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The Mountains

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of The Mountains is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Stewart Edward White • Curated US English Learning Edition

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When you come to saddle the pack-horses, you must exercise even greater care in getting the saddle-blankets smooth and the saddle in place.

There is some give and take to a rider; but a pack carries "dead," and gives the poor animal the full handicap of its weight at all times.

A rider dismounts in bad or steep places; a pack stays on until the morning's journey is ended.

See to it, then, that it is on right.

Each horse should have assigned him a definite and, as nearly as possible, unvarying pack.

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Chapter IV Reading 1/34

The Mountains

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of The Mountains is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/34 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

When you come to saddle the pack-horses, you must exercise even greater care in getting the saddle-blankets smooth and the saddle in place.

Line 2

There is some give and take to a rider; but a pack carries "dead," and gives the poor animal the full handicap of its weight at all times.

Line 3

A rider dismounts in bad or steep places; a pack stays on until the morning's journey is ended.

Line 4

See to it, then, that it is on right.

Line 5

Each horse should have assigned him a definite and, as nearly as possible, unvarying pack.

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a

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all

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and

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From this reading When you come to saddle the pack-horses, you must exercise even greater care in getting the saddle-blankets smooth and the saddle in place.

animal

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From this reading There is some give and take to a rider; but a pack carries "dead," and gives the poor animal the full handicap of its weight at all times.

as

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From this reading Each horse should have assigned him a definite and, as nearly as possible, unvarying pack.

assigned

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From this reading Each horse should have assigned him a definite and, as nearly as possible, unvarying pack.

at

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From this reading There is some give and take to a rider; but a pack carries "dead," and gives the poor animal the full handicap of its weight at all times.

bad

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but

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From this reading There is some give and take to a rider; but a pack carries "dead," and gives the poor animal the full handicap of its weight at all times.

care

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carries

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come

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dead

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From this reading There is some give and take to a rider; but a pack carries "dead," and gives the poor animal the full handicap of its weight at all times.

definite

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From this reading Each horse should have assigned him a definite and, as nearly as possible, unvarying pack.

dismounts

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Each

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From this reading Each horse should have assigned him a definite and, as nearly as possible, unvarying pack.

ended

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even

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exercise

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full

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getting

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From this reading When you come to saddle the pack-horses, you must exercise even greater care in getting the saddle-blankets smooth and the saddle in place.

give

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gives

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greater

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From this reading When you come to saddle the pack-horses, you must exercise even greater care in getting the saddle-blankets smooth and the saddle in place.

handicap

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have

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From this reading Each horse should have assigned him a definite and, as nearly as possible, unvarying pack.

him

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From this reading Each horse should have assigned him a definite and, as nearly as possible, unvarying pack.

horse

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From this reading Each horse should have assigned him a definite and, as nearly as possible, unvarying pack.

in

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From this reading When you come to saddle the pack-horses, you must exercise even greater care in getting the saddle-blankets smooth and the saddle in place.

is

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From this reading There is some give and take to a rider; but a pack carries "dead," and gives the poor animal the full handicap of its weight at all times.

it

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From this reading See to it, then, that it is on right.

its

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From this reading There is some give and take to a rider; but a pack carries "dead," and gives the poor animal the full handicap of its weight at all times.

journey

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From this reading A rider dismounts in bad or steep places; a pack stays on until the morning's journey is ended.

morning's

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From this reading A rider dismounts in bad or steep places; a pack stays on until the morning's journey is ended.

must

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From this reading When you come to saddle the pack-horses, you must exercise even greater care in getting the saddle-blankets smooth and the saddle in place.

nearly

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From this reading Each horse should have assigned him a definite and, as nearly as possible, unvarying pack.

of

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From this reading There is some give and take to a rider; but a pack carries "dead," and gives the poor animal the full handicap of its weight at all times.

on

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From this reading A rider dismounts in bad or steep places; a pack stays on until the morning's journey is ended.

or

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From this reading A rider dismounts in bad or steep places; a pack stays on until the morning's journey is ended.

pack

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From this reading There is some give and take to a rider; but a pack carries "dead," and gives the poor animal the full handicap of its weight at all times.

pack-horses

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From this reading When you come to saddle the pack-horses, you must exercise even greater care in getting the saddle-blankets smooth and the saddle in place.

place

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places

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From this reading A rider dismounts in bad or steep places; a pack stays on until the morning's journey is ended.

poor

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From this reading There is some give and take to a rider; but a pack carries "dead," and gives the poor animal the full handicap of its weight at all times.

possible

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From this reading Each horse should have assigned him a definite and, as nearly as possible, unvarying pack.

rider

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right

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From this reading See to it, then, that it is on right.

saddle

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saddle-blankets

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From this reading When you come to saddle the pack-horses, you must exercise even greater care in getting the saddle-blankets smooth and the saddle in place.

See

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From this reading See to it, then, that it is on right.

should

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From this reading Each horse should have assigned him a definite and, as nearly as possible, unvarying pack.

smooth

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From this reading When you come to saddle the pack-horses, you must exercise even greater care in getting the saddle-blankets smooth and the saddle in place.

some

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From this reading There is some give and take to a rider; but a pack carries "dead," and gives the poor animal the full handicap of its weight at all times.

stays

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From this reading A rider dismounts in bad or steep places; a pack stays on until the morning's journey is ended.

steep

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From this reading A rider dismounts in bad or steep places; a pack stays on until the morning's journey is ended.

take

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From this reading There is some give and take to a rider; but a pack carries "dead," and gives the poor animal the full handicap of its weight at all times.

that

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From this reading See to it, then, that it is on right.

the

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From this reading When you come to saddle the pack-horses, you must exercise even greater care in getting the saddle-blankets smooth and the saddle in place.

then

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From this reading See to it, then, that it is on right.

There

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From this reading There is some give and take to a rider; but a pack carries "dead," and gives the poor animal the full handicap of its weight at all times.

times

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From this reading There is some give and take to a rider; but a pack carries "dead," and gives the poor animal the full handicap of its weight at all times.

to

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From this reading When you come to saddle the pack-horses, you must exercise even greater care in getting the saddle-blankets smooth and the saddle in place.

until

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From this reading A rider dismounts in bad or steep places; a pack stays on until the morning's journey is ended.

unvarying

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From this reading Each horse should have assigned him a definite and, as nearly as possible, unvarying pack.

weight

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From this reading There is some give and take to a rider; but a pack carries "dead," and gives the poor animal the full handicap of its weight at all times.

When

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From this reading When you come to saddle the pack-horses, you must exercise even greater care in getting the saddle-blankets smooth and the saddle in place.

you

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From this reading When you come to saddle the pack-horses, you must exercise even greater care in getting the saddle-blankets smooth and the saddle in place.

Chapter 4 of The Mountains by Stewart Edward White holds 173 sentences, grouped into 35 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

What does chapter 4 of The Mountains contain?

Chapter 4 holds 173 sentences of The Mountains, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 4 of The Mountains by Stewart Edward White exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 173 sentences, grouped into 35 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

How do I study chapter 4 of The Mountains?

Work through the 35 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 35 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

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Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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About 252 minutes of reading across 606 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Mountains

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Mountains, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Blazed: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Mountains; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Trail: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Mountains; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Silent: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Mountains; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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