6 A fool knows that,' exclaimed the thrush, 'Next take some wool, and line the nest, Why, that's as clear,' exclaimed the owl, While thus they talked, professor Mag Who now can build but half a nest, The magpie sits beneath her roof; No better fate do men deserve, COMPOUND ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION. (1) Find the sum of 7 fa. 2 ft. 1 in. + 3 fa. 5 ft. 3 in. + 17 fa. 5 ft. +2 in. + 3 fa. 2 ft. 2 in. (2) Find the sum of 17 s.m. 546 a. 2 r. 36 p. 144 s.yd. 81 ft.+ 16s.yd. 7 s. ft. 126 s. in. + 18 s. m. 632 a. 1 p. + 99 a. 3 p. 17 s. yd. + 134 s. yd. 6 s. ft. 124 s. in. (3) Find the sum of 14 s.m. 327 a. 1 r. 29 p. 174 s.yd. 6 s. ft.+ 13 s. yd. 4 s.ft. 131 s.in.+ 19 s.m. 256 a. 2p. +87a. 1p. 14 s.yd. + 16 s.yd. 8 s. ft. 141 s. in. (4) Find the sum of 17 c.yd. 23 c.ft. 1420 c.in. + 16 c.yd. 19 c.ft. 1621 c.in.+ 19 c.yd. 19 c.ft. 876 c.in. + 19 c.yd. 26 c.ft. 1563 c.in. +4 c.yd.+ 193 c. in. (5) Find the difference between 16 s. m. 521 a. 3 r. 17 p.11 s. yd. and 19 m. 613 a. 4 r. 16 p. 19 s.yd. (6) Find the difference between 19 c.yd. 24 c.ft. 1530 c.in. and 17c.yd. 26 c.ft. 1673 c.in. (7) Find the difference between 19 s. m. 426a. 3 r. 4 p. and 4 s. m. 564a. 2 p. 17 s.yd. 132 s.in. (8) Find the difference between 7 c.yd. 16 c.ft. 1463 c.in. and 19 c.yd, 17 c.ft. 1624 c.in. (9) Find the sum of 16 s.m.627 a. 3 p. + 39 p. 154 s.yd. 6 s.ft.+ 19 s. m. › 337 a. 14 p. 15 s.yd. + 561 a. 3 r. 37 p. 7 s.yd. 8 s.ft. (10) Find the sum of 17 c.yd. 23 c. ft. 1641 c.in. + 18 c.yd. 19 c.ft. 1464 c.in.+ 13 c.yd. 1260 c.in. + 25 c.yd. 8 c.ft. THE SHAM SAILOR. har'-bour, a place of safety for ships weigh, to draw up the anchor reef, to fold up sails brace, to bind, to tie close cap'-stan, a machine for winding up great weights pi'-rate, a sea robber col'-ours, flags o-ver-haul', to turn over and ex- log, a journal kept by the captain im-pos'-tor, a cheat craft, a ship be'-som, a broom rud'-der, that by which a ship is lat'-i-tude, distance north or south keel, the lowest part of a ship of the equator 6 O, Captain, if you had but been ten minutes sooner, you would have seen a sailor!' Should I, boys? Many are the blue-jackets that I have seen in my time, on the coast and at sea, outward and homeward bound, on a cruise and in harbour, weighing the anchor, reefing the sails, bracing the yards, manning the capstan, and running out the guns. It would be no new thing to the old sea captain to see a sailor. But what sort of a hand was he?' 6 Oh! a true sailor all over. What a pity that you did not see him!' But how do you know that he was a sailor, boys, for I told you that land pirates are always cruising about, under false colours, to pick up any craft that may happen to sail in the same latitude. Did he get any prize-money?' Oh, yes! we all gave him a penny a-piece, for we knew that he was a real sailor.' 'Did you hail him? What colours did he carry? What port did he come from? And where was he bound?' 'He was dressed in an old blue jacket and trousers, with three or four holes in them, and a black silk handkerchief round his neck; and he told us he had been shipwrecked, and was walking from Hull to London to get another ship.' 'He must have been sadly out of his reckoning then, for he had no more business here than on Salisbury Plain; but the wind blows hard sometimes, and drives a ship out of her course. Did you overhaul his log? What did he say to you?' 6 At first we thought he might be an impostor; but we soon knew better when he began to talk. "Messmates," says he, when he came up, 66 messmates, poor Jack has been wrecked, and he's no shot in the locker. The land lubbers won't help him." And then he pulled out a box without a lid, and asked us to have "a bit o' bacco," and talked something about "shivering his timbers," and, "splicing the main-brace;" so then we knew he must be a sailor.' Ha! ha