102 FIRST STEPS IN GENERAL KNOWLEDGE. 



" The tribe of trees and bushes to which the oak 

 belongs," said her father, " has been conveniently 



SPRIG OF OAK. 



called MASTWORTS, because the fruit, contained in a 

 peculiar husk or cup, is called by country people 

 'mast.'" 



"I have heard people talk about beech-mast," 

 said Kobert. 



