. Colonial children . ght, and my portion was paid over to him. So I lived with this brother who showed much love for me and to whom I owed much, for he seemed to be a brother, father, and mother to me. Just about this time the cruel schoolmaster died, and Thomasanother came to take his place. This man stirred up Shephard 1 L lived to be in my heart a desire of learning, and I told my friends the minister I would be a scholar. I studied Greek and Latin; of the church 1 r 11 t i 1 i r 1 m Cam- ana finally I could take notes or the sermons on Sundays. So I continued at my studies until I was abo
. Colonial children . ght, and my portion was paid over to him. So I lived with this brother who showed much love for me and to whom I owed much, for he seemed to be a brother, father, and mother to me. Just about this time the cruel schoolmaster died, and Thomasanother came to take his place. This man stirred up Shephard 1 L lived to be in my heart a desire of learning, and I told my friends the minister I would be a scholar. I studied Greek and Latin; of the church 1 r 11 t i 1 i r 1 m Cam- ana finally I could take notes or the sermons on Sundays. So I continued at my studies until I was aboutfifteen years of age and was considered ripe for theUniversity at Cambridge, in Lngland. bridge,Massachu-setts. 172 Little Folks [No. 58 58. Lets Go A-Fishing By Captain John Smith (1614) Now here in New England savage boys and girls,or any other children may turn, carry, and return fishwithout either shame or any great pain. He is a veryidle boy who has passed the age of twelve years and Two-pence= about A COLONIAL CRADLE. cannot do so much; and a girl is very stupid whocannot spin a thread to make nets to catch the fish. What pleasure can be greater, when people aretired with work on shore, whether they have beenplanting vines, or building houses or ships, than toget recreation for themselves before their very doors,in their own boats upon the sea. There man, woman,and child, each with a small hook and line, may takedivers kinds of excellent fish at their pleasure. Andis it not a pretty sport to pull up two-pence, sixpence, no. 58j Fishing I7 3 and twelve pence as fast as you can haul and changea line ? He is a very bad fisher who cannot take in one daywith his hook and line one, two, or three hundred , dressed and dried, if they be sold here in NewEngland, will bring ten shillings for a hundred; or in Ten shillingsEngland, more than twenty. If a man work but three wou!dbedays in seven he may get more than he can spend, ah°undrS°unless he is very was
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