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§ 7. LESSON I.
DISCOVERY OF MERICA.
CoLUM1BUS, n., the Latinized name of the great discoverer of Ameri­ ca, called in I. Colombo, and in S. Colon.
SQUADRON (skwod'-run), n., part of a eet; a number of ships. F. escadron. S. e.quadron, om L. squadratus.
SEPTEM1BER, n., the ninth month of the year, and seventh om March, om L. septer , seven. F. Septeinbre.
FoR'TUNE, n., success, good or bad. L. fortuna.
REQUISITE (rek'-we-zit), a., necessary; need l; required by the na-
ture of things. L. iequisitus. lNVEN1TIVE,a.,quickatcontrivance;readyatexpedients. F.invent THoR10UGH, a., complete; per ct. A.S. thurh. • MAR1I'f IE, a., relating to the sea; naval. F. L. maritimus. MAGXET1IC, a., having the power of the magnet; attractive. From
G. magnes, om Magnesia in Asia Minor.
Cmr1PASS, n., an instrument used to show or direct the course of a vessel, commonly called the Mariner's Compass. F. and S. co as.
1. ON Friday, the third day of August, in the year one thousand ur hundred and ninety-two, Colum­ bus set sail from Palos, in Spain, a little be re sun­ rise, in presence of a vast crowd of spectators, who sent up their supplications to Heaven r the pros­ perous issue of the voyage ; whic they wished, ra­
ther than expected.
2. His squadron, if it merit that name, consisted of no more than three small vessels,-the Santa Ia­ ria, the Pinta, and the Nigna,-having on board ninety men, mostly sailors, together with a w ad­
venturers, who llowed the rtune of Columbus, and some gentlemen of the Spanish court, whom the queen appointed to accompany him.
3. He steered directly r the Canary Islands; om which, after re tting his ships, and supplying himself with esh provisions, he took his departure on the sixth day of September. Here the voyage of discovery may properly be said to have begun ; r