DUE HOLIDAY." 



The words oui or non, without a verb, 



ud'hui P Do you coin* to my houM to-day t 



..- lirre* choz YOU* ? II i' . <jn book* at horn*? 

 UT, iioiut on uvou, Yet, Sir, vr liave. 



EKSUM or EXAHPLES. 



Oil cat le colonel ? 



M'est-il pua cher noun? 



ir, il n'y est pas. 

 Htuluuio votre mero est-olle A la 



1111118011 P* 



Lidiune, elle n'y eat pa. 

 .-. noun, ou > 



capitaino. 

 N'est-i 



NOD, Monsieur, il i-st choz nous. 

 N'envojrez-Yous pua voa habits chez 



Je les euvoio chez ellcs. 

 N'allez-vous pas chez co monsieur? 



, iis pus, jo n'ui pas le temps 



:ll..-r iiujourd'liui. 



H"hrf t* t/i M 

 H u at hi* #Ukt broth^t. 

 t at our houMf 



.-, he if not. 

 Il your inot/itr at horn* t 



No, Madam, h if not. 



Do you go to our house, or to in* 



/|I>I'-V ' 



JP go to th cajitatii'f. 

 Jf /w not at your brother'* t 

 , he is at our house. 

 Do i/o H not tend your cloth** to your 



f isfcr'f 7 



I tend them, to their house. 

 Do you not go to that gentleman'* ? 

 I do not (R. 12), I have not tim* to 



go thre to-day. 



VOCABULARY. 



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Tho French, in speaking to a person whom they respect, 

 prefix the word Monsieur, Madame, or Mademoiselle, to the 

 word representing their interlocutor's relations or friends. 



EXERCISE 41. 



1. Oh allez-vous.mon ami ? 2. Jo vais chez Monsieur votre 

 pere ; est-il a la maison ? 3. H y est ce matin. 4. D'ou venez- 

 vous ? 5. Nous venons de chez vous et do chez votro soaur. 

 6. Qui cat choz nous ? 7. Mon voisin y est aujourd'hui. 8. 

 Ou avez-vous 1'intention de porter ces livres ? 9. J'ai 1'intcn- 

 tion de les porter chez le fils dn medecin. 10. Avez-vous tori 

 do roster chez vous? 11. Je n'ai pas tort de rester IL la maison. 

 \~2. 1,'horloger a-t-il de bonnes montres chez lui ? 13. II n'a 

 pas de montres choz lui, il en a dans son magasin. 14. Chez 

 qui portez-vous vos livres? 15. Je les porte chez le relicur. 

 ioz-vous chez lo capitaine hollandais ? 17. Nous n'allons 

 pas chez le capitaine hollandais, nous aliens chez lo major russe. 

 18. Est-il chez vous ou chez votre frere ? 19. H demenre choz 

 none. 20. Ne demeurons-nous pas chez votre tailleur? 21. 

 Vons y domeurez. 22. Votre peintro d'ou vient-il ? 23. II 

 viont do chez son associe. 24. Ou portez-vous mes souliers et 

 mon gilet? 25. Je porto vos souliers chez le cordonnier et votre 

 gilet chez lo tailleur. 



EXERCISE 42. 



1. Where does your friend go ? 2. He is going [Sect. XXII., 

 6] to your house or to your brother's. 3. Does he not intend to 

 go to your partner's ? 4. He intends to go there, but he has 

 no time to-day. 5. What do yon want to-day ? 6. I want my 

 waistcoat, which (qui) is at the tailor's. 7. Are your clothes 

 at the painter's ? 8. They are not there, they are at the tailor's. 

 :i. Where do you live, my friend? 10. I live at your sister-in- 

 's? 11. Is your father at home? 12. No, Sir, he is not. 

 Whore does your servant carry the wood? 14. Ho carries 

 it to the liussian captain's. 15. Docs the gentleman who (qui) 

 is wuli your father live at his house? 16. No, Sir, ho lives 

 with me. 17. Is he wrong to live with you ? 18. No, Sir, he 

 is right to live with mo. 19. Whence (d'ou) comes the carpen- 

 20. Ho comes from his partner's house. 21. Has he two 

 ]>artn<T:< :- J2. No, Sir, he has only one, who lives here (ici). 

