The merry work goes on amain.

Pale streaks of cloud scarce veil the blue;

Amidst the golden harvest hue

The autumn trees look fresh and new;
Wrinkled brows relax with glee,

And aged eyes they laugh to see
The sickles follow o'er the lea.

3. I see the little kerchiefed maid
With dimpling cheek, and bodice staid,
'Mid the stout striplings half afraid;
Her red lip and her soft blue eye
Mate the poppy's crimson dye
And the cornflower waving by.

4 The mighty youth and supple child the yellow sheaves are piled; The toil is mirth, the mirth is wild!

Go forth;

Barefoot urchins run, and hide

In hollows 'twixt the corn,

or glide

Towards the tall sheaf's sunny side;
Lusty Pleasure, hobnailed Fun,

Throng into the noonday sun,
And 'mid the merry reapers

run.

5. Hark! through the middle of the town,
From the sunny slopes run down
Brawling boys and reapers brown;
Laughter flies from door to door
To see fat Plenty with his store
Led a captive by the poor;
Fettered in a golden chain,

Rolling in a burly wain,

Over valley, mount, and plain.

6. Right through the middle of the town,
With a great sheaf for a crown,
Onward he reels, a happy clown;
Faintly cheers the tailor thin,
And the smith with sooty chin
Lends his hammer to the din;
And the master blithe and boon,
Pours forth his boys that afternoon,
And locks his desk

an hour too soon.

F. Tennyson.

DIRECTIONS AND CAUTIONS FOR READING.

VERSE 1.-Line 1: No accent on let! Read let-us-mount as one word.-Line 2: Avoid the accent on to, and read to-the tumult as one word.-Line 3: No accent on from!

VERSE 3.-Line 4: Avoid the accent on and.
VERSE 4.-Line 5: No accent on 'twixt!

'Twixt-the-corn

should be read as one word.-Line 8: No accent on into !Line 9: Avoid the accent on 'mid.

VERSE 6.-Line 1: Place the accent on Right; make a short pause after it; and read through-the-middle as one word.

1. The tiger, like the lion, is a gigantic cat; and it may fairly dispute the claim of the lion to be called the 'king of beasts.' The royal tiger,' as it is often called, is found in India, Southern Asia, and in the large islands of the Indian Archipelago; and it is fully the equal of the lion in strength and activity, whilst it rivals it in courage and beauty. 2. Its fur has a bright tawny yellow

ground, on which deep black perpendicular stripes are placed; and its long tail, which is whiter than the body, is banded with similar dark black rings. These stripes harmonise so well with the dusky jungle-grass, that the grass and the fur can hardly be distinguished, and it is sometimes almost trodden on before it is seen. Unlike the ordinary male lions, the tiger has no mane. 3. In the structure of its body and in its habits, the tiger is a true cat, and you can form an excellent idea of it by simply imagining a common cat enlarged to many times its present size. Like all the cats, it walks upon the tips of its toes; and this renders its movements

Head of Bengal Tiger. particularly graceful and springy, at the same time that they are light and noiseless. Its claws can be thrust out when required, and are protected within sheaths of the skin when there is no occasion for using them; and the tongue is quite rough. 4. Like the other members of the cat tribe, the tiger creeps softly and stealthily upon its intended victim, upon which it at last suddenly pounces with a terrific bound. It is active both by day and by night; and it ordinarily lives upon cattle, horses, deer, and other harmless animals. 5. Some tigers, however, acquire so strong a relish for human flesh, that they are called 'man

eaters,' and they hunt men in preference to all other animals. Hundreds of human beings are killed and eaten by these savage beasts every year in the countries in which they live.

6. The people of India wage an incessant war upon the tiger, and adopt all kinds of ways of ridding themselves of this formidable pest. Sometimes they set traps for it; at other times the hunter builds himself a little platform high up in the trees, and then, waiting for the tiger to pass below, shoots him in perfect safety; but perhaps the commonest way is to call in the aid of the elephant. 7. In this method of killing the tiger, the hunters are mounted upon elephants; these gigantic animals having a mortal hatred to the tiger, and being able, when necessary, to defend themselves from the attack of their formidable foe. Each elephant carries a driver, and one or more sportsmen; and a hunting-party may require ten, or even a score of elephants. 8. The party is also accompanied by a number of unarmed natives, whose business it is to clear the way through the thick grass and bushes of the jungle, and to rouse the tiger from its lair. Hunting the tiger in this way is very exciting sport.

9. Though naturally such a ferocious animal, the tiger, like the lion, can be tamed, if its education be commenced in early life, and it be invariably treated with kindness. Tame tigers know their keepers quite well, and are often very fond of them; and they can be taught to do different kinds