TEMPERATE COUNTRIES. 



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LESSON V. 



PRODUCTIONS OP TEMPERATE COUNTRIES. 



MANY of the most useful and valuable objects 

 in the three "kingdoms of nature" are found in 

 temperate countries, where the climate is neither 

 very hot nor very cold. .' We live in a temperate 

 country, and have summer, autumn, winter, and 

 spring, in regular and equal succession. The 

 weather in these countries is in general very 

 changeable, but these changes are in the highest 

 degree favourable to the fertility of the soil. 



The animal kingdom, in temperate countries, 

 embraces those creatures which are the most ser- 

 viceable to man. The horse, the ox, and the sheep, 

 are found in their most perfect state, and are made 

 use of for draught, for riding, for food, and for 

 clothing; while the different sorts of grain and 

 grass, which serve for our own support, as well as 

 for that of animals, are more abundant than in any 

 other part of the world. In very cold countries, 

 none of these animals will live. The horse, when 

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