s in a week.
There are four weeks in a month.
There are twelve months in a year.
These are the seven days,--Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday, Saturday.
These are the twelve months,--January, when it is often very cold;
February, when it is dull and dirty; March, when the winds blow;
April, when the flowers begin to come; May, when the trees are in bloom;
June, when the hay is made: July, when it is so hot; August, when it is
harvest time; September, when apples are ripe; October, when the farmers
brew their best beer; November, when London is covered with fog; and
December, when Christmas comes.
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LARGE THINGS THAT WE SEE.
[Illustration: Here is a House close to a Country Church.]
[Illustration: The Barn stands behind the road-side Inn.]
[Illustration: This is a Water-mill, and this is a Wind-mill.]
[Illustration: Betty is in the Dairy, and Robert is beating a
Walnut-tree.]
[Illustration: A rustic Bridge, close by some Men making a Hay-stack.]
[Illustration: A Pigeon-house.]
[Illustration: A Man lighting a Gas-lamp.]
COUNTRY EMPLOYMENTS.
[Illustration: A Man Ploughing.]
[Illustration: A Farmer sowing Seed.]
[Illustration: Two Men Reaping.]
[Illustration: A Man thrashing Corn.]
[Illustration: Men and Women making Hay.]
[Illustration: Two Girls Gleaning.]
[Illustration: Betty milks the Cows, while John cuts down trees.]
[Illustration: Women picking Hops.]
[Illustration: Cows drinking Water.]
[Illustration: They wash Sheep before they cut off their Wool.]
LONDON CRIES.
[Illustration: Fruit! Oranges and Apples.]
[Illustration: Buy my Straw-berries!]
[Illustration: Any Chairs to mend?]
[Illustration: Come and see the Giant!]
[Illustration: Remember the Sweeper.]
[Illustration: Pray think of Poor Jack.]
[Illustration: Dust O! Dust O!]
[Illustration: Who will buy my flowers?]
[Illustration: Fish O! All alive!]
[Illustration: Do you want a link. Sir?]
[Illustration: Any knives to grind?]
[Illustration: Who'll buy my images?]
TRAVELLING BY LAND.
[Illustration: The Lord Mayor's Coach, and an Omnibus.]
[Illustration: This Cab is going faster than the Brewer's Dray.]
[Illustration: What a pretty Market-cart behind the Waggon.]
TRAVELLING BY WATER.
[Illustration: A Ship on the Sea, and a Steam-boat on the River.]
[Illustration: Those Boats are going fast.]
[Illustration: Her is a Coal-barge.]
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