They are equally adapted to spelling and reading.
I will give several specimens of reading lessons in natural history, each of which has a large, well-engraved and coloured plate at the top, copied from nature.
THE EAGLE.
How glad some poor children would be if they could read about the eagle.

He is a big strong bird, and has such great wings, and such long sharp claws, that he can dig them into the lamb, hare, rabbit, and other animals, and thus fly away with them to feed his young ones, and to eat them himself.

Eagles make such a large nest on the side of some high rock, where nobody can get at it.

There used to be eagles in Wales, and there are some now in Scotland, but very few in England, for they do not like to be where there are many people.

_The Almighty gave man dominion over the birds of the air_, as well as over the other animals, and as he gave man power to _think_, if the eagles become troublesome, men catch them, though they can fly so high; and as the eagle knows this, he likes to keep out of our way, and go into parts of the world where there are not so many people.