A DONKEY-RIDE ON THE SANDS.

UNT LOUISA is giving Freddy a ride on a donkey,
walking by his side herself. Freddy says that he should
like to gallop all by himself over the sands; but Aunty will
not let him. She thinks that he might be shaken out of his
saddle. Mary and Milly have worked so hard with their
| spades that they are quite tired, and have lain down and
fallen fast asleep on the sands. The great sea is singing
their lullaby, and old Rover, who loves the seaside as much
as the children do, is faithfully keeping watch very near
them.

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GOING FOR A SAIL.

After dinner, Aunt Anna told the little boys that she
would take them out for a sail. They were very glad, and
ran by her side down the sands till they came to the nicest
boat she could find. It belonged to a man whose name was
 Cobby. But when Anna was stepping in, she looked a little
afraid, and said to the boatman, “I hope we shall be quite
safe, as I have the children with. me.” “Oh, yes, Ma’am,”
said Cobby. “We will take great care of you and the young

gentlemen, and the sea is as smooth as a pond.”