s on the habits of the Indians; their way
of living had been worked out, as far as possible, on the sand-table,
and pictures representing Indian life had been shown. The pupils had
eagerly constructed an Indian home--"Dark behind it rose the forest"
(twigs from the pine and other evergreen trees), "Bright before it beat
the water".

The lessons in drawing, painting, end modelling had been connected with
this work. From their boxes of coloured crayons, the pupils had selected
the colours used in making the pine trees, the grass, the bark of the
trees, the owl in the tree, the wigwams, etc.

From the many beautiful Indian lullabies that would have been suitable,
the teacher selected the _Indian Lullaby_ by Longfellow. During the
periods set apart for music, the pupils had been taught the desired
melody with the syllable "loo".

_Teacher._ "How does your mother put baby to
sleep?"

_Pupils._ "My mother rocks the baby in her
arms." "Mine puts him on the bed and he falls
asleep." "We rock our baby in a cradle," etc.

_Teacher._ "The picture I give you will show
you what the Indian mother does with her baby."

Each pupil was given a small picture showing an Indian baby in his
cradle suspended from a tree. These pictures had been cut from a
supplement to _Primary Education_.

_Teacher._ "What has the mother done?"

_Pupils._ "She has put her baby in a basket and
hung it on a tree."

_Teacher._ "Is the baby in the picture awake or
asleep?"

_Pupils._ "He is asleep."

_Teacher._ "What could the baby see before he
went to sleep?"

Here a picture--fourteen by twenty inches--was shown. It was a good
representation of an Indian home and its surroundings. The pupils had
made use of this picture when working at the sand-table.

_Pupils._ "He could see the pine trees, the
water, the wigwams, the canoes, the Indians,"
etc.

_Teacher._ "What could the baby hear while
swinging in his cradle?"

_Pupils._ "He could hear the Indians talking.
He could hear the wind among the trees; the
water; the birds singing in the woods; the cry
of an owl; perhaps wolves, bears," etc.

_Teacher._ "What other babies lived in the
woods?"

_Pupils._ "Birds, squirrels, owls, wolves,"
etc.

_Teacher._ "A