XIV. — Based on pages

I . The nest is on the elm tree and it will be great luck if we can get it. 2. The season is too far advanced to find any young ones in it. 3. I saw that the difficulty would be to climb the slippery tree. 4. The thickness of the trunk ofïered me a protection against the looks of the teacher. 5. My companion leaned against the tree on the side where he could not be seen. 6. If he succeeds in seizing a low branch he will soon fix himself on it. 7. The top-most branch, which looks no larger than your wrist, is really as thick as your thigh. 8. He clasped the tree between his legs and a final effort brought him to the top.

9. A lizard, which had been walking along one of the branches,

had just gotten înto the nest. 10. The animal was green but its eyes were white, and ît was astonished to see me appear.