[156.] A and B travelled by the same road, and at the same rate from Tamworth to Sydney. A overtook a flock of sheep, which travelled at the rate of three miles in two hours, and two hours after he met a mail coach, which travelled at the rate of nine miles in four hours. B overtook the flock 45 miles from Sydney, and met the coach 40 minutes before he came to the 31-mile post from the Metropolis. Where was B when A reached Sydney?
ENGLISH HISTORY.
A school examination paper contained the question:—“Write down all you know about Henry VIII,” and one of the small boys answered as follows:—
“King Henry 8 was the greatest widower that ever lived. He was born at Anne Domini in the year 1066. He had 510 wives besides children. The first was beheaded and afterwards executed, and the second was revoked. She never smiled again. But she said the word ‘Calais’ would be found on her heart after death. The greatest man in this reign was Lord Sir Garret Wolsey—named the Boy Bachelor. He was born at the age of fifteen unmarried. Henry 8 was succeeded on the throne by his great-grandmother, the beautiful Mary, Queen of Scots, sometimes called Lady of the Lake or the Lay of the Last Minstrel.”
[157.] Two boys, A and B, run round a ring in opposite directions till they meet at the starting point, their last meeting place before this having been 990 yards from it. If A’s rate to B’s be as 5 to 3, find the distance they have travelled.
THE VALUE OF HOME LESSONS.
Two teachers of languages were discussing matters and things relative to their profession.