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ling eyes of his that it went right through me, clear to my back bone and 

 fairly made me shudder." 



" Well," remarked the Professor, " Billy's looks are certainly in his dis- 

 favor ; I am certain, however, that he will not scalp any of us to-day, yet 

 there is something about the man that makes one distrustful of him. 



" What were the words which you used to attract their attention when 

 they Avere coming down the river ? " queried Paul. 



"0* leitz ti car, are th.3 words, and they are a form of salutation, 

 but literally translated they mean, 'you have come' and the response, accord- 

 to Seminole etiquette, is un car, ' I have come'; but" he continued, "we 

 have all these birds to skin, so let us proceed to the tents, ^et some dinner, 

 and go to work." 



( TO BE CONTINUED ) 



EXPERIMENTAL LESSONS. 



LESSON ON THE CLAM IN A SIXTH GRADE, 

 WILLIAMS SCHOOL, AUBURNDALE, MASS. 



BY 



Haebiet B. Spooneb. 



The following is a paper written by a pupil as the re- 

 sult of a half hour's lesson on the clam given by Mr. May- 

 nard. The children reasoned out nearly all of the points made 

 from facts which they observed in studying the shells of clams 

 or specimens with the siphons extended, preserved in form- 

 alin. They were also greatly assisted by the knowledge which 

 some of them possessed of the habits of living clams. 



The Clam, by Clabence Towee. 



The clam's home is in mud or wet sand. He is generally found about 

 a foot or a half a foot down. He always stands on his head with his siphon 

 up. His siphon is composed of two tubes, one larger than the other ; the 

 larger one is to take water in and the smaller to let it out. He takes in 



