where Mr. Taylor took his supper to where he planned to spend the night, and what is the difference between English and Swedish miles? 6. Who was Lars? Describe him.

7. Tell what you can about a fir-tree. 8. What did Lars mean by saying, "If there have been no plows out to-night, we'll have trouble"? 9. How did Lars and Mr. Taylor spend the night? Why did they pull off their boots and loosen their clothes? What happened in the morning? 10. What sort of plow did the farmers have? Did you ever see such a plow in this country? If so, where? 11. Why did Mr. Taylor choose to have Lars, instead of his father, go with him when he returned? 12. What lesson did Mr. Taylor learn from Lars?

You will be interested in Mr. Taylor's "Jon of Iceland," "Hans of Germany," and other stories in "Boys of Other Countries," and in his poem, "A Night with a Wolf."

Other good stories of northern countries may be found in Lagerlöf's "The Wonderful Adventures of Nils" and in Boyesen's "Viking Tales.”

correspondent (còr rè spònd ́ěnt): one
who writes letters or sends news
to a newspaper.
intense (în tense'): very strong.
industrious (In dus'tri oŭs): busy
and earnest.

thrifty (thrift'ý): prosperous.
province (province): a a part or
division of a country.
implements (Im'ple měnts): tools.
severity (se věr ́I tỹ): harshness.
vehicles (ve' hi cles) carriages or
anything in which people or
freight may be carried.
independent (In de pènd'ěnt): free.

endure (en düre'): to bear patiently. assured (ás sured'): told earnestly and surely.

extreme (ex trēme'): strongest or greatest.

aurora (au rō'rå): yellow or reddish
streamers of light sometimes seen
in the sky at night, and often
called northern lights.

zenith (zē ́nĭth): the point in the
sky directly over one's head.
horizon (horizon): the point where
the sky seems to touch the earth.
overcast (ō ver cast'): cloudy.
loath (lōath): unwilling.

HISTORY

THE SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA

DAVID H. MONTGOMERY

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In 1584 a young man named Walter Raleigh, who was a great favorite of Queen Elizabeth's, sent out two ships to America. The captains of

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these vessels landed on Roanoke Island, on the coast of what is now the state of North Carolina. They found the island covered with tall red cedars and with vines thick with clusters of wild

grapes. The Indians called this place the "Good Land." They were pleased to see the Englishmen, and invited them to a great feast of roast turkey, venison, melons, and nuts.

When the two captains returned to England, Queen Elizabeth-the "Virgin Queen," as she was called - was

delighted with what she heard of the "Good Land." She named it Virginia in honor of herself. She also gave Raleigh a title of honor. From that time he was no longer called plain Walter Raleigh or Mr. Raleigh, but Sir Walter Raleigh.

Sir Walter now shipped over emigrants to settle in Virginia. They sent back to him, as a present, two famous American plants · -one of them called tobacco, the other the potato. The queen had given Sir Walter a fine estate in Ireland, and he set out both the plants in his garden. 10 The tobacco plant did not grow very well there, but the potato did; and after a time thousands of farmers began to raise that vegetable, not only in Ireland but in England too. As far back as that time For more than three hundred years ago-America was beginning to feed the 15 people of the Old World.

Sir Walter spent immense sums of money on his settlement in Virginia, but it did not succeed. One of the settlers, named Dare, had a daughter born there. He named her Virginia Dare. She was the first English child 20 born in America. But the little girl, with her father and mother and all the rest of the settlers, disappeared. It is supposed that they were killed by the Indians or that they wandered away and starved to death; but all that we really know is that not one of them was ever 25 seen again.

After Queen Elizabeth died, King James the First became ruler of England. He accused Sir Walter of trying to take away his crown so as to make some one else ruler over the country. Sir Walter was sent to prison and kept 5 there for many years. At last King James released him in

order to send him to South America to get gold. When Sir Walter returned to London without any gold, the greedy king accused him of having disobeyed him because he had fought with some Spaniards. Raleigh was con10 demned to death and was beheaded.

But Sir Walter's attempt to settle Virginia led other Englishmen to try.

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One of the leaders in the new expedition sent out to make a settlement in Virginia, while Raleigh was in 15 prison, was Captain John Smith. On the way to America,

Smith was accused of plotting to murder the chief men among the emigrants so that he might make himself "King of Virginia." The accusation was false, but he was put in irons and kept a prisoner for the rest of the 20 voyage.

In the spring of 1607 the emigrants reached Chesapeake Bay and sailed up a river which they named the James, in honor of King James the First of England; when they landed they named the settlement Jamestown for the same