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It is to be hoped that in time there will be no more fighting in the world, and that men, from the least to the greatest, will live together in love, doing all the good they can to one another.

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THE people in the north of Scotland are called Highlanders. They wear woollen clothes of many colors, called Scotch plaid, and caps or bonnets on their heads. They work hard, and are very honest.

The south part of Scotland is called the Low-lands. Edinburgh is a city of ScotlandGlasgow is another city. Edinburgh has a university. The language used in Scotland is a little different from English.

In Scotland almost all over the country, there are schools for the instruction of poor people. The Queen of England is also the queen of Scotland. The present queen is Victoria.

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The English live in the island of Great Britain. Great Britain is in three parts, England, Scotland, and Wales.

The great city of London is in England on the River Thames. The English people are very wise, and very rich; they have a great many large ships. We speak the same language which the English do.

Two hundred years ago many Englishmen came to America; they and their children built some of these houses, and towns, which we see about us.

Many of the clothes which we wear are brought from England; some of our cotton and woollen cloths were once madé there. Needles, scissors, pins, and knives, come from

England, and so do waiters, and glasses, and plates, and cups, and saucers, and carpets. Many of these articles are now manufactured in the United States.

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INDIAN.

THIS Indian has a bow in one hand, and an arrów in the other. Children see boys in the streets with bows and arrows; boys use bows and arrows to play with. Indians use them to kill wild animals; they strip the skins from the animals taken in this manner, and make clothes of them; they eat the flesh of the animals. Sometimes Indians kill other Indians with the bow and arrow; they fight very much; they do not treat the women kindly. Savage men never treat women so well as civilized men treat them.

The Indians have no books; they do not write and read. They talk in the Indian language. They are natives of North America.

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Here is one of the dark coloured men of the South Sea.

New-Zealand is two islands very near together. The Zealanders kill wild animals, and catch fish for food.

If you look upon a globe you will see NewHolland west of New-Zealand. It was first discovered by Europeans, in 1609. In 1770, Captain Cook sailed all round it, and found it to be a vast island. The English have endeavoured to improve the natives of the South Sea Islands, and those of New-Holland, by sending missionaries to teach them the Bible.

Missionaries are good men who leave com

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