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342 THIRD BOOK OF LESSON II.
DISCOVERY OF AMERICA (CONTINUED).
OcTO'BER, n., the tenth month of the year, the eighth om March.· From L. octo, eight.
PROGNos1nc: n., a sign by which a future event may be known or retold. From G. prognosis.
FALLA!cmus, a., wearing a lse appearance; deceitful; misleading. F. llacieux. L. fallax, omJallo, to deceive.
PER1ILOUS, a., dangerous; hazardous; full of risk. F. perilleux. SooTHE, v., to soften ; to assuage; to calm. A.S. ge-otl1ian. lNFAL1LIBLE. a.. not liable to il; incapable of mistake; not to be
misled or deceived; certain. F. infaiLlible.
SYMP1'roM, n., a sign or token. F. symptorne. G. symptoma. ANGUISH (ang'-gwish), n., extreme pain, either of body or mind. L.
angustia. F. angoisse. I. ango cia.
CoNGRATULA1TION, n., the act of expressing one's joy or good wishes
at the success or happiness of another. From L. co ratulor. LEAGUE, n., three miles, En lish and American, a measure used chief­
ly at sea. Irish, leac. Welsh, llec. F. lieue. I. legu. S. legua.
· 1. ON the rst of October, they were about seven hundred and seventy _leagues west of the Canaries. They had now been above three weeks at sea : all their prognostics of discovry, drawn o.m the ight of birds, and other circumstances, had proved lla­ cious, and their prospect of success seemed now to be as distant as ever. The spirit of discontent and of mutiny began to mani st itself among the sailors, and, by degrees, the contagion spread om ship to ship.
2. All agreed, that Columbus should be compelled, by rce, to return, while their crazy vessels were yet in a condition to keep the sea; and some even pro­ posed to throw him overboard, as the most expedi­ tious method of getting rid of his remonstrances, and of securing a seasonable return to their native land.

3. Columbus was lly sensible of his perilous sit­ uation.. He perceived that it would be of no avail to hve recourse to any of his rmer expedients, to