in a cavern,and had the body and legs of a white horse,with the head and shoulders of a man. Hisname was Chiron ; and, in spite of his odd ap-pearance, he was a very excellent teacher, andhad several scholars, who afterwards did himcredit by making a great figure in the world.The famous Hercules… … j / THE GOLDEN FLEECE. 27o ho.v to use the sword and shield, together withvarious other branches of education, in whichthe lads of those days used to be instructed, in-stead of writing-and arithmetic. o I have sometimes suspected that Master Chi-ron was not really very different from other peo-ple,…
Children's stories, American
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