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our men pointed to a bird flying slowly over our heads. I never heard so welcome a sound; for it told us that land must be near.

6. Three days more passed, and we saw more signs of land. Weeds floated on the waves, birds were on the wing, and soft breezes brought sweet scents from the shore.

7. That night we stood upon the deck and watched till the dawn of day, when we saw in the distance a long, gray line of coast. The joyful cry of Land! land! now greeted

our ears.

8. We left the ships in our boats. We leaped on shore, and kneeling down, we kissed the earth. We wept for joy, as we returned thanks to God.

9. Hard by the spot where we left our boats a brook was flowing. I stooped down and drank; and never did I taste so sweet a draught.

10. The men who dwelt in that new world soon came round us. We called them Indians, because we supposed that the land was a part of India. Their skins were not white like ours, but of a dark brown color.

11. They had bows and spears in their hands. At first they looked at us as if they

thought that we were their foes, and that we should do them harm. When they found that we did not mean to hurt or wrong them, their looks grew calm and mild.

12. They led us to a large hut, the roof and walls of which were built of boughs, and canes, and trunks of trees. Nets formed of reeds were hung from the walls and roof. We lay down in these nets, and slept in peace. 13. In the morning we returned to our ships, rejoiced that we had found a new world.

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1. THE blind boy's been at play, mother;

The merry games we had!

We led him on his way, mother,

And every step was glad;

But when we found a starry flower,
And praised its varied hue,

A tear came trembling down his cheek,
Just like a drop of dew.

2. We took him to the mill, mother,
Where falling waters made
A rainbow o'er the hills, mother,
As golden sun-rays played;
But when we shouted at the scene,
And hailed the clear, blue sky,
He stood quite still upon the bank,
And breathed a long, long sigh.

3. We asked him why he wept, mother,
Whene'er we found the spots
Where periwinkles crept, mother,
O'er wild forget-me-nots.

"Ah me!" he said, while tears ran down

As fast as summer showers,

"It is because I cannot see

The sunshine and the flowers."

4. O, that poor, sightless boy, mother,
He taught me that I'm blest;
For I can look with joy, mother,
On all I love the best;
And when I see the dancing stream,
And daisies red and white,

I kneel upon the meadow sod

And THANK MY GOD for sight.

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1. LITTLE Emma was so careless of her clothes, that she was never fit to appear before any body without first being newly dressed.

2. If she came to breakfast quite nice and clean, before twelve o'clock you could scarcely perceive that her frock had ever been white.

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3. Her face and hands were always dirty, her hair in disorder, and her shoes trodden down at the heels, because she was continually kicking them off.

4. At dinner, no one liked to sit near her, for she was sure to throw her meat into their laps, and pull about their bread with her fingers; and she never failed to overset her drink upon the table-cloth.

5. One day her brother ran into the nursery in great haste, desiring her to go down. with him immediately into the parlor.

6. He told her that a gentleman had brought a large portfolio, full of beautiful prints of all kinds of birds and animals, which he was going to show them if they were ready to come to him directly; for he could not stay with them, he said, more than half an hour.

7. Poor Emma was in no condition to show herself. She had been washing her doll's clothes, and had thrown a large basin of water all over herself. After this, wet as she was, she had been playing in a dirty closet, and was, when her brother came into the nursery, covered with cobwebs.

8. Susan was called in haste to dress her; but Emma was so extremely careless of her

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