Lesson 193.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums. *(1) Find the value of 17 articles at £19 16s. for every 13. *(3) How many apples must I cut up among 19 children so as to give each of an apple? *(4) What is the insurance of £6,968 for 2 years, at 4 per cent? *(5) How much tea can be bought for £20 3s. 9d. if one-half of it cost 3/1 per lb., and the remainder 2/9 per lb. ? Lesson 194.-Thursday Morn. Grammar. Write and Learn. How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon the bank; Ex. 110. Write the possessive plural of: Folly, harp, success, woman, fish, decay, nerve. Ex. 111. COMPOSITION.-Give an account of any journey you have ever taken. Lesson 195.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums. *(1) A plank is 9 inches wide: what must be its length that it may cover a space equal to 12 square feet? (2) If the 4lb. loaf costs 84d. when wheat is 56/- a quarter, what should be its weight when wheat is 52/- a quarter? *(3) Reduce (2} + 6) ÷ (3) — 125). *(4) Find the value of 123.48 103.212 *(5) If 5 horses are worth 7 cows, and 4 cows cost £50, what is the value of 6 horses? *(6) The interest on £475 amounted to £18 14s.: what was the rate per cent? History.-Write and Learn.-GEORGE III.-(Continued). A. D. 1815 At the close of the American War the national debt was 268 million pounds. After the close of the French war it reached nearly 900 millions. Taxes were high; trade dull; and in 1816, owing to a bad harvest, wheat rose from 52s. to above 100s. per bushel. The people were dissatisfied, and riots, seditions, and deeds of violence becaine very common. 1820 in 1820 the king died. Since 1811, his son George, Prince of Wales, had been regent; the king having become imbecile through age and infirmity. During this reign, James Watt invented the steam engine (1770), and in 1811, the first steamboat was built and sailed on the Clyde, Many canals and roads were formed. Much was done for education. The first Sunday school was opened by Mr. Raikes of Gloucester. Mechanics institutions and reading-rooms were established. FORTIETH WEEK. Lesson 196.-Monday Morning. Learn. The Lord my pasture shall prepare, When in the sultry glebe3 I faint, 1. Take care of. 2. That is, take care of me by day and by night. 3. Fields. 4. Meadows. 5. Gentle. 6. Covered with growing grass and plants. 7. The country. Lesson 197.—Tuesday Morn. Geography. Write and Learn. THE WEST INDIES.* A 40-The West Indies are a group of islands in the Atlantic, between the United States and South America; they are divided into three groups. The Ba-ha'-mas in the north. The Greater An-til'-les and the Lesser The islands are divided amongst Great Britain, Spain, France, Holland, and Denmark, but at one time or other England has had possession of them all. The climate is hot and the soil fertile. The productions are sugar, rum (made from sugar), coffee, rice, maize, pine-apple, and arrowroot. Gold and copper are found in Jamaica, and coal and asphalte in CHIEF TOWNS.-Nas'sau on New Providence I., is the capital of the BAHAMAS. Spanish Town is the capital of Jamaica, the largest of the British West Indies, but King's Town is the principal seat of trade. Port of Spain is the capital of Trinidad, the largest of the LESSER ANTILLES. The island is noted for "mud volcanoes." BAR-BA'-DOES is the most easterly of the group, and is also the oldest of our possessions. * Columbus gave them this name, because in his journey across the Atlantic westward, he hoped to reach India, and meeting these islands he called them The West Indies. EUROPE BRITISH POSSESSIONS. B 40.-Besides the British Islands and the Channel Islands, on the coast of France, we have (1) Hel'-i-go-land (Holy Land), a small island in the North Sea, 36 miles from the mouth of the R. Elbe, and 400 from London. The people are either pilots or live by fishing. (2) Gib-ral'-tar, a strongly fortified rock in the South of Spain, in the the Mediterranean, Gibraltar is often called "The Key to the Mediterranean," (3) Mal'-ta, a small island in the Mediterranean, south of Sicily. There are two very small islands close to it-Gozo (got'-so) and Cu-mi-no (koome-no)- which also belong to Great Britain. Cotton, oranges, and lemons grow in abundance in Malta. Va-let'-ta, the capital, is built on a rock, and is strongly fortified. The possession is very valuable as a naval station, a coaling station, and a packet station. OVERLAND ROUTE. C 40 The Overland Route is the name given to the shorter journey to India via the Mediterranean and Red Sea, avoiding the "long sea route," round the Cape of Good Hope, which last is 9,000 miles long and occupies about 100 days. (1.) From Southampton to Alexandria by packet, stopping at (3.) Since the opening of the Mont Cenis Tunnel in 1873, the "Brindisi This route is the one used by the mail steamers, and by some sailing vessels, and valuable goods are also sent by it. It has been proposed to construct a railway to India, down the Euphrates Valley and through Persia. There is direct teleg raphic communication between London and India. Lesson 198.—Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums. *(1) From of half-a-sovereign take of, of half-a-crown, and reduce th the result to a decimal of a guinea. *(2) If 3 lb. tea cost 10/4, what will 134lb. cost at the same rate? (3) Reduce +6-17 to a decimal." (4) If cheese sold at 84d. per lb. give a profit of 7 per cent, what was the cost price? *(5) Reduce 3 roods, 17 perches to the decimal of an acre. Lesson 199.