Ma. I saw them', and admired them'; but I still more admired the gentle deportment, and unaffected manners of the beautiful wearer'. I should be happy', my daughters', to have you cultivate her acquaintance', and mark her amiable beha

viour'.

Mary. She told me', Ma', that her pearls came from the East Indies.

Ma. Yes'; the seas that surround that country, yield the large oyster from which the best pearls are taken`.

REDUCTION.-LESSON 11.

Exercises in the Exchange of Currencies.

(S) Change £236 Sterling, to Federal money, and then to New-York currency.

£236X$4.444. $1048.784X8÷20=£419

=

16 6 2

(9) Change £19 - 10 Sterling, to dollars, and then to £. New England currency. Ans. $86.58 £25 - 19 - 5 - 3. (10) Change £2565 - 10 Sterling, to dollars, and then to Georgia currency. Ans. $11390.82 £2657 - 17 - 1 - 3. (11) Change 672 crowns to £ Sterling, and then to dolls. Ans. £168. $745.92. (12) Change 978372 shillings Sterling, to dollars.

978372×22.2=$217198.58.4. (13) How many crowns worth $1.10, may be had in 364 Moidores, worth $6 each? Ans. $1985.46 nearly. (14) A Spanish Pistole is worth 29s in New-York, how many of them will equal $1236? Ans. 3409.

GRAMMAR. LESSON 12.

OBS. 1. The perfect time or tense of the potential mood is formed by using the helping verbs, may have, can have, must have, shall have, and will have, before the past participle. Perfect Time.-Potential Mood.

Singular Number.

1st per. I may have walked, 2d do You can have walked,

Plural Number.

We shall have walked,

You will have walked,

3d do He must have walked.

They may have walked.

OBS. 2. The Pluperfect tense of this mood is formed by using the helping verbs, might have, could have, should have, dr would have, before the past participle.

1st

per.

2d do

3d do

Pluperfect Time.-Potential Mood.

Singular Number.

I might have walked,
You might have walked,
He, she, or it, might
have walked.

Plural Number.
We might have walked,
You might have walked,
They might have walked.

hog-sty hog'sti

hol-low hollo

hol-ly holle

OBS. 3. In the Solemn and Poetic styles, all the helping verbs, in the second person singular, attached to this mood, change their termination, except the helping verb, must;-that has no change in any case.

SPELLING. LESSON 13.

hoga-head hogs'hed hov-el hov'il

hov-er huv'ur

hog-wash hogwash house-wife hus'wif

huck-ster huk'stur
hud-dle huddl

hur-ry hur're

hurt-er hurt'ur
hurt-less hurt les

hus-band huz'bănd
husk-y husk'é

hol-ster hol'stur

hul-ly hulle

hus-sy huz'zē

READING. LESSON 14.

Diving for Pearls.

Mary. Come', sister', quit your work and draw near the fire'; Ma will tell us something about East India Pearls'. Ma. You form your conclusions quick`, young lady. I did not say I would converse about pearls'.

Mary. But', Ma', I think you meant so', though you did not say so.

Ma. Your laudable desire to gain knowledge', induces me to gratify you.

Jane. We shall be highly gratified', Ma', and very thankful. You said the pearl was obtained from the large oyster'; pray how do they get there'?

Ma. They are formed in the shell; but the cause that proluces them in the shell is not known'.

Jane. Are the oysters easily procured'?

Ma. By no means'; this species of oyster lies at the bottom of deep water; and the only mode of procuring them', is by diving'.

Mary. Why Ma! diving down to the bottom of the sea How is it done

Ma. The divers', by tying stones to their bodies', sink themselves where the oysters are supposed to lie'; and when at the bottom', fill their bags with them', and are then drawn up'; they empty their bags', and immediately sink again. Some divers will stay down a quarter of an hour'.

Jane. How surprising is the power of habit! We could not stay five minutes`.

Ma. The oysters are thrown into a pile', and covered with sand', where the fleshy part rots'; they are then sifted`; the pearls collected', cleansed', polished' and bored', and soon after appear on the flowing locks of youthful beauty'.

ARITHMETIC.-LESSON 15.
Reduction.

Exercises in the Currencies.

