No. 7.—The Gravel-pit.
How industriously these men are working. One is picking down the hard gravel, with a pick-axe: the other is taking it up with a shovel, and putting it into a sieve. All the small pieces go through, and the great stones remain. The sifted gravel, I suppose, will be carried in a cart to some gentleman's garden, to make walks; and the stones will be used in mending the roads.
No. 8.—Gardener.
"May I dig a little for you, father? I am sure I can dig very nicely, if you will but let me try"—"And I can pull up the weeds," said little Jane.—"You are both mistaken," replied their father: "you, John, have not strength to put the spade far enough into the hard ground; and you, Jane, would be apt to pull up flowers as well as weeds: and so you must both be satisfied to work in your own little gardens for the present, till the one is stronger, and the other wiser."