14. With staff in hand and tottering knee, Each wreath of foam that rode the flood. 15. "One bubble more!" I heard him call, LESSON XIII. CRYSTAL-LIZED, formed into a crystal, | or solid of regular form. EB'O-NY, a species of hard, heavy, dura- E MULSION, a milk-like mixture. FERN, a kind of flowerless plants. LIM'PID, clear, transparent. HER-BA'CEOUS, having the nature of an PAR'A-SOL (from the Greek para, against, TERM'IN-AL, growing at the end of a PRONUNCIATION.-Were 33, ap-proached' lf, veg-e-ta'tion 1, bot'an-ist lf, column 326, rep-re-sent'ed 1, ap-pear'ance 22, e-nor'mous 1, sin'gu-lar 16, fil'a-ments 1b, pretty 33. A REMARKABLE TREE. 1. We were sailing under the burning sky of the tropics, when we came in sight of one of those little islands which had been formed by the coral-insect. 2. As we approached the island seemed covered with vegetation. But after we had landed we found nothing but a few species of grass and some ferns. The groves contained but a single kind of tree. 3. "What ugly, crooked trees are those?" said I to the surgeon, who was our botanist; "they seem to be half-fallen, and to support themselves only by leaning on each other. I have hardly ever seen so ungraceful a tree.” "They are cocoa-trees," replied he. 66 4. "What!" exclaimed I, "do you mean to say that that is the cocoa-nut tree?-the cocoa-tree, which I have seen represented as rising so magnificently, and gracefully waving its verdant head in the air at the hight of eighty or a hundred feet?" 5. "It is nothing else," replied he, "except that the hight is only about the half of eighty or a hundred feet, the trunk is never erect, and the verdant head is rather of the color of hay." 6. Just then we saw a column of smoke rising above a grove of Here we cocoa-palms, and toward that we directed our steps. found some of the natives cooking around a fire of dry grass. After they had recovered from the alarm caused by our appearance, they invited us to share their repast. This invitation we gladly accepted, as we were quite hungry. 7. To refresh us, they offered us a cool, mild, sweet, limpid liquor, somewhat like milk, but to us much more agreeable. "What is that?" asked I of the doctor. "It is," replied he, "the milk of the cocoa-nut."-"Ah, indeed!" 8. A moment afterward one of the women brought a black pitcher, polished, shining, and carved, though somewhat rudely. It was made of a wood very hard and very solid, resembling ebony. "It is the shell of the cocoa-nut," said the doctor, "and these islanders have no other dishes." 9 This pitcher was then filled with a liquor, which I believe would intoxicate a man as completely as champagne. "To make this palm-wine," said the doctor, "they cut the young cocoa-nut, and suffer the juice which comes out to ferment twenty-four hours, when it forms this liquor." 10. Next they laid on the grass, which served as a table-cloth, a large basket, woven with so much art that it would have held water. This basket contained an enormous stewed cabbage, with an excellent sauce made of butter and milk. This dish I found very palatable, observing that the leaves of this cabbage were longer and thinner than the leaves of cabbages usually are, and its flavor more delicate. 11. "The dish which contains the stew," said the doctor, "is made of the leaves of the cocoa-tree; the cabbage is the terminal bud of the same tree, cut while it is yet in the herbaceous state; the sauce is composed of the milky juice of the cocoa-nut before its maturity." "This is a singular tree," exclaimed I. 12. The last dish which was served up consisted of some lobsters stewed in sea-water, and dressed with oil and vinegar. "How do you like this?" asked the doctor. "It is very good," replied I; "the oil better than most olive-oil." "It is the oil of the cocoa,' said he; "and what do you think of this vinegar?" "It is very strong and pleasant." But 13. "It is the milk of the cocoa-nut, soured in the sun. here," he continued, "is our host offering you a bit of sugar-candy, to sweeten your meal. This sugar is the sap of the cocoa-tree, boiled and crystallized, or rather dried."-"What! has this tree furnished all our dinner?". 14. "More than that. These pretty mats on which we are seated are made of the fibers of its trunk. The coquettish hat of our hostess, which you may have mistaken for straw, is woven of the young leaves of this tree. The mantle of the husband and the dress of the wife were woven of the husk that envelopes the nut when ripe. 15. "The mattresses on which the native lies, and the soft substance which fills them, the sails of his canoe, the line with which he fishes, and a thousand other articles of furniture, are made of the same material. 16. "The palisades which enclose his little garden, the frame of his cabin, are made of the cocoa-wood. The roof, impenetrable to the sun, wind, and rain, consists of its leaves skillfully interwoven. Of the filaments at the base of the leaves the natives manufacture cables and cords more pliable and durable than those made of hemp. 17. "Finally, the parasol which our hosts placed over your head, to shelter you from the burning sun, is entirely composed of different parts of this tree."-"Well, I feel obliged to respect this tree, notwithstanding its ungainly appearance. Anything that makes itself so useful can afford to dispense with beauty." LESSON XIV. CON-FUTE', to convict of error, to dis- GERMAN, belonging to Germany; the POINTS, the thirty-two divisions on the card of a compass, namely. North, South, East, and West, called the cardinal points, and the subdivisions; a character in books, as the comma. PAGE, a boy attending on a great person; one side of a leaf of a book. STOP, a hole in a flute, by which the sounds are regulated; a point or mark in books, as the comma and the period. PRONUNCIATION.-With 15, learned 33, en-light'en 1 and 4d, con-fute 1g, En'glish 33, oft'en 21. VARIETY. 1. A RIDDle. 1. I'm a strange contradiction.- I'm new, and I'm old. 3. I've more points than the compass, more stops than the flute. I'm English, I'm German, I'm French, and I'm Dutch. Some love me too fondly, some slight me too much. H. MORE. 2. SIGNS OF RAIN. 1. THE hollow wind begins to blow; 2. Hark! how the chairs and tables crack! 3. How restless are the snorting swine! 4. Puss on the hearth, with velvet 'Twill surely rain; I see with sorrow 3. AFFINITY. 1. SOME water and oil one day had a broil, 2. Some pearl-ash o'erheard, and, as quick as a word, Jumped into the midst of the clashing, When all three agreed, and united with speed, 4. THE DREAM OF LIFE. 1. I DREAMED I saw a rosy child, With flaxen ringlets, in a garden playing; 2. 'Twas changed. One summer's day I stepped aside 3. Once more: 'twas evening, and the cheerful fire 4. The heavens were clouded,—and I heard the tone LESSON XV. BREAKFAST, (from break and fast, be- PHOEBUS, a name of Apollo, who in heathen mythology was the god of the sun; the sun. RE-TORT', to throw back; to return an argument or incivility. STENT, an allotted portion; a task. WIGHT, a person. This word is now used only in irony or burlesque lan guage. PRONUNCIATION.-Re-tort'ed 9, con-tent' 2d, break fast 29, slip'per-y 3b, ev'er-y 3b, mis-for'tune 9. DARBY AND JOAN. 1. WHEN Darby saw the setting sun 66 My work is done!" retorted Joan My work is done!- your constant tone; 'My work is done,' till judgment day!" 2. Here Darby hemmed and scratched his head, |