ae EURVENTI EVENING.

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Mi B. Home, my dear, wherever it 1s, 18 the spot
towards which a good heart is the most strongly drawn.
Then, as for the pleasantness of a place, that all
depends upon habit. The Greenlander, bemg accus-
tomed to the way of living, and all the objects of his
own country, could not fancy any other so well. He
loved whale-fat and seal as well as you can do pud-
ding and beef. He thought rowmg his little boat
amidst the boisterous waves, pleasanter employment
than driving a plough or acart. He fenced himself
against the winter’s cold by warm clothing; and the
long night of many weeks, which you would think so
gloomy, was to him a season of ease and festivitw in
nis habitation under-ground. It is avery kind and
wise dispensation of Providence, that every part of
the world is rendered the most agreeable to those who
hive in it.

Now, little Mary, what have you to say?

Mary. 1 have only to say, that 1f they were to offer
to carry me away from home, I would scratch their
eves out,

_ Mr. B, Well said, my girl! stand up for yourself.
Let nobody run away with you-—against your will.
Mary. That I won't.

 

ELEVENTH EVENING.

 

ON MANUFACTURES.
Pather-—Henry.
fen, My dear father, you observed the other aay
that we had a great many manufactures in England
Pray, what is a manufacture ?

a, A manutacture is something made by the hand
ofman. It is derived from two Latin words,—manus
the hand, and facere, to make. Manufactures are,
therefore, opposed to productions, which latter ave