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Page 42
The camel-drivers who led the way stood still, and said that they did
not know which way to turn.
No distant rock or palm-tree was to be seen, and no one could say which
was the south, towards which their faces ought to be turned.
They wandered on, now turning to the right, and now to the left; and
sometimes, when they had gone some distance in one direction, retracing
their steps and trying another.
The caravan made a halt, and it was now decided to journey towards the
setting sun, in hopes of finding once more the right track.
Night came on, however, and they had not found it, nor had they reached
any place where they could fill their water-bottles, which were empty.
Once or twice, some one of the party fancied that he saw in the distance
the top of a palm-tree; but no, it turned out to be but a little cloud
upon the horizon.
They had not yet found the old track; neither had they supplied
themselves with water to cool their parched lips.
* * * * *
Directions for Reading.--Always take breath before beginning to read a
sentence. If the sentence is a long one, choose such places for breathing
as will not injure the sense.
When we are out of breath, we are likely either to read too fast, or
stop to breathe at such places as to injure the sense.
In the first sentence of the second paragraph on page 101, we may make
slight pauses to take breath after _noon_ and after _winds_.[07]
Point out breathing-places in the last paragraph on page 100.[08]
* * * * *
Language Lesson.--Syllabify, accent, and mark sounds of letters in the
following words: _jingling, nostrils, farewell_.
Let pupils use other words to express the following:
A stout heart. Towards the setting sun.
[07] See paragraph 22 beginning, "There arose one day at noon...."
[08] See paragraph 21 beginning, "Several days were thus passed...."
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LESSON XXII.
pro pose', _offer; advise_.
group, _a number of persons or things together_.
grief, _great sorrow; distress_.
draughts (drafts), _quantities of water taken at one time_.
quenched, _satisfied; put out_.
re' cently, _newly; lately_.
flick'er ing, _fluttering; keeping in motion_.
greed'ily, _very eagerly_
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