. Shells and sea-life. s from the deckof a ferry-boat. They would come up to breathe,and immediately sink a few feet, swimming withall their might, and fairly keeping up with theboat. I suppose they expected that somethinggood would be thrown overboard from the cooksgalley, for them to pick up. I hope they were notdisappointed. Sometimes from the shore you can see a hugeGrampus, or perhaps a whole school of themswimming in a row. Their habits are like thoseof the whale and the porpoise, and they are mid-way between them in size. All of these animalshave smooth skins and a fish-like form; but t
. Shells and sea-life. s from the deckof a ferry-boat. They would come up to breathe,and immediately sink a few feet, swimming withall their might, and fairly keeping up with theboat. I suppose they expected that somethinggood would be thrown overboard from the cooksgalley, for them to pick up. I hope they were notdisappointed. Sometimes from the shore you can see a hugeGrampus, or perhaps a whole school of themswimming in a row. Their habits are like thoseof the whale and the porpoise, and they are mid-way between them in size. All of these animalshave smooth skins and a fish-like form; but the 118 WESTERN SERIES OF READERS. seals, which somewhat resemble them in shape,have plenty of hair. All of these creatures are large. In anotherchapter we will consider some smaller creaturesthat are just as interesting as the fishes and thewhales. BLACKBOARD WORDS. intelligent (in-telli-jent), appreciated (ap-preshi-at-ed),pelican (peli-kan), cormorant (kormo-rant), murre (mur;,porpoise (porpQs). SOME CREEPING THINGS,. jDME, John and Augustus, and Mary andPauline, get your hats, and adipper and a pail, and someS^^^^-.^-13^ big fruit-jars. The tide is low^^this morning, and we will seewhat is alive down on thewet rocks. Scatter yourselvesaround, and let each one find something. Thenbring them all here, and we will sit down and ex-amine them. Well done, John; you arethe first to return, and youbrought what I expectedwould come first, — a Star-fish. Mary comes next,with a Sea-urchin; Augus-tus has a Sea-anemone at-tached to a small stone;and little Pauline has herhand full of somethingwhich I cannot just makeout. But put them all 119 REFERENCE TOPICS. It would be well for theteacher to have as manyspecimens as possible to il-lustrate these lessons. If thereal creatures cannot be ob-tained, books of natural his-tory would be desirable. Start a small school cabi-net, if it has not been donealready. Various kinds of is a land-xirchin ?AVhat is a land-anemone ?Other r
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