[Original]
Here is Arthur Young. He is leaving home for the first time in his life, and is going away to be a sailor on board a very large ship. He was so proud of his fine clothes when they came home, and was never tired of talking about the ship to his little brothers and sisters; but now he cannot help thinking that he will not see his dear, kind mother, for ever so long, and he is trying to listen very attentively to her last words of advice.
IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
[Original]
Here is another view of an island in the Pacific Ocean. It is called Raiatea. Do you notice what a number of strange-looking trees grow here? It would be very nice to be able to get fresh cocoa-nuts off the trees, and drink the sweet milk for breakfast. And then it would be delightful to paddle about in that canoe, and look through the clear water, down to the very bottom, and watch the lovely fishes swimming about, blue and yellow, and with crimson spots sometimes. How we should laugh, too, at the funny coloured crabs.