bird is an ex'-cel-lent pat'-tern of in'-dus-try and af-fec'-tion; for, while their young ones require' sup-port', they spend the whole day in sup-ply'-ing them with food. There is rare'-ly one of these birds to be seen af'-ter the middle of Oc-to'-ber; but to what re-gions they fly is not ex-act'-ly known. Sir Charles Wa'ger, re-turn'-ing up the Brit'-ish chan'-nel, in the spring of the year, fell in with a large flock of swal'-lows, which set'-tled on the rig-ging of his ship, like a swarm of bees. They were so tired, that man'-y were taken by hand; and, af'-ter rest'-ing for the night, they re-newed' their flight in the mor-ning. The house mar'tin may be known from the oth'-er kinds, by hav'-ing its legs cov'-ered with feath'-ers quite down to its toes.

The swift is the lar'-gest of the swal'-lōw kind found in Britain. It may be known by the pecu'-li-ar for-ma'-tion of the foot, which is so disposed', as to car'-ry all its four toes for'-ward.

Bank or sand mar'-tins bore a round hole in the sand, in a wind'-ing di-rec-tion, and a-bout' two feet deep at the fur'-ther end of this bur'rōw they form their nest.

HENRY AND EDWARD.

Hen'-ry and Ed'-ward were two clev'-er lit'-tle boys, and not at all ill na'-tured; but they were ver'-y fond of sport, and they did not care wheth'er peo'-ple were hurt or no, pro-vi'-ded they could but laugh. So one fine sum'-mer's day, when they had said their lessons, they took a walk through the long grass in the mead-ōwṣ. Hen'-ry be-gan' to blow the heads of the flow'-ers, and the feath'-ered seeds flew in the wind like ar'-rōws, but Ed'-ward said, Let us tie the grass; it will be ver'-y good sport to tie the long grass o-ver the path, and to see peo'-ple tum'-ble up-on' their no'-șeș as they run a-long', and do not sus-pect' an'-y thing of the matter. So

they tied it in sev'-er-al pla'-ces, and then hid them-selves' to see who would pass.

Pres'-ent-ly a far-mer's boy came trud'-ging a-long', and down he tum'-bled, and lay sprawl'ing on the ground; how-ev'-er, he had noth'ing to do but get up a-gain', so there was not much harm done this time. Then there came Su'-şan the milk'-maid, trip'-ping a-long' with the milk'-pail up-on' her shoul'-ders, and sing'ing like a lark. When her foot struck a-gainst' the place where the grass was tied, down she came with her pail ratt'-ling a-bout' her shōul'ders, and her milk was all spilt up-on' the ground. Then Ed'-ward said, poor Su'-șan, I think I should not like to be served so myself', let us un-tie' the grass. No, no, said Hen'-ry, if the milk is spilt there are some pigs that will lick it up, let us have some more fun : I see a man run'-ning a-long' as if he were run'ning for a wa'-ger. I am sure he will fall up

on' his nose. And so the man did, and Hen'-ry and Ed'-ward both laughed; but when the man did not get up a-gain' they be-gan' to be frightened, and went up to him and asked him if he was hurt. O mas'-ters, said the man, some thought'-less boys, I do not know who they are, have tied the grass to-geth'-er o'-ver the path, and as I was run'-ning with all my might it threw me down, and I have sprained my an'kle, so that I shall not be a'-ble to walk for a month.

I am ver'-y sor'-ry, said Ed'-ward; have you a great deal of pain? O yes, said the man, but that I do not mind; but I was go'-ing in a great hur-ry to fetch a sur'-geon to bleed a gen'-tleman, who is in a fit, and they say he will die if he is not bled. Then Ed'-ward and Hen'-ry both turned pale as ash'-es, and said, where does the sur'-geon live? we will go for him, we will run all the way. He lives at the next town, said the man: but it is a mile off, and

you can'-not run so fast as I should have done; you are on'-ly boys. Where must we tell the sur-geon to come to? said Hen'-ry. He must come to the white house at the end of the long ches'-nut av/-e-nue, said the man; he is a ver'-y good gen'-tle-man that lives there. O it is pa-pa'! it is our dear pa-pa'! said the two boys. Oh pa-pa' will die, what must we do!

I do not know wheth'-er their pa-pa' died or not, I be-lieve' he got well a-gain'; but I am sure of one thing, that Ed'-ward and Hen'-ry nev'-er tied the grass to throw peo'-ple down a-gain' as long as they lived.

(See Directions.)

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