. Shells and sea-life. fter which they aresent to different cities and made into beautifulcapes, caps, and other garments. Seals are also killed from boats and ships at sea,sometimes many miles from the islands; but thisis unlawful and cruel, for most of those that arethus caught are mother seals that are gatheringfood to provide for their young. If the mothersare killed, the pups, as they are called, will starveto death on the islands, and so the herds of sealsthat furnish so much beautiful fur will becomesmaller and smaller as the years go by. The United States and Great Britain are tryingto
. Shells and sea-life. fter which they aresent to different cities and made into beautifulcapes, caps, and other garments. Seals are also killed from boats and ships at sea,sometimes many miles from the islands; but thisis unlawful and cruel, for most of those that arethus caught are mother seals that are gatheringfood to provide for their young. If the mothersare killed, the pups, as they are called, will starveto death on the islands, and so the herds of sealsthat furnish so much beautiful fur will becomesmaller and smaller as the years go by. The United States and Great Britain are tryingto stojD this wasteful catching of seals, but theyfind it difficult to prevent it altogether. Let ushope that they may be more successful in thefuture, and that the seals on the islands may beallowed to increase. BLACKBOARD WORDS. salutations (sal-u-tashunz), knapsack (iiapsak), im-mediate (im-medi-ate), weaving (weving), enormous(e-normtls), bachelor (bache-lor), enrages (en-rajez),wasteful (wastful). A HAT is a water-telescope?I suppose this questionwill be the first one to beasked by every boy ^ or girl who begins to read this chapter. Itis a proper question,too, for it is always well to find out at the begin-ning what we are to read about. Well, then, I will reply that it is not a telescopeat all, if we use that word in its strict real telescope is an in-strument which helps tosee distant objects by mak-ing them seem nearer. Thelargest telescopes are usedby astronomers, who wishto study the moon or thestars. Many common telescopesare called spy-glasses, andare used in looking at dis- 175 REFERENCE TOPICS. Structure of telescopes. Great telescopes of theworld. The Increase of knowl-edge by means of thetelescope. The sea as a great aqua-rium. Tlie abundance of sea-life. Peail-oystersand pearls. The beauties of the sea. 176 WESTERN SERIES OF READERS. tant objects on the earth, like the trees on a moun-tain side. Still smaller ones are known as opera-g
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