Point out two paragraphs requiring a somewhat different rate.
Should the feelings expressed in the lesson be rendered in a quiet or loud tone?
Different inflections are sometimes used, simply to give variety to the reading and not for emphasis.
In the first paragraph, mark inflection of night, day, horses, cattle, woods, us.
LESSON XLIII.
de voured', eaten up greedily, as by wild animals.
por'cu pine, a kind of animal.
smold'der ing, burning slowly; smoking.
in suf'fer a ble, not to be borne.
shift'ed, moved about; changed position.
sti'fling, stopping the breath.
dismal, gloomy; cheerless,
un grate'ful, not thankful.
rem'e died, relieved; cured.
A FOREST ON FIRE.—PART II.
Ten miles are soon gone over on swift horses; but yet, when we reached the borders of the lake we were quite exhausted, and our hearts failed us. The heat of the smoke was insufferable, and sheets of blazing fire
flew over us in a manner beyond belief.