23. I may mention that I took from the ship two cats; and the ship's
dog which I found there was so overjoyed to see me that he swam
ashore with me. These were much comfort to me. But one of the cats
disappeared and I thought she was dead. I heard no more of her till she
came home with three kittens. In the end I was so overrun with cats
that I had to shoot some, when most of the remainder disappeared in the
woods and did not trouble me any more.
Questions and Notes. Why is _g_ soft in _generally?_ How do you
pronounce _February?_ What sound ha{ve the _}s{_'}s in _surprised?_
Mention three or four other words ending in the sound of _ize_ which
are spelled with an _s_. What sound has _ou_ in _enough?_
What other words have _gh_ with the sound of _f_? We have here the
spelling of waste--meaning carelessly to destroy or allow to be
destroyed; what is the spelling of the word which means the middle of
the body? Is _ful_ always written with one _l_ in derivatives,
as in _handful_ above? Mention some other words in which _ce_ has the
sound of _c_ as in _rice_. How do you spell _14_? like forty? Why is
_u_ placed before _e_ in _guess?_ Is it part of a digraph with _e_?
What sound has _ea_ in _measure?_ What sound has it in this word?
What other word pronounced like _heard?_ Which is spelled regularly?
How many _l_'s has _till_ in compounds? Mention an example.
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