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    tur northward and  eward through the Gulf          emay We GirLs Nkatol"
    of Mexico, sweeps through the Atlantic Ocean  At the risk of disgusting
aunt Prim and mbth-
    and washes the western coast of Europe-the er Prudence, we answer, Yes.
Possibly other
    weam  winds of the equatorial regions taking out-door exercise and sports
mright be devised
    the same direction.  And that's one reason which would meet with the
approval of the
    why the western Coast of Europe is warmer in most ultra-fastidious, but
until they shall have
    the nam   latitude, and why ships sailing from  been introduced, we say
to the girls, after you
    ASeries to Europe in the course of the current, have done your whole
duty at home and in the
    get along easier and faster. It's like sailing school, and there is yet
need of some healthful
    dew, stream instead of up. Accordingly, ships exercise in the open air-exercise
that shall
    starting for England from New York go quite quicken the circulation,
invigorate the whole
    out of a due course in order to get into the Gulf body and make the cheeks
redolent of health
  Stream as soon as possible; while, in coming and beauty-then get you a
good pair of skates,
  from England, they steer out of course north- and to the ice.
  west so as to avoid this same current.      At first, it will seem difficult
to learn, and
    And then there is another great current, you may need the arm of father,
brother, or
  flowing southwestward from  the region of friend; but persevere trust to
your own gump-
  Spitzbergen in the Arctic Ocean, and washing tion as much as will answer
the demands of
  the eastern coast of North America. This cur- prudent courage, and it will
be but a short
  rent is often freighted with immense icebergs, time ere you will equal
the bonnie girls of
  of which we shall tell you by-and-by, and, of Holland, gliding over the
glassy surface of river,
  course, is very cold, and must cool the eastern lake, or pond like an arctic
fairy.
  part of this continent.  This is an another     PEREQUISITES TO EASY SUCCESS.
  reason why our American climate is not  80   I A dress that shall not trail
two feet behind
  warm as Western Europe in the same latitude. you, and other appropriate
apparel, not omit-
  There are also believed to be currents under ting the heaviest pair of
boots that can be worn
  theme urface currents, which flow in the oppo- without discomfort.
  site direction. But of these we have not space  2 A good pair of skates,
quite straight on
  to speak at length.                         the bottom, a little grooved
and with wide
  It is a knowledge of ocean currents which, straps that shall not hurt the
feet.
  more than anything else, has advanced the   3 A light, strong stick, about
six or eight
  science of navigation and shortened the long feet long, with a small spike
in each end, to
  voyages of a hundred years ago, when sailors aid you in keeping I right
side up with  care
  were entirely ignorant of them and often sailed The stick should be carried
in both hands,
against them  at a loss of three or four miles being grasped with both palms
downwards and
an hour in their speed, when by turning aside the thumbs pointing towards
each other. It
but a very few miles, they might have avoided will not at all impede the
effort at skating, and
them altogether.                            in case of danger of falling,
either end may in
  Dr. Franklin was among the first to investi- an instant be put down upon
the ice and save
gate this important subject; and of late years, you. That is, we think so;
the invention is
Prof Bache, Superintendent of the Coast Sur- original with us, and has never,
to our knowl-
vey, and Lieut. Maury, the traitor, have done edge, been tried.
more to enlighten the world in relation to it  4 Good and gallant company.
than any other men who have ever lived.     If, with all these aids, you
don't succeed,
  In the next number we shall tell you all send for the Editor of the Farmer
and let him
about icebergs, including some that we saw teach you the coveted art, after
the good old
hlst summer in the Atlantic Ocean.        style of the time long ago.