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mingled with these, you will perceive a variety of owering vines, the sweetest of which, decidedly, is the jessamine; but, like most of the sweets of li , it is very transient.
3. There are a few plantations here which exhibit Indian corn, which has an appearance of strength, richness, and verdure, on the low grounds; also, cot­ ton, and mounds or hillocks of sweet potatoes. Cane­ brakes are und in several places. On the other hand, the decaying trunks of great trees dis gure the land, and they oat upon the sur c of the muddy river, and drift against the banks. In the midst of these, you may equently see the alligator ,vatching r his prey, or sleeping in the burning rays of an almost tropical sun; and in the summer, the exhalations of the swamps breed pestilence; thus blending the goods and the ills, the enjoyments and the miseries of li .
DR. ENGL ND. LESSON IX.
CHRISTIAN FORTIT E.
Doirns'Tic, ., an attendant. L. domesticus, om domus, a house. C&m;hFIED, a., trans xed to a cross. L. cruc xus, om crux, a
cross.
BARBA1RIANS, n., rude, erce, cruel men. Anciently, all who were etrangers to the language and manners of the Greeks were called barbarian.. L. barbaries, om barbaru., and this from barbaros, G., unciv ised.
fooL'ATRous, a., idol-worshipping. eidolon, an idol.
F. idoldtre ; L. idolum, and G., F. souverain; I. sovrano, om su· F. int midation, om ti­
Sov'EREIGN, n., a supreme ruler. pernus, L., supreme.
mere, L., to ar.
lNTIMIDA1TION, n., the act of intimidating.