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after a mass af acquirements as rather to know thoroughlyf what is investigated."

15. Crows, jackdaws, magpies, and their likea, distinguish themselves from other birds by their croaking and chattering.h

16. Simplicity and stupidity

sometimes get ond better than cunning, alike as cowardice sometimes gains the victory over1 audacity.j

17. Newspapers a give food to curiosity, learned reviews to polymathy, and life and a few books to the desire of knowledge.

18. The roaringa of the lion announces the king of beasts.d

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19. What a gradation a from the croaking of the raven up to the songe of the nightingalef!

20. The spots a suit well the tiger and panther, and the long sneaking form suits well the marten.s

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e Menge,f. & Kenntniß, f., and mark, feminine Substantives in niß have in Nominative Plural an e against the rule.

f gründlich. 8 erforschen.

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e vielmehr.

15. Krähe, f. Dohle, f. Elster, f. say, of their like (ihr Gleiches, Gen. ihres Gleichen); in the same way my like meines Gleichen. esich unterscheiden. Vogel, m., which is one of those Substantives in el, that modify the vowel in plural, Vögel.

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Gekrächze, n.

d fortkommen. i über with Acc.

Neugier, f. a die gelehrten Jahr

bücher. Vielwisserei. wenige. 18. a Gebrüll, n. b Lowe, m. against the rule, has in Plural an e. 19. Abstufung. Kråchzen, n. • Gesang, m. Nachtigall, f.

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20. Flecken, m. bwohl stehen with Dat. ther, m. eschleichend. Gestalt, f. 8 Marder, m.

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21. What a difference between the cooing of the turtle-dove, the chirping of the sparrow', and the stupid cacklingh of the duck!!

22. The facultiesa of the mind have many points of contact together.d

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23. The senate a and the people loaded Julius Cæsar with honours without measured and limit.e

24. How wonderfula is the instinct b of birds with respect to the structure of their nests!

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25. In some nests hair, wool, and rushes, are dexterously interwoven; in some all the parts are firmly fastened by a thread' which the bird makes of hemp3, wool, hair, or more commonlyk of spiders' webs.1

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26. Many birds, asa for instance the blackbird and the lapwing, after they have constructed their nest, plasterf the insides with mortarh which cements and binds the whole together; they then stickk upon it', while m quite wet, some wool or moss, to give it the necessary" degree of warmth.P

21. a Verschiedenheit.

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zwischen with Dat. Girren, n. d Turteltaube, f. Gezwitscher, n. f Sperling, m. schnatter, n. i Ente, f.

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22. a Fähigkeit. Seele, f. Berührungspunkt, m.

ander.

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25. a Haar, n.

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(pl., against the rule, Haare, which is here to be

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used). Wolle, f. Binse, f. d geschickt. ein einander verflechten.

i Theil, m. & dicht.

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26. a wie. bzum Beispiel (which is generally abbreviated in z. B.).

Umsel, f. d Kibik, m. e bauen. fübertünchen. & Innere, n.

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27. The nests of swallows are of a very different construction from those of other birds.

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28. They requirea neither wool, nor hay, nor cords; they make a kind of mortar, with which they form a nest and secure habitation for themselves and their family.

of which they build their

in water, and shake the

29. To moisten a the dust nest, they dip their breasts drops from their wet feathers upon it.g

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30. But the nests most worthy of admiration are those of certain Indian birds, which suspend them with great art from the branches of trees, to secure them from the depredations of various animals and insects.k

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31. What is it that teaches the bird to place her nest in a situationd sheltered from the raing, and secure h against the attacks of other animals?

32. Who has taught her to calculate the time with such accuracy, that she never commitsd a mistake in producing her eggs, before the nest is ready to receive j them?

27. a Schwalbe, f. b say, have a very. verschieden. d Bildung. e take the demonstrative pronoun der, die, das.

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28. a erfordern. Schnur, f. (pl. Schnüre). e sichern. Wohnung with the indefinite article. by the Dative.

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©Urt, f. a bauen.

8 to be expressed

d take the Singular.

