LETTER V.
THE LOADSTONE, OR MAGNET.

Wuat acurious thing a loadstone 1s.
In this letter I will tell you something
about it. There are several different
kinds of iron ore, and among them is
one which has the power of attracting
or drawing toward it, iron filings and
little pieces of steel and iron. This is
called a loadstone. The power which
the loadstone has, can be given to bars