LESSON ON THE NUMBERS THREE, FOUR,

AND FIVE.

Three Kingdoms in Nature.

1. Animal, has life and feeling.

2. Vegetable, has life without feeling.
3. Mineral, has neither life nor feeling.

Three burning Mountains in Europe.

1. Hecla, in Iceland. 2. Etna, in Sicily.
3. Vesuvius, in Naples.

Three Degrees of Comparison.

1. Positive, as long. 2. Comparative, as longer.
3. Superlative, as longest.

Three Genders.

1. Masculine, the male kind. 2. Feminine, female kind. 3. Neuter, neither male nor female.

Three Tenses.

1. Present, to-day.

2. Past, yesterday.

Future, to-morrow.

Three kinds of Vessels for Navigation.

1. Sloops, with one mast.

2. Brigs, with two masts: (a yacht has two masts, but its sails are different from brigs.)

3. Ships, with three masts.

Three good Rules.

1. Keep every thing in its proper place.
2. Put every thing to its proper use.
3. Do every thing in its proper time.

Three Qualities of Air.

1. Transparent. 2. Elastic. 3. Invisible Fluid.

Three Divisions of Architecture.

1. Civil Architecture, building houses, churches, and chapels.

2. Naval ditto, building boats, barges, and ships.

3. Military ditto, building bridges, forts, and batteries.

Three-Curved Solids.

1. A Sphere (Globe) an entire round surface. One curved surface and one flat.

2. A Cone.

3. A Cylinder. One curved surface and two flat.

Four Stages of Human Life.

1. Infancy. 2. Youth. 3. Manhood. 4. Old Age.

Four Kinds of Tastes.

1. Sweet. 2. Sour. 3. Salt. 4. Bitter.

Four Elements.

1. Earth. 2. Air. 3. Fire. 4. Water.
Four Quarters of the Globe.

1. Europe. 2. Asia. 3. Africa. 4. America.
Four Points of the Compass.

1. East. 2. West. 3. North. 4. South.

Four Animal Motions.

1. Swimming. 2. Flying. 3. Creeping. 4. Walking.

Four great Rivers in England.

1. Thames. 2. Severn. 3. Trent. 4. Mersey.

Five bad Qualities to be avoided.

1. Pride. 2. Anger. 3. Self-Love. 4. Envy.
5. Avarice.

Five Divisions of the Day.

1. Morning. From 12 o'clock at night, to 12 in the day. 2. Noon. When the sun is at the highest, and full south. 3. Afternom.-When it begins to decline, after 12 o'clock in the day

4. Evening.-A little before and a little after sun-set. 5. Night. When darkness comes, caused by the sun's absence,

Five Zones.

One Torrid Zone-where it's very hot.
Two Frigid Zones-where it's very cold.

Two Temperate zones-where it's neither very hot nor very cold.

The Five Senses.

1. Seeing. 2. Hearing. 3. Smelling. 4. Tasting. 5. Feeling.

1. Liars.

Five Sorts of Company to be avoided.

2. Swearers. 3. Thieves. 4. Scoffers.
5. Tale-bearers.

Five great Oceans.

1. The Northern. 2. The Southern. 3. The Indian. 4. The Atlantic. 5. The Pacific.

Sing.

One Sun we have, with rays complete;
Two Eyes, two Ears, two Hands, two Feet.
Three Kingdoms we in nature find;
Youth, Manhood, Age, divide mankind.
Four Seasons mark our changing clime -
Four Ages note the course of time.
Four Quarters in the sky we name;
Four Quarters on the earth we claim.
Five Senses to each child belong ;
Six days to labour is not wrong.

Sev'n Colours in the rainbow shine;
Sev'n Sounds in harmony combine.
Eight Souls within the Ark were found
With Noah, when the world was drown'd.
Nine Planets round the sun incline;
The two most distant faintly shine.
Ten Laws from awful Sinai came;
Ten Plagues there were, I need not name.
When Judas was by sin constrain'd,
Eleven Disciples still remain'd.

Twelve Stones were set on Aaron's breast,
By these he judg'd-by these he bless'd.
Twelve Prophets and Apostles rose ;
Twelve Months the circling year compose.

On the Four Animal Motions.

The Fish do swim in water clear-
The Birds, they fly up in the air---
The Worm and Maggot crawl along ;
But Children walk on legs so strong.

The Seven original Colours. The Colours in the Rainbow seen, Are red, orange, yellow, and green, Blue, indigo, and violet ;

Caus'd by the sun, and drops of wet.

POEMS.

THE LION.

The Lion is the king of beasts,
He noble is and strong;
His face is broad, his eyes are fierce,
His mane is rough and long.

In length he measures near eight feet,
In height he measures four;

He ranges woods and forests thick
Like thunder is his roar.

When he of food is much in need,
In ambush he doth lie,

And then he takes with one great leap,
The beast that passes by.

We never saw a Lion wild,

But little children know,
That like one roaring Satan doth
Continually go.

O may we in our infant days
Be kept from Satan's power,
For he is ever trying how
He may us all devour.

THE ELEPHANT.

In Asia and in Africa
The Elephant is found;
He larger is than any beast

That walks upon the ground.

When tame he gentle is and mild,
And does what he's desired;
But if he's mocked or treated ill,
With anger he is fired.

For Wisdom he is often praised-
His meats are fruits and grain;
He water, wine, or spirits drinks,
But does from flesh abstain.

Of music he is very fond,

He likes to smell sweet flowers;

And princes in the east do ride
Upon his back in towers.

When wild he's hunted by the men

That they his tusks may

sell

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These tusks are ivory, we learn,
Its use we all can tell.