Q. What letter is this?  A. Letter H, the first letter in horse, house, &c.  Q. What is the use of the horse?  A. To draw carts, coaches, stages, waggons, fire-engines, &c.  Q. Spell horse, and cart, and coach.  A. H-o-r-s-e, c-a-r-t, c-o-a-c-h.  Q. What is the difference between a cart and coach?  A. A cart has two wheels, and a coach has four.  Q. Tell me some other difference.  A. The horses in a cart go before each other, but the horses in a coach go side by side.  Q. What is the use of a fire-engine?  A. To put the fire out when the house is on fire.  Q. Is it right for children to play with the fire?  A. No, very wrong; as many children are burnt to death, and many houses burnt down from it.  Q. Should the horse be cruelly used?  A. No; he should be kindly treated, as he is the most useful animal we have.  Q. Who created him?  A. Almighty God.

I.

Q. What letter is this?  A. Letter I, the first letter in iron, idleness, &c.  Q. Spell iron.  A. I-r-o-n.  Q. What is the use of an iron?  A. To iron the clothes after they are washed, and to make them smooth.  Q. How do they iron the clothes?  A. Make the iron hot, and then work it backwards and forwards on the clothes.  Q. Should little children come with clean clothes to school?  A. Yes; and clean hands and faces too.  Q. Is not iron used for other purposes?  A. Oh, yes; for a great many things, as knives, forks, &c.

J.

Q. What is this letter?  A. J, the first letter in jug, John, &c.  Q. What is the use of the jug?  A. To hold water, or beer, or any other liquid.  Q. What is a jug made of?  A. Of clay, which is worked round into the shape of a jug, and then burnt, and that hardens it.  Q. Should children be careful when they are carrying a jug?  A. Yes; or else they will let it fall and break it.  Q. Then it is necessary for children to be careful?  A. Yes, every body should be careful.

K.

Q. What letter is this?  A. Letter K, the first letter in kite, &c.  Q. What is the use of the kite?  A. For little children to fly.  Please, sir, my big brother has got a kite.  Q. What does your brother do with his kite?  A. Please, sir, he goes into the fields when he has got time, and flies it.  Q. How does he fly it?  A. Please, sir, he has got a long string, which he fixes to another called a loop, and then he unwinds the string, and gets some boy to hold it up.  Q. What then?  A. Please, sir, then he runs against the wind, and the kite goes up.  Q. What is the use of the tail of the kite?  A. Please, sir, it will not fly without a tail.  Q. Why not?  A. Please, sir, it goes round and round without a tail, and comes down.  Q. Then what do you suppose is the use of the tail?  Please, sir, I don’t know.  Another child will probably supply the answer.  Please, sir, to balance it.

L.