4. The natives of the island, when, at the dawn of day, they had beheld the ships, with their sails set, hovering on their coast, had supposed them some monsters, which had issued from the deep during the night. They had crowded to the beach, and watched their movements with awful anxiety.

5. Their veering about apparently without effort, the shifting and furling of their sails resembling huge wings, filled them with astonishment. When they beheld the boats approach the shore, and a number of strange beings, clad in glittering steel or raiment of various colors, landing upon the beach, they fled in affright to the woods.

6. Finding, however, that there was no attempt to pursue or molest them, they gradually recovered from their terror, and approached the Spaniards with great awe, frequently prostrating themselves on the earth, and making signs of adoration.

7. The admiral particularly attracted their attention, from his commanding hight, his air of superiority, his dress of scarlet, and the deference which was paid him by his companions; all which pointed him out to be the commander.

8. Columbus, pleased with their simplicity, their gentleness, and the confidence they reposed in beings who must have appeared to them so strange and formidable, suffered their scrutiny with perfect acquiescence.

9. The wondering savages were won by his benignity; they now supposed that the ships had sailed out of the crystal firmament which bounded their horizon, or that they had descended from above with their ample wings, and that these marvelous beings were inhabitants of the skies.

10. The land thus discovered was named St. Salvador by Columbus, and has since received the title of Cat Island. It was one of the Bahamas, a group which lies to the east of Florida.

IRVING.

LESSON CXXV.

VOCAL GYMNASTICS.

REFER TO CAUTION 1, SEC. e.- -The reason why these two terminations are here specially mentioned is because errors in their pronunciation are so very common.

(1.) In darkness lawless deeds can have no witness. (2.) Drunkenness is a shameless vice. (3.) The harness was strengthless. (4.) Thriftlessness is a helpless weakness. (5.) Childless and crownless in her voiceless woe. (6.) Harold the Dauntless. (7.) Sleeplessness and restlessness are signs of healthlessness. (8.) The cypress marked the tenantless wilderness.

A-FIELD', to the field.

LESSON CXXVI.

A-E'RI-AL, belonging to the air, high.
Bow'ER, shady retreat.
CAR'OL, to sing, to warble.

CAT A-LOGUE, a list, an enumeration.
CHOIR, a collection of singers.
CHRON'I-CLE, to record, to register.
CLAM'OR-OUS, noisy, loud.
DE-SCRY', to see from a distance.
DIS-CORD ANT, not harmonious, harsh.

PA-RADE', to go about for show

PAT MOS, a small rocky island in the
Archipelago, celebrated as the place
of St. John's exile.

PILGRIM, a traveler, a wanderer.
PON'DER-OUS, very heavy, weighty.
SE QUES'TERED, secluded, private.
SWAIN, a young man, a peasant.
TAW DRY, showy without gracefulness.
TURTLE, the turtle-dove.

PRONUNCIATION.-Cen'tu-ries 16 and 18, trump'et 16, thun'der-ing 3b, e-ter'nal 1, tears 22, mel'o-dies 2d, de-scried' 1, chour 33, whis'tling 21, a-e'ri-al 33, clam'or-ous 3d, part'ridge 9, and 29.

1. THOUGHTS SUGGESTED BY THE FALLS OF NIAGARA.

1. THE thoughts are strange that crowd into my brain
While I look upward to thee. It would seem
As if God poured thee from His "hollow hand,"
And hung his bow upon thine awful front,

And spoke in that loud voice which seemed to him
Who dwelt in Patmos for his Saviour's sake
"The sound of many waters," and had bid
Thy flood to chronicle the ages back,

And notch His centuries in the eternal rocks.

2. Deep calleth unto deep. And what are we
That hear the question of that voice sublime?
Oh, what are all the notes that ever rung
From war's vain trumpet, by thy thundering side?
Yea, what is all the riot man can make,
In his short life, to thy unceasing roar?
And yet, bold babbler, what art thou to Him
Who drowned a world, and heaped the waters far
Above its loftiest mountains? A light wave,
That breaks, and whispers of its Maker's might.

2. ON HEARING THE DRUM.

1. I HATE that drum's discordant sound,
Parading round and round and round.
To thoughtless youth it pleasure yields,
And lures from cities and from fields,
To sell their liberty for charms
Of tawdry lace and glittering arms;
And when ambition's voice commands,

BRAINARD.

To march and fight and fall in foreign lands.

2. I hate that drum's discordant sound,
Parading round and round and round.
To me it talks of ravaged plains,
And burning towns, and ruined swains,
And mangled limbs, and dying groans,
And widows' tears, and orphans' moans,
And all that misery's hand bestows
To fill the catalogue of human woes.

3. MORNING.

1. Oh, WHO the melodies of morn can tell?

JOHN SCOTT.

