First lessons in language . x ? 2. in this chair. 3. The dove is on the eggs. 4. He the can out daily. 5. Who is out plants ? 6. A bird on the bough. 7. She is in the arbor. Must I so 9. Have you10. Mollie — up all night ? - by the window. 11. Toads do not on eggs. 12. He a long time silent. 13. I was up for you. 14. We might have here. It is right to say the sun sets or the sun is setting. LESSON and Whale-Fishing. I. Find out as much as you can about Whales and their Habits ;then write a composition on the subject. Or write about Whale Fish- ing and its dangers. [Turn the leaf fo
First lessons in language . x ? 2. in this chair. 3. The dove is on the eggs. 4. He the can out daily. 5. Who is out plants ? 6. A bird on the bough. 7. She is in the arbor. Must I so 9. Have you10. Mollie — up all night ? - by the window. 11. Toads do not on eggs. 12. He a long time silent. 13. I was up for you. 14. We might have here. It is right to say the sun sets or the sun is setting. LESSON and Whale-Fishing. I. Find out as much as you can about Whales and their Habits ;then write a composition on the subject. Or write about Whale Fish- ing and its dangers. [Turn the leaf for questions.] —oll4°— II. The folloiuing questions are for use in one or two class-roomtalks: — I. Which are the largest animals in the world — elephants orwhales ? 2. A whale as heavy as three hundred horses would weighhow many pounds ? 3. If seventy-five feet -long and fifteen feetbroad, would your school-room be large enough to hold him ? 4. Whatis the color of whales ? 5. Are their eyes comparatively large or. small ? 6. Have they warm or cold blood ? What kind have fishes ?Why are whales called mammals ? 7. Have whales fins like fishes ?How do they swim ? 8. Can they breathe under water ? 9. Is ananimal a fish merely because he lives in water ? What about sealsand frogs ? 10. What keeps whales warm in ice-cold water ? 11. Of whatother use is the thick, oily blubber of the skin? 12. How are the3rable to float ? Which is lighter — oil or water ? 13. If a diver wentas deep as whales go, what would he need to resist the water-pressure ? o 115 o 14. What do whales feed upon ? 15. What is the object of cap-turing them ? 16. WThat is got from the head of the sperm whale,— the kind that has huge teeth ? 17. What from the G-reenlandwhale ? How does he defend himself ? 18. What has he in placeof teeth ? 19. WThat is the use of the close-fringed plates of whale-bone standing on edge in his mouth ? 20. Of what size are the fishthat he eats ? 21. How does he get the wate
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