And as country was now Christianised, more priests came from Rome, and Saxons visited Rome frequently, learning many new words and introducing them. Fourth.-Glance at Norman Conquest. Explain that French was descended from Latin, and was very like it, though not altogether. It was corrupted Latin. The Normans got complete mastery; they ruled the land, lived in palaces and castles, had time for hunting, and loved that sport. They thought much of chivalry, while the poor Saxons had to work hard, and had no time for such things. Had no time even for reading books, all written for upper class, who spoke Norman-French; so we gained a large stock of second-hand Latin words-Latin words turned into French. This may termed be Latin of the Third Period, introduced by Norman-French, and referring to Normans' pursuits and modes of life: Lance, banner, mail, captain, referring to soldiers. Palace, castle, duke, baron, to nobility and their houses. Pullet, brace, couple, leash, to hunting. Fifth.--Teach that from the time just before the Reformation till the Great Revolution, it was the fashion to write nearly all books in pure Latin. So people got into the habit of reading it, and soon began to make new words from the Latin, and use them in preference to pure English words. In this way we get Latin of the Fourth Period, brought in through books being written in Latin, and English people becoming familiar with it. These words were afterwards shortened. Examples: Itinerant, malice, separate, perambulate, and many others, for nearly all of which we have already English words. SECTION VII. Write a letter descriptive of (a) The Arctic Expedition of 1876, or, (b) The rescue of the Welsh miners at Pontypridd, or, (c) A pupil teacher's course of studies, or, (d) The natural beauties of your own neighbourhood. Underline any words you know to have come down to us from other sources than Anglo-Saxon. ANSWER.-(d.) MY DEAR Place Date You must visit this charming district before you can hope to realise its beauty, for that cannot be adequately described. It requires to be seen in order to be understood. No county in England presents such diversity of scenery, from the glacierrutted rocks and utter desolation of Scafell, where not a mark of vegetation can be seen, to the green and fertile plains which lie at its base, and furnish forth food for man and beast. Its rivers are in the bright infancy and glad youth of their course; there, shimmering like silver threads down the steep mountain side; here, leaping joyously over rocky barrier, now resting awhile in the silence and solitude of mountain tarn; then rushing onward through upland dale and lowland valley, or cradling amid green hills and wooded crags into placid lake. Its mountains present an ever-varying aspect. Now dark and distinctly defined, as if massive fortresses, close at hand; then far off and shadowy and ghost-like, as if changed by magic into the substance of the clouds; bounding like a wall the far-off view from the plains, and towering in mighty chaos one behind another into the mysterious distance. It is " a blending of all beauties," mountain and crag, wood and glen, cataract and rocky river, boulder-strewn valley and black moss; and to complete the picture, the low line of the Solway shore, with its weird, yet fascinating, desolation: its treacherous sands and rushing tides. In the hope that "time and inclination will permit" you soon to enjoy all this for yourself, I remain, Add together nine millions, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousands, and ninety-nine; seven hundred and forty thousands and forty-seven; six millions, twenty thousands, and two hundreds; eight thousands and eighty-eight; thirteen millions, one hundred and thirty thousands, and four hundreds. From the sum subtract four millions, four hundred and six thousands, three hundreds and sixty-seven, and divide the remainder by ninety-four. (3.) 29,897,864 94) 25491497 ( 27118613 4,406,367 188 25,491,497 Rem. 669 658 29,897,864 Sum. III 13,130,400 94 174 94 809 752 577 564 13 SECTION II. Divide £7483192 25. 7 d. by 803, and prove your sum by multiplication. Work out the following bill of parcels : 17 lbs. of candles, at 4åd. per lb. J. Robertson, Esq. Bought of James Brooks, Grocer, 14, Market Street, Birmingham. Find, by Practice, the value of 8 trucks of coal, each weighing 9 tons 12 cwts. 21 lbs., at 14s. 7d. per ton. Total weight of coal 17 cwt. 56 lbs. Therefore, the problem requires to find the price of 76 tons 17 cwt. 56 lbs. at 14s. 7d. per ton. 2,0)112,1 1 = price of 76 tons 17 ct. 56lbs. £56 I I |