in "beating the jungle, and the Prince shot no fewer than six tigers in one day.

Before the royal party left the Terai, they engaged in a wild elephant hunt. The Prince was placed on an elephant with a pad, for the houdah would have been swept off by the trees. He had to avoid the branches, and hold on to the elephant by a strap as it crashed along through the forest. At every puddle the animal took a supply of water, and sluiced himself on all sides, drenching the Prince most unmercifully.

There is nothing which pleases a tame elephant so much as to secure his wild brother. The tame elephants usually get on each side of the wild one, and beat him with their trunks into such a state of stupidity and weakness, that men easily slip rope and chain round his legs, and lead him. into servitude. The Prince came up too late to see the battle, only in time to see the result. There was the captive, his legs tied, a tame elephant on either side, one before and one behind him, his head battered, his 'proboscis dejected, his tail bleeding, and his general bearing exceedingly sorrowful.

The taming is very simple, being effected by keeping the animal a few days without food, and then treating him kindly.

Tell all you know of the Himalaya mountains, the Ganges, the Indian mutiny, and indigo. Describe the Terai. Why are tigers so much dreaded? Relate instances of the destruction they have made. Describe a wild elephant hunt. Relate, if you can, the experiences and feelings of a man engaged in an elephant hunt in the Terai.

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1 Ganges, is the largest river in India. It rises in the Himalaya mountains, and has a course of 1500 miles. intersect, meet and cross each other; cut into one another. indigo, a plant from which a valuable blue dye is made. (see app.) ↑ Himalaya, means the abode of snow. These mountains form the northern boundary of India. (see app.) 5 Indian mutiny, rebellion of the sepoys or native soldiers against the English. (see app.) beating the jungle, running through the jungle for the purpose of rousing the wild animals and making them leave their hiding-places. * proboscis, hollow tube capable of being extended (stretched) and contracted (drawn up), projecting from the head of various animals; a trunk.

THE OLD ARM-CHAIR.

I LOVE it, I love it; and who shall dare
To 'chide mẹ for loving that old arm-chair?
I've treasured it long as a sainted prize;

I've bedewed it with tears and embalmed it with 'sighs. 'Tis bound by a thousand bands to my heart ;

Not a tie will break, not a link will start.

Would
ye learn the "spell? A mother sat there;
And a sacred thing is that old arm-chair.

In childhood's hour, I lingered near
The hallowed seat with listening ear;

And gentle words that mother would give,
To fit me to die, and teach me to live.

She told me shame would never betide,

With truth for my creed and God for my guide;
She taught me to lisp my earliest prayer,
As I knelt beside that old arm-chair.

I sat and watched her, many a day,

When her eye grew dim and her locks were grey ;
And I almost worshipped her when she smiled,
And raised her hand to bless her child.

Years rolled on, but the last one sped-
My idol was shattered; my 'earth-star fled;
I learned how much the heart can bear,
When I saw her die in that old arm-chair.

'Tis past, 'tis past, but I gaze on it now
With quivering breath and throbbing brow :
'Twas there she nursed me; 'twas there she died,
And memory flows with lava tide.

Say it is folly, and deem me weak,

While the scalding drops start down my cheek;
But I love it, I love it, and cannot 'tear
My soul from my mother's old arm-chair.

Eliza Cook.

Pick out the figures of speech used in the above poem and explain them. The faculty of recalling thoughts and events when the eye rests on an object is called "association of ideas : show what thoughts were suggested when the author of the poem looked at the old arm-chair.

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1chide, blame; reproach; rebuke; reprove. 2 sainted, sacred; holy. embalmed: to embalm is to preserve from decay; to keep for ever in grateful remembrance. Embalmed here means ever kept in the memory. sighs, long breaths indicating sorrow. The thoughts coming into the mind at sight of the chair caused sighs. spell, charm; anything which pleases to a very great degree. idol, an image of a divinity (god), made as an object of worship; hence that on which the affections are strongly and too excessively (in an extreme degree) set. My idol was shattered is a metaphor expressing the loss or destruction of one on whom all the affections had been set. 7 Imy earth-star fled. Stars not only give light, but by their means people can travel over the world. Before the discovery of the compass, mariners were guided by the stars, and slaves seeking to escape from the slave-states of America into Canada were guided in their course by the North Star. Hence the beautiful metaphor here used expresses that the guide and joy of her life was gone. lava tide. The lava or melted rock from the craters of volcanoes pours down their sides and covers everything in its way; so did the memory of her

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tear. To tear is to separate or pull apart by force. She was so much attached to the old arm-chair that she could never cease to

regard it with the deepest affection.

THE islands in 1Casco Bay were formerly inhabited by fishermen; but, on account of the frequent attacks of the Indians, they were abandoned. Near Diamond Cove is the grave of Michael Burn, of whom the following story is related.

One evening, as he sat at the door of his hut, listening to the waves which broke on the rocks that surrounded him, his dog, which was lying at his feet, suddenly sprang up, and, darting toward a projecting cliff, plunged into the water. The fisherman hastened to the spot from which the animal had leaped; but the night was too dark to discover either the dog or the object of his pursuit, and the murmur of the waves prevented his "ascertaining what direction he had taken.

For a long time he awaited his return in vain, and at last, supposing he was engaged in a fruitless chase after some seals, which frequently made their appearance, he retired to rest. Scarcely, however,

had he sought his pillow, when the well-known bark, and a scratching at the door, announced not only his return, but his anxiety for his master's

presence.

He opened the door; the dog whined, pulled him gently, as if wishing him to follow, and suddenly left him. Having lighted his lantern, he left the hut, the dog, barking, led the way; but, on approaching the shore, judge of his surprise to find by his faithful animal a human being, and to all appearance a 'corpse.

It was evident that the dog had just drawn him from the water, but there were no marks of violence

on his person. He opened his waistcoat-the body was still warm; and, filled with the hope of restoring animation, he bore it to his hut. His exertions were not in vain. In a short time the stranger gave signs of returning life, and by the next morning he was enabled to converse with his generous preserver.

"You probably recollect seeing a vessel near your harbour yesterday," said the stranger. "In that vessel it was my misfortune to have been a passenger: Heaven grant that my beloved wife has not likewise fallen a victim to perfidy and ingratitude! I am a native of America, but for some years past I have resided in France, where I 10acquired a considerable fortune. Desirous of spending my last days in the land of my fathers, I "converted all my property into money, and embarked in this vessel with my young wife.