THE POPULAR EDUCATOR. 



with success that it has obtained the reputation of being one of 

 the most bloodthirsty of animals. A tiger hunt is therefore 

 attended with no small amount of danger, and we are familiar 

 with accounts of the hair-breadth escapes and thrilling adventures 

 which Indian sportsmen have encountered in these hunts. Both 

 the lion and tiger are capable of being tamed and trained, 

 and one may occasionally see them being put through their per- 

 formances in travelling menageries. The tiger, which is slenderer 

 than the lion, is also more active and stealthy in its movements. 

 Stealing from its den at a convenient hour, it proceeds to some 

 place where it can hide ; it then springs on the first victim that 

 presents itself, whether it be man or animal. It is said by some 

 naturalists to kill not for the mere pleasure of killing, but for 

 food, not waiting to attack until driven by hunger. The tigress 

 and lioness both exhibit great affection for their young. 



The other members of the cat family, although perhaps of 

 equal importance to those we have so far described, have not 

 received so much attention, and we may therefore devote the 

 remainder of the small space at our disposal to a description of 

 some of them. Six of them the panther, leopard, ounce, serval, 

 jaguar, and ocelot, have spotted coats, differing, however, in 

 the nature and disposal of these spots, as well as in certain 

 other respects. Thus in the leopard the spots are farther apart 

 than in the panther. It is not always easy to distinguish, how- 

 ever, between these two animals, as from their great resem- 

 blance one has often been taken for the other, whence has 

 arisen much confusion in the accounts of them. The leopard is 

 much the larger of the two, some having been measured which 

 were as much as seven feet four inches long from the tip of the 

 nose to the root of the tail, while the panther is only about 

 three feet long measured in the same way. There is also a 

 structural difference between the two animals, the tail of the 

 leopard having in it only twenty-two small bones or vertebrsa, 

 while that of the panther has twenty-eight. The panther is found 

 in Asia, more particularly in India and Japan, and the leopard 

 inhabits the whole of Africa as well as part of Asia. 



The jaguar has been called the American tiger, and the puma 

 the American lion, but however much the former may merit the 

 title of tiger, it would seem that the name of lion is' inappro- 

 priate whon applied to the puma. For the puma by no means 

 equals the lion in size and strength, although it is the largest 

 of American cats. It is more like the lioness in general 

 appearance, but it does not even come up to this animal in 

 size, being little, if anything, over four and a half feet long. It 

 seldom attacks man, but it is very destructive to the native 

 animals and cattle in its vicinity, killing many of them before 

 it commences to feed. It is found in Paraguay, Brazil, Guiana, 

 Mexico, and the United States. The jaguar, measuring close 

 upon seven feet from the end of the nose to the root of the 

 tail, nearly equals the tiger in size, and its habits make it as 

 much feared by the herds of wild animals which graze on the 

 Pampas of South America. Its spotted markings, irregular in 

 shape and on a tawny ground, are most numerous on the head, 

 thighs, legs, and back. It seeks its food in the rivers as well 

 as on the plains, being a good fisher, as well a mighty hunter. 



The serval, ocelot, ounce, lynx, and wild cat all possess the 

 attributes of the cat family, remorselessly taking the life of 

 such animals as they elect to feed on. It seems difficult to see 

 what is the use of all this strife in nature, but we may never- 

 theless rest assured 



" That not a worm is cloven in vain ; 

 That not a moth with vain desire 

 Is shrivell'd in a fruitless fire 

 Or but subserves another's gain." 



READINGS IN GERMAN. II. 



2. Die ftetne SBoIjttttaterix. 



Dee kli'-nai vole'-tey-t ai-riu. 



( hxit etn fatter ftrenget SBtntcr. Da fammctte bte 

 Ess vahr ine kal'-ter shtreng'-er vin'-ter. Dah zam'-mel-tai dee 

 flctne 3flinna, bte etnjtge od;ter toofjttfyatiger ?Ieltcrn, tie 

 kli'-nai min'-na, dee ine'-tsl-gai tod/ter vole'-tey-ti-gher el'-tern, dee 

 .Rrumcfjen unb SBrofamen, tie iibrig blicbcn unb teiuafircte 

 krtt'm'-yen o3nt bro'-zali-ruen, dee ii"-briy blee'-bon oout bai-vah'-rai-tai 



* The different specimens of these vary considerably, tb.2 numbers 

 ivsn are therefore approximations only. 



fte. Dann gtng fte 6,inauS jwetmal am $age auf ben J&of 

 zee. Dan ghiuk zee hln-ouss' tswi'-mahl am tah'-gai ouf dain ho'f 



unb flreuete tie Jtrumctjen f)in, unb bie 'Bogtcin ffoo.cn tyevbet 

 6?ntshtroi'-ai-taidee kril'm'-yen hln, oont dee fo'g'-line flo'-ghen herr-bi' 



unb ptcften fie auf. Dent 3flabd;cn abcr jittertcn tie ante 

 55nt pick'-ten zee ouf. Daim meyt'-yen ah'-ber tsit'-ter-teu dee hen'-dai 



cor 8ro(l in ter bittern Jtdtte. Da betaufdjten fie bte 2lettern 

 fore fr5st in dair bit'-tern kel'-tai. Dah bai-loush'-ten zee dee el'-tern 



unb freuten ftrfj te3 lieblid;en 2In6(icf3 unb fpradjen: SBarunt 

 oont froi'-ten zty dess leep'-ll-yen an'-blicks <5cSnt shprah'-ctyen: Vah'-r65m 

 ttjuft bu taS, aJitnna? 

 toost doo dass, min'-na ? 



