nstead of a president they have a king. The king lives in the largest
town. There is a thick, high wall all around this town. There are
gates in the wall, and these are shut at night. After the gates are
shut, no one can get in or out until they are opened in the morning.

The people show very great respect for the king. When they go to speak
to him they throw themselves down on their faces before his throne.
The people love their country very much. They think it is the most
beautiful country in the world.

INDIA.

How would you like to go to school at six o'clock in the morning? That
is the time many children go to school in India. India is a large
country in Asia. The children stay in school till nine o'clock. Then
they go home for breakfast, and go back to school at ten. At two
o'clock they go home for dinner. They go back again at three to stay
till evening. You will think that this is a long time to be at school.

[Illustration: Hindoo Children at School.]

In some of the schools they have no desks or chairs, but the boys and
girls sit on the floor. In other schools they have long tables instead
of desks.

They do not learn their letters as we do. The teachers write five
letters in sand on the floor. Then the boys and girls write the
letters in the sand. They write the letters many times, until they
know them well. Then the teachers write five more letters, and so on
until the children know all the letters. When they can make the
letters in the sand, they next learn to write them on palm leaves with
pens made of wood. The last thing they do is to write them on slates
and on paper.

[Illustration: Native Children of India.]

In some of the large towns they learn to read and write English. But
English is not the language that most of the people speak. They have a
language of their own.

[Illustration: A Hindoo Family at Home.]

The people of India are called Hindoos. They have dark skin, dark
eyes, and dark hair.

It is so warm that most of the people wear very little clothing. Many
of the boys and girls wear no shoes. The girls are very fond of
jewels. No matter how poor a family is, they try to buy some jewels
for their girls. So the girls in India always have jewelry to wear.

They have no Christmas in India. They have what they call the "Feast
of the Cakes." At the Feast of the Cakes they have three holidays.
Then they have cakes of all kinds.

The boys are v