I, "you are providing pain for yourself, instead of pleasure; you give too much for your whistle."

If I see one fond of fine clothes, fine furniture, fine 'equipages, all above his fortune, and for which he contracts debts, and ends his career in prison; "Alas!" I say, "he has paid dear, very dear for his whistle."

In short, I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by the false estimates they have made of the value of things, and by their "giving too much for their whistles." Franklin.

Covetous people lose more than they gain. Show (a) what the man who is ambitious of court favour loses, (b) what the miser sacrifices, (c) what the man of pleasure sacrifices, (d) what the man ambitious for grandeur sacrifices. Give an account of the author, and say if you think he made a good use of the lesson experience taught him when a boy.

1 ambitious, being desirous of getting honour or office; possessing an eager desire of preferment (office), honour, superiority or power. 2 court-favour, desirous of obtaining the favour of a sovereign, so as to be placed in high authority. The gentlemen and ladies in waiting upon a sovereign compose the court. 3 levee, an assemblage of visitors who meet for the purpose of being introduced to the sovereign. laudable, praiseworthy; deserving of praise. 'sensual gratification, gratifying the lusts (desires) of the flesh by indulging excessively (very much) in eating, drinking, gay society, etc. pain for yourself, excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures always brings ill-health. 'equipages. Equipage generally refers to furniture, especially that of a soldier, an army, or a vessel; here equipages mean grand carriages with fine horses and smart servants. false estimates. To estimate is to calculate or reckon up beforehand what anything will cost. To give a false estimate is to value the thing in question at either too high or too low a rate: thus, a man fond of show, and who sacrifices good principles

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to get it, has not considered that honesty and uprightness are of far higher value than riches. Franklin. Benjamin Franklin, a distinguished American statesman and philosopher, was born at Boston in 1706. (see app.)

LEAVING Madras, the Prince proceeded by sea to Calcutta. Calcutta is built on the Hoogly, one of the mouths of the 'Ganges. This river discharges its waters into the Bay of Bengal by a number of streams which in their course 'intersect one another, and form a number of islands called the Sunderbunds. These are low and sandy, covered with jungle, and inhabited by tigers and other wild animals.

Calcutta is the most important city of India. Running through Bengal is the mighty Ganges, with its thousands of tributaries, beautifying and fertilizing an immense plain, the whole of which is covered with fields of rice and plantations of 3indigo.

To the north of the plain, and forming the northern boundary of India, are the 'Himalaya Mountains. These are among the grandest and the richest in the world. On looking at the map, you will see that they do not form one single chain,

but are a succession of ranges, and cover a great extent of country.

But to us in England, Bengal stands out prominently as the principal battle-field of India. Many a noble soldier has lost his life there, and

many a tale of horror can be told, of how the Hindoos, without giving the least warning, have massacred every English person they could find. The 'Indian mutiny is fresh in the minds of every Englishman, and it must have been with feelings

of sadness that the Prince visited Calcutta, Delhi, Lucknow, and Cawnpore.

It would weary you to describe each of the places visited by the Prince; we will therefore conclude these brief sketches by telling you something of a three weeks' tiger hunting in the Terai.

The Terai is a belt of prairie, or jungle that skirts the great forest at the foot of the Himalayas. Game of all kinds, from the rhinoceros, elephant, and tiger, to the pig and jungle fowl, inhabit the thick jungle and dense swamps. In the summer it is very unhealthy; indeed, the natives have a great dread of the district, calling it the "land of death." There are more tigers in the Terai of Nepaul, than anywhere in India, except, perhaps, certain districts of the Sunderbunds.

To rid the country of these destructive creatures is a deed which confers great public benefit. The loss to agricultural industry in India by these animals is something astonishing. During four years, twentyfour thousand oxen were carried off, and many rich pastures in the forest were deserted, because of their ravages. Still more serious than this is the loss of human life. In 1869, one tigress killed one hundred and twenty-seven people, and stopped a public road for many weeks. In the Central Provinces the Chief Commissioner has reported nine hundred and forty-six deaths from tigers during three years.

A tiger hunt is consequently very common, and the Prince's visit would not have been complete