ough the mist upon our jackets
In the bitter air congeals,
And our lines wind stiff and slowly
From off the frozen reels;
Though the fog be dark around us,
And the storm blow high and loud,
We will whistle down the wild wind,
And laugh beneath the cloud!

Hurra!--Hurra!--the west wind
Comes freshening down the bay,
The rising sails are filling--
Give way, my lads, give way!
Leave the coward landsman clinging
To the dull earth like a weed--
The stars of heaven shall guide us,
The breath of heaven shall speed!

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Directions for Reading.--Let some pupil in the class state in what
manner the lesson should be read.

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Language Lesson.--Change the verbs throughout the sixth stanza so as
to represent past action.

Give the time indicated in the following sentences.

I _am thinking_ about it. I _am going_ to-morrow.

As _verb-forms_ do not always determine the _time of an action_, we
must call an action _past, present_, or _future_, in accordance with
the meaning indicated by the verb.

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LESSON LXIX.

op er a'tions, _ways of working; deeds_.

e vap'o rat ed, _has the moisture taken from it_.

au'ger, _a tool used in boring holes_.

shan'ty, _a hut; a poor dwelling_.

e nor'mous, _of very large size_.

su per in tend'ing, _directing; taking care of_.

an nounce', _give first notice of; make known_.

de li'cious, _affording great pleasure, especially to the taste_.

de'tails, _small parts of any thing_.

clar'i fied, _made clear or pure_.

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MAKING MAPLE SUGAR.

PART I.

There is no part of farming that a boy enjoys more than the making of
maple sugar; it is better than "blackberrying," and nearly as good as
fishing.

And one reason he likes this work is that somebody else does the most of
it. It is a sort of work in which he can appear to be very active, and
yet not do much.

In my day maple-sugar-making used to be something between picnicking and
being shipwrecked on a fertile island, where one should save from the
wreck, tubs and augers, and great kettles and pork, and hen's-eggs and
rye-and-indian bread, and begin at once to lead the sweetest life in the
world.

I am told that it is something different nowadays, and that there is
more desire to