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The Treatment of Animals—The Ant—The Bee—Goodneſs—The Lark's Neſt—The Aſſes.

NE ﬁne morning in ſpring, ſome time after Mary and Caroline were ſettled in their new abode, Mrs. Maſon propoſed a walk before breakfaſt, a cuſtom ſhe wiſhed to teach imperceptibly, by rendering it amuſing.

The ſun had ſcarcely diſpelled the dew that hung on every blade of graſs, and filled the half-ſhut flowers; every proſpect ſmiled, and the ſreſhneſs of the air conveyed the moſt pleaſing ſenſations to Mrs. Maſon's Rh