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3. The plantain and the banana, the sago alm and the sugar-cane of the tropical regions, as well as the q-tree of the east, and the sugar-maple of North America, and the cow-tree mentioned by Humboldt,· and the butter- ee of Mungo Park, and the c ee and the tea-tree, and an endless variety of others, contribute to our wants in the form of od. Ve have already noticed the pitcher-plant, besides which, there are several others, which yield a supply of re­ freshing water. However, we must not let these remarkable instances carry away our thoughts om the no less use l, though much more common, blessings of Providence, in these respects. But it is not only in the rm of meat and drink, that these
vegetable appendages on the sur ce of the earth ad-· minister their sei·vices ; r it is well known, that we are indebted to the cotton lants of America and the Indies, r our calicoes and muslins, our stians and corduroys, a d other articles of clothing.
:pOPUL R PHILOSOPHY. LESSON X.
THE OLIAN HARP.
o'uAN HARP, n., an oblong, stringed instrument, played upon by the winds. olus was the god of the winds, and king of the olian islands, so called om him :-D. and F. harpe; A.S. hearpe, om earpian, to harp or play.
n., ddle; a stringed musical instrument. F. violon, f om I. V10LIN1, r
and S. viola, a (ringed instrument, traced to dicula, L., om des,
U'NISON, n., harmony, concord ; a single sound. F. unisson, om uniis, L., one, and sono, I sound.
of the same signi cation.
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BASS or BAsE (both pr. bayse), n., a low, deep sound. Ger. and F. bas; I. basso, om (G.) basi,, a ot-the lowest part of anything. V11n ATES, v., moves to and o with a tremulous motion; shakes:
from vibro, L., I brandish, I shake.