Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1814 edition. Excerpt: ... Stroke them. Poor cows! Stan still and look back. Now we cannot sec papa's home at all; and we can see only the top of the church steeple. Liet us go a little farther. Now we cannot see the church at all. Farewell! We are going a, great way. Shall we ever come back again? Yes, we shall come back again; but we must go on now. Come, make haste. "What is that tall thing that has four great arms which move very astj I believe, if I was near it they would strike me down. It is a Wind-mill. Those arms are the sails. The wind turns tltem round. And what is a wind-mill for? It is to grind corn. You could have nd bread if the com were not ground Well, but here is a river; how shall we do to get over it? Whyj do not you see how those ducks do? they swim over. Bat I cannot swim. Then you must learn to swim, I believe; it is too wide to jump over. 0 here is a Bridge! Somebody has made a bridge for us quite ow the river. That somebody was very ood, for I do not know what we should have done without it; and he was very clever too. I wonder how he made it. I am sure I could not make such a bridge. Well, we must go on, on, on; and we shall see more rivers and more fields, and towns bigger than our town a great deal--large towns, and fine churches, streets, and people--more than there is at the fair. And we shall have a great many high hills to climb. I believe I must get somebody to carry tfye little boy up those high hills. And sometimes we shall go through dusty sandy roads; and sometimes through green lanes, where we shall hear the birds sing. Sometimes we shall go over wide commons, where we shall" see Ho trees, nor any house; and large heaths, where there is hardly any grass--only some purple flowers, and a few black-nosed little sheep. Ha!..."
