RECREATIVE NATURAL HISTORY. 



2M 



XOKI* *to~tv tv&aiuovt*. 9. 'H mi<f>ia tv rott ruv avBpunrwv 



TWV KoXoic tpuras tvtyttpit. 10. 'O Oavarot rovt 

 <ppovrt$u>v airoXu. 11. 'H <f>iAm 8ia OJIOIOTT/TOJ 

 ytyvtrat. 12. Oicot tyttpti yt\a>ra. 13. Ev VVKTI #ot/Arj rott 

 ffotpots ytyvtrat. 14. Ol crixpoi KoAafoixri rijv Kaxorijra. 15. 

 O/ avOptfirot iruAAa/cis Kov<f>ats t\wtffi rtpwovrat. 



EXERCISE 28. ENGLISH-GREEK. 



rds sing. 2. Favour is begotten by favour, strife by 

 MtrifV. 3. By (dat.) wisdom (there) is awakened in men's minds 

 a wonderful love of good things. 4. I am delighted with tho 

 song of birds. 5. Tho songs of birds delight the shephi-nl. <!. 

 We delight in (dat.) birds. 7. Mon follow kings. 8. Men obey 

 tho king. 



Tin TO are neuter nouns which belong to this class. The 

 stem of these neuter nouns ends in r and in KT, as 70X0, milk, 

 7oAoKT-oj, of milk. As the laws of euphony do not endure 

 a T or KT at the end of a word, the T and the KT disappear 

 in the nominative, or pass (as in ovs, gen. WTOS, an ear) into a. 

 Thus, TO iraifta, ffwfiaTos, a body ; TO 70*0;, yovaros, a knee ; 

 TO -yaAo, 7aXoKTos, milk, and TO ovs, oros, an ear, are declined 

 as follows : 



Singular. 



yow. 



yov&T-os. 



yovaT-t. 



yow. 



yow. 



Plural. 

 yovaT-a. 

 yovaT-tav. 

 yova-fft.* 

 yov&T-a. 

 yovaT-a. 



Dual. 

 yov&T-f. 

 yova.T-otv. 



Nom. 

 Gen. 

 Dat. 



Arc. 

 Voo. 



Nom. 



Gen. 



Dat. 



Aco. 



Voc. 



triaua. 



(ra>judT-oi. 



ffUfiHr-i. 



ffufia. 



ffta/jia. 



70X0. 



7oXoKT-oj. 



ya\aKT-i. 



ya\a. 



70X01. 



our. 



tar-os. 



wr-i. 



our. 



ous. 



ya\aKT-a. <ar-a. 



ffd>fia.T-a. 

 ffufwr-a. 



7oXo-.* 

 ya\aKT-a.. 

 ya\a,KT-a. 



ta-ffi. 

 tar-a. 

 tar-a. 



N.A.V. 

 G.D. 



tar-f. 



<ar-OlV. 



ya\aKT-e. 

 ya\aKT-oiv. 



Like yow (stem yovar) decline TO $opv, a spear, 

 SopdTi, etc. ; dat. pi. Sopa.cn. 



VOCABULARY. 



'ISpeoy, ISptaTos, o, 

 sweat. 



'I/C6TTJJ, -ov, b, an 

 entreater, peti- 

 tioner. 



Mtxpos, -a, -ov, small. 



MvOos,-ov, b, a speech, 



word. 







nymph. 

 IIoiKiXos, -ri, -ov, va-| 



nous, variegated, j 

 Tlpayfia, -&TOS, TO, a 



deed, thing. 



thing spoken, a 

 word. 



EXERCISE 29. GREEK-ENGLISH. 



1. Ev xa\eirots irpayfiafftv 0X1701 fTaipoi irierroi tifftv. 2. Ol 

 iKfTat TUV yovaT<av airrovTat. 3. 'O OavaTos (ffTt )(wp ia 't>- * TT /s 

 ^U^T/S Kat TOU fftaftaTos. 4. 'O irXouroy Kapt'^ti rots avdpcairois 

 wotKtXo or/#77/xaTa. 5. Mr; irftOov KaKuv avOpuiruv prjfjiafftv. 6. 

