darüber so in Eifer, dass ihm die Pfeife immer 8. Translate into German "A voice spoke to me-a very quiet and very musical voice-in a language of which I could not understand a word, but it seemed to dispel my fear. I uncovered my face and looked up. The stranger (I could scarcely bring myself to call him man) surveyed me with an eye that seemed to read to the very depths of my heart. He then placed his left hand on my forehead, and with the staff in his right hand gently touched my shoulder. The effect of this was wonderful. In place of my former terror there passed into me a sense of contentment, of joy, of confidence in myself and in the being before me. I rose and spoke in my own language. He listened to me with attention, but with a slight surprise in his looks, and shook his head, as if to signify that I was not understood. He then took me by the hand and led me in silence to the building. The entrance was open-indeed there was no door to it. We entered an immense hall. A sound of music, above and around, came as from invisible instruments, and seemed to belong naturally to the place, just as the sound of murmuring waters belongs to a rocky landscape (Landschaft), or the warble of birds to the groves of Spring." 9. Translate into German -Lord Lytton. "One learned man and philosopher, named Philoxenus, Dionysius sent to prison for finding fault with his poetry. But soon afterwards he wrote another piece which he thought so much better, that he could not be content till he had sent for this hard critic (Kritiker) to hear it. He read it out, and when he had finished looked to Philoxenus for a compliment: but the philosopher only turned round to the guards (Wachen) and said drily and in a quiet tone, Carry me back to prison.' This time Dionysius had the good sense to laugh, and forgave the philosopher for his honesty and for his speaking so truly." ARITHMETIC. The Board of Examiners. Every result must be reduced to its simplest form. The whole of the working of a question must be sent in as part of the answer. 1. Write down in words the quotient and remainder obtained by dividing seventy-two billions eight hundred and ninety-five thousand four hundred and thirty-three millions five hundred and two, by forty-six thousand millions eight hundred and seventy-six thousand three hundred and twenty seven. 3. Find in tons the sum of 3.823 tons, 11.475 cwt., and 2-7 qrs. 4. A pond 117 yds. 2 ft. in circumference is surrounded by a paling fence 7 ft. 6 in. high; find the cost of tarring the inside of the fence at 4d. per 10 sq. yds. of surface. 5. Find a fourth proportional to 03, 7·25, and 11·1. 6. Find the square root of 00062001. 7. A train which used to take 4 hrs. 5 minutes in travelling a certain distance, now does the same journey in 3 hrs. 55 minutes. Find correct to three places of decimals by how much per cent. the speed was accelerated. 8. Find the dividend upon £2,045 15s. 9d. at 5s. 11 d. in the £1. 9. Telegraph posts are placed along a railway at intervals of 70 yards. The engine-driver finds that he passes 3 of these intervals in 11 seconds. Find as a vulgar fraction of a mile the rate of the train in miles per hour. 10. State and give clearly the reason for each step in the rule for simple addition. GEOGRAPHY. The Board of Examiners. 1. Draw an outline map of North America. Mark on the map the following and no more:-The chief range of mountains, 3 capes, 6 rivers (some of these may be branches of the others), the Arctic Circle, the Tropic of Cancer, the northern and southern boundaries of the United States, 5 towns in British North America, and 8 in the United States. 2. What geographical advantages has Europe over other continents? 3. Explain the causes of the tides. 4. What is meant by climate? 5. Explain the meaning of the following geographical terms:-Crater, cyclone, geyser, glacier, isobar, marsupials, monsoon, plateau, pole, snowline. 6. How are the seasons caused? 7. What is the difference between latitude and longitude? How many lines of the former have the same length? How many of the latter? 8. Whence do the following steamers obtain their names-Barrabool, Cuzco, Gabo, Katoomba, Lusitania, Peshawur, Rosetta, Shannon, Taupo, Te Anau, Valetta, Wendouree? 9. Where are the following, and what is each :— Anglesea, Varna, Faroe, Flamborough, Hartz, Sophia, Mingrelia, Kiel, Killiecrankie, Oder, Otago, Punjaub? 10. Write a full account of Queensland. 11. What are the capitals of the following states:Argentine Confederation, Belgium, Bohemia, German Empire, Mexico, Persia, Portugal, Switzerland? 12. Describe the river systems of the Rhine, the Humber, and the Ganges. ELEMENTARY CHEMISTRY. The Board of Examiners. 1. What do you understand by the terms cohesion, chemical affinity, and chemical combination by weight and by volume? 2. What are the chief components of the atmosphere, and how can its quantitative composition be ascertained? 3. Describe the preparation of carbon monoxide, and give an account of its properties. 4. Describe the oxides of sulphur. 5. What are the densities of O, Cl, CO2, SO2? |