160 HOME AMUSEMENTS.

FRENCH AND ENGLISH.

Havine placed some mark on the ground so as
to divide the room in two equal parts, the children form
themselves in two groups of the same number; each
party then unite their strength by holding their com-
panions firmly round the waist, and thus make two
lines, one being called the French, and the other the
English.

The foremost of the French takes the hands of the
first of the English, and each endeavours to draw the
other over the line.

All that are drawn from their own side are called
prisoners, and whoever gets most prisoners wins the
game, |

WHAT IS MY THOUGHT LIKE?

Tue leader of the game having thought of some
object, such as the sun, moon, or a flower, asks his
companions “ what his thought is like ?”

As all are ignorant of what he is thinking about,
their answers can of course be but random. ones. When
he has questioned them all round, they must each