15. A. of Boston owes B. of Philadelphia, £250 of B's currency, 7s 6d to the dollar, how many dollars must he send him to pay the debt? Thus: In s7 - 6 are 15 sixpences, in L1 are 40 sixpences, and L260×40=10,000÷15--$666 - 66 nearly, hence multiply by forty and divide by fifteen.

16. The dollar in Georgia is worth 4s 8d, and B. of New York owes L1000 there; how many dollars must he send to pay the debt? L1000×20=20,000s X12=240,000d; and 4X12+8 56d, then 240,00056 $2485.715.

17. B. of New York, owes C. of London L652 - 10, for what number of dollars will he draw on B. at 4s 6d each? Ans. $2900. 18. How many dollars must A. send from Boston to pay a debt of L720 in New York, where the dollar is 8s?

Ans. $1800. 19. A. of Boston was in France and borrowed 500 pistoles, for which he drew on a house in New York; how many dolls. paid the demand? Ans. 1833.50.

GRAMMAR.LESSON 16.

Exercises in Parsing.

RULE 18. When verbs are coupled by conjunctions, expressed or implied, then they must have the same mood and time. And if in the subjunctive mood, they must have the same form.

As: The child rides and walks alternately. In this sentence, the verbs rides and walks, are both in the indicative mood and present tense; and they agree, respectively, with the subject, child, in the third person, singular number.

The boy reads and writes. If he is steady and faithful, he will improve. If he get riches and make not a good use of them, he fails. Should you wish improvement, seek it. If you love virtue or a good name, behave well. He may improve his mind if his industry be brought into action. She laughed and cried for joy. I could have guessed the riddle and discovered the trick. They may have been here once or twice; but not thrice. Every sentence must have one subject and one verb.

The Diamond and other Precious Stones.

Mary. But Diamonds', Ma'; diamonds are the most precious and costly of all the gems in the world'; so my little book says'.

Me. They are so', my child', not only from their scarcity, but also from their great beauty' and brilliancy. The diamond is so hard that it can be cut only by the diamond'; it is what the glaziers employ to cut their glass.

Maay. In what part of the world', Ma', are diamonds found? Ma. They are found in Asia and America'; sometimes imbedded in earth', and sometimes in the beds of rivers'; carried there from the places of their primitive deposit, by the current of the stream'.

Jane. Are they originally bright, or are they manufactured ? Ma. They are found with a thick, earthy crust', perfectly apaque'; this is removed by polishing'; and the gem appears in all its lustre'.

Jane. There are many other gems or precious stones, are there not, Ma'?

Ma. Yes'; many others'; but all inferior to the diamond'. There is the sapphire', remarkable for its soft, blue colour'; the topaz', of a bright, transparent yellow; the emerald', of a dark green complexion'; the amethyst', dressed in rich purple'; and the ruby, of a varied, red cast`.

Mary. What a charming diversity of colours! Yet', aside from the diamond', I am the best pleased with the cornelian'. Ma. The best cornelians', or rather, carnelians, are brought from the East Indies'; but a poorer kind is sometimes found in England'.

ARITHMETIC.-LESSON 19.

Of Fractions.

NOTE. When figures stand for whole things, they are called Integers, or whole numbers; but when they stand for parts of things, they are called fractions, or something less than unit.

Fractions are of two kinds, Vulgar and Decimal.

VULGAR FRACTIONS

In Vulgar Fractions, unity or one is supposed to be divided into equal parts, and these parts make the fraction. This is expressed by two or more figures placed near each other, with a small line between them; as: 4, 4, 4, 1, 1, 3, §, &c. The lower or larger figure, shows the parts into which unity is divided, and is called the denominator; and the smaller or upper figure, shows how many of those parts belong to the fraction, and it is called the numerator. All fractions originate in division. The denominator is the divisor, and the numerator is the remainder.

Vulgar Fractions may be numerated, added, subtracted, multiplied, and divided; they may be reduced, and stated in proportion. In short, they are subject to all the rules and principles of common arithmetic. The integers, however, may be divided into any indefinite number of parts, and those of different kinds; hence, it is not always easy for young scholars to manage them. Besides, they are of less importance, since the introduction of decimal fractions, which are more simple, and more expeditiously managed.