into mountain waves, which break furiously over the deck of the vessel. All seems hurry and confusion among the poor sailors you see one with a hatchet is trying to chop away the laniards which support the main-mast, so that it may fall into the sea, and give the vessel a chance of escape, by presenting less resistance to the wind: another is endeavouring to rescue a poor comrade who has fallen overboard. The helmsman at the wheel is using great exertions to steer the vessel in a safe course. This wheel is connected by means of a chain or rope to a piece of timber called the tiller, which is fastened into the rudder; the rudder is a long flat piece of timber, hung by pins from the stern of the ship, and by the position of which in the water the course of the ship is directed. The stern is the hinder part of the ship; it is that which is next to us in the engraving. There are many other parts of a ship, some of them I may perhaps be able to point out to you in another picture. Does not this one make you feel pity for poor sailors? Many a

A SHIP IN A STORM.

thoughtless boy, who has read stories about seamen, and has looked from the shore with delight upon the stately vessels, fancies he should like to be a sailor, but he knows little of the hardships those who live on the ocean must endure. Yet sailors learn to like their mode of life, in spite of all its dangers; they feel excitement, instead of terror, at the roaring winds and heaving waters, which seem to us so frightful, and from habit can mount the top-mast in a squall, not only without fear, but with a light heart. The man or even the little child who is so happy as to live in the constant remembrance that God sees and cares for all his creatures at all times, will be the best able to endure pain or to meet danger in any shape.

The body of a ship is called the hull; inside the hull are the cabins; the middle of the ship contains the cargo, it is called the hold; in the fore part of the body of the ship called the forecastle, the sailors sleep; the planked floor of the ship is the deck; some have as many as three decks. I have

told you what the hind part of a ship is called, and have described the form and use of the rudder. Then there is the keel, the principal piece of timber in the ship; it is the lowest, and is laid first on the blocks in building; to it the ends of the planks or ribs are fastened at their lower ends; it forms an edge, along the whole length of the ship's bottom. The bowsprit is a sort of mast projecting over the forepart of the ship; it carries sail, and helps to support the fore-mast. The ropes which go from the sides of the vessel to the masts are called shrouds, the little cross ropes form ladders for the sailors to ascend and descend by. The rods which run across the masts and support the sails are called yards. The right side of a ship is called by sailors, the starboard. The left the larboard.