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Directions for Reading.--Let pupils read the following lines, and then
mark the _inflection_.

"And what do you think they were? Butterflies? like their mamma,
only very much smaller?"

Does the first question expect the answer _yes_ or _no?_

Do the last two questions expect the answer _yes_ or _no?_

What would be the inflections used in the following questions?

What kind of an answer is expected to each question?

"Where are you going?"

"Are you coming back again?"

Fill blanks in the following statements.

Questions which may be answered by _yes_ or _no_, regularly require
the ---- inflection.

Questions which can not be answered by _yes_ or _no_, regularly
require the ---- inflection.

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Language Lesson. Let pupils copy the following words.

seize chief grief fear beach receive

relief believe weary beacon

Write sentences, each containing one of the preceding words, used in
such a way as to show its meaning.

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LESSON LIV.

ob'sti nate, _determined to have one's own way_.

vi'cious, _not well tamed; given to bad tricks_.

sub dued', _made gentle; overcome_.

swerve, _turn from a direct line_.

squad'ron, _a number of horses drawn up together_.

pli'able, _capable of being turned or bent_.

strove, _attempted; tried hard_.

ex ceed'ed, _went beyond_.

thong, _a long strip of leather_.

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WILD HORSES OF SOUTH AMERICA.

At the time of the discovery of America there were no wild horses in any
part of the continent.

Soon, however, some of the horses brought over from Europe by the early
settlers, wandered away, and now wild horses are to be met with in large
numbers, in some cases as many as a thousand at a time.

They appear to be under the command of a leader, the strongest and
boldest of the herd, whom they obey.

When threatened with danger, at some signal, understood by them all,
they either close together and trample their enemy to death, or form
themselves into a circle and welcome him with their heels.

The leader first faces the danger, and when he finds it prudent to
retreat, all follow his rapid flight.

Byron thus describes a troop of wild horses:

"A trampling troop; I see them come!
In one vast squadron they advance!
I strove to cry--my lips