Well, the name of this animal or ... _species_, is called ... the _hart_. Is it a slow or quick moving animal? _Swift_. It runs ... _very swiftly_. What countries do harts chiefly live in? _Mountainous countries._ Why do you think so? _The Bible says, "Like a young roe upon the mountains._" And a young roe is ... _a young hart_. Well, that is one proof that they live in the mountains; but can they live in the plains? _Yes, sir; they live in plains in gentlemen's parks_, which are sometimes ... _plain_, or nearly ... _level_. Very well; but when allowed to roam and run about freely and ... _naturally_, they ... _prefer the mountains_. Is the hart spoken of in the psalm supposed to live in a warm or cold country, think you? _A warm country._ Why? ... Bring down the map, children, and show the country or countries you suppose to be meant. (The map of Palestine is presented.) Point out those parts you think harts live in. You think the Psalmist means ... _the mountainous parts of Palestine_. And Palestine is ... What sort of a country? _Mountainous country_, and ... _very hot_. Now, we must get smartly on. The hart lives in ... _a hot country_, and in the mountainous parts of ... _a hot country_. How does the sun shine? _Over head, nearly perpendicular_, and, therefore, the great part of the year the ground must be ... _very hot and dry_. In what state will the soil be? _Parched and dusty._ And in mountainous countries, where the sun is very hot, what happens to the streams or brooks? _The brooks dry up._ It is then a dry and ... _thirsty land_, and where ... _no water is_. If you turn in your Bible to Job vi. 15, it is said: "And as the stream of brooks they pass away,"--showing that the brooks in that hot climate are ... _very apt to pass away_, or ... _dry up_. Tell me, children, what you mean by panting? Show me what panting is? This boy thinks it is simply opening the mouth. (Take nothing for granted.) Have you ever seen a dog walking in a very hot and dusty day, after having run a long way? _Yes, sir; it opens its mouth._ Does it simply open its mouth, as this boy did? _It pants, this way. It feels uneasy._ Why uneasy? Because _it is weary and thirsty_. Weary and thirsty from ... _the heat_; and a thirsty dog, that is weary and very ... _hot_, would--what would it wish? _To have a drink_, or, perhaps, to ... _plunge in the brook_. Of what had the hart drank before? _The brooks._ Well, the hart having both drank of ... _the brook_, and ... _plunged in the brook before_, longed and ... _panted to do so again_. In this sad condition, therefore--heated and ... _thirsty_, and running about, ... _panting_--how would the hart feel? Would he be satisfied to lie down? _No, sir; very anxious._ And what more? _Longing and panting for water._ Not at rest, because it ... _felt_--the ... _want of something_ it could not get at ... _that time_; and that was ... _the water brooks_.