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Lesson 32.-Tuesday Morning. Dictation.

* But what struck the travellers more than anything else was the hearing a foreign language spoken all around them. Every one was talking, yet not a word could they understand; they felt that they were indeed in a land of strangers. At length Elizabeth reminded them that they must not stand on the quay, and asked if she should inquire the way to an inn. 2 foreign language, the speech of other people than 3 indeed, truly. * length, last. quay, a landing-place.

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1 struck, surprised. ourselves.

• inquire, ask.

Lesson 33.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums. (1) £21 18s. 94d. + £3,678+ £146 Os. 10d. +138. 101d.+ £500+£684 13s.+19s. 9 d. + £6,862 17s. 81d. +£484 13s. 01d. + £6 10s. 2d. +£49.

(2) £9,000-£862 13s. 9 d. (3) £978 0s. 101d. — £396 13s. 42d. (4) £862 68. £82 0s. 10d. (5) 8,621,934 ÷ 786.

Lesson 34.—Thursday Morning. Write and Learn.

..ships' companies

to sail about

dear....costly, beloved

crews

cruise

deer...

dew.

.an animal

.vapour, moisture die ..... .to give up life,

stamp

dye......colour

doe.... .a female deer dough...unbaked paste draught..a drawing, a drink, a current of air. a draft......a bill of exchange due.........something owing

Dictation.-Though I threatened to cite him before a magistrate, he fixed upon a site, and commenced building in my sight. His manners are coarse, and his conversation is, of course, similar. The scent I sent you for your handkerchief cost me ten per cent more than what I charged.

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, £2,684 138. 103d.; joiner, £573 11s. 9ąd.; glazier, £90 0s. 10d.; painter, £82 16s. 10d.; plumber, £104 13s. 24d.; plasterer, £59 11s. 2d.; ironmonger, £32 17s. 0ąd.

(2) £50-18s. 101d. (3) £10 68. 11d.

£2 13s. 4 d.

(4) From twenty pounds and twopence take half-a-crown. (5) Divide 38,274 by 789, and prove.

EIGHTH WEEK.

Lesson 36.-Learn for Monday Morning.

WHO IS THY NEIGHBOUR?

Thy neigh-bour? It is he whom Whom hunger sends from door to

thou

Hast power to aid and bless, Whose ach-ing heart or burning brow Thy sooth-ing hand may press.

Thy neighbour? "Tis the fainting poor,

Whose eye with want is dim,

door:

Go thou and suc-cour him.

Thy neighbour? 'Tis that weary man,
Whose years are at their brim,
Bent low with sick-ness, cares, and
pain:
Go thou and com-fort him.

OR ELSE LEARN St. Luke XV., verses 11-17.

Lesson 37.-Tuesday Morning. Dictation.

There was a flock of lapwings1 upon a marshy part of the heaths that amused me much. They kept flying round just over my head, and crying “peewit”5 so distinctly one might fancy they almost spoke. I thought I should have caught one of them, for he flew as if one of his wings were broken, tumbling close to the ground, but as I came near he made a shift' to get away.

lapwing, the plover, or peewit. 2 marshy, wet, boggy land. 3 heath, waste land, moor. amused, pleased. 5 peewit, the cry of the plover. distinctly, plainly. made a shift, contrived.

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. 101d.; pepper, 1s. 6d. ; mustard, 28. 44d.; tea, 30s. 10d.; coffee, 15s. 4d.; currants, 5s. 9d. ; butter, 7s. 6d.

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(3) £500 - £50 Os. 01d. (4) £82 19s.11d. £64 18s. 11 d. (5) What change will you get out of 10s., if you pay 4s. 9åd. ?

Lesson 39.-Thursday Morning.

Write and Learn.

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Dictation. In running up the creek, the vessel struck the ground with such force that the timbers began to creak and strain. At the price I paid for them, the two deer were much too dear. The crews were glad to return after such a long cruise.

Lesson 40.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums.

(1) £46 18s. 2jd.

(2) £392 0s. 01d.

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(3) How much does the following bill come to: coat, £2 19s. 6d.; trousers, 18s. 10d.; waistcoat, 7s. 34d.; hat, 58. 2d.; necktie, 2s. 34d.; gloves, 3s. 7d.; silk handkerchief, 5s. 9 d.; shirt 4s. 114d.; collar, 7ąd.; and boots, 21s. 3d.? (4) A gentleman has £350 a year; he spends £204 3s. 9 d., and puts the rest in the bank. How much does he save ? (5) Multiply 78,264 by 30,009, and prove.

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Lesson 41.-Learn for Monday Morning.

WHO IS THY NEIGHBOUR-(Continued).

Thy neighbour? 'Tis the heart Whose hopes are all beyond the

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OR ELSE LEARN St. Luke XV., verses 18-24.

