PART II.-TRANSLATION INTO ENGLISH. (a) Napoléon III, empereur des Français, causait un jour avec sa femme, l'impératrice Eugénie. Comme elle parlait un peu étourdiment, Napoléon lui dit en plaisantant: "Savez-vous bien, Madame, la différence qu'il y a entre un miroir et vous?""Non," répondit-elle. "Eh bien, ma chère, la différence est qu'un miroir réfléchit, et que vous ne réfléchissez pas.' "Et vous, Monsieur," dit vivement Eugénie, "Savez-vous la différence qu'il y a entre un miroir et vous-même ?"-" Non," répondit à son tour Napoléon. "Eh bien, mon ami, le miroir est poli, et vous avez oublié de l'être." (b) Une fois il oublia son chardonneret si longtemps que le pauvre oiseau créva de faim, et alors il eut la mauvaise pensée de le placer dans la cage de Marie et de prendre l'autre dans la sienne. Mais la bonne le regardait faire, et quand il cria à sa sœur: "Ton chardonneret est mort!" elle protesta. "Ce n'est pas le vôtre, Mademoiselle, c'est le sien." Pierre rougit, mais il fut plus honteux encore lorsque Marie ajouta : "C'est le tien ? Avoue-le si c'est le tien. Je ne garderai pas le mien pour moi seule. Ce ne sera plus le mien, ce sera le nôtre." (c) Une laitière de Bruxelles a commis un mot remarquable, qui révèle bien tous les my stères de son commerce. Elle apporta un matin à une cuisinière sa ration de lait accoutumée. Celle-ci fut stupéfaite de voir qu'on ne lui avait servi que de l'eau claire. "Dites donc, la laitière, mais c'est de l'eau que vous me donnez là ! . La laitière se penche pour vérifier le fait, et s'écrie avec une brusque naïveté : "Ah! sapristi! on a oublié d'y mettre le lait !" PART III. TRANSLATION INTO FRENCH. (70) 1. You want me to relate to you something. Well, I am going to tell you of my first crossing. 2. Children, I am going to take you into the country. So take your hats and climb up into the carriage. 3. What a negligent boy you are! Look, your books are lying about every where in the room! 4. Do you see that man on this hillock with that old hat and his shoes with holes in them? 5. The boy standing is George. He is in front of the blackboard, which is against the wall between the door and the window. The chalk and the sponge are near by. (60) LATIN (Preliminary Grade). Friday, June 21st, 1912.-Afternoon, 3 to 5.30. Work neatly. PART I.-ACCIDENCE. 1. Give the genitive singular of ramus, portus, facinus; the nominative singular of fluctibus, equitibus, litore. (15) 2. Give the genitive singular of alter, celer, dexter; the neuter accusative singular of brevis, alius, ipse; (15) 3. Give the third person singular of the future simple indicative active of lego, delecto, venio, jubeo; (10) 4. Name the tense, mood, voice, and give the meaning of tacuistis, terreri, dormi, videntur, munientur, valere, dixere, mittēris, redeunt, superaveritis. PART II.-TRANSLATION INTO LATIN. 1. The words of this orator frighten the minds of the citizens. 2. The names of many flowers are known to my sister. (30) 3. The ambassadors themselves inform the king of their arrival. 4. The ships will already have been drawn up before the harbour. 5. Neither in winter nor in summer shall I be away from home. 6. The sailors were being frightened by the arrival of the ships of the enemy. (60) PART III.-TRANSLATION INTO ENGLISH. 1. Rex mercatorem laudat, eique magnam imaginem reginae dat. 2. Marcum et Balbum, amicos meos, in hortis regiis vident. 3. Crebriores epistulas nuntiosque ad Caesarem de his rebus mittent. 4. Nuntii magnis clamoribus ad castra a militibus ducti erant. 5. Nonne te verba magistri aliquando ad majorem diligentiam incitabunt? 6. Prora hujus navis multis. floribus a nautis ornata erit. 7. Caesar milites majores, quam jam fecerant, naves statim aedificare jubet. 8. Num tu laudabis hominem cujus pessimi mores omnibus noti sunt? 9. Uni ex omnibus Sequani nihil earum rerum faciunt, quas ceteri faciunt. 10. Tum regiae copiae, omni metu liberatae, adversus hostes impetum faciunt. 11 Quoties a vobis ipsis et a majoribus vestris ingens hostium multitudo superata et fugata est? 12. Quia meam virtutem honoravisti, tibi aperiam quod scire cupiebas. (70) COUNCIL OF HIGHER EDUCATION, NEWFOUNDLAND. GENERAL ELEMENTARY SCIENCE (Preliminary Grade). Monday, June 17th, 1912.-Afternoon, 2.30 to 4.30. 1. Make a sketch of a suitable instrument for delivering an exact volume of liquid, and describe how the instrument is used. (15) 2. A flask is filled with cold water which rises partly up a narrow tube passing through the stopper. Describe, and explain, the phenomena observed when the flask is immersed in a bath of hot water. (15) 3. Explain the construction of a thermometer. What does a thermometer measure, and what precautions are necessary to ensure accurate readings? (20). 4. When chalk is shaken with water or dilute sulphuric acid, it remains apparently undissolved; but when shaken with dilute hydrochloric or nitric acid, it rapidly disappears. Explain the phenomenon in each case. (20) 5. Describe simple experiments to show that air consists of gases of very different chemical properties. (15) 6. When a candle burns, it disappears. Sketch, and describe, an experiment to show there is no loss of matter. (15) COUNCIL OF HIGHER EDUCATION, NEWFOUNDLAND. AGRICULTURE (Preliminary Grade). Friday, June 21st, 1912. Afternoon, 3 to 5. Work neatly. 1. Why do some kinds of rocks produce sandy soils and others clayey soils? (16) 2. Why is it that long-continued wet weather in winter injures soil? (14) 3. Why is it that frost in winter improves ploughed land? (14) 4. Describe the tillage that would be required by a loamy soil before oats could be sown upon it. (20) 5. Name the parts of the seedling turnip a few days after the seed has germinated. Sketch the seedling plant, and indicate the parts you mention. (18) 6. Name any crop for which seaweed would be a suitable manure. Should the seaweed be applied when fresh or after rotting? How many cartloads of seaweed per acre would be desirable? (18) |
