fertilizing mud which is brought by the stream in its course, derives a richness from the deposit which common culture could not bestow.

4. Called to the exercise of the supreme power at a very early age, and evincing a great knowledge of government and laws, he was regarded by mankind with a respect which is seldom bestowed on one so young.

5. Geography, which teaches the various divisions made by man or nature on the earth, and the productions of every climate, is a very useful study to the merchant and the politician; by showing the former where commerce is most advantageously pursued, and the latter the natural obstacles to the progress of ambition.

Lesson 53. -p 26.

Fourth Mode of Construction.

Relative or Participle instead of the Conjunction.

A husbandman taking his two young sons into the garden, one fine summer morning, showed them two young apple trees, saying, My children, I give you these trees; they will thrive by your care, and decline by your negligence, rewarding you by the fruit in proportion to the labour you bestow upon them. Edward, the younger son, attended to the admonitions of his father, rising early every day to clear the tree from insects that would hurt it, and propping up the stem to prevent its taking a wrong bent. He had the satisfaction, in a short time, of seeing his tree almost bent to the ground with fruit. But Moses, preferring to while away his time, and going out to box with idle boys, while Edward was labouring in the orchard, soon found his tree destroyed by his neglect.

Lesson 54-p. 27.

Simple Sentences formed into Compound.

1. Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot

release; the physician of him whom medicine cannot cure; the comforter of him whom time cannot console.

2. Some animals are cloven-footed; that is, their feet are split or divided, so that they are enabled to walk more easily on uneven ground.

3. Lochiel, chief of the warlike clan of the Camerons, was one of the most prominent, in respect to power and influence, among the Highland chieftains.

Lesson 55. p. 28.

Simple Sentences formed into Compound.

1. The cow is a useful animal, furnishing us with milk from which are obtained cheese and butter, important articles of food.

2. On his way, he is met by a seer, who, according to popular belief, had the gift of prophecy. The seer forewarns him of the disastrous event of his enterprize; exhorting him to return home, and not be involved in the certain destruction which awaited the cause, and which afterwards fell upon it, in the battle of Culloden.

Lesson 56. p. 23.

Simple Sentences formed into Compound.

1. The statue of Canning, which stands in the Exchange in Liverpool, is made of marble from Italy, a country affording the most beautiful specimens of marble. The statue was executed by Chantrey who resided in London, and was one of the most celebrated sculptors of the age.

2. Children should be encouraged to take light exercises, suited to their strength, which tend to prepare them for labour and render the limbs agile and supple.

3. We should never have the sun shining on the page in reading; nor read by firelight, as it is an unequal and uncertain light; nor sit near the fire, as it overheats and makes the eyes painful.

SECTION IV.

COMPOUND SENTENCES REDUCED TO

SIMPLE.

Lesson 57. p. 29.

Compound Sentences resolved into Simple.

1. The population of Cape Town amounts to about 20,000. These consist of English, Dutch, and Hottentots. They have for their servants Malays, or negroes. All are equally protected as subjects of the British government.

2. The light Dutch waggon is one of the curiosities of the Cape. This is sometimes drawn by eighteen or twenty horses or oxen, which are driven with a whip sixty feet long.

3. The Coranas live in villages. The villages consist of small semicircular huts. The huts are placed in a circle. Within each circle the cattle are driven at night for safety from the lions.

4. The great known river of Eastern Africa, is the Zambezi. This is low in time of drought. It is provided with prodigious channels to receive the floods of the rainy season.

Lesson 58. p. 30.

Compound Sentences reduced into Simple ones.

1. The barren region of Russian America lies to the N.W. of N. America. In this is a range of hills; these hills are covered with pines and birch; above these hills rise naked mountains, which are crowned with enormous masses of ice; these often roll down, and fill up the valleys below, or fall into the rivers and bays; here they remain without melting, and then they rise in banks of crystal.

2. In the United States, summer succeeds winter with scarcely the interval of spring. The inhabitants are, for several months, exposed to sharp frosts and biting winds. Afterwards, they have to endure the heat of a scorching sun.

3. The principal mountains in the State of New York are the lofty Catskill range. These contain a lake at an elevation of two thousand feet. From this lake issues a stream; this stream descends in a cataract of three hundred feet fall; — this fall, at a distance, resembles a white ribbon -- hung in the air.

Lesson 59. p. 30.

Compound Sentences reduced to Simple.

1. These scenes of nature powerfully contribute to inspire serenity. This serenity heightens their beauties. This serenity is necessary to our full enjoyment of those scenes.

2. That heart is engrossed by earthly possessions — and continually intent upon the means of increasing them. It has no room for the admission of nobler objects. It has no aptitude for certain exercises. The Almighty prescribed these exercises as necessary for training up his children for everlasting glory.

the heavens.

3. Newton was the pride of philosophy. He spanned out He fixed the laws of nature by the strength of demonstration. He gloried to employ his wondrous powers in bearing a disinterested and firm testimony to the truth of Revelation. From this revelation, he derived comfort amidst the uncertainties of human reasoning. On this revelation he rested his hopes of an eternal world,

Lesson 60. p. 31.

Compound Sentences reduced to Simple.

1. A prodigality of music, in the vernal season, renders every grove in Britain delightful. This is unknown to the shades of equatorial regions. Yet these are not altogether silent or inharmonious.

2. The sight of the heavens fills with admiration even persons uninstructed in the branches of accurate science. These feel emotions of delight in the view of a beautiful

landscape. They feel similar delight in the contemplation of the heavenly vault.

3. The officer turned constantly upon the tiger. The tiger still continued to shrink from the officer's glance. It darted into a thicket. Again it issued forth at a different quarter. It persevered for above an hour in this attempt to catch him by surprise. Till, at last, it yielded the contest. Then it left the gentleman to pursue his walk.

Compound Sentences reduced to Simple.

1. At length, Wolfe bravely animated his troops in front. At that time, he received a ball through his wrist. He hastily bound up his wrist. Then he went on with his accustomed gallantry.

2. Galileo heard of the invention of the telescope by Metius. He did not see this instrument. He constructed one for himself. With this, he made several discoveries, particularly of the satellites of Jupiter.

3. He wishes to give a detail of Nelson's exploits. He must therefore transcribe the pages of our naval history. The man is anxious to do justice to Nelson's merits by description. The man must therefore write with the same spirit with which Nelson fought.

SECTION V.

TRANSPOSITION OF CLAUSES.

Lesson 62.p. 32.

1. The highwayman, on the turnpike-road, forcibly took a watch from a gentleman's servant.-Or: On the turnpikeroad, the highwayman forcibly took a watch from a gentleman's servant.

2. Bleached linen, whiter than snow, the pride of the matron, the toil of many a winter's night, the housewife's store, is laid up with fragrant herbs.-Or: Bleached linen, whiter than snow, the toil of many a winter's night, the