"So he is," said Billy; "but I'm glad the ice was thick. What would we have done if he'd broken through?"

"That's why fat men like him don't skate, Billy. Did you see what a hole he made in that there snow-bank?"

He had, and so had the rest, but they all skated a race across the pond to take another look at it, and wonder how he ever managed to get out.


SHIPS PAST AND PRESENT.—[See Page 162.]

SHIPS OF COLUMBUS.

NORWEGIAN SHIP OF THE TENTH CENTURY.