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tales (inventions of the last half century) which the wretched men and women, miscalled guides of the place, have composed r the entertainment of the thoughtless. They wander unmoved among shrines which, nearly thirteen centuries ago, were raised in honour of their God, by men joyous and thank l in the eling of certain immortality,-men whose ­ thers in their youth had reverencea the Druid as a more than human counsellor.
WAKEMAN.
LESSON VII.
ON MAMM ALIA.
MA A1LIA, n., that ass or species of animals that are nourished, while young, at the breast or paps. fammalia, om mamma, L., a breast, a mother: G. amme, a mother.
ARTICULA1 TIONS, n., the junctures or joints of bones. F. articulations; L. articulus, a little joint, as a nger, om artus, a limb, a large
ELONG1ATED, pt., made long; distinct om "extensible," which means capable of being made long, or stretched into length or breadth. See "Longitudinal," p. 18.
member, as an arm.
Oa'GAN, n., that by which anything can be done; a natural instru­ ment: the touch, sight, &c., are organs or instruments of sense. F. organe; G. or,qanon, from orga, from e ein (ob.), to do.
MASTICA1TioN, 11., the act of chewing, bruising, or crushing the od with the teeth. F. mastication. L. masticare (ob. v.), to chew.
AL1IMENT, 11., od. F. aliment, from alo, L., I nourish.
VER1TICAJ,, a., a term applied to what is in (or acts in, as in this place) a downward direction; a point, perpendicular to the horizon, in the zenith, or immediately overhead. F. and S. vertical; L. ver­ tex, the head or top of anything, the pole of the world, that upon
which anything turns,- om verto, I turn.
HoRIZON1TAL, a., level, even with the ground; parallel to the horizon.
F. horizontal. See "Horizon," p. 187.
HERBiv'oRous, a., herb-eating, as graminivorous is grass-eating, or
living upon grsss. F. herbe; L. erba, an herb, and voro, I devour,
om bora, G., food.
A TE1RroR, a., be re; sometimes (as here) used relatively to position
or situation, and sometimes to time. L. anterior, om ante, be re.