. Shells and sea-life. alatable, and a well-made clam chowder is a dishnot to be despised. Another point in his favor is his few people can afford to eat oystersfreely, on account of the expense, and no one canenter the inclosures and gather them, without per-mission from the owners of the tide-lands. Butclams can be found almost anywhere along theborders of the bay, and in most places any one isallowed to dig them out whenever the tide is low. And so we see that the railroad has been instru-mental in introducing not only the aristocraticoyster, that is eaten chiefly by
. Shells and sea-life. alatable, and a well-made clam chowder is a dishnot to be despised. Another point in his favor is his few people can afford to eat oystersfreely, on account of the expense, and no one canenter the inclosures and gather them, without per-mission from the owners of the tide-lands. Butclams can be found almost anywhere along theborders of the bay, and in most places any one isallowed to dig them out whenever the tide is low. And so we see that the railroad has been instru-mental in introducing not only the aristocraticoyster, that is eaten chiefly by the rich, but alsothe humble clam, which now daily furnishes alarge quantity of cheap and nutritious food. BLACKBOARD WORDS. extensively (ex-tensiv-ly), Mya (mia), arenaria (ar-e-nari-a), microscope (mikro-skop), coniinuiiicatioii (kom-mu-ni-kashiln), coiiveiiieiitly (kon-venyent-ly), concealed(kon-seld), palatable (palat-a-bl), aristocratic (a-risto-krat-ik), nutritious (nu-trishus), cilia (sili-a). SNAILS AND HERE is an old proverb that a lazy boyis as slow as a snail. The proverbis true, but the snail is not toblame. The blame should all fallupon the lazy boy. The snail isslow because he has no feet likethe lizard, no bones and scales like the snake, andno wings like the bee. When he moves, he mustglide along the surface on which he is resting,without walking, swimming, or flying. Under his body is a flat, muscular organ, some-times called the foot, and on this organ he restswhile he is making his slow progress along theground. As you look athim from above, the won-der is that he can move atall. But if you put himon a moist pane of glassand look through to thiscurious foot, you will besurprised to see the move-ments of the hundreds of REFERENCE TOPICS. Nature of muscles. A^Tiat countries liave?warm, moist climates ? Dry climates? ANTiy names are in Latin. Habits of tlie blue jay. Kindness towards ani-mals. 48 44 WESTERN SERIES OF READERS. little muscles which stretc
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