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THE NYLGHAIE.

THE Nylghaie, or Nylghau, is a native of the interior parts of India. It is something like a Deer in appearance, but it has a curious protruding neck, something like those animals that have a pouch in their necks. Its colour is grey, or a mixture of black and white; but along the back of its neck the hair stands up, thick and black like a stubborn mane. These animals are sometimes caught by Hindoos and brought as presents to their great chiefs, or sometimes they give them to an Englishman. It is strange to think what a number of different kinds of animals there are in various parts of the world, and yet so many seem to belong to the same family, only they have different features and characters, according to the circumstances in which they have been placed. The Nylghaie may be called the Indian cousin of the Scotch Deer, the Swiss Chamois, the African Antelope, and the fairy-like Gazelle.

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FATHER COMING HOME.

THESE little children have espied their father in the distance coming home from his long and toilsome day's work in the town, and they have all run out to meet and cheer him on the rest of his way. He is very tired, but the sound of his little children's voices refreshes him, and he does not feel nearly so weary or so sad as he did half an hour ago. It is sometimes very hard work to earn bread enough for all these little mouths, and he feels very anxious about the coming winter, and the hardships it may bring; but he has plenty of work at present, and the children are all well-fed and healthy, and therefore, when he looks at their bright faces, he scolds himself for his anxious doubting mood, and thanks God for His many blessings. See, Phoebe, the eldest girl, has taken his stick and is dragging him on by one arm, whilst Jack pulls the other, and even little Tommy tries to push Father along.

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