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which are square, are rty-eight et high, and about rty et wide. The stone employed in the unda­ tions, angles, &c., is a strong grey granite; but the materials, r the greater part, consist of bluish bricks, and the mortar is remarkably pure and white. It was built, according to Du Halde, by the emperor Chien-Chu-Toang, about 221 years be re Christ. Although it has been built upwards of 2,000 years, it yet remains quite rm and compact.
LESSON IV.
THE CORK-TREE,
LoNGITU1DINAL, a., running in the longest direction. om longus, L., long, of long extent.
I. lo itudinale,
lNCIS1ION, n., a cut inwards. F. incision, om cido, L., I cut. Cuav1ED, a., bent, in ected. L. curvus, om curvo, l turn, I bend. ExPoRTA1TION, n., the act of carrying out to other countries. F. ex-
portation, om porto, L., I carry.
Parn'cIPAL, a., chief. F. principal, om princ s, L., rst, chie ELASTI</ITY, n., a power in some bodies of springing back, when bent
or stretched, to their original position. F. elasticitc, om elauno,
G., I repel
lNSERT1ED, pt., placed in other things. L. insertus, om sero, I join, I knit.
TEN'DENCY, n., natural aptness. I. tendenza, om ten , L., I aim, I stretch.
AP1ERTURE, n., an opening. L. apertio, from aperio, I open. BuoY1ANT, a., oating. D. boeye, F. bouee, a buoy, from bois, wood.
(For signi cation of ex, in, -ity, -ency, &c., seep. 401-2.)
CoRK is the bark of a kind of oak, growing chie y in Spain. When it is to be removed om the tree,
a longitudinal slit is cut, at the extremities of which, incisions are made round the trunk ; it can then be ·· stripped o with great ease, by means of a curved
kni , with a handle at both ends. When the bark
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