they will lie until "the sea shall give up the dead that are in it." One curious Epitaph for a Schoolmaster we copied; here it is-and, though rather quaint, there is something good about it. Like the cover of an Old Book, Yet the work shall not be lost, We readily found admission into the Church, which is a plain, but very spacious, building. The walls, which were newly whitewashed, and the numerous windows, gave it a light and cheerful appearance. Along the walls on each side, as well as in the chancel, are many ancient monuments, inscribed on which are the names of several Norfolk families, well-known in English history. The ancient font was large enough to dip a baby in, in accordance with the original custom, as set forth in the Book of Common Prayer. Here also was an old reading desk in the shape of a large brass eagle, whose wings upheld the book. We were told that in the wars of the Parliament against Charles I., it was buried in an adjoining garden, for fear that Cromwell's soldiers should take it and melt it down; and that it was only found by accident many years afterwards. •We have said that it was our custom every morning, after breakfast, to walk down to the shore, where we always found something stirring to interest or amuse us. One morning some young gentlemen had brought with them a fine young Newfoundland dog, who afforded them much amusement by his readiness to dash into the sea, and swimming with great rapidity, bring back their walking-sticks, which they had flung out as far as they could. The dog seemed to enjoy the sport as much as his masters. With what a look of triumph did he his mouth, and lay it at their feet! care-as you would of the mop that bring back his prize in Having done this, take woman is trundling for he is about to shake himself, and if you do not mind he will send the water-drops from his thick shaggy coat all over you! Another thing we very much enjoyed was to form a party, and tide, wind, and weather favourable, take a boat for a trip on the water. One afternoon we went off near to the sandbanks and round the vessel set as a beacon. A number of men are on board of her night and day; and there they stay for many weeks together. It seemed to us a dreary and monotonous life. But if they are pious men and have their Bibles and some good books with them, they may be happy enough. One dull evening, soon after twilight, when walking on the pier, we were much interested with the appearance of the waves, as they rolled in from the outside of the harbour, the tops of them shining here and there as if tipped with a bright light. Inside the harbour, too, as the boats passed along, and the oars were dipped and lifted up again, they seemed to drip drops of molten silver. A number of young people were also amusing themselves in boats, by striking the water with oars, which sent up sprays of beautiful brightness. Some of my young readers may wish to know what caused this singular appearance on the disturbed waters; others may know already. Will any of them write a paper about it, to be printed in our pages? If we do not receive one soon we will try to write one ourselves; but now we have not time nor room to give you a proper account of the cause of it. I have often noticed that in a sea-port town the boys, yes, and the girls too, seem more wide awake and active than in midland places. What a contrast there is between a ploughboy and a sailor-boy! But this is easily accounted for. The plough-boy goes along heavily over the rough ploughed fields to the same dull task; but the sailor-boy is always among new and stirring scenes, and he must be wide-awake and active too, or he would soon be in peril. Then their amusements are so different. We all know how few things take place in a country village to awaken attention and excite interest, but here on the shore, the ever-rolling and ever-changing sea, the ships passing to and fro in the distance, and the boats pulled with oars or scudding along before the wind, afford scenes of ever-occurring variety. I I have often stood and watched the children at play among the sands. How they roll and tumble about over it, or try to bury one another under heaps of it! And it is so clean and soft that they neither dirty nor hurt themselves. Little girls and boys, some of whom can only just toddle over the sands, will walk with their bare legs a few steps into the water, and, as they see a wave coming, run up again without danger; for the shore is so gradual, and the tide and the waves come and go so slowly, that there is little fear of their being drowned. We never heard of such an accident. But the little ones have always some bigger brother or sister with them to take care of them. We have now only to tell you about our trip to Yarmouth, and something more about the "Little Missionaries," and then we have done. EGYPTIAN WONDERS! THE PYRAMIDS AND THE SPHYNX. IF you turn back to page 135 you will find the picture of these, and an account of how some travellers climbed to the top of the Great Pyramid. Now you will read about how they got into the interior of it, and what they found there. Having collected our party upon a sort of platform before the entrance of the passage leading to the interior, and lighted a number of tapers, we all descended into its dark mouth. The impression made upon every one of us, in viewing the entrance, was this: that no set of men whatever could thus have opened a passage, by uncovering precisely the part of the pyramid where the entrance was concealed, unless they had been previously acquainted with its situation. Proceeding down this passage, which may be compared to an inclined chimney about a yard wide, we presently arrived at a very large mass of granite; this seems to have been placed on purpose to choke up the passage; but a way has been made round it, by which we were enabled to ascend into a second channel, sloping, in a contrary direction, towards the mouth of the first. This is what Greaves calls the first gallery. Having ascended along this channel, to the distance of 110 feet, we came to a passage, leading to a chamber in the interior of the pyramid. In this passage we found, upon our right hand, the mysterious well, which has been so often mentioned. Pliny makes the depth of it equal |