nd build themselves little
huts to live in. All through the winter months they work in the woods
from sunrise to sunset, felling the best trees and cutting them into
logs. Then they haul them over the snow-covered ground to the frozen
streams, and pile them upon the banks.

[Illustration: "THEY WORK IN THE WOODS."]

Here the logs must rest till the snow and ice have melted and the
streams are full. Then they are floated down to the great saw-mills; and
cut up into boards, laths, shingles, and other kinds of lumber.

What is a forest? Name some forest trees that grow near your home.

The sea yields much that we eat. Some parts abound in codfish, mackerel,
and herring. Sardines, the little fish that come in boxes, are also
found in the sea. It is the business of thousands of people who live
near the ocean to catch fish, salt them, and pack them, to send to those
who want them for food.

[Illustration: "IT IS THE BUSINESS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE."]

Have you ever seen the ocean, or eaten any of its fish?

Name some fishes found in fresh water.

Name some kinds of fishes found in waters near where you live. How may
they be caught?

LESSON XLIV.

MORE ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING.

In the city or town we shall find many of the people busy about
something else than the occupations we have learned. What do you suppose
it is?

If you go about the city, you will see large buildings several stories
high, with long rows of windows, and great smoking chimneys. These are
mills or factories, full of machines in motion doing their work almost
like human beings.

The people who work in them make almost everything that is needed for
our use. Wheat is changed into flour; cotton, into thread, fine muslins,
and pretty calicoes; leather, into boots and shoes; iron and steel, into
plows, stoves; and cutlery; lumber, into wagons, carriages, and all
kinds of furniture. Other articles which we must not forget are elegant
jewelry, all sorts of ornaments for parlors, and beautiful toys which
you admire so much.

[Illustration: "BUSY MILLS AND FACTORIES."]

It would take a long time to name a small part of the things made in the
busy mills and factories; but think of the articles used in your home,
and you may be sure they are manufactured articles. You see,
_manufacturing_ gives work to many thousands of persons.

What is cutlery? Name some articles of cutlery.

We need many things which we do not produce. Other people n