 23. Have you time to go to our houso this nmrnimr r - t. W. 

 :ao to go there. 25. We intend to go there, and to speak 

 to your sister. G. Is she at your house ? 27. She is at her 

 (own) house. 28. Have you bread, butter, and cheese at homer 

 29. We have bread and butter there. 30. We have no eheeec 

 vo do not like cheeae. 31. Is your watch at the watch- 



! t (elle) U there. 33. Hare yon two gold watches f 

 24. I haro only one gold watch. intend*) to go to 017 



father's this morning ? 36. Nobody intend*} to go there. 



OUR HOLIDAY. 



UOCKET. 



WHEN the frost* of winter have hardened the ground, and the 



air ia keen and bracing, oat-door amusements, to bo at one* 



:ili!o :ni.| I ....... fn-ial, must be active and exhilarating in their 



nuttiY ...irity in the winter MMOU of nuch 



games as Football and Hookey ; their new competitor, La Cross*, 

 of which we gave a description in No. 1 of the POPULAR 1 

 CATOB, which seemed destined to attract general favour on the 

 same grounds, only survived a few seasons. A new game is * 

 new source of harmless pleasnre to hundreds, and perhaps to 

 thousands or tens of thousands, and therefore it was all the 

 more to be regretted that this game was so soon entirely 

 abandoned. The great and almost sadden popularity of Cro- 

 quet shows how welcome is a suitable addition to the list of 

 popular amusements, and we therefore spare a passing word 

 to comment upon the reception given to the Indian gam* 

 which was tho subject of our firat paper. 



Of Football we have also treated ; and we have now to 

 describe the game of Hock jy, which, under the names of Shinty 

 in Scotland and Hurling in Ireland, is popular throughout the 

 United Kingdom. 



Hockey consists in driving a ball from one point to another 

 by means of a hooked stick, and is believed to derive its name 

 from tho shape of the latter implement, sometimes called a 

 hookey. No precise rule is laid down as to the form this stick 

 should take. I f < Is simply a weapon with a bent knob or hook 

 at the end, largo or small, thick or thin, according to the option 

 of the player, and used for the purpose of striking the ball, or 

 perhaps of catching it up on the point for a throw towards toe 

 goal. Hockey-sticks, therefore, are of all shapes, sometimes 

 simply in the form of a stout walking-stick with a crook at 

 the end. 



The Hockey ball must bo one fitted to receive hard and 

 frequent blows. Anything in tho nature of a cricket-ball is 

 found to be ill-adapted for this peculiar game, as the leather 

 soon bursts, through the effects of the knocks received from all 

 kinds of rugged-pointed sticks. A large bung, strongly tied 

 and quilted over with string, is a favourite and an inexpensive 

 ball for the purpose ; and the best of all is perhaps a solid india- 

 rubber one, or the larger part of a thick india-rubber bottle, 

 firmly closed at the end from which the neck has been cut. 



Now for the game itself, which in its principle bean a grot 

 resemblance to Football, and contains at least the germ of the 

 Canadian La Crosse. The players are divided into two parties, 

 each of which has its goal, the goals being fixed towards either 

 end of a tolerably spacious ground. They consist, as at Foot- 

 ball, of two upright posts, about six feet apart, but the cross 

 pole is almost invariably employed at Hockey, and is usually 

 placed at a height of about four feet from the ground. Through 

 these goals the ball has to be driven ; and the space through 

 which it has to pass at either end, before the game is won, is 

 therefore a space of about six feet by four. 



In commencing, tho two parties meet midway between the 

 goals, and ore arranged in line, their left hands towards the 

 opponents' goal, and their right directed to their own. Tho 

 ball is thrown up into the air by one of the party winning 

 the toss, by which toss also the choice of position for the 

 goal is determined. As the ball falls, it is the object of both 

 sides to strike it towards the goal of the enemy, or at least to 

 prevent it from being struck in the direction of their own. Two 

 goal-keepers are stationed at each end to beat back the ball if 

 | it approaches dangerously near ; and, if tho party playing b 

 I large enough, it is usual to place two of the opposite ride 

 the respective goal-keepers, in order that their defensive 

 may be rendered unavailing. 



It may well be imagined that on the fall of tho ball an 

 exciting scone ensues. In the attempt to strike it, the hockey- 

 sticks are crossed in mimic warfare, and as it reaches the ground 

 both sides surround it in a general " scrimmage," wh:i 

 pushed, thrust, or struck by the hockey-sticks, according to the 

 chance which the various players may get of aiming at >L The 

 hockey-stick properly should never be raised much hijjuer than 



