VII. FRESH WATER FISH.

1. There are a great many fish in fresh water. Boys often catch them with a hook.

3. The salmon look like large trout, but their flesh is of a reddish color, while the flesh of the trout is almost white.

4. Salmon are found both in fresh and salt water, but many

fish, like pickerel, trout, and perch, live only in fresh

water.

5. Many fresh water fish have relations that live in salt water. The salmon and trout belong to the same family, and the sea bass is a salt water perch, with its tongue covered with little teeth.

Some fishes have teeth.

THE SALT WATER FISH.

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Trout like fresh water, and they are good to eat.

1. Relations, salmon, trout, perch, sea bass, reddish, pickerel. 2. Do all fish have scales? Do fish have teeth? Can fish breathe under water? What kinds of fish have you seen?

VIII. THE SALT WATER FISH.

1. The fish that live in the ocean are larger than the fresh water fish. The codfish, the bluefish, and the

halibut are among the common salt water fish that are eaten everywhere.

2. Oysters, lobsters, and clams are called shellfish, because they are covered with a hard shell, while most fish are covered with scales.

3. When I got the salt water in my mouth I did not like it. But I think that the fish in the ocean must like salt water to swim in and to drink.

4. There is no fresh water in the ocean, and if the fish drink any water it must be salt.

5. Sometimes, when I was on the water, I could see the fishes swim by the boat.

6. A boy can swim fast, but I think no

8. He swims with his fins, and uses them as boys use their hands and feet. You can see the fins in the pictures of fish. I can swim a little, but not very fast.

9. I tried to catch a fish, but my hook was not a good one. The fish would watch the hook when I let it down into the water, but

they would not take it. I believe I can

catch one with a good hook.

A fish has fins, but he has no hands nor feet. He swims with his fins.

1. Halibut, oysters, lobsters, clams, scales, fins, believe. 2. Do fish drink salt water? Point out the parts of the fish in the pictures.

IX. THE FLY.

1. Baby-bye, here's a fly;

Let us watch him, you and I
How he crawls up the walls,
Yet he never falls!

2. I believe, with six such legs,
You and I could walk on eggs;
There he goes, on his toes,
Tickling Baby's nose.

3. I can show you, if you choose,
Where to look to find his shoes;
Three small pairs, made of hairs—
These he always wears.

4. Tongues to talk have you and I.
God has given this little fly
No such things; so he sings
With his buzzing wings.

God has given us tongues.