When your reading hour comes, you may take down any volume of this Encyclopedia, and turn to any article you please.

Or you may think of any subject that you would like to read about, as for instance, _boat, cannon, camel, eagle, trout, horse_, or any other subject, and take down the proper volume and find the article.

You can find it by the letters which are printed on the backs of the volumes." "Let us look now," said Marco, "and see what it says about trouts." "No, not now," replied Forester; "when your reading hour comes, you may read what you choose.

Only you must have a piece of paper at hand, and write upon it the title of every article which you read, and show it to me the next morning, because I shall wish to know what you have been reading, and perhaps to question you about it.

Now you understand your work, do you not ?" "Yes," said Marco; "and what are you going to do ?" "O, I'm going to study my law-books." "Shall you stay here and study ?" "Yes," replied Forester, "I shall be here most of the time.