IIL-MECIIAMCS, 



NAlillATIVE. 



LESSON I. 



A FEW miles from Keith, a little 

 village in Banflshire, lived a poor in .n, 

 who supported a large family by an 

 occasional day's work, and the profits 

 arising from the cultivation of a few 

 acres of land which he rented ; but 

 although poor he was honest, and n 

 iis duty towards liis Maker. 1 

 nd late he was seen working in the 

 fields, or busy about his house, v. 

 was situated on a hi^li 

 in the midst of groves of beautiful trees. 



