rs, and ages shall circle away,
And still the vast waters above thee shall roll;
Earth loses thy pattern forever and aye;
O sailor boy! sailor boy! peace to thy soul!

DEFINITIONS.--1. Ham'mock, a hanging or swinging bed, usu-ally made of
netting or hempen cloth. 4. Trans'port, ecstasy, rapture. 5. Im-pearled'
(pro. im-perled'), decorated with pearls, or with things resembling
pearls. 7. 'Lar'ums (an abbreviation of alarums, for alarms), affrights,
terrifies. 12. Dirge, funeral music.

NOTES.--13. Coral is the solid part of a minute sea animal, corresponding
to the bones in other animals. It grows in many fantastic shapes, and is
of various colors.

Amber is a yellow resin, and is the fossilized gum of buried trees. It is
mined in several localities in Europe and America; it is also found along
the seacoast, washed up by the waves.

CV. THE PASSENGER PIGEON.

John James Audubon (b. 1780, d. 1851). This celebrated American
ornithologist was born in Louisiana. When quite young he was passionately
fond of birds, and took delight in studying their habits. In 1797 his
father, an admiral in the French navy, sent him to Paris to be educated.
On his return to America, he settled on a farm in eastern Pennsylvania,
but afterward removed to Henderson, Ky., where he resided several years,
supporting his family by trade, but devoting most of his time to the
pursuit of his favorite study. In 1826 he went to England, and commenced
the publication of the "Birds of America," which consists of ten
volumes--five of engravings of birds, natural size, and five of
letterpress. Cuvier declares this work to be "the most magnificent
monument that art has ever erected to ornithology." In 1830 Audubon
returned to America, and soon afterwards made excursions into nearly every
section of the United States and Canada. A popular edition of his great
work was published, in seven volumes, in 1844, and "The Quadrupeds of
America," in six volumes,--three of plates and three of letterpress, in
1846-50. He removed to the vicinity of New York about 1840, and resided
there until his death.

1. The multitudes of wild pigeons in our woods are astonishing. Indeed,
after having viewed them so often, and under so many circumstances, I even
now feel inclined to pause and assure myself that what I am going to
relate is a fact. Yet I have seen it all, and that, too, in the company of
persons who, like myself, were struck with amazement