No. 12.—Children and Chaise.
Oh! how delightful and charming
To take the fresh air in a chaise;
To gallop along without harming:
Whip away! what a dust you do raise!
Of trees and of ponds too beware;
Mind likewise to treat well your ass;
And then, with attention and care,
Your time will in happiness pass.
No. 13.—Chopping Wood.
This man has in his hand a bill, and he is probably going to cut up the tree for fire-wood. The little girl seems to be catching the chips, to carry home to her mother. What a nice thing it is to see a little girl employed in helping her father; which, indeed, all little girls ought to endeavour to do, because most parents do a great deal for their children; and some have, like this man, to work very hard for them.
No. 14.—Harvest Field.
Oh! what a delightful sight is the harvest-field. Our great Creator has made the corn grow, to make nice food for the use of man. One of these men is cutting down the corn, and the other is binding it up into a sheaf; whilst those at a distance are carrying a waggon-full home, to put into the barn. They have got a little cask of beer, which is a necessary refreshment, after having worked hard in the hot sun.