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APPLICATION OF THE INFLECTIONS.-LESSON 14.

The Indians of America as they were found by our fathers.

1 Not many generations since', where you now sit',* the rank thistle nodded in the wind', and the fox of the forest dug his hole unscared'. Here lived and loved another race of beings. Beneath the same sun that rolls over your heads', the Indian hunter chased the panting deer'; gazing on the same moon that smiles for you' the Indian lover wooed his dusky mate'.

2 Here the wigwam blaze', beamed on the young and helpless', and the council fires glared on the wise' and daring.` Now they dipped their noble limbs in your sedgy lakes', and now they paddled their bark canoe along your craggy shore. Here they warred'; the echoing whoop, the defying death', the bloody grapple,-all were here'; and, when the tiger strife was done', here curled the smoke of peace'.

3 Here', too', they worshipped'; and from many a dark bosom', went up', to the Great Spirit', a pure and fervent prayer. He had not written laws for them on tables of stoue', but he had traced them on the tables of their hearts. The poor child of nature know not the God of Revelation', but the God of the Universe he ackowledged in every thing around him.

4 He beheld him in the star that sunk in beauty behind his lonely dwelling';-in'the glowing orb that flamed upon him from a mid-day throne';-in the blossom that opened to the morning breeze;--in the towering pine that defied a thousand whirlwinds';-in the timid warbler that never left his native grove';-in the fearless eagle whose untired pinions cleft the neither clouds', and in his own matchless form', animated by a spark of that light to whose mysterious source he bowed in humble adoration:-But all this has passed away`.

*Old South-Church, Boston.

LESSON 15.

Promiscuous exercise in Interest.

(1) What is the amt of £112-10 for

pr. ct. a year?

3 5-12 years, at 6 Ans. £135-11.-4.

(2) What is the amt. of £180-8 for 11 mo. at 7 per ct. Ans, £190-6-5-1

a year?

(3) What principal at Int. for 6 1-2 years, at 2 pr. ct. a year, will amt. to $250!-Ans. $221.24. (4) What is the Int. of $400 for 3 1-2 years at 5 pr. ct?

Ans. $90. (5) What is the Int. of $648.50 for 12 3-4 years at 5 1-2 pr. ct? Ans. $454.76. (6) What principal will amt. to $313.43 in 3 3-4 years at 4 1-2 per ct. a year? Ans. $268.17. (7) What is the compound Int. of $1364.50 for 2 years at 7 pr. ct. a year? Ans. $197.71. (8) At what rate pr. ct. will £300 amt. £600 in 5 years? Ans. 20.

FALSE SYNTAX.-LESSON 16.

RULE 14. When nouns or pronouns of the singular number, are coupled by a copulative conjunction expressed or implied, then the verbs nouns and pronouns, which follow in connexion, must agree with them in the plural number. As, James and Joseph love their parents, they are fine boys.

His envy and his hatred is alike futile.-This sentence is faulty;--for the verb, is, does not agree in number with its two subjects, envy and hatred in violation of the 14 rule.—Hence, is, should be are: Thus:--His envy and his hatred are alike futile,

Humanity and love is the essence of true religion.

Time and tide waits for no man;-it flows like a stream. In middle life, dwells virtue and happiness, and it is they the wise seek. In no condition dwells honour and shame.

OBS. 1. The distributive adjective pronouns, each, every, either, put before nouns or pronouns, joined by the copulative conjunction, require the verb, noun and pronoun in relation, to be in the singular number.

Every town and city were in arms, and were soon deserted. Every shrub and bush were covered with locusts.

Each planet and star shed a mildly influence.

Either state and time of life are made fruitful with bad deeds.

OBS. 2. When nouns or pronouns of the singular number are joined by a disjunctive conjunction, then the verb, noun and pronoun in connexion agree with each in the singular number.

Man is not such a machine as a clock or watch, which move only as they are moved...

Idleness or ignorance have caused this mischief.

