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not equalled by those of any other country, 
and the fabries made by them are sent all over 
the world, forming one of our chief articles 0 
trade. As cotton will not grow in our cold cli- 
mates we obtain it from America, and also from 
some of our West Indian colonies. In China there 
is found a species of cotton, which instead of being 
white is of a very pretty buff colour. The Chinese 
manufacture a great deal of it without dyeing; 
it was much used in Great Britain a few years 
ago, under the name of Nankin, which it received 
from a city in China, near which it grows, 
LESSON LX. 
THE HELPFUL ONE. 
dif-f-cul-ty be-gin-ning cheer-ful-1y 
par-ti-cu-lar-1y slecp-i-ness a-wait-ed 
im-pa-ti-ent-1y re-mem-ber-ed dis-en-ga-ged 
t*rou-ble-some dis-heart-en-ed me-di-oine 
One fine summer morning, a little girl, named 
Ellen M‘Kay, was playing on a bit of common at 
a short distance from her mother’s cottage. The 
cottage was on the other side of the road, from 
which the common was divided by a high bank. 
Ellen saw her mother climbing over the bank, 
carrying her little brother Tommy in her arms. 
The ground was rugged and covered with furze, 
so that Mrs. M‘Kay had some difficulty in making 
her way over it, with the child in her arms, When 
she came near enough, she called out, “ Ellen, it is 
time to go to school” Ellen was not thankful to