its
left bank the Der-went. It flows into the large estuary of the
Humber-so called from the brown muddy colour of its waters.
The Mersey receives the Ir'-well.

The Trent (180 miles long) receives on its left bank the Dove, the
Der-went, and the I'dle, and on its right bank the Tame and the
Soar. It first runs southward, then eastward, and finally north-
ward into the Humber, draining a large tract of country.

On the Humber stands Hull, and at the mouth of the Mersey stands
Liverpool. These are two of our largest ports.

Lesson 68.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums. (1) Multiply £842 17s. 91d. by 10, 11.

(2) Take d. from £3,000.

(3) Divide 82,786 by 94, and prove the answer.

mead.

meed

mete

meat

.....a meadow

....a reward

.to measure

.food

meet......to come together, fit mite......an insect

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Lesson 69.-Thursday.-Grammar. Write.

or

will do. I like

the best.

Ex. 25. Place DISTINGUISHING ADJECTIVES before the nouns.-Do you see dog? Did you hear pretty bird this morning? I should prefer to ; which of the two do you prefer?

Ex. 26. Place the NOUNS, VERBS, PRONOUNS, and ADJECTIVES in FOUR columns.-Little Harry has two dogs, a small one and a large one; the large one is as strong as a little pony. The old gardener gave me three ripe pears and six fine plums; he is a kind old man. Strong men can do much work, but old men soon get tired. The old sailor with the wooden leg gave the blind man fourpence to buy some bread for himself, and something for his dog.

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