OBS. 3. When nouns or pronouns of different numbers or persons are disjunctively joined, the verb, &c. should agree with the one nearest to it.

Neither the boys nor the man were offended.

The love of gain or the cares of the world has choked the growth of virtue.

NOTE It is preferable, if practicable, to place the plural subject next to the verb.

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APPLICATION OF THE INFLECTIONS.-LESSON 18.

The Indian of America as we find him.

Across the ocean', come a pilgrim bark', bearing the seeds of life' and death'. The former, were sown for you`; the latter, sprung up in the path of the simple native. Two hundred years have changed the character of a great continent', and blotted for ever from its face a whole peculiar people'. Art has usurped the bowers of nature', and the anointed child of education', has been too mighty for the untaught man of the woods'.

2. Here and there', a stricken few remain', but how unlike their bold, untame, and untameable progenitors! The Indian of eagle glance', and lion bearing';-the theme of the touching ballad; and the hero of the pathetic tale', is gone!! -And his degraded offspring, crawl upon the soil', where he walked in majesty', to remind us how miserable is man when the foot of the conqueror is upon his neck!

3. As race they have withered from the land. Their arrows are broken',-their springs are dried up',--—their council fires have gone out', and their war cry is dying in the untrodden west. Slowly and sadly', they climb the distant hills --and read their final exit in the setting sun. They are sinking beneath the mighty tide that is pressing them away', and * they will soon hear the roar of the last wave that hides them from the earth'.

4. Some ages hence', the Philosophic white man', standing near some mighty city, planted where now the panther prowls, and the raven builds her nest', and, pondering on the structure of the Indians disintered remains', will wonder to what manner of persons they belonged. They will be known only in the songs and chronicles of coming time':-and may these be faithful to their rude virtues as men', and to their unrighteous fate as people.

ARITHMETIC.-LESSON 19.

Equation of the Time.

NOTE. Equation of time exhibits a method of finding the mean time of several payments due at different times.

RULE 1. Multiply each payment by the time at which it would fall due, and add the several products.

2.

Divide this sum by the amount of all the payments, and the quotient will be the equated time. Thus:

(1) A ows B $550, $100 of which is due in three months, $200 in five mo. and 250 in 8 mo. what is the mean time if canceled at one payment?

$100X 3 mo.= = $300.

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(2) D holds B's bond for £200 payable at 3 and 9 mo. but D will have the whole in one payinent; what is the time? Ans. 6 mo.

(3) A owes C. $500 payable as follows:-$250 in 6 mo. and $250 in 8 mo. if paid at one time, what would that Ans. 7 mo.

be?

OBS. When £s. and parts of £s. are found in the given sum, it will be convenient to reduce the parts to the decimal of a pound.

(4) Cowes D £615-15 payable in three equal annual payments, but they agree that the whole shall be paid at one time;-what is that time?

15÷20

.75 & 615.75÷3=205.25 average payments.
205.25X12=2463.00
205.25X24=4926.00
205.25 X 36

7389.00 £14778.00÷615.75-24 mo. (5) D's bond for $636, falls due thus:-200 in 33 days, -150 in 93 days, and the bal. in 123 days,--but he will pay the whole at the equated time; what is it?

Ans. 88 days, nearly.

FALSE SYNTAX.-LESSON 20.

RULE 15. When nouns or pronouns are used in apposition they must be in the same case; as, pride, the vice of fools, ruined his prospects. They saw Webster, the orator, he who went to congress.

This sentence is incorrect, for the pronoun he, in the nominalive form, is put in apposition to the noun Webster, which is the object of the verb saw, in violation of the 15 Rule, he, therefore should be him, and the sentence amended will read thus, they saw Webster the orator, him who went to congress. They saw Varius, he who had been at the council. They saw the man that saw the he who run the race. our your parents, they that nourished your infancy. Joseph gave the book to his brother, he who lived near the church.

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