Coffee comes from Mocha.
Wholesome Tapioca

Is from the West Indies brought,
Where the humming-birds are caught.

That same land produces

Fruits of richest juices;

Shaddocks, Oranges, and Limes

Ripen in those sunny climes.

Tamarind and Guava,

Pine-apples, Cassava,

(Or the Tapioca bread)

There are in profusion spread.

Who would get the Sago,

Far as India may go;

There the Cocoa-nuts are growing;

There the skies are fiercely glowing.

Indigo for dyeing

Is of her supplying;

Lofty Palms you there may view,

With the feathery Bamboo.

Shawls so rich and handsome,

Diamonds worth a ransom,

From the same far country brought,

Are by wealthy people bought.

Ceylon's balmy island

Long hath furnished my land

With Cinnamon, and costly Pearls

Worn by dames and pretty girls.

Pepper, which so nice is,
Cloves and other spices
We receive from Indian Isles,
Distant many thousand miles.

Sugar so delicious,

Arrow-root nutritious,

Are conveyed, I here protest,
From the Indies East and West.

Plantain and Banana

Grow in hot Guiana;

There the Chocolate is found,

Parrots in the woods abound.

The Interjection shews surprise;

As Oh how pretty; Ah! how wise.

The whole are called Nine Parts of Speech,
Which reading, writing, speaking teach.

Wilderspin's Infant System.

HOW LONG TO STOP.

When children endeavour to write or to read,
Their stops they should carefully mind;
One word must not gallop with hot-headed speed,
While another comes lagging behind.

When surprise or emotion we are to express,
This comet-shaped fellow we see !

Counts four and a half, nor contents him with less,
And your voice raises up to his key.

And then, when a question has got to be asked,
They this crooked-back'd gentleman send ?
And again to count four and half we are tasked,
If we only would ask for a friend.

COLOURS.

The colours in the rainbow seen
Are red, orange, yellow and green,
Blue, indigo and violet,

Caused by the sun and drops of wet.

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Twenty grains make a scruple (some scruple to take,
Tho' at times it is needful for our health's sake);
Three scruples one drachm; eight drachms are one ounce;
Twelve ounces one pound, for the pestle to pounce.
By this rule is all med'cine compounded, I'm told;
By Avoirdupois weight 'tis bought and 'tis sold;
But the best of all physic, that I would advise,
Is temperate living and good exercise.

Wilderspin's Infant System.

R

AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT.

Sixteen drachms are just an ounce,
When my mother goes to shop;
Sixteen ounces make a pound,
When she buys a mutton chop.
Twenty-eight pounds are the fourth
Of a hundred-weight, called gross;
Four such quarters are the whole
Of a hundred-weight at most.

O how delightful! O how delightful!
O how delightful to sing this rule.

Twenty hundreds make a ton.
By this rule all things are sold
That have any waste or dross,
And are bought so too, I'm told.
When I buy or when I sell,
May I always use just weight!
May I justice love so well

To do always what is right!

O how delightful! O how delightful!
O how delightful to mind this rule.

Wilderspin's Infant System.

RHYMES TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY MANUAL EXERCISES.

The following words are intended to be repeated or sung, accompanied by imitative movements of the hands and body; their use being to amuse and instruct the younger children, and to revive their animal spirits, when fatigued by other lessons. For example; the teacher, when repeating the rhyme on corn, makes movements to indicate the various agricultural operations named, which the children follow. In the Song of the Trades, the different mechanical operations are imitated; or, when repeating the Geometrical song, the directions of the various lines named in it are indicated by movements of the hands. The life and animation which these exercises impart to the songs make them very attractive to little children; and, if not too often resorted to, they are beneficial to the school, by assisting to restore attention.