Lesson 12.

1. With a pair of scissors cut out a square of paper. Fold it into two;
then into four; then into eight, and lastly into sixteen. Open out the
paper. If the whole square stands for the size of India, one of the
small squares will stand for the size of our land.

[Illustration: {Punkah}]

2. Copy this drawing of a punkah. What is the use of a punkah?

3. Suppose you forget to water your plants, what happens? Suppose you
water them too much, what happens?


Lesson 13.

1. Write out and learn: _A mountain is land which rises high above the
level of the country round about it. A row of mountains joined together
by high ground is called a mountain range or chain._

2. Write out the following:--"Some mountains may be called water savings
banks. The rain freezes as it falls and becomes snow. On very high
mountains this snow never melts. It gets deeper and deeper, and the
lower part turns into ice. This ice creeps slowly down the mountain side
until it comes into air that is warm enough to melt it. The water which
flows away from the ice forms a river. Many large rivers begin in
melting ice-fields."