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"I had gone a little way up the val-ley, and was standing on the bank of a stream, whose steep banks were covered with jungle, into which the tiger had been seen to retreat. Peering about, I heard the low growl so pe-cu-li-ar to the tiger when about to make a charge. I had barely time to look whence the sound

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came, when a fine tiger rushed at me from under a thick bush, where he had been lying hid, about twenty paces from

me.

"I had not a second to lose, and there

fore at once fired the right barrel of my gun at the head of the beast. The ball, however, only grazed his skull, and made a deep flesh wound under his left ear. On he came with greater fury, and, when within a yard of the muzzle of my rifle, I hit him with the contents of the left barrel in the centre of his chest.

"Al-though my second bullet did instant and fatal work, still his rush was such that his body, carried forward with the last effort of his vital strength, dashed against me with great force, threw me down, and gave me an awk-ward back fall of fifteen feet from the top to the bottom of the steep bank.

"Of course, we both top-pled over at the same instant; and, on re-cov-er-ing, for I had been stunned by the fall, I found myself below my late foe, he quite dead, with his head laid across my left arm, and purpling my face with his life's blood.

"With an effort, I got myself clear of his carcase, but, on trying to stand, I found that my left leg was hurt. Just then

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my two servants, who, on hearing and seeing the tiger, had fled, came up, still under the effects of their late panic, and thinking the beast to be still alive, fired at him, but with such bad aim that, instead of hitting the tiger, they very nearly hit me.

"After an hour's delay, I was taken to my tent, the tiger being carried in the rear. Next day I was brought to town, and placed under the care of a doc-tor, and, as I was not much hurt, I was soon able to walk again."

Brought.

READING AND SPELLING COLUMNS.

Stow'-a-ways.

Pass'-age.

Name the hunter.

he searching for?

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What was What did the fall do to Mr. What had White? Tell how he and the it done? Where had it gone? tiger were lying together. Out of what did it rush on him? Who came to Mr. White's What did he then do? Where help? What had made them did the ball hit the tiger? run away? What part of Mr. Why did it not kill it? What White's body was hurt? Why did the second shot do? What did the servants fire at the made the hunter and the tiger carcase? In firing, what did fall together? Over what did they nearly do?

they fall? What distance?

WRITE-AS I was not much hurt, I was soon able to walk again.

Write the names of ten wild beasts.

XXXVII.-THE STAR.

Twin'-kle, sparkle.
Di'-a-mond, a costly stone, gem.
Blaz'-ing, shining, on fire.
Ti'-ny, small.

Tra'-vel-ler, one going from
place to place.
Won'-der, anxious to know.
Peep, look.

TWINKLE, twinkle, little star;
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a di-a-mond in the sky.

When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little lights
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night

Then the trav-el-ler in the dark
Thanks you for your tiny spark;
He could not see which way to go
If you did not twinkle so.

In the dark blue sky you keep,
Yet often through my window peep,
For you never shut your eye
Till the sun is in the sky.

As your bright but tiny spark
Lights the trav-el-ler in the dark,
Though I know not what you are,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.

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Where are the stars to be seen? other body shines at night beWhen are they seen? Why sides stars? What sometimes cannot the stars be seen in the hides them from our sight? daytime? To whom is their Who made the stars? light useful at night? What

WRITE.-Though I know not what you are,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.

XXXVIII.-A REAL HERO.

Voy'-age, journey by sea.
Mir-rors, looking-glasses.
Stow'ed, hidden.

Pas'-sage, journey or voyage.
Ex-am'-ined, questioned.
E-rect', upright.

Steam'-er, ship driven by steam.

We'ar-ied, tired out.
Col'-lar, neck of coat.
Of-fi-cers, commanders.
Stern, firm, hard,
Eye'-wit'-ness, onlooker.
Scene, a sight.
Af-fect'-ing, touching.

IN the month of March, 1869, on board an Eng-lish steamer, a little rag-ged boy, aged nine years, was found on the fourth day of the voyage from Liv-er-pool to New York, and brought before the first mate, whose duty it was to deal with such

cases.

When asked his object in being stowed away, and who brought him on board, the boy, who had a fine sunny face, and eyes that looked like the very mir-rors of truth, said that his step-father did it,

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