Tribe of Levi not reckoned.. Joseph's name, from the list, and put in Ephraim and Yes, said Samuel; and there were thirteen in fact, only the tribe of Levi is not usually reckoned, as they were only priests scattered among all the other tribes. The double map. CONVERSATION IV. SECOND PERIOD OF SACRED HISTORY. On the next appointed evening, the boys again assembled, and the teacher commenced the exercise by presenting before them a map like the one on the adjoining page. The boys observed that the map was divided into two parts, by a line drawn in the middle, and that the two parts were very much alike. They both had a part of the Mediterranean Sea, and the whole of the Dead Sea, drawn upon them; and the teacher explained to them that both parts were maps of a small portion of the land East of the Mediterranean Sea, and he showed them upon the map which they had examined at the second conversation, this portion marked off by the dotted line. John. But why have you made two maps of the same country exactly alike? Teacher. Look at the two parts of this map carefully, and see if they are exactly alike. Roger. No, they are not there are more countries marked upon this, (pointing to the one on the left,) and they are of different shape. Samuel. Besides, the names of the places are different on the one from those on the other. Teacher. Yes. It is only this, (pointing to the one on the left,) that we have any thing to do with now. I shall explain to you the other, when we come to use it. Can you tell me, Roger, where we left the history at the last lesson? Jordan. Mountains and streams. Roger. They were, I believe, just about crossing the Jordan, to go and take possession of the land of Canaan. Teacher. Yes. This is a map of the land of Canaan ; and before we take up the history, I must describe the map to you. Here upon the West side is the Mediterranean Sea. Here you see, (pointing to b,) is the commencement of the river Jordan. It flows on a little way, and then passes through the sea of Galilee. Then it flows on South, and empties into the Dead Sea. Between the Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea was the principal part of the land inhabited by the Jews. Through the middle of this, there was a range of mountains running from North to South; and from this many small streams arose, some flowing West to the Mediterranean, and others East to the Jordan, and the Dead Sea. You see many of these upon the map. some of them run one way and some Roger. Why did the other? Teacher. Cannot you tell? -Water always flows downwards; and if there were streams really running as they are drawn upon the map, the land must have been higher in the middle, and it must have sloped both ways. This was the fact. Samuel. Yes, I see the mountains here: this range, (pointing to the mountains m m m,) extends from North to South, through the whole distance. Teacher. Yes they were not very high mountains all the way, but only elevated land. In some places they rose into lofty summits, and these received particular names. I will not stop to point them out, however, now, because we must go on with the history. We left the Israelites about crossing the Jordan, to take possession of the promised land. They had, however, settled some of their number upon the East side of |