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entertainer in the woods, All the persons present 
were astonished and delighted with the story, to 
find that even the fiercest beasts are capable of 
being softenedby gratitude, and moved by humani- 
ty; and they unanimously joined to entreat for the 
pardon of the unhappy man from the governor of 
the place, This was immediately granted to him; 
and he was also presented with the lion, who had 
in this manner twice saved the life of Androcles, 
LESSON LI. 
COIN. 
peb-bles 
fan-cy 
yal-ue 
o-blige 
sil-ver-smith 
or-na-ment 
ne-groes 
GOW-res 
neck-lace 
pro-vi-sions 
oon-ve-ni-ent 
pDro-por-tion 
Why should people part with their goods in ex- 
change for little bits of silver, or gold, or copper? 
If you ask aman why he does so, he will tell you 
it is because he finds that, when he has these little 
bits ofstamped metal, which are called coins,every 
one is willing to sell him what he wants for them, 
The baker will let him have bread for them, or the 
tailor clothes, and so on with all the rest. Then, 
if you ask him why the baker and the tailor are 
willing to do this, he will tell you that it is because 
they also can buy with the same coins what they 
want from the shoemaker, the butcher, or any 
other person. 
But how could this use of coin first begin? 
How could men first agree all of them to be ready 
to part with food, andcloth, and working tools, and 
every thing else, in exchange for little bits of gold.