the difference
between a canal and a strait?

[Illustration: {Lighthouse}]

2. Copy this little drawing of a lighthouse. Write out and learn: _A
lighthouse is a tower near the sea. It shows a bright light at night to
warn sailors of rocks or shallow places._

3. Why does a big ship "go slow" through the Suez Canal?

Lesson 8.

1. Write out and learn: _A desert is a rainless tract of country on
which little or nothing will grow._ How can a desert be turned into a
garden?

[Illustration: {Arab tent}]

2. Copy this little drawing of an Arab tent. Why do the Arabs who wander
from place to place live in tents?

3. Write out and learn: _A green spot in a desert is called an
oasis._ Several of these green spots are called _oases_.

Lesson 9.

1. The palm is said to have as many uses as there are days in the year.
Name some of these uses.

2. Why is the camel called the "ship of the desert"?

3. Go to a sand heap. Stand on it; you sink in. Put a piece of board on
the sand and stand on it; the board does not sink in much. Now turn to
the picture on page 105 {Illustration entitled "Boys of Canada in
Winter"}. You will see a pair of snow-shoes on the snow. A boy's foot
will sink into the snow. When he stands on the snow-shoes he does not
sink in. Find out why. Notice the camel's foot, and tell me why it does
not sink into the sand.

Lesson 10.

1. In what ways do the people of Bombay differ from the people of your
town or village?

2. Why are the people of hot lands dark in colour?

3. Look at the picture on page 47 {Illustration entitled "The Village
Well"}. Describe it.

Lesson 11.

1. What is the difference between our shops and the shops of Bombay?

2. How do Indian boys play at marbles?

[Illustration: {The Union Jack}]

3. Copy this drawing of the Union Jack. Colour it with chalks.

Lesson 12.

1. With a pair of scissors cut out a square of paper. Fold it into two;
then into four; then into eight, and lastly into sixteen. Open out the
paper. If the whole square stands for the size of India, one of the
small squares will stand for the size of our land.

[Illustration: {Punkah}]

2. Copy this drawing of a punkah. What is the use of a punkah?

3. Suppose you forget to water your plants, what happens? Suppose you
water them too much, what happens?

Lesson 13.

1. Write out and learn: _A mountain is land which rises high above the
level of the country round about it. A row of mo