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Complete the thought of the following sentences, and secure a smooth transition between parts.

1 As you enter this room, to the left is an interesting painting of the Canterbury Pilgrims.

2 Poe delights in fantastic plots. A pirate's treasure chest was discovered in The Gold Bug.

3 I got up and ate a bite of breakfast. A few of my friends came over. We went to play golf.

4 All the loose material on the trail is carried off by the rush of the water. The last time I was on it was in early summer, and I found it in this rough condition.

5 I managed to find the softest board in the floor and went to sleep. Some of the boys found pleasure in arousing me with a shower of cold water.

6 Under guise of friendly escort the Indians accompanied the inhabitants of the fort a few miles. Only three escaped the massacre.

7 Many people say that in civil engineering it depends on the prosperity of the country; in hard times they do not build and in good times they do build.

8 Canada has more forests than minerals. Canada has made only a start in the lumber industry. The minerals are found, for the most part, in the mountain district near Lake Superior.

9 Thanksgiving day, as we are told, is a day on which our Puritan forefathers gathered round the roast turkey and gave thanks to God for his goodness. Last Thanksgiving I was at home.

10 The old method was to dig the holes by hand, and drop two or three kernels in each hole. Corn has become a staple crop. Machinery is used. The preparing of a field for corn has become a science.