THE DEREK. 
Alas! the mountain tops which look so green and 
fair;— 
P’ve heard of fearful winds and darkness that 
come there: 
Thelittle brooksthat seem all pastimeand all play, 
When theyareangry, roar like lions for their prey. 
Here thou need’st not dread the raven in thesky; 
He will not come to thee; our cottage is hard by. 
Night and day thou art safe as living thing can be: 
Be happy, then, and rest; what is’t that aileth 
theea?” 
WOorDSWORTB. 
415 
LESSON XVIIL. 
THE DEEBR, 
roe-buck 
Bri-tain 
Soot-land 
grace-ful 
branch-ing 
ru-mi-nate 
sare-ful-1y 
an-clo-sure 
swift-est 
usu-al-ly 
bu-si-ness 
dif-G-oul-ty 
Deer are not wild in this country; they are 
kept in large enclosures, usually called parks, 
where they are carefully preserved from dogs, 
who will often attack them. 
The red deer, the fallow deer, and the roe- 
buck are found in Great Britain. The male of 
the red deer is called the stag; he is a beautiful 
animal, graceful in form, with large branching 
horns to adorn and defend his head; he is per- 
haps the swiftest for a short time of any quadru- 
ped. His food is grass, and the young branches 
and shoots of trees. The deer is one of that class 
of animals which, like the cow, ruminate or chew 
the cud: but this husimess seems to be performed