 Mrj Sai/Xctx, <a irat, TTJ TOV ffa>/j.aTos Otpairtia. 7. Ol 'EXAiji'fj 

 Tats tJufiipats Kparrjpas ya\aKTOs ffTrtvSovfftv. 8. E(?<e Kat yvfivafc 

 TO rrtaua. ffvv irovots Kat ISpian. 9. Oi a5oXff'x<i Tfipovfft ra <ara 



irpaynara. 11. Oi <pav\ot (jtvQot rtav urcav ov\ a-rrovrai. 12. 

 Tois ufftv aKovofi.fi>. 13. MTJ f^datpf <f>t\nv ftixpov afiapnjfiaTos 

 fvtKa. 14. Tevov, <a vat, TOV ya\aKTos. 15. Ol (rrpoTiewrai 



OOpCLTO. fjCl(TTa\OV(riV. 



EXERCISE 30. ENGLISH-GREEK. 



1. O young men, exercise your (the) bodies with labour and 

 Bweat. 2. We strive after good deeds. 3. Many men delight 



(TCO/XaT-6. 



ff<a/jia,r-oiv. 



-&Toy, TO, 



a failing, a fault, 



sin. 

 'Aurora', I hang 



on something, I 



touch. 

 Bao-Taa>, I bear, 



carry. 

 Borj077jua, -dTos, TO, 



help. 



Fcvo^at, I taste. 

 Tvf*.vafa, I exercise. 

 AtayueijSojuai, I ex- 



chn 1 1 



EOtfa, I accustom. 

 6cpair<ia,-as, T), care, 



service. 



2irj/5a), I pour out, 



make a libation. 

 2iri/5w, I hasten. 

 TawroAo7io, -as, ij, 



saying the same 



thing again, repe- 



tition. 

 *at/Xos, -TJ, -ov, radi- 



cally bad. 

 Xprj/uct, -&TOJ, TO, a 



thing for use; in 



the plural, goods, 



property. 

 Xpno-ros, -j, -ov, use- 



ful, good. 

 \<i>pur/j.os, -ov, 6, a 



separation. 



* For <TW/uTO-i, 70aT<7i ) 



in gold. 4. From a good deed arum glory. 5. We admire the 

 good words of the wine. 6. The good deed* of good men are 

 admired. 7. The soldiers fight with (dat) ipe*n. 8. I do 

 not exchange the wealth of virtue for (dat.) longs. 9. Obey ye 

 not the words of the bad. 



KEY TO EXERCISES IN LESSONS IN GBEEK.-VIII. 



EXEKCIHE 21. GREEK-ENGLISH. 



1. Fay respect to the old man. 2. Wonhip the dJTiuitie*. 3. 

 herds guard flocks. 4. Avoid the bad man a* a perilous harbour, ft. 

 Without the divinity man is not happy. 6. Ood dwells ia the upper 

 air. 7. Often severe cores waste away the minds of men. 8. Follow 

 good leaden, O beloved (O friend). 9. O young man, get out of the 

 way of the aged. 10. Often the people have an unjust disposition (as 

 their) leader. 11. God ia the punisher of those who are too elated. 



12. Have a sound mind. 13. O God, bestow good fortune on old men. 

 14. Huntsmen capture lions. 



EXERCISE 22. KXGLISH-GREEX. 



1. Oi <rya0oi trailer -rout -ycpoiraf Otptnttvovoi. 2. Oi itforrtt fttpawtvorrcu 

 viro riav a^aduiv irat&uv. 3. Oi <ru>0put<cv Kanai ciKOinri rut o&ov Ton ^cpowi. 

