CLOSE, to shut-up.

O as in boat.

CLOTHES, garments.

Close the drawer, or your clothes wili get dusty.

CORE, the heart.

CORPS, a body of soldiers. The apples given to the volunteer corps were rotten at the core. DOE, a female deer. DOUGH, for making bread. While the huntsman was hunting the doe, his wife was kneading dough.

FORE, front.

FOUR, a number.

A horse has four legs,-two fore-legs and two hind-legs.

LONE, solitary.

LOAN, a thing lent.

I had the loan of an interesting book, which amused me on my lonely journey.

PORE, a small opening.

POUR, to stream.

The perspiration poured through all the pores of the pedestrian's body.

ROE, the female of the hart. Row, a rank-to propel a boat. The roe was concealed behind a row of trees. The roes stood in a row.

SOLE, only the bottom of a shoe. SOUL, a spirit.

I must get a new sole for my boot.

Our sole hope for the salvation of our souls is in Jesus Christ.

SLOE, a wild plum.

SLOW, not quick.

The sloe is a fruit that ripens very slowly. Don't be so slow.
THROWN, cast away.
Many thrones were overthrown by Napoleon.

THRONE, a seat of state.

YOKE, a collar for the neck. YOLK, the yellow of an egg.
The oxen were yoked together when they were ploughing.
Inside an egg-shell we find the white and the yolk.

COURSE, a journey—a race.
The man at the race-course used very coarse language.

COARSE, rough.

GROAN, to sigh.

MOAN, to lament.

GROWN, increased.
The poor boy that was hurt gave a pitiful groan.
You have not grown much since I saw you last.

Mown, cut down.

The patient moans with pain. The grass was mown in
Autumn.

FORTH, forward.

FOURTH, next after third.

The fourth class marched forth after the third.

HART, a stag.

a as in arm.

HEART, a part of the body. The hart was shot through the heart. The blood flows from the heart.

ASSENT, to agree.

e as in men.

ASCENT, going up.

I cannot assent to make the ascent of the hill to-day. BELL, a hollow sounding metal. BELLE, a fine lady. The young belle rang the bell with violence.

BRED, brought up.

BREAD, food from corn.
Many persons have been bred upon barley bread.
BREST, a town in France. BREAST, a part of the body.
The man injured his breast in the town of Brest.
LEAD, a heavy metal.
The overlooker led me through the lead mines.

LED, conducted.

The crews of the ships that cruise in the Baltic are mostly

foreigners.

ROOD, quarter of an acre.

RUDE, rough, vulgar.

There was a rude hut built on the rood of ground.

ROUTE, a journey.

The roots of the oak lay across the route of the procession.

ROOT, part of a plant.

MITE, a small insect.

i as in fine.

MIGHT, power, strength. There are mites in that cheese. Naaman is called a mighty man of valor.

RITE, a ceremony.

RIGHT, correctly.

The rite of baptism is administered in churches.
You should work your sum the right way.

SITE, a situation.

I, myself.

SIGHT, a view.

This is a good site to get a sight of the procession.
EYE, the organ of sight.
I hurt my eye on the top of the hill.

TIME, duration-season.

THYME, a herb.

It is not time to gather the thyme yet. Time is short.

WRITE, to express by letter. WRIGHT, a workman.

The wheelwright who went away promised to write to my father.

END OF PART I.