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season, immense sheets of water, 01· temporary lakes, are rmed. These over ow their boundaries, and pour ·down large volumes of water, which cause the regular annual over owing of the Nile, the Niger, the Senegal, and of many minor rivers.
6. A ica, considered either in a political or moral point of view, occupies the lowest place among the divisions of the earth. It contains three distinct va­ rieties of inhabitants : in the north, the oors, de­ scended om the Mahometan Arabs, resembling Eu­ ropeans, except in their complexion, which is dark; in the middle, the Negroes, distinguished by their black skin, thick lips, and woolly hair; and in the south and south-east, the Oa res, varying in complex­ ion, om a yellowish brown to a shining black, and having the hair and atures less strongly marked wi the Negro character. 0. B.
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THE SEVEN CHURCHES-GLENDALOUGH.
LESSON .
SEQUES1TERED, a., retired, lonely, secluded. L. sequestratus, om se­ quester, an arbitrator, from sequor, I llow-because the judgment of an arbitrator is llowed by each party.
GNo'Mo , n., the hand or index of a sun-dial; one who, or that which, puints out. F. L. and G. gnoinon, om gignosko, G., I know.
GRAN1ITE, n., a kind of stone, so called on account of the distinctness and minuteness of its grains. F. granit, om granum, L., a grain. 00N1TROVERSY, n., disputation, debate. L. controver.ia, from contra,
and verto, I u , I overtu .
T RILL1I G, a., piercing; penetrating: the term is applied to what
produces a tremulous motion or tingling ensation: om A.S.
thirlia , to thrill, to pierce.
lM1PULSE, n., in uence acting on the mind; motive; communicated
rce. L. i pulsus,-im, and pul,ms, om pulsum, p. pt. of pello,
I drive.
FRA1GRANCE, n., a grateful odour; sweetness ofsmell. L.fragrantia, omJragere, to smell sweetly.