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able to advance any further, Burke and Wills soon died of 

 exhaustion, and King himself was at the point of death, when 

 he was discovered by a party of the natives, who .treated him 

 with the iitmost kindness, and, when he was sufficiently re- 

 covered, brought him on his way towards Melbourne, which he 

 reached in safety towards the close of the year, having met with 

 an expedition which had been sent out to see if any traces 

 could be discovered of the missing travellers. 



In other parts of Oceania, little of any importance besides 

 surveys of the coast and different parts of the waters of the 

 Pacific has been effected of late years, nor have any further 

 discoveries been made with regard to the outlying lands of the 

 Antarctic continent that is supposed to encircle the South Pole, 

 girdled by volcanic ranges that seem to forbid all access to 

 whatever may lie beyond, although it may bo mentioned that a 

 theory has been broached to the effect that within the belt of 

 burning mountains that line its gloomy ice-bound shores, it is 

 possible there may be a country in which human life may be 

 sustained, and in which may be found productions suitable to 

 its soil and clime, that are amply sufficient for man's require- 

 ' ments. 



LESSONS IN FRENCH. XIX. 



SECTION XXX. RELATIVE PRONOUNS [ 38]. 



1. Qui, used as nominative, may relate to persons or to 

 things. 



Lea fleurs qui sont dans votre T7i fan-era which are in your 

 jardin, garden. 



2. Qui, used as the object of a verb, can only be said of per- 

 Bons. It is used interrogatively with or without a preposition. 



Qui votre frere voit-il ? 



De qui parlez-vous ce matin ? 



Whom does your brother see 1 



Of whom do you speak this morning? 



3. Que may be paid of persons or things. It can never be 

 understood, and must be repeated before every verb [Sect. 

 XVIII. 1]. 



Les personnes que nous voyons, The persons whom we see. 

 Les langues que iious apprenons, The languages which we learn. 



4. Ce que is employed for that which, or its equivalent wJiat. 



Ce que vous apprenez est utile, That ichich you !earn is useful. 



Trouvez-vousce quo vous cherchez ? Do you find what you seek ? 



5. Que answers to the English pronoun ivhat, used absolutely 

 before a verb. 



Que pensez-vous de cela ? 



Wliat do you think of that? 



6. Quoi, when not used as an exclamation, is generally pre- 

 ceded by a preposition, and relates only to things. 



De quoi voulez-vous parler ? 

 A quoi pensez-vous ? 



Of what do you wish to speak ? 

 Of what do you think ? 



7. Lequel, m., laquelle, f., lesquels, m. pi., lesquelles, f. pi., 

 which, or which one [Sect. XVII. 6], or ichich ones, relate to per- 

 sons or things. They may be preceded by a proposition. 



Lequel avez-vous apporte 1 ? 

 Duquel parlez-vous ? 



Which one have you brought ? 

 Of which one do you speak? 



8. Dont, of which, or of ivhom, whose, may relate to persons or 

 things, in the masculine or feminine, singular o plural. , It can 

 never be used absolutely, and must always be preceded by an 

 antecedent. It is preferable to de qui or duquel, etc. 



Les fleurs dont vous me parlez, The ./lowers of which you speak to me. 

 Les demoiselles dont votre soeur The young ladies of whom your 

 vous parle, sister speaks to you. 



9. PRESENT OF THE INDICATIVE OF THE IRREGULAR VERBS. 



DI-RE, 4, to say. 



Je dis, I say, do :ay, or 



am saying. 

 To. dis. 

 Edit. 



Nous disons. 

 Vous dites. 

 Us disent. 



RESUME OF EXAMPLES. 

 Connaissez-vous le monsieur qui Do you know the gentleman wfco 



parle a notre cousin ? speaks to our cousin ? 



Je connais celui qui lui parle. I know him who speaks to him. 



Comprenez-vous ce que je vous dis ? Do you understand what I say to you) 

 Qui TOUS a parle de cette affaire ? Who has spoken to you of thin affair'; 



The Englishman of whom you, speak 



is here. 



The Spaniard ichose sister is here. 

 What do you do this morning ? 



L'Angljiis dout vous parlez est ici. 



What do you say to our friend? 



