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 CHILD'S INSTRUCTOR, 
 
 OR 
 
 'etnre Alphabet. 
 
 Good Girls and good Boys 
 Prefer Books to Toys, 
 And with the Cock ri^e 
 
 To read and grow wise. 
 
 GLASGOW, 
 
 PUBLISHED AND SOU), WHOLESALE, BY 
 
 LUMSDEN 8f SON. 
 
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 Pri c e T w o : j e n ( e . 
 
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 An-gler. 
 
 An-pler 
 
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 An An-p-ler is one who catch-es 
 fish-es with a hock. 
 
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Black. 
 
 Black. 
 
 ba be bi bo bu 
 
 Black Men and Wo-men are na- 
 tives of warm ec-un-trie*. 
 
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 A Cap-tain is an of-fi-cer who 
 com-mands a hun-dred sol-diers. 
 
Drunk-ard. Drunk-ard, 
 
 da de di do du 
 
 A Drunk-ard is a per-son who 
 drhiks of-ten and to cx-ccs;-. 
 
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 An Elk is an an-i-mal that is to 
 he found in north-era coun-tries. 
 
Fid-dler. 
 
 Fid-dler. 
 
 fa fe fi fo fu 
 
 A Fid-dler is a per-son who plays 
 on a fid-die or vi-o-lin. 
 
ga ge gi go gu 
 
 A Goose is a large wa-ter-fowl 
 
 like a duck. 
 
Hay-mak-er. Hay-mak-er. 
 
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 ha he hi ho hu 
 
 A Hay-mak-er is a per-son who 
 gath-ers dry cut grass in-to heaps. 
 
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 An Inn is a house for loclg-ing 
 and en-ter-tain-inar trav-el-ers. 
 
ja je ji jo ju 
 
 A Jack-daw is a small noisy 
 
 kind of crow. 
 
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 A Kite is a spe-cies of hawk which 
 kills and eats small birds. 
 
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 la le li lo lu 
 
 A Lamb is a young sheep, and is 
 ve-ry in-of-fen-sive. 
 
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Me-lon. 
 
 Me-lon. 
 
 ma me mi mo mu 
 
 A Me-lon is a fruit like an 
 
 ap-ple. 
 
na ne ni no nu 
 
 A Nag is a po-ny or lit-tle rid- 
 ing-horse. 
 
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 O -range-tree. O -range-tree 
 
 ob oc od of on 
 
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 O-range-trees grow in warm cli- 
 mates, or in hot-hous-es. 
 
pa pe pi po pu 
 
 Pi-geons are al-so called Doves, 
 and live in hous-es. 
 
Quince. 
 
 Quince. 
 
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 A Quince is a kind of fruit, used 
 for fla-vour-ing a pie. 
 
ra re ri ro ru 
 
 The Rain-bow is the arch that ap- 
 pears dur-ing rain and sun-shine. 
 
Squir-rel. Squir-rel 
 
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 sa se si so su 
 
 A Squir-rel is a nim-ble lit-tle 
 an-i-mal that lives in woods. 
 
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 I A Tom-tit is a very small chat* 
 I ter-ing bird. 
 
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U-sur-er 
 
 U-sur-er. 
 
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 A U-sur-cr is a per-son who lends 
 mo-ney for un-law-ful in-ter-est. 
 
Vil-lage is a small coun-try 
 town, with few in-hab-i-tants. 
 
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 wa we wi wo wu 
 
 Weath-er~cocks show from what 
 di-rec-tion the wind blows. 
 
ya ye yi yo yu 
 
 Youths are fond of ac-tive snorts, 
 such as driv-in<r a hoop. 
 
Ze-no. 
 
 Ze~?io. 
 
 Ze-no was a hea-then philo-so 
 pher who be-camc a Chris-tian. 
 
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As we do, so do ye. 
 Be to us, as we to ye. 
 He is to be as we be. 
 
 Do ye go to it, or no? 
 We go to it as ye go. 
 Lo, if I go, be it so. 
 
 go ye in as we go. 
 It is as we go by. 
 
 Is he to be as I am? 
 
 1 am to be as he is. 
 
 I am to do as ye do. 
 No, if I am to do it. 
 Is he to be at it, or no? 
 He is to be, is he no? 
 
A bad boy and a bad man 
 are in a bad way, and fear 
 not God nor man. 
 
 A good boy and a good 
 girl will do no ill, nor go 
 with bad boys and bad girls. 
 
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