bär, fall, what, prey, marine, pin, bird, möve, No. 144.-CXLIV. In the following, g is silent. p. stands for past tense; ppr. for participle of the present im preg' na ble op pug' nan cy re pug' nant In the following, the sound of g is resumed. re pug' nan cy sig' ni fy sig ni fi ca' tion sig nif' i cant No. 145.-CXLV. Words in which e, i and o, before n, are mute. Those with v annexed, are, or may be used as verbs, admitting ed for the past time, and ing for the participle. book, dove, full, use, can. chaise. gem, thin, thou, This dog is the mastif. He is active, strong, and used as a watch dog. He has a large head and pendant ears. He is not very apt to bite; but he will sometimes take down a man and hold him down. Three mastifs once had a combat with a lion; and the lion was compelled to save himself by flight. The stag is the male of the red deer. He is a mild and harmless animal, bearing a noble attire of horns, which are shed and renewed every year. His form is light and elegant, and he runs with great rapidity. The female is called a hind; and the fawn or young deer, when his horns appear, is called a pricket or brocket. bär, fall, what, prey, marine, pin, bird, möve. The squirrel is a beautiful little animal. The gray and black squirrel live in the forest and make a nest of leaves and sticks on the high branches. It is amusing to see the nimble squirrel spring from branch to branch, or run up and down the stem of a tree, and dart behind it to escape from sight. Little ground squirrels burrow in the earth. They subsist on nuts, which they hold in their paws, using them as little boys use their hands. AN old man found a rude boy upon one of his trees stealing apples, and desired him to come down; but the young sauce-box told him plainly he would not. Won't you? said the old man, then I will fetch you down; so he pulled up book, dove, full, use, can, chaise, gein, thin, thou, some turf or grass and threw at him; but this only made the youngster laugh, to think the old man should pretend to beat him down from the tree with grass only. Well, well, said the old man, if neither words nor grass will do, I must try what virtue there is in stones: so the old man pelted him heartily with stones, which soon made the young chap hasten down from the tree and beg the old man's pardon. MORAL. If good words and gentle means will not reclaim the wicked, they must be dealt with in a more severe manner. The Country Maid and her Milk pail. WHEN men suffer their imagination to amuse them, with the prospect of distant and uncertain improvements of their condition, they frequently sustain real losses, by their inattention to those affairs in which they are immediately concerned. A country maid was walking very deliberately with a pail of milk upon her head, when she fell into the following train of reflections: The money for which I shall sell this milk, will enable me to increase my stock of eggs to three hundrcd. These eggs, allowing for what may prove addle, and what may be destroyed by vermin, will produce at least two hundred and fifty chickens. The chickens will be fit to carry to market about Christmas, when poultry always bears a bär, fall, what, prey, marine, pin, bird, möve, good price; so that by May day I cannot fail of having money enough to purchase a new gown. Green-let me consider-yes, green becomes my complexion best, and green it shall be. In this dress I will go to the fair, where all the young fellows will strive to have me for a partner; but I shall perhaps refuse every one of them, and with an air of disdain, toss from them. Transported with this triumphant thought, she could not forbear acting with her head what thus passed in her imagination, when down came the pail of milk, and with it all her imaginary happiness. HASTY and inconsiderate connections are generally attended with great disadvantages; and much of every man's good or ill fortune, depends upon the choice he makes of his friends. A good-natured Spaniel overtook a surly Mastif, as he was traveling upon the high road. Tray, although an entire stranger to Tiger, very civilly accosted him; and if it would be no interruption, he said, he should be glad to bear him company on his way. Tiger, who happened not to be altogether in so growling a mood as asual, accepted the proposal; and they very amicably pursued their journey together. In the midst of their conversation, they arrived at the next village, where Tiger began to display his malignant disposition, by an unprovoked attack upon every dog he |