them. She was very sorry to let them go, but this good girl knew that it was her du'-ty to take care of her poor moth'-er, when she was ill and had no bod'-y else to keep her. Ev'-er-y one who knew Fan-ny was sur-prised' that such a child could bear so much, and with so much pa'-tience; for she was al'-ways good na/-tured and nev'-er com-plained' to an'-y bod'-y.

Soon af'-ter Fan'-ny's moth'-er died, and man'-y persons who had seen her 'good'-ness would have taken her for a ser-vant; for they said they were sure she must be ver -y good in ev'-er-y thing, because she had been so good to her moth'-er: There was near to the place where Fan'-ny had lived, a ver'-y rich la'-dy, who had watched, for a long time, and had seen all her good'-ness; but had nev'-er said any thing to an'-y one. This la'-dy, now that Fan-ny was with-out a moth'-er, or an'-y friend, said she should be no one's ser-vant; but should come and live in her house, and be kept like her own child and Fan'-ny went and lived in the house of this good la'-dy. When the la'-dy died, she left all her mon'-ey, and her clothes, and her house, and ev'-er-y thing that she had, to Fan'-ny. Fan'-ny often used to re-mem'-ber the time when she was o-bliged to sit and knit and spin, from mor'-ning to night; and she spent a great deal of her wealth in help'-ing and re-ward'-ing good chil'dren.

EXERCISES.What did Fanny sometimes do when she was spinning? What did she say to her mother? What answer did her mother give? Did Fanny ask any more to go to play? What did she say to her companions? What was Fanny obliged to do on account of her mother's age and weakness? How did Fanny nurse her mother? What did she do when she had no time to knit or spin? Who took care of Fanny after her mother's death? What did the lady leave to her? How did Fanny spend a great deal of her wealth?

EXCEPTIONS.

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INDUSTRY AND IDLENESS.

James, though on'-ly six years old, loved go'-ing to school. When his moth'-er a-woke' him in the mor'-ning, he a-rose' in'-stant-ly, and then washed and combed him-self'. While at school he kept qui'-et-ly in his place, and paid at-ten'-tion to all that the más'-ter said: when he asked him a quest'ion, he re-plied' mod'-est-ly, but in a voice loud e-nough' to be heard dis-tinct'-ly, and al'-ways looked at him while he spoke. So good a boy could not fail to please his mas'-ter, who took de-light in teach'-ing him, and he very soon learned to read; for he took pains with what-ev-er he ap-plied to. James was be-loved' by all his school'-fel-lows, and ev'-er-y one wished to be-come' like him.

John, on the con'-tra-ry, al'-ways cried when he was sent to school, and was gen'-er-al-ly there too late in the mor'-ning, and af'-ter all the oth'-er boys.

When an'-y of the boys were read -ing, in-stead of pay'-ing at-ten'-tion to it, he would be sta'ring a-bout' here and there, or talk'-ing to those who were mind'-ing their busi'-ness, and so in-ter-rupt' them that they could hard'-ly go on. When his mas'-ter was ex-plain'-ing an'-y thing that might have in-struct'-ed him, he nev/-er listened to it, and thus lost all the ben'-e-fit his kind pa'-rents in-tend'ed him when they put him to school.

No won'-der that John was dis-liked' and shunned by his com-pan'-ions, and that he re-mained' ig'-norant and i'-dle all his life.

EXERCISES. To what place did James love to go? What did he do in the morning? How did he act at school? Did he please his master? By whom was he beloved? What did John do when he was sent to school? What did he do when the boys were reading? When the master was explaining any thing, did he listen to him? What was no wonder respecting John?

OF MARTINS AND SWALLOWS.

There are four spe'-cies of the swal'-low kind known in this coun'-try-the house mar-tin, the swal'-low, the swift, and the bank mar'-tin, each of which has hab'-its pe-cu-li-ar to it-self'. The swal'low is the first that makes its ap-pear'-ance in spring. It may be known from the oth'-er spe'-cies, by the length and fork'-ed-ness of its tail. It fre'-quent-ly builds in chim'-neys, five or six feet from the top; no doubt, for the sake of warmth. The nest of the swal'-low con-sists' of a shell com-posed' of dirt, mixed with short pie'-ces of straw, and lined with fine

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grass and feath'-ers. Their food con-sists' of flies, gnats, and oth'-er in'-sects; and they drink as they fly a-long', sip'-ping the sur'-face of the wa'-ter. This lit'-tle bird is an ex'-cel-lent pat'-tern of in'dus-try and af-fec'-tion; for while their young ones re-quire' sup-port', they spend the whole day in supply'-ing them with food. There is rare'-ly one of these birds to be seen af'-ter the mid-dle of Oc-to'ber; but to what re'-gions they fly is not ex-act'-ly known. Sir Charles Wa'-ger, re-turn'-ing up the Brit'-ish chan'-nel, in the spring of the year, fell in with a large flock of swal'-lows, which set'-tled on the rigg'-ing of his ship, like a swarm of bees. They were so tired, that man'-y were taken by the hand; and, af'-ter rest'-ing for the night, they re-newed' their flight in the mor'-ning. The house mar'-tin may be known from the oth'-er kinds, by hav'-ing its legs cov'-ered with feath'-ers quite down to its toes.

The swift is the lar'-gest of the swal'-low kind found in Britain. It may be known by the pe-cu'li-ar for-ma'-tion of the foot, which is so dis-posed', as to car'-ry all its four toes for'-ward.

Bank or sand mar'-tins bore a round hole in the sand, in a wind'-ing di-rec'-tion, and a-bout' two feet deep at the fur'-ther end of this bur'-row they form their nest.

EXERCISES.-How many species of the swallow kind are known in this country? Name them. Where does the swallow frequently build its nest? Of what is the nest composed? Of what does its food consist? Of what is this little bird an excellent pattern? After what time are these birds rarely to be seen? What happened to Sir

Charles Wager? How may the house martin be known from the other kinds? Which is the largest of the swallow kind found in Britain? How may it be known? How do sand martins form their nests?

HENRY AND EDWARD.

Hen'-ry and Ed'-ward were two clev'-er lit'-tle boys, and not at all ill na'-tured; but they were ver'-y fond of sport, and they did not care wheth'-er peo'-ple were hurt or not, pro-vi'-ded they could but laugh. So one fine sum'-mer's day, when they had said their lessons, they took a walk through the long grass in the mead'-ōwṣ. Hen'-ry be-gan' to blow the heads of the flow'-ers, and the feath'-ered seeds flew in the wind like ar'-rows, but Ed-ward said, Let us tie the grass; it will be very good sport to tie the long grass o'-ver the path, and to see peo'-ple tum'-ble up-on' their no'-ṣes as they run a-long', and do not sus-pect' an'-y thing of the mat’ter. So they tied it in sev'-er-al pla'-ces, and then hid them-selves' to see who would pass.

Pres'-ent-ly a far-mer's boy came trud'-ging a-long', and down he tum'-bled, and lay sprawl-ing on the ground; how-ev ́-er, he had noth'-ing to do but get up a-gain', so there was not much harm done this time. Then there came Su'-san the milk'-maid, trip'-ping a-long with the milk'-pail up-on' her shōul'-ders, and sing'-ing like a lark. When her foot struck a-gainst' the place where the grass was tied, down she came with her pail ratt'-ling a-bout' her shoul'-ders, and her milk was all spilt up-on' the