 4. 'Eircrft, u <pt\oi, afaOtp ifttfiovi. 5. Exofiev ataVovt vyc/iuvuv. '' 

 roXAaxir tircrai xaxoiv ii-]inuai. 7. *O Otov Tupx'< tviuxtav roir 

 8. Ol AcofTCr dnptuotnat viro TUP Oi}pturav. 9. To Oeiov crt/Jo^itW,i. 



EXERCISE 23. GREEK-ENGLISH. 



1. Love your father and your mother. 2. Be not thou a slave to 

 the belly. 3. Rejoice, O dear youth, in thy good father and thy good 

 mother. 4. Consult not with a bad man. 5. There were many beau- 

 tiful temples to (in honour of) Demeter (Ceres). 6. The good daughter 

 willingly obeys her dear mother. 7. Good men are admired. 8. Often 

 a bad son is born of a good father. 9. I hate the bad man. 10. Shining 

 glory follows good men. 11. Persephone (Proserpine) was the daughter 

 of Demeter (Ceres). 12. O dear daughter, love thy mother. 13. 

 Virtue is an honourable prize for a wise (skilful) man. 14. Good 

 sons love their fathers and their mothers. 15. The Greeks worship 

 Demeter. 16. O dear youths, obey your fathers and your mothers. 

 17. O dear father, gratify thy beloved daughter. 



EXERCISE 24. ENGLISH-GREEK. 



1. n vtaviai, <TTtp7T6 TOK iraTCpa Kai rriv /irrrcpa. 2. Ai O7u0ui OvyaTiptt 

 roit *arpa<rt KCU -rait wrpaai irciBoinai. 3. Ol iroXirai TT An/inTtpa cr(/3oy 

 TOI. 4. T>) At)/uriTpc fwtrai n Hcpirtfovri. 5. To acrTCpa davftafoptv. 6. Q 

 Onpevrai, nn SovXev^e rtj faarpi. 7. ^aOn untnp a-ja0n Ovjattpa trrtpyet. 

 8. fl MITep xat wa-rep, atfp^t-te TOOT raidar. 9. 'O avnp x^"P< Ta '- 10. To 

 avipa cxftaipovcrt. 11. Toic <ro(j>ois avApaat WfiBotnai. 12. Tr; AqfiqTp< twofiau. 



13. FloXXaxir (f afaSou irarpor Kat unrpor iifvovrcu tanot viot. 



RECREATIVE NATURAL HISTORY, 



THE CAMEL FAMILY. 



IT is not often that one seee a camel in this country. Our 

 knowledge of it is derived from accounts of Eastern travel, in 

 which we End it, as a rule, to receive a fair share of notice ; so 

 that we have come to associate its name with turbaned men 

 and veiled women, flat-roofed houses and gilded minarets, 

 pyramids and obelisks, but more than all with sandy deserts! 

 When we do get an occasional glance at it, it is in one of our 

 travelling menageries or at a zoological garden ; and sometimes 

 amidst all the pageantry of a circus procession, where, but for 

 its odd, hump-backed appearance, it would be unnoticed among 

 the gilded chariots, armoured knights, and the fantastically 

 dressed men and women, headed by a more noisy than musical 

 brass band. Far different are the processions in which the 

 camel has been wont to travel. In the East, among hundred* 

 of its fellows forming a caravan, it has been burdened with 

 baggage, provisions, or riders, and has patiently trod on its 

 weary way under a burning sun, on scorching sands, to the 

 tune of the monotonous song sung by an Arab gnide. Yet, 

 notwithstanding the hardships to which it must be subjected, 

 for days without water, and fed with next to no food, travellers 

 tell us that the camels there are fine animals compared with the 

 specimens one meets with here, which only give TJS an exag- 

 gerated idea of their ungainly appearance and lumbering gait. 

 Indeed, if external beauty had to be taken as a mark of the 

 value of an animal, the camel would not be worth much ; but 

 just as the sober plumage of the nightingale is no index of the 

 value set upon it by admirers of its song, so the ugly exterior 

 of the camel affords no idea whatever of its real value to man, 

 who has learnt to appreciate its many genuine qualities. 



