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1. Le champ de bataille etait convert de morts. 2. Le pre- 

 tendu general fut bient6t arrete. 3. L'arrivee du ministre 

 nous etonna. 4. C'est un fait bien connu. 5. Les tranchces 

 etaient bien gardees. 6. On enterra la morte immediatemeiit. 



7. Le condamne parut. 8. Mes petites protegees sont fort 

 interessantes. 9. Vous trouverez leurs re^us dans votre tiroir. 



EXERCISE 198. 



Broken, casse. Fire, feu, m. Still, encore. 



Doctor, docteur, m. In spite, malgrd. Turned out, mis a la 



Do you Icnow, connais- No (before a noun), porte. 



sez-vous. pas de. Were lying, gisaient. 



Enemy, eunemi, m. Opened, ouvrirent. Work, ouvrage, m. 



1. They opened the trench in spite of the enemy's fire. 2. 

 You will find beautiful thoughts in that work. 3. His 

 brougham is broken. 4. These facts astonished us. 5. The 

 sham doctor was soon turned out. 6. The dead and wounded 

 were still lying on the battle-field. 7. Do you know that 

 upstart ? 8. Have you seen the bride f 9. The exiled ladies 

 had no fortune. 



KEY TO EXERCISES IN LESSONS IN FRENCH. 

 EXERCISE 127 (Vol. IL, page 107). 



1. Has that young man a sore throat ? 2. Yes, Sir, he has had a 

 sore throat for two days. 3. Have you often the headache ? 4. I 

 have the headache almost every day. 5. Have you not a sore arm ? 

 <J. I have a sore arm and a sore hand. 7. Has your sister the earache ? 



8. Yee, Madam, she has the earache and the toothache. 9. Is not your 

 head cold ? 10. No, Sir, but my fingers are cold. 11. Is not your face 

 cold? 12. No, Sir, it is not cold. 13. Has that gentleman an aquiline 

 uose ? 14. He has an aquiline nose and a large mouth. 15. Has that 

 young lady handsome teeth ? 16. She has handsome teeth and hand- 

 some eyes. 17. Has that little boy small feet ? 18. He has small feet 

 and large hands. 19. Has not your niece blue eyes ? 20. No, Sir, she 

 has black eyes. 21. Have your scholars hurt their faces ? 22. They 

 have hurt their chest. 23. Have your daughters a good memory ? 24. 

 They have an excellent memory. 25. Those Italian ladies have not a 

 fresh complexion. 



EXERCISE 128 (Vol. LL, page 107). 



1. Qu'avez-vous a la main ? 2. II y a dix jours quo j'ai mal a la 

 main. 3. M. votre frere a-t-il mal aux doigts ? 4. II a mal aux doigts 

 eta la main. 5. Qu'est-ce que M. votre frere a a la main ? 6. II a une 

 plume a la main. 7. Votre petit garyon a-t-il mal a la gorge ? 8. II a 

 mal a la gorge. 9. Votre soeur abide u'a-t-elle pas mal aux dents ? 10. 

 Elle n'a pas mal aux dents, mais elle a mal au doigt. 11. Pourquoi le 

 soldnt ne marche-t-il pas ? 12. II ne peut marcher, il a mal au pied. 

 13. N'avez-vous pas mal aux pieds ? 14. Je n'ai pas mal aux pieds. 15. 

 Si vous aviez mal aux doigts e"cririez-vous ? 16. Si j'avais mal aux 

 doigts je n'e'crirais pas. 17. Si votre frere avait mal a la tete, e'tiulierait- 

 ilsaleyon? 18. II n'dtudierait pas sa leeon, s'il avait mal a la tete. 

 19. Ce monsieur n'a-t-il pas des douleurs a la poi trine ? 20. II a des 

 douleurs a la poitriue et au cote 1 . 21. Votre petite fille a-t-elle les yeux 

 noirs ou bleus ? 22. Elle a les yeux noirs et le teint frais. 23. M Ilc 

 votre fille n' a-t-elle pas mal aux dents ? 24. Elle a mal aux dents et a 

 1'oreille. 25. N'avez-vous pas froid aux mains et aux pieds ? 26. J'ai 

 froid aux mains, mais j'ai chaud aux pieds. 27. Ces dames n'ont-elles 

 pas le nez aquilin ? 28. Elles ont le uez aquilin, et le teint beau. 29 

 j^lle votre soeur a-t-elle les mains grandes ? 30. Non, Monsieur, ma 

 sceur a les mains petites. 31. Ces petites filles ne se sont-elles pas fail 

 mal a la tete. 32. Elles ne se sont pas fait mal a la tete, elles se soul 

 fait mal au visage. 33. Ce petit garyon a les cheveux noirs. 



EXERCISE 129 (Vol. II. , page 108). 



1. Is not your niece going to be married ? 2. She will be marriec 

 next year. 3. Whom will she marry ? 4. She will marry General 

 M.'s eldest son. 5. Do you know who has married that couple ? 6. 

 The archbishop of Paris has married them. 7. Has he not also 

 married Miss L. ? 8. He has married her with Mr. G. 9. Whom 

 has your young lady (daughter) married ? 10. She has married Mr 

 L., captain in the 25th regiment of infantry. 11. Is not that old man 

 wrong to marry ? 12. He is not wrong to be married, but he is wrong 

 to marry that young lady. 13. When are those princesses going to be 

 married ? 14. They will be married next month. 15. Who will niarrj 

 them ? 16. The bishop of Arras will marry them. 17. Whom an 

 they to marry ? 18. The elder is to marry Mr. W., and the younge 

 Mr. G. 19. Has not captain G. married a relation of yours ? 20 

 Yes, Sir, he has married a cousin of mine. 21. Who is that young 

 lady ? 22. She is a sister of mine. 23. Have you not a book o 

 mine ? 24. I have a book of yours and a pen of yours. 25. I have 

 just spoken to one of your sisters. 



