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Las diagrammas suivants illustrant la m^thoda. 2 3 5 6 MICROCOPY RESOIUTION TEST CHART (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) 1.0 I.I |45 150 tii 1^ Ki f lis " IIIII2.0 1.4 I.J 1.6 A APPLIED IIVMGE Inc ^^ 16S3 EosI Main Street S%S Rochester, New York 14609 USA '■^a (716) 482- 0300 -Phone ^S (716) 288-S989 -Fax Morang's Educational Series READINGS FOR SECOND BOOK CLASSES Toronto : Ieorge N. Morang & Company, Limited 1901 ici'-^J I- --^ Knterod ■ding to Act of the Parliament of (^anada in the year nineteen hund. ^ and one, by George N. Morang k Company, Limited, at the Department of Agriculture. MORANGS EDUCATIONAL SERIES THE OSTRICH. Far Jiwuy in Africa, where there is a burning sun overhead, with little else than sand under foot —in waste and desert places, where few animals can live — is to be found a strange, large bird, six or eight feet in height, which, from its fancied resemblance to the camel is sometimes called the "camel-bird." This strange bird is called the ostrich. It has a long, narrow neck, almost bare of feathers. The wings are small, and cannot be used foi flying, but they help it to run. Its legs are long and very strong. The feet, which have but two toes, are something like a camel's and can bear great fatigue. Its color is a rusty black, but its wings and tail-feathers are white. The feathers of the ostrich are very beautiful, and are carefully preserved by the hunters, and sent to America and to Europe, where they are dyed and used to trim bonnets and hats. The ostrich feeds on the tops of such plants as grow in the desert, and it can go a long time without water. Its cry sounds, at a 4 SECOND HOOK KKADIN(iS distance, so much like that of the lion, that it is often mistaken for one. O. trielies <;o about in small flocks. The females lay their ej;gs in one nest, each laying' from ten to twelve. During the day they take turns in sitting u[K)n them, while the male takes this duty at night. He continues to watch over the young birds for some time after they are hatched, and to protect them from jackals, tiger cats, and other enemies. These animals are sometimes found lying dead near the nest, having been kille' a horse in hiH mouth more than a mile from the spot where he killed it. He oRen airries off younj? cattle, and has l)een seen to leap over a wall with one of them in his m(mth. The lion is very much afraid of man, and will not come near hJ ' dwelling-place, unless pressed by hunger. ^ me is known to be in the woods near ^ .ilage, the men make a fire, an bis mouth. -Blackie's Ctnnprehenirive School Series— Third Reader. SKCOND BOOK READINGS THE TIGER. The tiger is one of the fiercest animals found in the world, and yet it belongs to the same tribe as the quiet, gentle cat that lies asleep before the tire. Lions and leopards also belong to the cat tribe. All these animals live on flesh. They watch silently for their prey, and then, with a sudden bound, they seize it in a moment. We know how silently puss walks and peeps about the house. We have seen her suddenly pounce u})on a poor mouse, and carry it off in triumph. Tigers do just the same. Their feet, like the cat's, are padded and cushioned at the bottom, so that they can walk softly, and without any noise. Tigers have whiskers, too, just like pussy, and these whiskers help them to feel their way. We have all found out what a rough tongue pussy has. The tongue of the tiger is like that of a cat. but much rougher. This is very useful in eating flesh and cleaning bones. Indeed, the tiger's tongue is so rough, that if it were to lick the hand it would cause the THE TIGEK blood to come, and if a tiger has once tasted blood, it cannot resist the temptation to get more. A story has been told of a tame young tiger once licking the hand of his master, who was asleep. The tiger only intended to show his love for his master, but the animal's rough tongue made blood come, and the pain awoke his master. He tried to draw away his hand, but a low, angry growl told him of his danger. The tiger had tasted blood, and he was no longer tame. All the old wild passions of his nature burst forth, and he must have more blood. His master knew the tiger's cruel nature, and was prepared. With his other hand he quietly drew a pistol from under the pillow, and shot the animal dead. It is very well to have a pretty, gentle cat as a pet in our house, but surely a tiger, however young and tame he may appear, is not a very safe animal to have as a pet. The color of the tiger is a light tawny brown, with beautiful black stripes or bars, which go nearly round the body On the tail these stripes form complete rings. The 10 SECOND BOOK KEADINCS under parts of the body, and the inner sides of the legs are almost white. He has no mane, and his whole body, thongh not (luite so tfdl as the lion's, is more slender and graceful. His head is also shorter and more rounded than that of the lion. The tiger is a native of India and the Indian Islands. Some are found in the western parts of China In India he reigns supreme as king of the jungle. The liims themselves are afraid of him. He can swim well, but cannot cHmb trees. When the female tiger has cubs, she will attack either man or beast that goes near them. The people who Hve in those parts of the world where tigers and lions are found, are more afraid of the tiger than the lion. When the licm has had encmgh to eat, he will not attack any other animal, but the tiger will kill anything that comes in his way. ^ He does not run like most other {inimals, but bounds over the ground in long jumps ; he can go faster than the swiftest horse. The tiger is hunted with elephants and large dogs. The hunters sit on the back of the elephant in a kind of cage, and march THE TIGER 11 tliiough the long gmss of the jungle, until they meet with a tiger. Sometimes he 'Vill turn even on the elephant, and tear the driver from off his back. This terrible animal has attacked soldiers on the march, an at we take and use as coffee. Each- coffee plant gives no more than about a pound of seeds. When the fruit is ripe, it is picked and laid out in the sun to dry, and turned over and over very often ; the outer part is then very easily rubbed off by the hand, or by wooden rollers. 16 SECOND BOOK RKADINMJS As soon as tlio seeds are free tVoni their fniity covering;, they are spread out again in the sun to get still drier. Then the husks, which hind the two little seeds together, are rubbed oti' and blown away, Just as the Imsks or outsides of the corn are blown away from the ears of wheat. The coftee seeds are then jKicked in bags, ami sent down to the seapoit to travel far away to all the countries in the world where coffee is drunk. We nuist not forget that when the eott'ee seeds are pjicked and sent off theyare grey — not brown. They do not become brown till they are roasted, and after they are roasted they have to ])e groun