-Thursday Morn. Grammar. Write and Learn Ex. 112. Analyse and Parse." An Englishman shows little consideration for those below him in the social scale, as he looks for little from those above him. But the Feudal System can be seen with less pain on large historical grounds.-(Emerson.) Ex. 113. What do you mean by subject, predicate, and object? Fx. 114. COMPOSITION.- Write about anything you like. Lesson 200.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums. *(1) Reduce 19hrs. 224min, to the decimal of a day. *(2) What sum will amount to £580 in 4 years at 5 per cent per annum? *(3) Divide £217 5s. by 173. *(4) A certain sum of money is to be divided among A, B, and C. A is to receive + £25; B, † + £122 10s. ; and C, + £145. What was the sum divided, and what did the three persons respectively receive? History.-Write. (1) For what is the Tudor period noted? FORTY-FIRST WEEK. Lesson 201.-Monday Morning. Learn. Though in the paths of death I tread, And guide me through the dreadful shade (20) Through devious10 lonely wilds11 I stray, 12 With sudden greens16 and herbage crown'd, 8. A shepherd's staff. 9. "The valley of the shadow of death." 10. Winding. 11. Wild, lonely places. 12. Wander. 13. Goodness, giving good and necessary things. 14. Wants which cause pain, as hunger, &c. 15. Supply. 16. Plants growing quickly. JOSEPH ADDISON, born 1672, died 1719. One of our greatest and best writers. He is now chiefly remembered for his excellent essays in two newspapers, "The Tatler" and "The Spectator," especially the last. Lesson 202.--Tuesday Morn. Geography. Write and Learn. CHIEF IMPORTS FROM THE COLONIES. A 41-Tea, from As'-sam, in the N.E. of INDIA. Coffee, from Cey'-lon, in EAST INDIES; Ja-mai'-ca, and Trin-i-dad, in WEST! INDIES. Sugar, from Jamaica, Bar-ba'-does, and Trinidad, in WEST INDIES; from British Guiana, in S. AMERICA; and the Mau-ri'-tius, in the INDIAN OCEAN, Cotton, from the Mauritius and Queensland, in AUSTRALIA. Wool, from Australia, Cape Colony, and India. Oranges, from Malta. Spices, from East Indies. Timber and Petroleum, from Canada. India-rubber, from East Indies. EUROPE.-IMPORTANT FACTS. B 41-The most important countries of Europe are Great Britain, France, Prussia, Russia, and Austria; they are called "THE FIVE GREAT POWERS." The countries having a Republican form of Government are France and Switzerland. The best educated people are the English, Prussians, and French. The greatest manufacturing countries are England, Belgium, and France. The countries important for their minerals are England, Austria, Russia, Sweden, Norway, and Belgium. The original inhabitants of Europe came from Asia. Greece was the first civilised Empire. Rome was founded in the 8th century B.C., and gradually extended her dominion over nearly all Europe. After the fall of the Roman Empire (5th century) various barbarian nations, chiefly from Asia, overran the country. About 800 A.D. Charlemagne formed an empire, including most of western Europe. In the 10th century the nations of the north-Russia, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark-rose into importance, and in the 15th century, when Constantinople was taken by the Turks (1453), all the great states of Europe may be said to have been founded. RAILWAYS, TELEGRAPHS, &c. C 41-From England (Liverpool) to America (New York) the voyage takes about 10 or 12 days. The journey forward to San Francisco is by the "Union Pacific Railway," 3,000 miles, in all about 17 days. New Zealand can then be reached in 24 days more. A railway, 2,500 miles long, called the "Canadian Pacific Railway," is now being constructed from Canada to Victoria in British Columbia. All parts of the world are now joined to London by Telegraph. The first cable was laid from Dover to Calais, 1850. Ireland was joined to the sister country, 1852. In 1858, and again in 1865, unsuccessful attempts were made to lay a cable across the Atlantic. Another attempt in 1866 proved successful-a line about 1,800 miles was laid between Valentia, in Ireland, and Trinity Bay, in Newfoundland. There are now four cables between Europe and America. In 1870 the "Eastern Telegraph Co." completed lines to Lisbon, Gibraltar, Malta, Alexandria, Suez, Aden, and Bombay; and in 1871 Madras and Singapore were joined. The line was then extended to Saigon, in Annam, to Hong-Kong and Shanghai, in China, and to Nagasaki and Hokadadi, in Japan. In 1872 Adelaide was joined to London by a laid line to Port Darwen (in North Australia, opposite Bathurst), and thence to Java and Singapore. In 1874 a cable was completed between Lisbon, Madeira, Cape Verde Is., across the Atlantic to Per-nam-bu'-co, in Brazil Lesson 203.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums. INSPECTOR'S EXAMINATION CARD. *(1) If 7 bags of rice, weighing 5161b., are conveyed 200 miles for £13 145., what will be the cost of conveying 4301b. the same distance? * (2) From 24 take * * (3) Divide 2.7324 by 4.5 (4) How long will £56 keep a family of 12 persons if £32 keep 8 for 18 days? (5) 00724 x 29 and reduce to a vulgar fraction (6) A merchant allows 21% off bills. When he allows a discount of 22/6, what is the amount of the bill? |