OR, THE JUVENILE BUDGET OPENED: CONSISTING OF A VARIETY OF MISCELLANEOUS PIECES 1 FOR THE Instruction and amusement of YOUNG PERSONS. BY DR. AIKIN AND MRS. BARBAULD. THIRTEENTH EDITION. Carefully revised and corrected throughout by ARTHUR AIKIN, ESQ. FLS., &c. IN SIX VOLUMES. VOL. V. LONDON : PRINTED FOR BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY ; R. HUNTER; LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN; TWENTY-FIRST EVENING. ON EARTHS AND STONES. Tutor-George-Harry. Harry. I WONDER what all this heap of stones is for. George. I can tell you—it is for the lime-kiln; don't you see it just by? H. O yes, I do. But what is to be done to them there? G. Why they are to be burned into lime; don't you know that? H. But what is lime, and what are its uses? G. I can tell you one; they lay it on the fields for manure. remember we saw a number of little heaps of it, that we took for sheep at a distance, and wondered they did not move? However, I believe we had Don't you |