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86 Juvenile Letters. respect towards them. Here is a lesson for christians! Your letter has set me all on fire to read history. I want to go to Rome, to Jerusalem, to the River Euphrates, and even to Pekin in China. I am soon to begin the reading of Goldsmith's History of Greece, of Rome, and of England, abridged. Papa says I must read moderately, so that I may have time to digest what I read; otherwise it will be of little use to me. After perusing your letter, I had the curiosity to look over the map of Bruce's Travels. He makes the Nile to run through a lake. Some might consider that lake more properly the source of the river. I have heard that a late traveller into the interior of Africa supposes that the celebrated Niger is no less than the river Nile. In Mr. Carey's late edition of the Bible, is a large map, exhibiting a view of the journeyings of the Israelites through the desert to the land of Canaan. That comprehends Juvenile Letters. 87 hends a part of the country included in Bruce's map. I am, dear Robert, Your friend and humble servant, AARON ADVENTURER. Master Robert Rover. LETTER XXXII. From Miss LAURA LITTLETON to Miss MATILDA MAITLAND. Northampton, Jan. 10th, 1803. DEAR MATILDA, I have the pleasure to inform you that I have been lately learning to spin. When I saw you last, I felt a little mortified, that you should find out I was entirely ignorant of that useful employment; though I thought I could then knit and sew, as well as girls in general of my age. The fact is, I was then attending school, every day. My mamma, you know, is an industrious woman; and though she is anxious to give her children