L'Espagnol dont la soeur est ici. 

 Que faites-vous ce matin? 

 Que dites-voug a notre ami ? 



Nous f aisons ce que vous nous dites. We do that which you say to us, 



Pour qui faites-vous cet habit? For whom do you make this coat ? 



De quoi parlez-vous a votre frere ? Of what do you speak to your brother f 



Nous faisons ce que nous pouvons. We do what we can. 



Nousparlonsdece dontvous parlez. We speak of that of which you speak. 



VOCABULARY. 



1. Qui connaissez-vous ? 2. Nous connaissons les Hollandaia 

 dont vous nous parlez. 3. Quclles lemons apprenez-vous ? 4. 

 Nous apprenons les Ie9ons que vous nous recommandez. 5. Ce 

 que je vous dis est-il vrai. 6. Ce qne vous nous dites est vrai. 

 7. De qui nous parlez-vous ? 8. Nous vous parlons des JScossais 

 qui viennent d'arriver. 9. Savez-vous qui vient d'arriver ? 10. 

 Je sais que le monsieur que votre frere connait vient d'arriver. 

 11. Vos sceurs que font-elles ? 12. Elles ne font presquo rien, 

 elles n'ont presque rien a faire. 13. Que mettez-vous dans votre 

 coffre ? 14. Nous y mettons co que nous avons, nos habillements 

 et notre lingo. 15. N'y mettez-vous pas vos souliers ? 16. 

 Nous y mettons les souliers dont nous avons besoin. 17. De 

 quoi avez-vous besoin ? 18. Nous avons besoin de co que nous 

 avons. 19. Cet enfant sait-il ce qu'il fait ? 20. II sait ce qu'il 

 fait et ce qu'il dit. 21. No voulez-vous pas le leur dire ? 22. 

 Avec beaucoup de plaisir. 23. Faites-vous ce que le marchand 

 vous commando ? 24. Nous faisons ce qu'il nous dit. 25. II 

 parle de ce dont vous parlez. 



EXERCISE 56. 



1. Have you what (ce dont) you want ? 2. We have what we 

 want. 3. Is the gentleman whom you know here ? 4. The 

 lady of whom you speak is here. 5. Is she just arrived ? 

 (Sect. XXV. 2) ? 6. She is just arrived. 7. Do you know that 

 gentleman ? 8. I know the gentleman wllo is speaking with 

 your father. 9. Do you know his name ? 10. I do not know 

 his name, but I know where he lives (demewre). 11. What do 

 you do every morning? 12. We do almost nothing; we have 

 very little to do. 13. Docs the tailor make your clothes ? 14. 

 He makes my clothes, my brother's, and my cousin's. 15. Do 

 you know what you say ? 16. I know what I say, and what I 

 do. 17. Do you know the Scotchman of whom your brother 

 speaks ? 18. I know him well. 19. What does he put into his 

 trunk ? 20. He puts his clothes. 21. Is that which you say 

 true ? 22. What I say is true. 23. Do you understand that 

 which I say to you ? 24. I understand all that you say. 25. 

 Of whom does your brother speak ? 26. He speaks of the 

 gentleman whose sister is here. 27. Is your brother wrong to- 

 do what he does ? 28. He cannot be wrong to do it. 29. 

 What are you doing ? 30. I am doing that which you do. 31. 

 Where do you put my books ? 32. Into (dans) your brother's 

 trunk. 33. Is your brother here ? 34. He is not here. 35 

 He is at my brother's, or at my father's. 



SECTION XXXI. -IDIOMATIC USES OF METTEE, ETC. 



1. The verb mettre is used in the same sense as the English 

 to put on, in speaking of garments. Mettre le convert means 

 to lay tlie cloth, or set the table. 



Quel chapeau mettez-vous ? Wliat hat do you put on 1 



Votre frere met son habit noir, Your brother puts on his black coat. 



Le domestiqueva mettre le couvert, The servant is going to lay the cloth. 



2. Oter means to take off, to take away, to take out. 

 Mon domestique ote son chapeau, My servant takes off his hat. 



6tez ce livre de la table, Take away that look from the table. 



N'a-t-on pas otd le diner ? Have they not taken away the dinner * 