@8 ift ja 2U(e nut @d>nee unb @t bebecft. antioortetc 

 Ess ist yah al'-less mit shney 5i5nt ice bai-deckt', ant'-vi5r-tai-tai 



QJiinna, bag bie fyten$en nid;t8 fmten fonnen ; nun ftnb fie 

 min'-iia, dass dee teer'-yen nlyts ftn'-den kon'-neu; soon zlnt zee 



arm, barum futtere id) fie, fo nne tie rcid;en 2flenfd;en bie armen 



arm, dah'-r65m fut'-tai-rai Ky zee, zo vee dee ri'-yen man'-shen dee ar'-men 

 untevftu&en unb ernafyren. 



oou'-ter-shtiif'sen Oont err-ney'-ren. 



Da fagte ber SBater : 2lber bu fannft fte bod; nidjt afle 

 Dah zahcty'-tai dair fah'-ter : ah'-ber doo kanst zee dSd) nlyt al'-lai 

 oetforgen '. 



ferr-zor'-ghen I 



Die Neine 3flinna antroortetc : B,un benn nictyt affe Winter 

 Dee kli'-nai iniu'-na ant'-v<5r-tai-tai : Toon den nlyt al'-lai kin'-der 



in ber ganjen 2Beft nne id;, fo tote [a. aud; atte retd;cn Ceute 

 in dair gan-tsen velt vee Iy, zo vee yah oud; al'-lai ri'-yen loi'-tai 



bic arntcn cerpffegen ? 35cr 93ater aber btirftc bte 



dee ar'-men ferr-pfley'-ghen ? Dair fah'-ter ah'-ber blick'-tai deo 



3JJutter teS 9TJagtfcinS an unb fagte : o bu IjcUige Sin. 

 mdot'-ter dess meyyt'-liues an 33nt zahd;'-tai : o doo hi'-ll-gai ine'- 

 fait '. 



VOCABULARY. 



fait! 



SBoljlt^aterin, /. bene- 

 factress. (2Bo6.l, 

 n. good ; adverb, 

 well, perhaps, 

 t,/. deed; 



!Dem, dative m. and n. 

 to the. 



i. girl, maid. 

 3ittern, to tremble. 

 S3 or, with, before. 



ter, m. doer, actor ; I Jtdtte, /. cold. 



2lrm, poor. 



Dartim, therefore 



(tar-, instead of ba-, 



there). 

 3d;, I. 

 Suttcrn, to feed. 



-in, affix, to form 

 feminine nouns ; 

 tfjatig, doing, ac- 

 tive, fein, to be.) 



28 ar, was. 



.Raft, cold. 



(Sammetn, to gather. 



(5tnjig, only. 



od;tcr, /. daughter. 



9Ic(tcrn, Sltern, pa- 

 rents, pi. 



itbvtg, over. 



JBfctben, to remain, 

 stay. 



35ewa6,ren,to preserve, 

 keep. 



Dann, then. 



efien, to go. 



OinauS, out. 



Sroet, two ; 2flaf, n. 

 time. 



ag, m. day. 



^of, m. yard, court, 

 farm. 



trcuen, to strew. 



erbct. xip (^er-, here, 

 hither, indicates 

 motion towards 

 the speaker). 



33e!aufd;en, to watch, \ @o, so. 



listen (be-, prefix, SReid;, rich. 



as be in besmear, QJhnfd;, m. man, hu- 



makes a verb tran- man being. 



sitive). i llntcrftu^en, to as- 



Steblid), lovely (-tid;, sist (unter, under ; 



affirmative, -ly, j @tu^e, /. prop). 



-ous, -able, -like). ; Srnaf)rcn, to feed, 

 5lnb(id:, m. sight support. 



(filtcf, m. look; an- Dcd;, yet, however. 



blicfen, to look Sftdjt, not. 



at). 



Sprcdjcn, to speak. 

 Sffiarum, wherefore 



(-um, for, about). 

 $6,un, to do. 

 3Du, thou. 

 Sa8, demonstrative 



pronoun, that. 

 3ft, is. 

 3a, indeed, yes, truly. 



(@ tft ja? is it 



not?) 



@d;nee, m. snow. 

 (5t, n. ice. 

 SBetedfen, to cover. 

 Dag, conjunction, 



that. 



, nothing. 



>-J5erforgcn, to supply, 

 provide (Soraen, 

 to care ; sev-, prtr- 

 fix, for, before, a- 

 way, astray). 



Denn, then, for. 



anj, whole. 



SBelt, /. world. 



fieute, pi. people. 



SSerpflegen, pffegen, to 

 support, to nurse. 



aflutter, /. mother. 



3flagb, /. servant, 

 maid. 



JEJetltg, holy. 



(Stnfaft, /. simpli- 

 city. 



KEY TO EXERCISES IN LESSONS IN GERMAN. 



EXERCISE 79 (Vol. I., page 382). 



1. Die me ju ergrftntcnte 9Wmacf>t ottc. 2. 3d; bin ^ier, anftatt 

 mcine SruberS. 3. Da 2Dtterfte(;cn ber 5poten war 



