2. Copy this little drawing of a lighthouse. Write out and learn: _A
lighthouse is a tower near the sea. It shows a bright light at night to
warn sailors of rocks or shallow places._

3. Why does a big ship "go slow" through the Suez Canal?


Lesson 8.

1. Write out and learn: _A desert is a rainless tract of country on
which little or nothing will grow._ How can a desert be turned into a
garden?

[Illustration: {Arab tent}]

2. Copy this little drawing of an Arab tent. Why do the Arabs who wander
from place to place live in tents?

3. Write out and learn: _A green spot in a desert is called an
oasis._ Several of these green spots are called _oases_.


Lesson 9.

1. The palm is said to have as many uses as there are days in the year.
Name some of these uses.

2. Why is the camel called the "ship of the desert"?