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22. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey,

This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned,
Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day,
Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind?

23. On some fond breast the parting soul relies;
Some pious drops the closing eye requires;
E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries,
E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires.

24. For thee, who, mindful of the unhonored dead,
Dost in these lines their artless tale relate,
If chance, by lonely contemplation led,
Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate,

25. Haply some hoary-headed swain may say,
"Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dawn,
Brushing with hasty steps the dews away,

To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.

26. "There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech,
That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high,
His listless length at noontide would he stretch,
And pore upon the brook that bubbles by.

27. "Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn,

Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove;
Now drooping, woeful, wan, like one forlorn,

Or crazed with care, or crossed in hopeless love.

28. "One morn, I missed him on the accustomed hill, Along the heath, and near his favorite tree;

Another came, nor yet beside the rill,

Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood, was he.

29. "The next, with dirges due, in sad array,

Slow through the churchyard path we saw him borne;

Approach and read, for thou canst read, the lay 'Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn :" 30. "Here rests his head upon the lap of earth,

A youth to fortune and to fame unknown; Fair science frowned not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own. 31. "Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere ; Heaven did a recompense as largely send.

He gave to misery all he had,

a tear;

He gained from heaven, -'twas all he wished, a friend.

32. "No further seek his merits to disclose,

Or draw his frailties from their dread abode,

There they alike in trembling hope repose,

The bosom of his Father and his God."

QUESTIONS. 9. What is the meaning of heraldry? 15. Who was Hampden ? 15. Who was Milton? 15. Who was Cromwell? particularly beautiful?

What can you see in this piece

LESSON XXV.
Spell and Define.

1. Quad'ru-peds, four-footed animals.
1. San'guin-a-ry, bloodthirsty, cruel.
1. Pel'age, the hair or fur of wild ani-
mals.

1. Va'ri-e-ga-ted, diversified with colors.
2. Te-na'cious, retentive, holding fast.
3. Ex-plored, examined.

3. Con-fir-ma'tion, evidence, proof.

4. Ca-noes', Indian boats.

4. Lungs, the organs of respiration.
5. Shoul'der-blade, the broad bone of the
shoulder.

8. En'ter-pris-ing, active, resolute.
8. Sand'-bar, a bank of sand.

9. Ex-trem'i-ty, the utmost point.
9. Claws, the nails of an animal.

ERRORS.1. Va-ri'e-ga-ted for va'ri-e-ga-ted; 3. mountings for mount'ains; 4. cay-neus' for ca-noes'; 6. wil'lers for wil'lows; 8. to-ward' for to'ward; 8. tremen'jous for tre-men'dous; 4. hun'derd for hund'red; 9. eights for eighths,

THE GRIZZLY BEAR.

J. D. GODMAN.

1. THE grizzly bear, justly considered as the most dreadful and dangerous of North American quadrupeds, is the despotic

and sanguinary monarch of the wilds over which he ranges The color varies according to age, and his particular state of pelage; and hence he has been described as brown, white, and variegated; although evidently of the same species.

2. He is remarkably tenacious of life, and on many occasions, numerous rifle-balls have been fired into his body without much apparent injury. In fact, the chance of killing a grizzly bear, by a single shot, is very small, unless the ball penetrates the brain, or passes through the heart.

3. Instances are related by travelers who have explored the countries in the vicinity of the Rocky Mountains," of from ten to fourteen balls having been discharged into the body of one of these bears before he expired. In confirmation of these statements, we here introduce the following sketch from the journals of Lewis and Clarke.

4. One evening, the men in the hindmost of one of Lewis and Clarke's canoes, perceived one of these bears lying in the open ground, about three hundred paces from the river; and six of them, all good hunters, went to attack him. Concealing themselves by a little eminence, they were able to approach within forty paces unperceived. Four of the hunters now fired, and each lodged a ball in his body, two of which passed directly through the lungs.

5. The bear sprung up, and ran furiously, with open mouth, upon them; two of the hunters, who had reserved their fire, gave him two additional wounds, and one breaking his shoulder-blade, somewhat retarded his motions. Before they could again load their guns, he came so close on them, that they

NOTES. —a a Rock'y Moun'tains; a range of mountains in the western part of the United States and British America, four thousand miles long, and three miles high. D Lew'is (Meriwether); a bold and enterprising traveler, chosen by Congress, in 1803, to explore the north-western part of the United States. He was born in Virginia, in 1774. Clarke (William); the companion of Lewis in his exploring expedition, and afterward agent of the United States Indian affairs. d The lungs, in popular language called the lights, are the organs of respiration in men and animals; they fill nearly the whole chest, and are formed of an almost infinite number of cells filled with air.

were obliged to run toward the river; and before they had gained it, the bear had almost overtaken them.

6. Two men jumped into the canoe; the other four sep arated, and concealing themselves among the willows, fired as fast as they could load their pieces. Several times the bear was struck, but each shot seemed only to direct his fury toward the hunters; at last, he pursued them so closely that they threw aside their guns, and jumped from a perpendicular bank, twenty feet high, into the river.

7. The bear sprung after them, and was very near the hindmost man, when one of the hunters on the shore shot him through the head, and finally killed him. When they dragged him on shore, they found that eight balls had passed through his body in different directions.

8. On another occasion, the same enterprising travelers met with the largest bear of this species they had ever seen. When they fired, he did not attempt to attack them, but fled with a tremendous roar; and such was his tenacity of life, that although five balls had passed through the lungs, and five other wounds had been inflicted, he swam more than half across the river to a sand-bar, and survived more than twenty minutes.

9. This bear weighed five or six hundred pounds, at least, and measured eight feet seven inches and a half, from the nose to the extremity of the hind feet; five feet ten inches and a half around the breast, and his claws were four inches and three eighths in length.

QUESTIONS. 1. What is said of the ferocity of the grizzly bear? 1. What is his color? 2. What is said of the chance of killing him by a single shot? 3. What is said of the Rocky Mountains? 3. How many balls are sometimes fired into these bears before they expire? 3. Who was Lewis? 3. Who was Clarke? 4. What are the lungs? 7. How many balls passed through the body of the bear, killed by the company of Lewis and Clarke? 8. How many balls did the second bear receive before he expired? 9. How much did he weigh? 9. What was his length?

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ERRORS.-7. A'que-duct for aq'ue-duct; 9. heerd for heard; 10. sin'ge-lar for sin'gu-lar; 16. range for range; 17. or'gin for or'gan; 17. wat for what, 21. res'er-voir for res-er-voir'; 24. dis-crib'ed for de-scrib'ed.

A WONDERFUL MACHINE.

G. L. DEMAREST.

1. I HAVE been in a cotton-mill, where a quantity of raw cotton was put into a machine, and when it was finished, became a piece of handsome printed calico, ready to be made up into beautiful dresses.

2. The machinery in the cotton-factory is wonderful; but I know of a machine more wonderful, than any you will find there. It is one that not only does more astonishing things than the cotton-gin," but actually made the mill and its contents.

3. I have read of a paper-mill in the state of New Jersey, into which was put a number of old rags, and in a very short time, they came out a printed book! Wonderful, indeed! you say; but there is a machine which does greater things than this, and without which even that paper-mill could not have been made!

NOTES..—a Cotton-gin; a machine to separate the seeds from cotton, invented in 1792, by the celebrated mechanician Eli Whitney, of Westborough, Mass. b The art of manufacturing paper from cotton was known to the Arabians in 704, and afterward transferred to Spain, where paper-mills were first built in 1100. New Jer'sey; one of the Middle States, lying south of the state of New York,

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