Lesson 42.-Tuesday Morning. Dictation.

Anon.

The fly-catcher is the most silent bird we have. It generally catches its flies in solemn silence, though now and then it may give out a faints and brief twitter.5 When its eggs or young are molested, however, it utters, like the robin, a mournful cry; so we know that it, too, has a heart to feel, though it has not the powers of pouring out its voice in song like other birds.

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6 molested, dis

1fly-catcher, a kind of bird. 2 solemn silence, perfect stillness. not loud. brief, short. 5 twitter, a noise made by birds. turbed, touched. 7 mournful, sad, sorrowful. power, ability.

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Lesson 43.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums. (1) Frank's mother went to the grocer's and spent £2 13s. 4ąd. : what change will she get out of a five-pound note?

(2) Add £309 16s. 8d.; £2,000 0s. 71d.; 14s. 6‡d.; £7,800÷ £9 4s. 101d.; £306 10s. + 17s. 11d.; £8,064 13s. 4 d. (3) From a sovereign subtract three halfpence.

(4) £9,000 13s. 81d. — 13s, 8 d. (5) £8,600 - £1 11s. 3d.

Lesson 44,-Thursday Morning. Write and Learn.

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Dictation. The flue took fire and the sparks flew in all directions. The colonel eat the kernel of the walnut and cast away the shell. If you use that poisonous dye in your clothes you will die. Her attempt to faint was a mere feint. Whether it is fair or wet you pay the cabman the same fare.

Lesson 45.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums.

(1) £397 13s. 84d. + £6,782 17s. 81d. + £4,086 198. 11ąd. + £10 Os. 10d. + £862 13s. 91d. + 19s. 11⁄2d. + 7§d. + £400 + £6,827 19s. 10 d.

(2) If I divide thirty-seven millions, six hundred and fortynine thousand, four hundred shillings, among 479 persons, how many will each get? (3) £3,820 8s. 7 d. 36s. 7 d.

(4) How much must be added to twenty pounds and sixpence to make it forty pounds and sixpence farthing? (5) £397,862 13s. Od. £47,897 19s. Ołd.

TENTH WEEK.

Lesson 46.-Learn for Monday Morning.

HOW TO BE LOVED.

The only way to be loved is both to appear lovely and to be so; to possess and dis-play kind-ness, be-ne-vo-lence, and tender-ness; to be free from sel-fish-ness, and to be alive to the wel-fare of others.-Joy.

It is not in the mountain,

Nor the palaces of pride,
That love will fold his wings up
And lovingly abide.

OR ELSE LEARN St. Luke XV.,

But in weak and humble natures
His home is ever found,

As the lark that sings in heaven,
Builds its nest upon the ground.
verses 25—32.
Blanchard.

Lesson 47 Tuesday Morning. Dictation.

The musicians, who had heard of this bird-catcher's fame,1 asked permission to remain; and the master of the house, who had a great share of good-nature, allowed them to stay. All that we

DICTATION-Continued.

have heard or seen of learned pigs, goats, dogs, and horses was said to be extinguished in the wonderful wisdom which blazed in the genius of this curious bird.

2 permission, to be allowed. 3 extin+ blazed, shone, showed itself,

1 1 fame, renown, speaking well of. guished, put out, put in the shade. 5 genius, superior powers. curious, singular. Lesson 48.—Wednesday Morning.

Work these Sums.

(1) From £869 18s. 101d. take £9 19s. 10 d.
(2) From £300 take 105s,

(3) Find the difference between 45s. and 45d.
(4) Take five half-crowns from forty florins.
(5) Divide 397,864,206 by 8,369, and prove.

Lesson 49.-Thursday Morning. Write and Learn.

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Dictation.-His gait is very awkward, he swings like a gate on its hinges. The hale old man walked six miles through the hail. He found it was freezing so he put on his frieze coat. Guilt was pictured in his face when charged with stealing the gilt mirror. You cannot clean the grate if you make a great fire.

Lesson 50.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums.

(1) £6,782 10s. + £394 17s. 7ąd. + £6,485 13s. 10ąd. + £10 Os. 94d. +14s. 6d. +£21,967 13s. 114d. +£464 12s. 74d. + £2,786 178. 114d. +9§d. +148. 64d.

(2) John borrowed £34 18s. 64d.; he paid back 468., and then borrowed £5 17s. 101d. How much does he now owe? (3) Divide ten thousand and three pounds among nine men. (4) Take 1d. from 458., and find the difference between seventeen farthings and 107 shillings.

ELEVENTH WEEK. Lesson 51.-Learn for Monday Morning.

CONTENTMENT IS WEALTH.

A poor man who has little, and de-sires no more, is in truth rich-er than the greatest mon-arch who thinks he has not what he should have, or ought to have; or who grieves that there is

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