EXERCISE 130 (Vol. II., page 108). 



1. M. votre frere va-t-il dpouser M llc L. ? 2. Oui, Monsieur, nous 

 ,vons beau lui parler, il veut 1'dpouser. 3. M. votre pere ne mariera- 

 t-il pas votre sceur avec M. G. ? 4. Nou, Monsieur, il la mariera ayeo 

 VI. L. 5. Le capitaine H. est-il marie 1 ? 6. Non, Monsieur, il n'est 

 ms encore marid, mais il se mariera 1'anue'o prochaine. 7. Qui a-t-il 

 'intention d'e'pouser? 8. II a 1'intention d'e'pouser une de mes 

 lousiues, qui est chez mon frere. 9. Qui les mariera ? 10. Mon 

 :rere aine a 1'intention de les marier. 11. Votre plus jeune sceur est- 

 elle mariee ? 12. Non, Monsieur, elle n'est pas mariee. 13. Va-t-ello 

 se marier ? 14. Elle se mariera quand ello sera assez age'e. 15. Qui 

 M. le colonel J. a-t-il epouse ? 16. II a e'pouse uue de mes sceurs. 17. 



ombien de temps y a-t-il qu'ils sont mane's ? 18. II y a deux ar.s 

 qu'ils sont mane's. 19. Cette demoiselle n'a-t-elle pas tort de se 

 marier ? 20. Elle a tort de se marier, elle est trop jeune. 21. Qui a 

 marie M. le general S. et M lle N. ? 22. L'eveque d' Arras les a mane's. 

 23. L'arebeveque d'York n'a-t-il pas marie 1 ces e'poux ? 24. L'archeveque 

 de Paris les a inaries. 25. Votre tante ne se mariera-t-elle pas ? 26. 

 Elle ne se mariera pas. 27. M 110 votre soeur n'est-elle pas a la maison ? 

 28. Non, Monsieur, elle est chez une de mes tautes. 29. 31. votre 

 frere est-il chez vous ? 30. Non, Monsieur, il est avec uu de mes 

 parents. 31. Est-il marie' ? 32. II n'est pas marid. 33. Le capitaine 

 H. est-il marie" ? 34. II s'est marie la semaine derniere. 35. II a 

 Spouse" M'le H. 



EXERCISE 131 (Vol. II., page 138). 



1. Is your house large ? 2. It is fifty feet long and twenty-five feet 

 wide. 3. How long is your garden? 4. It is twenty-five metres in 

 length and twelve in breadth. 5. How large is this book? 6. It is 

 eighteen inches long, thirteen wide, and three inches thick. 7. Is your 

 house longer than this ? 8. It is longer by two feet. 9. How deep is 

 this well? 10. How high is tbat steeple? (What is the height of iliat 

 i 11. It is three hundred and fifty-three feet high. 12. How 

 tall is that officer ? 13. He is tall. 14. How much taller than his 

 brother is that Scotchman ? 15. He is taller by the whole head. 16. 

 Are you not much taller than I ? 17. I am three inches taller than 

 you. 18. How much is that stuff sold a metre? 19. It is sold three 

 francs a metre. 20. Does not brown sugar sell dear ? 21. It sells 

 cheap. 22. How many letters do you write a week ? 23. I only write 

 six a week. 24. How much do you pay a week for your rent ? 25. I 

 pay only ten francs a week. 



EECREATIVE NATURAL HISTORY. 



TORTOISES AND TURTLES. 



FEW animals seem more sluggish than the common land tortoise. 

 In truth, all its motions are, as Gilbert White says, " ridicu- 

 lously slow," and its most active pace is but a hobble. But 

 all this gravity of movement is not peculiar to all the members 

 of this extensive order. The marsh, river, and sea species are 

 very active in their motions, and make long journeys with the 

 greatest ease, turtles having been found at sea more than 2,000 

 miles from land. Some of the huge land-tortoises of tropical 

 isles do actually manage to travel at the rate of four miles 

 a day. No trifling journey either for an animal with such 

 crutch-like legs, and so heavy that six men are required to lift 

 one from the ground. Let no one suppose that such limbs 

 are a defect ; all this slowness of movement is evidently a 

 result of the remarkable structure which distinguishes these 

 animals. The reader will see this in a few minutes ; in the 

 meantime let us pause to note how this absence of rapid move- 

 ment is compensated. An animal requires the gift of speed in 

 two cases only either to escape from foes or to pursue its 

 prey. But tortoises need not run from their enemies, most 

 having an impregnable fortress in which they may bid defiance 

 to nearly every animal. When the tortoise has shut itself up 

 within the shell, even the hungry tiger can only grate his teeth 

 in vain against the solid armour. The boa-constrictor may, 

 indeed, swallow the reptile, shell and all, but this is an extreme 

 case. The most remarkable defensive armour is that of the box- 

 tortoise (pyxis), the under-shell of which is furnished with a 

 movable plate, and this being drawn up by powerful muscles, com- 

 pletely closes the opening through which the reptile's head and 

 fore-feet have been withdrawn. The hind-feet and tail are pro- 

 tected by the overlapping shell behind. While danger remains, 

 the besieged tortoise has only to remain quiet and patient, 

 keeping its box firmly closed. The animal oannot be starved 

 into a surrender, as it can fast for months without suffering 

 much. When the foe retires, the shelly trap-door is let down, 



