Immediately that he spoke it, the lion opened his big yellow eyes, and roared like thunder, so that the ground shook. Then he sprang at the three men before him, and crushed them, and devoured them, bones and all.
But the man in the tree was not hurt.
When the lion was gone [ , ] that man ran home.
To the north-west of India beyond the mountains, is the country of Afghanistan.
This country has its own khis [ king] . And the people are very fierce.
Next to Afghanistan, on the west side, is the great country of Persia. Its king is called the Shah. Next to Persia, on the west side, is Turkey in Asia-also called Asia Minor. Asia Minor contains the famous country of Palestine, and the city of Jerusa
lem. And here also is the country of Syria.
The capital of Syria is Smyrna. Papa's mother used to live at Smyrna.
And south of all this Turkish country is famous Arabia.
ISLANDS
There are only five continents in the world-or perhaps six; because there may be an Antarctic continent. But there are many thousands of islands.
Most islands are gathered together in groups; and if we learn the names of the groups-then we shall be able to remember the names of the islands.
A group of islands is called an archipelago.
The Empire of Japan is an archipelago;
for it is made of many islands close to
gether. Great Britain is an archipelago.
The biggest archipelago in the world is
the Malay Archipelago which is south and west of the Malay Peninsula. It contains many very large islands, such as Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, New Guinea, Timor,
&c. Java is famous for coffee and black tigers. Earthquakes are very terrible in Java; and there are thirty volcanoes.
The Malay Archipelago belongs mostly to Holland; but the English own part of Borneo. North of Borneo are the Philip
pine Islands which now belong to the United States. The Capital is Manila-famous for coffee and tobacco,-especially cigars.
So[ u] th of the Malay Archipelago is the largest island in the world-so large that we call it a continent: Australia. It be
longs to England. And east of Australia there are two large and beautiful islands called New Zealand-also English.
New Zealand is cool, and very pleasant.
The country once belonged to savages who weare [ were] cannibals. But now theare [ there] are not many savages; and most of the people are English. Many of the savage women married English men.
Now look at the map of India. At the south of India you will see a very large island called Ceylon. That island is famous for elephants. The wild elephants are caught by tame elephants.
Now look at the map of Africa. At the south-east of Africa you will see a very long and large island called Madagascar.
That great island belongs to France. The people are black, but not ugly. The climate is very hot. Madagascar is the third larg
est island in the world. Near Madagascar there are two islands, one of which be
longs to England, and one to France.
South of Australia there is a large island called Tasmania. It belongs to England.
Before the English came to these coun
tries, Australia and Tasmania were inhabit
ed by black people who were very skillful at throwing crooked sticks, called boomer
angs. When these boomerangs were thrown, they would go far away along the ground
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then come back again.
The West Indies, or West Indian Islands, is a very great archipelago on the east side of Ce.htral America. It contains more than
THE PORT
This might be a sketch of the Port of St. Pierre. I found it between Father's old manuscripts and photo
graphs of Martinique in the French West Indies. We can imagine by these schooners and pirogues, the shipment of molasses, rum, and some
three hundred islands : the Principal islands are Cuba, Jamaica, Porto Rico, and San Domingo.
The capital of Cuba is Havana-famous for cigars.
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other goods. He never signed his drawings. But on this sketch in the right side downward, I can see some letters, not clear, but it is possible to read the faint sign,
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It seems that he once signed but,
afterwards, he rubbed it off because
of his shyness.
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THE STEAMER
I found this pen sketch on the top page of his pocket notebook in which he had written many memos about the Windward Island. I sup
pose he took the trip to the French West Indies in such a steamer, named the Barracouta.
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NT AGNE PELEEFound in his old pocket notebook, this rough sketch might have been drawn in 1 8 8 8 , under the bright and dazzling hot suruhine of the mys
terious Martinique Island. In this drawing, he used two pencils, black and purple .
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