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A-gil'i-ty, nimbleness

ir-ri-ta'tion, provocation

ex-hib'i-ted, shown

ago | Mag-na-nim'i-ty, great-1 magnus ira ness of mind habeo pred'a-tor-y, plundering

con'se-quent-ly, therefore sequor fe-ro'cious, ravenous

animus

praeda

fera

Un-con-trolled', unchecked; re-ver ber-a-ted, echoed; encir'cling, surrounding; for'mi-da-ble, terrible; ter-rif'ic, very dreadful; un-par'al-leled, unequalled; con-sid'er-a-bly, greatly; char-ac-ter-is'tics, qualities; in-fe'ri-or, weaker; Gan'ges, a river in India.

THE Lion may justly be styled the lord of the forest. There, indeed, he ranges uncontrolled; for his roar is so tremendous, that, when reverberated by the woods or mountains, it resembles thunder, and all the animal creation flies before it.

The form of the Lion, is a perfect model of strength combined with agility, and, at the same time, strikingly bold and majestic. His large and shaggy mane encircling his bold and awful front, his ample eyebrows and fiery eyes, which, upon the least irritation, glow with a fierce and striking lustre, with the formidable appearance of his teeth, altogether form a picture of terrific grandeur, unparalleled in any other species of the animal creation. His tongue is exceedingly rough and prickly, and by licking, will easily take the skin

His eye, like that of the

off a man's hand. The general colour of the lion is a tawny yellow; his height from four feet to four feet and a half, and his length eight or nine feet; but those we see exhibited in this country are seldom so large. cat, is so formed, that he cannot bear a strong light, and, consequently, he seldom appears abroad in the day, but prowls about chiefly at night. Like the tiger, he bounds upon his prey from some place of concealment; and, on these occasions, easily makes springs of eighteen or twenty feet. Like the tiger, too, he commonly chooses his lurking place near a spring, or on the brink of a river, where he may have an opportunity of surprising such animals as come to quench their thirst. But, though the lion and the tiger resemble each other in these respects, they differ considerably in some of their other characteristics, and in none, more than in their natural disposition; that of the lion being universally allowed to have more magnanimity and contempt for inferior enemies, than that of most other large and predatory animals. The hottest regions of Asia and Africa seem to be the native soil of the lion; and the interior of Africa, is, at this time, the grand central resort, not only of this, but of all other ferocious animals, with the sole exception of the tiger, which is a native of India, and the countries beyond the Ganges.

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29.-On Order.

Reg-u-lar'i-ty, orderly return rego | De-vo'tion-al, religious de-vi-a'tions, irregularities via punc'tu-al, exact trav'ers-ing, wandering over verto con-fu'sion, disorder

rev-ol-u'tions, turnings,

whirls

votum pungo

fundo

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Ec-centric, irregular; ar-range'ment, order; house'hold, family; pe'ri-ods, times; e-con'o-my, frugality.

seasons.

ORDER is Heaven's first law. God himself is the example of it, and, by nothing does he bless his creatures more, than by the steadiness of the order of nature, and the regularity of the What uncertainty is there in the ebbing and flowing of the tides? What deviations in the changes of the moon? The sun knoweth his going down and his rising up. Even the comet is not eccentric; in traversing the boundlessness of space, he performs his revolutions of fifty or a hundred years. And in all the works of God, what seems disorder, is only arrangement beyond our reach; for "in wisdom he has made them all."

to a moment.

Hear the apostle. "Let every thing be done decently and in order." The welfare of your household requires that you should observe times. Every thing should have its season; your businesses, your meals, your devotional exercises, your rising, and your rest. The periods for these will vary with the condition of families; but labour to be as punctual as circumstances will allow. It is of importance to peace, and temper, and diligence, and economy. Confusion is friendly to evil work. Disorder multiplies disorder, for no one thinks of being exact with those who set at nought all punctuality. Jay.

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30.-The Christian Race.

A RACE, a race on earth we run;
And hold a prize in view,

More bright than if we chased the sun,
Through Heaven's eternal blue.

Changes we prove, and vanish soon;

Changes from youth to age,

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Mo-lest', disturb; a-mu'sing, pleasing; per-ceiv'ing, noticing; at-tempt'ed, endeavoured; in-jus'tice, wrong; re-joined', replied; im-plant'ed, placed; pal'i-sades, pales set by way of enclosure.

Look up, my dear (said his papa to little William), at those bird-nests above the chamber-windows, beneath the eaves of the house. Some, you see, are but just begun,—nothing but a little clay stuck against the wall. Others are half finished; and others are quite built-close and tight—leaving nothing but a small hole for the birds to come in and go out at. What nests are they? said William.

They are Martins' nests, replied his father: and there you see the owners. How busily they fly backwards and forwards, bringing clay and dirt in their bills, and laying it upon their work, forming it into shape with their bills and feet! Their nests are built very strong and thick, like a mud wall, and are lined with feathers, to make a soft bed for the young. Martins are a kind of swallows.-They feed on flies, gnats, and other insects; and always build in towns and villages about the houses. People do not molest them, for they do good rather than harm, and it is very amusing to view their manners and actions.-See how swiftly they skim through the air in pursuit of their prey! In the morning they are up by daybreak, and twitter about your window while you are asleep in bed; and all day long they are upon the wing, getting food for themselves and their young. As soon as they have caught a few flies, they hasten to their nests, pop into the hole, and feed their young ones. I'll tell you a story about the great care they take of their young. A pair of Martins once built their nest in a porch; and when they had young ones, it happened that one of them climbing up to the hole, before he was

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