un-try, and, above all as they are a-long with their kind
ma-ma, who is point-ing out all that she thinks like-ly to a-muse
them. I am sure they have been good chil-dren, or their ma-ma would
not have ta-ken them with her.

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THE PET LAMB.

What a pret-ty, tame, gen-tle crea-ture and how fond-ly its young
mis-tress seems to ca-ress it. Yet I am al-most a-fraid that her
kind-ness is car-ried to ex-cess, and that she hugs the lamb
ra-ther too close for its com-fort. In-deed its looks near-ly
ex-press as much. Her bro-ther ap-pears ful-ly to share in her
fond-ness for the lamb. He has a bas-ket of gay flowers stand-ing
on the ground be-side him, and is making a gar-land for the neck of
the pet, which when, dress-ed out, will no doubt cut a ve-ry smart
fi-gure.

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CHARLES'S NEW BOAT.

Our young sail-or has just launch-ed his new ves-sel, and a ve-ry
neat and trim one it is. The rig-ging is in good or-der, and the
wind fills the spread-ing sails brave-ly. The grace and beau-ty of
the bark seems great-ly to de-light Charles, as well as his two
sis-ters, who have come to par-take in the plea-sure of the scene.
I do not know what car-go the ves-sel has on board, but I think
there is not much dan-ger of her be-ing wreck-ed, as she is not
like-ly to sail far out of her mas-ter's care and sight.

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KIND-NESS TO THE POOR.

What a plea-sure it is to see chil-dren with good and kind hearts.
How the sweet lit-tle girl ap-pears to pi-ty the poor in-firm old
wo-man to whom she is giv-ing her pen-ny, and so does her broth-er
who has be-fore giv-en his share of re-lief. And their good ma-ma
stands look-ing on with de-light, as she may well do, at the
con-duct of her off-spring. If we did but re-flect on the com-forts
which God al-lows us to en-joy, while so ma-ny poor crea-tures are
in want and sick-ness and sor-row, we should al-ways be glad to
shew our-selves grate-ful to him by help-ing those who are in
dis-tress.

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THE PET DOG.

Stand up, Pom-pey! You are on-ly half a sol-di-er yet. You have got
your gun in your hand, but we must put your hel-met on be-sides to
make you com-plete. Poor Pom-pey! he is as peace-ful and quiet as a
lamb, and willing to do a-ny thing that he can which he is told to
do. The chil-dren round him seem kind and fond of him, and I trust
they will not keep him stand-ing long, be-cause, though it may
a-muse