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she pursues the spoiler with an enmity the most in­ veterate ; and he, contented to lose a part in order to save a part, is equently obliged to drop one of the cubs. vVith this she immediately returns to her den, and ag in pursues him ; he then drops another; and by the time she has returned with that, he gen­ erally escapes with the remainder. Should her young be torn from her entirely, with hideous cries she ex­ presses her agony, her despair, and llows the captor to the very town or ship in which he may have taken
refuge, and dares him, as it were, to come rth.
AIKMAN's ANIMAL KINGDOM.
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LESSON XXI.
OF THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS, GOVERNMENT, LAWS, ETC., OF IRELAND.
ScY1THIANS, n., the original inhabitants of the countries N. of the Cas­ pian and Euxine Seas and the adjacent parts of Europe. Scyth , om ythia,-sometimes called Sarmatia.
TAR1A, n., the place in eath where the convocation of the States­ general of Ireland assembled triennially, thence called mora. Ir.
Taragh; sometimes called teagh- or, the great house. HERED1ITARY, a., ing to one as heir. L. hmreditarius, om lu res,
an heir.
BaE'HoN, n., one invested with judicial authority: om brehiv, Ir., a 1judge.
E RA, n., a series of years beginning om some known epoch. L. a: of uncertain etymology.
RESTRICT1ED, pt., con ned, limited. L. restrictum, om strictus, tied or bound.
Fos'TERING, n., nursing: om jostrian, A.S., to feed or nourish. ANTIQUITY (an-tik'-kwe-te), n., great age. L. antiqu tas :-antiquus
or anticus, ancient, is om ante, be re.
APPEN1DAGES, n., things added to other things not necessary to their
essence. L. appendices, om pendeo, I hang.
BEL1FRIES, n., the places where bells are hung: om bell-an, A.S., to
bellow.
1. THERE are many accounts of the origin of the earliest inhabitants of Ireland; the most probable