there and told you about it. Make your sentences short and clear. See Book One, page 83, for a story of Eskimo life.

1. Cold climate.

2. Appearance of Eskimos.

3. Homes.

How built.

Beds.

Lamps.

4. Food.

5. Clothes.

Materials and how obtained.

Preparation of skins.

Making garments.

6. Modes of travel.

Dogs.
Sleds.

7. Games.

When you have finished, read your composition through carefully, looking for errors in capital letters and periods. Read it again, finding if every predicate verb agrees with its subject. Did you discover any other grammatical errors?

Read your composition again to see if you have told everything about a topic at one time, or if you have forgotten something and have gone back to it in some other part of the story.

206. A LANGUAGE LESSON

The Sea-Chest

"I'll show those rogues that I am an honest woman," said my mother. "I'll have my dues and not a farthing

over." And she began to count the amount of the captain's score from the sailor's bag into the one I was holding.

It was a long, difficult business, for the coins were of all countries and sizes. When we were about half way through, I suddenly put my hand upon her arm for I had heard a sound that brought my heart into my mouth. It was the tap, tapping of the blind man's stick upon the frozen road. It drew nearer and nearer, while we sat holding our breath. Then it struck sharp on the inn door. Then we could hear the handle being turned and the bolt rattling as the wretched being tried to enter. Then there was a long time of silence both within and without. At last the tapping recommenced, and to our great joy and gratitude died slowly away again, until it ceased to be heard.

"Mother," said I, "take the whole and let's be going. I was sure the bolted door must have seemed suspicious. "I'll take what I have," she said, jumping to her feet. Next moment we were both groping downstairs, leaving the candle by the empty chest.

From Treasure Island, by Robert Louis STEVENSON Study this account for dictation as follows: Write sentences that give the central thought of the paragraphs. Find and learn to write the contractions; the words showing ownership; the quotations. Find three sentences containing infinitives. What is the sign of the infinitive? Notice its spelling. List two phrases in which to is a preposition. Find the word road and tell what part of speech it is. Give reasons for as many marks of punctuation as you can. Learn to spell the words in italics.

207. CONJUNCTIONS

Study the following sentences, noticing what the conjunctions join:

1. The papers were found in the desk and on the table.

2. To throw accurately or to catch well requires much practice.

3. In rowing boats or paddling canoes he was equally efficient.

a. In the following sentences make a list of the phrases connected by conjunctions:

1. The package will be sent with you or me.

2. She looked along the road and in the schoolroom
for the lost ring.

3. They watched and waited until they were weary.
4. One could see rows and rows of beautiful houses.
5. To sit or to stand was not easy.

6. The freight was piled beside the track and on
the platform.

7. Working or playing, they were always cheerful. 8. The trade with Germany and England decreased. 9. I strolled by and gazed into the shops.

10. They sat reading books and fanning themselves. II. Piles of bags and boxes were burned.

12. Retracing his steps and taking a closer look, he learned the truth.

13. The baby insisted on climbing into the boat and sitting beside me.

b. Make a list of infinitives and participles (not phrases) connected by conjunctions.

c. Make a list of the compound subjects, compound predicates, and compound objects.

208. THE SIMPLE SENTENCE

You have seen that a sentence may consist of one subject and one predicate; as, Boys eat apples. You have also seen that either or both of these parts may be compound; as, Boys and girls peel and eat apples. A sentence consisting of but one subject and one predicate, either of which may be compound, is a simple sentence.

From lesson 146, copy five simple sentences.

Read the following simple sentences carefully, noticing the forms of the verbs used to show present time when two singular subjects are connected by and; when two singular subjects are connected by or; when two plural subjects are connected by or:

1. Mary and Ada live here.

2. A bear or a lion kills the sheep.

3. Bears or lions kill sheep.

Notice that two singular noun subjects connected by and require the same form of the verb as a plural noun subject; two singular subjects connected by or require the same form of the verb as a singular noun subject; two plural subjects connected by or require the same form of the verb as a plural noun subject. a. Refer to the sentences above, and choose the correct forms of the verbs to fill these blanks:

1. John's father and mother
2. The women or girls
3. You and I

4. John or James

5. He and I

6. She and he

to-morrow. (go)

to spread the lunch. (be) - to cook the dinner. (be) the wood. (chop) our examples correct. (have) coming with us. (be)

b. Study the sentences below, then write sentences in which the subject is modified by each, every, or no.

1. Each boy and girl in the class is perfect in spelling. 2. Every pen and pencil has been used.

3. No man or woman is perfect.

209. THE COMPOUND SENTENCE

Study the following sentence, finding the parts that are connected by and:

The rain came, and we ran to the house.

The sentence is composed of two parts. Each of the parts has its own subject and predicate. Name them. Any part of a sentence containing a subject and predicate is called a clause. A simple sentence contains but one clause. Find the clauses in the sentences below, and tell the conjunctions that connect them.

MODEL: The rain came, and we ran to the house. "The rain came" is the first clause; "we ran to the house" is the second clause. The clauses are connected by the conjunction "and."

1. The sun is hot, but it is cool here.

2. We went home early, for we were tired.

3. The boy is lost, or he has stayed over night.

You have seen that two words or two phrases or two clauses may be connected by a conjunction. Usually, if each of the clauses connected by a conjunction makes a complete sentence by itself, the sentence is said to be compound. The sentences given above are compound sentences.