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during school hours, let them go out and watch the flakes 

 fall. With a few lenses examine the flakes. These may be 

 caught for that purpose upon a slate or piece of glass, 

 which should be as cold as snow so that the flakes will not 

 melt too quickly. Under very favorable conditions, the pupils 

 may be able to see the beautiful symmetry of the crystals. 

 Usually, however, the crystals are mutilated in falling. Their 

 crystalline structure, at least, is easily seen, and the pupils 

 will be much interested in the lesson. 



As flake after flake falls, the snow becomes deeper and 

 deeper. Measure the depth after it has ceased to fall ; then, 

 in a rain gauge or other tin vessel, melt what may have fallen, 

 and see how much depth of rain the snow would make. 

 It takes a depth of eight or ten inches of snow melted to 

 make one inch depth of water covering a like area. 



What becomes of the snow? Where does it melt first? 

 Where does it melt last ? Where does it never melt ? What 

 becomes of the water from the snows that melt in the moun- 

 tains? For what do farmers in the arid regions use this 

 water? Do you know of any canon stream fed by melting 

 snows? When do the snows melt mostly? Do we have 

 rain during these warm months? What a blessing that the 

 storms of winter bring snow instead of rain ! 



LESSON XXXI 

 OUR HOME 



Name the different rooms in your home. Which is the 

 best one ? What is the parlor used for ? How is it furnished ? 

 How is it decorated? 



What is the kitchen used for ? What furniture belongs 

 in the kitchen? Discuss in a similar way the dining room; 