ha! But did he tell you the ship he belonged to ?' Oh, yes! he said it was the "Macaroni " frigate, of thirty-six guns, Captain Forecastle; and that the ship went down in the Chops of the Channel.' He might as well have told you that he was blown up in the "Prince," or that he was one of the hands that went down in the "Royal George." I never heard yet of such a frigate as the "Macaroni” in the British navy; and Captain Forecastle is a captain of his own making. How could he be working his way from Hull in the north, if he was wrecked in the Chops of the Channel in the south? Oh, boys! boys! you have fallen in with a pirate, and now I will tell you a little more about him.' Why, what do you know about him, captain? Have you seen him? Did you meet with him?' 6 'I did, boys; and he won't come across my course again, if he can help it. I saw him first with my spy-glass; and when he neared me, I was just about to hail him with "Hoa! the ship ahoay! Whence come ye? What port are ye bound to? But, thinks I, no; let us see what sort of a craft he is; let him speak for himself. Presently, he came alongside, and spun me just such a yarn about the "Macaroni as he spun for you. He told me all about poor Jack being wrecked, and having "no shot in the locker," and "shivered his timbers two or three times over, which, by the way, is not a right sea phrase, but a way of speaking that too many sailors practise; and he asked me to splice the main-brace for him.' And did he pull out his box, and ask you to have " a bit o' bacco ? "› "He did, indeed, boys; and then it was that I took the liberty to make a few enquiries. "What's your name?" said I. He said it was "Ben Bowline." "Do you know what the main-sheet is?" "Yes, messmate," says he; "the main-sheet is the main-sail." Now, a sheet happens to be a rope, and not a sail; so by that I knew at once what sort of a sailor he was. "How do you sailors sweep the anchor at sea?" "Oh! with a besom," says I. says he. It was very clear, boys, that he had never mounted a companion-ladder in his life; so then I told him that I happened to be an old sea captain, and that I knew the name and the use of every mast, timber, yard, sail, tackle, stay, brace, and rope's end, from the figure-head to the rudder-from the keel to the main-top-gallant-mast-head. "You and I must compare logs, messmate,” said I; but he began to close-haul, and I soon saw that he was set on a run before the wind.' 'Why, then, he was not a sailor after all!' A sailor! he would make a better tailor than a sailor any day of the year; but I question if he'd do good at any honest calling, boys. Seeing him look sulky, I fired a gun to bring him to. I wanted to get at him yard-arm and yard-arm; but it did not suit him; he was rather for sailing alone than in company. I then fired off a broadside of sea-phrases at once; and so raked him with my long-tackle blocks, clew garnets, down-jib, and stay-sails, hags' teeth, futtock-shrouds, iron-garters, shackles, sheathing, and double neck-nails, that the pirate hauled down his colours, and sheered off under a press of sail. I thought he was for cruising in a cooler latitude; but it seems that, falling in with you young craft, he made a prize after all.' 'What a rogue he must be! We should never have found him out." 6 May be not, boys; but he would have been none the better for that. Never sail under false colours. What does the book of Job say? "The hypocrite's hope shall perish; whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web."— The Old Sea Captain.' COMPOUND ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION. (1) Find the sum of 1chld. 9 sk. 2 bus. 3 pk. + 1 sk. 2 bus. 3 pk. 2 gal. 2 qt. 1 pt. + 5 pt. + 3 gal. 2 qt. + 2 bus. 2 pk. 1 gal. 2 qt. (2) Find the sum of 6 ld. 4 qr. 7 bus. 2 pk. + 3 ld. 6 bus. 1 pk. + 3 qr. 6 bus. 3 pk. + 1 gal. + 2 pk. 1 gal. 3 qt. |