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29. a befeuchten. Staub, m. c tauchen. e schütteln. Tropfen, m. say, there upon. 30. a merkwürdigst. bcf. Note 27. e. gewiß. Indisch. ©hången. fan with Acc. 8 Zweig, m. h vor with Dat. i plünderung. jverschieden. Insect, n. (pl.-en).

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31. a

can, Acc.

lehren which is construed with an infinitive without zu. feßen, which must stand at the end of the sentence. e schüßen (say, which is sheltered). fgegen, Acc.

d Ort, m.

gen, m.

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begehen. Fehler, m. hehe. bereit. auf

nehmen.

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33. Admirea in all these things the power, the wisdom, and the goodness of the Creator b!

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34. The bushmen a appear to be the remains of Hottentot hordes who have been driven, by the gradualf encroachments of the European colonists, to seek forj refuge among the inaccessible m rocks" and sterile deserts P of the interior of Africa."

35. Most of the hordes known in the colony byd the name e of bushmen are now entirely destitutes of flocks or herds, and subsist partlyk by the chasem, partly on the wild roots" of the wilderness, and in° times of scarcity on reptiles, grasshoppers", and the larvaes of ants, or by plundering" their hereditary foes" and oppressors, the frontiery boers.

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36. In seasons a when every green herb is devouredd by swarms of locusts, and when the wild games in consequence deserti the pastures of the wilderness, the bush

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d Hottentotten.

i h Europäisch. Colonist, m., and mark, all foreign nouns masculine, with the accent on the last, have en in the cases. J suchen. Zuflucht, f. zwischen, Dat. m unzugänglich. unfruchtbar. P P Wüste, f.

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35. die meisten. nie, f. unter, Das. mangeln with Gen.

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Felsen, m. Innere, n. (G. --n). Africa (G. —§). b bekannt (say, which are known). © Coloe Name, m. fgånzlich. to be destitute crh Schaafheerde, f. i Rinderheerde, f. (say, Schaaf- und Rinderheerde). ¡leben. theils. Ivon, Dat. m Jagd, f. n Wurzel, f. °zu, Dat. Mangel, m. 9 Wurm, m. (pl. Würmer, against the rule). Grille, f. Puppe, f. Umeise, f. Plůn= derung, f. (say, by the plundering of). ▾ Erb. w hereditary for Erbfeind. * Unterdrücker, m. y frontier Boer Grånzbauer, m. (pl.—n, against the rule).

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36. Jahr, n. (p'.—e, against the rule).

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espflanze, f. d verschlingen. e Schwarm, m. 'Heuschrecke, f. g Wild, n., wild game. demzufolge. verlassen, and mark, the Verb must agree in number with the Subject. Weideplaß, m.

man finds a resource in the very1 calamitym which would overwhelm an agricultural or civilized community.

37. He lives by a devouring the devourers; he subsists for weeks and months on locusts alone1, and also preserves a stock3 of this food dried', as we do herrings" or pilchards for future consumption.

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38. The city ofa Jalappa in Mexico is very beautifully b situated at the foot of Macaltephec, at an elevation of 4335 feet above the level of the sea.j

39. Mountains bound a the horizon, except ond one side, where a distant view of the sea adds to the beauty i of the scene.j

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Evergreen forests clothe the surrounding hillse; in the foreground are delightful gardens with fruits of every clime, the banana and fig', the orangem, cherry and apple.

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41. The town is irregularly built, but very picturesque; the houses are in the style of the old houses of Spain with windows down to the ground.i

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Hülfsquelle, f. felb. m Elend, n. " überwältigen. °ackerbautreibend. P gesültet. 9 Gemeinde, f.

37. durch, Acc. b say, the devouring of Verschlingen, n. "Ver= d sich ernähren. e Woche, f. (say, weeks long). fMoballein. 1aufspeichern.

schlinger.

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g von with Dat.

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• Strömling, m. Pzu, Dat. 9 fünftig. Verbrauch, m. 38. of after the common name and before the proper name is not expressed. bschön. to be situated liegen. dan, Dat. ein, Dat. * Fuß, m. (which has no plural when implying meahüber, Dat. Fläcke, f. i Meer, n.

f Erhebung.

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39. a begränzen. ↳ Gesichtskreis, m. ©ausgenommen. dan, Dat. fern. 8 Unblick, m. to add to erhöhen. Schönheit.

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