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READING LESSONS. 291 LESSON X.
THE GI T'S CAUSEWAY.
AN'TRrn:, n., a maritime county in Ulster, bounded on tile N. by the Northern Ocean; E., by the Irish Sea; S., by Lough Neagh and Co. Down; and W., by Cos. Derry and Tyrone. Its area i com­ puted at 758,808 acres, of which 225,970 are mountain and bog, and 49,790, are under water. The population, including that of Bel st, is 351,496. In the ancient divi ion of Ireland, the south­ ern and south-western parts of this county were included in the territory called Ulidia; the western and north-western were des­ ignated alrieda; and the name of the whole was ndruim, sig­ nifying the"habitation upon the waters." Nennius mentions the "regions of Dalrieda" as the ultimate settlement of the Scythian
colony in Ireland.
HEXAG10NAL, a., six-sided; having six sides and corners. L. hex o­
,s, om (G.) hex, six, and gonia, an angle or corner.
PEN1TAG0N, n., a gure with ve angles, and consequently, ve sides.
F.pentagone, om (G.) pente, ve, and gonia.
PRE 'IPICE, n., a place whence the descent is headlong; a situation
without gradual slope, om which the ll or descent is sudden or
dangerous. F. precipice, om pr cipito, L., I ll headlong. PARADE', n., a walk or pathway, as in this place: a place where dis­ play or exhibi on may be made. F. parade, om paro, L., I make
ready.
CorncrnE1, v., to ll upon the same super cial space. F. coincider; cado, L., I ll.
!NVER'TED, pt., turned inwards; reversed or turned in the contrary direction. L. in11ersus, om inverto,-in, and verto, I turn.
Drss L'InTDE, n., want of resemblance; unlikeness. F. dissimili­ tu , om (L.) dissi ili8,-dis, and shnilis, like.
PrL'LAR, n., a columnar mass of no particular rm. Columns are vul­ garly called pillars; but architects make a distinction (see "Col­ umu," last lesson), restricting this term to such pillars as do not come within the description of a column. F. pitier; L. pila, a pile or pillar laid upon the ground to sustain anything laid or reared
upon it(.l"k ') · 1· · d" · d · t· f d" For"Socket," see p. 230; "Convexity," and "Concavity," p. 135.
For derivation of" Impending," see "Pendulous," p. 69.
1. ON the north-west of the county of Antrim, opening into the Atlantic, is a great natural curiosi­ ty : it consists of a vast collection of basaltic pillars, extending several miles along te coast, and divided into agments, or parts of causeways.
OBLIQUE - 1 e , a., me mmg, 1vergmg; evra mg rom a perpen 1c- ular or right line. F. oblique, om obliquus, L., slant.