The wild brook babbling down the mountain side;
The lowing herd; the sheepfold's simple bell;
The pipe of early shepherd dim descried
In the lone valley; echoing far and wide,
The clamorous horn along the cliffs above;
The hollow murmur of the ocean tide;
The hum of bees, and linnet's lay of love,

And the full choir that wakes the universal grove.

2. The cottage curs at early pilgrim bark;

Crowned with her pail, the tripping milkmaid sings; The whistling plowman stalks afield; and, hark! Down the rough slope the ponderous wagon rings; Through rustling corn the hare, astonished, springs;

Slow tolls the village clock the drowsy hour;

The partridge bursts away on whirring wings;

Deep mourns the turtle in sequestered bower,
And shrill lark carols clear from her aerial tower.

LESSON CXXVII.

BEATTIE.

A-Loor', distant, (within view.)

A-SUN'DER, apart, into parts.

LIV'ID,of a color like that of bruised flesh.
NAR-RATE', to tell, to recite.

CLOUD'-CRAG, a cloud like a rugged rock, MR., an abbreviation of mister, for mas

a cloud-like crag.

CROUCH, to bend down.

IN-TENSE', utmost,raised to a high degree.
IN-VOLVE, to envelop, to cover.

LEAGUE, three miles.

ter, a title prefixed to the names of

men.

MRS., an abbreviation of mistress, a title prefixed to the names of married ladies; pronounced mis'sis.

PRONUNCIATION. Catch'ing 33, ac'tu-al-ly 3e, list'en-ing 21, de-scribes' 1, writ'ten 4d, su-per-in-tend'ing 16 and 19, con-verse' 1g.

SELECTIONS.

1. THE WONDERFUL CHIP.

1. THE following narrative, by Mr. Williams, the missionary, describes in a striking manner the feelings of an untaught people when observing for the first time the effects of written communications.

2. "In the erection of my chapel," says he, "having come to the work one morning without my square, I picked up a chip, and with a piece of charcoal wrote upon it a request that Mrs. Williams would send me that article.

3. "I called a chief, who was superintending a part of the work, and said to him, 'Friend, take this; go to our house, and give it to Mrs. Williams.'

4. "He was a singular-looking man, remarkably quick in his movements, and had been a great warrior; but, in one of the numerous battles he had fought, he had lost an eye; and, giving me an inexpressible look with the other, he said, 'Take that! She will call me a fool and scold me, if I carry a chip to her.' 'No,' I replied, 'she will not; take it and go immediately; I am in haste.'

5. "Perceiving me to be in earnest, he took it and asked, 'What must I say?' I replied, 'You have nothing to say; the chip will say all I wish.'

6. "With a look of astonishment and contempt he held up the piece of wood and said, 'How can this speak? Has this a mouth?' I desired him to take it immediately, and not spend so much time talking about it.

7. "On arriving at the house he gave the chip to Mrs. Williams, who read it, threw it away, and went to the tool-chest. The chief,

wishing to see the result of this mysterious proceeding, followed her closely. On receiving the square from her he said, "Stay, daughter; how do you know that this is what Mr. Williams wants?'

8. "Why,' she replied, 'did you not bring me a chip just now?' 'Yes,' said the astonished warrior, 'but I did not hear it say any thing.' • If you did not, I did,' was the reply, 'for it made known

to me what he wanted; and all you have to do is to return with it as quickly as possible.'

9. "With this the chief leaped out of the house; and, catching up the mysterious piece of wood, he ran through the settlement with the chip in one hand and the square in the other, holding them up as high as his hands could reach, and shouting as he went, 'See the wisdom of these English people! They can make chips talk! They can make chips talk!'

10. "On giving me the square he wished to know how it was possible thus to converse with persons at a distance. I gave him all the explanation in my power; but it was a circumstance involved in so much mystery that he actually tied a string to the chip, hung it round his neck, and wore it for some time.

11. "During several days, we frequently saw him surrounded by a crowd, who were listening with intense interest while he narrated the wonders the chip had performed."

1.

2. SUMMER STORM.

Look! look! that livid flash!

And instantly follows the rattling thunder,
As if some cloud-crag, split asunder,

Fell, splintering with a ruinous crash,

On the earth, which crouches in silence under;
And now a solid gray wall of rain

Shuts off the landscape, mile by mile.

For a brief space I see the blue wood again,
And ere the next heart-beat, the wind-trusted pile,
That seemed but now a league aloof,

Bursts rattling over the sun-parched roof.

2. Against the windows the storm comes dashing;
Through tattered foliage the hail tears crashing;
The blue lightning flashes;

The rapid hail clashes;

The white waves are tumbling;
And in one baffled roar,
Like the toothless sea mumbling
A rock-bristled shore,
The thunder is rumbling
And crashing and crumbling,-
Will silence return never more?

LOWELL.