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54 THIRD BOOK OF LESSON XXII.
REMARKABLE LAKES.
PoR1TUGAL, n., the ancient Lusitania, and most westerly kingdom of the European continent. The name is said t9 be om Porto Galle, the port Calle, a town rmerly on the Douro.
RIDGE, n., a rough extended line raised above the adjoining sur ce. .S. hrycge, om r c-an, to reach, to extend.
UNFATH10MABLE, a., not to be sounded by a line. A.S. f t m, a measure of six feet, omf thmian, to embrace with each hand ex­ tended.
SuBTERRA1NEous, a., lying under or below the sur ce of the earth. L. subterraneus,-sub, and terra, the earth.
CoNFIRM1ED,pt., strengthened by new evidence. L. con rmatus, om rmus, strong, and that om eirmos, G., connected.
OccA1SIONALLY, ad., occurring or lling out incidentally. F. par occa­ sion, om cadere, L., to fall.
ExTRAOR1DINARY, a., out of, or more than, what is common. F. extra­ ordinaire, om ordo, L., I arrange.
RuM1BLING, a., a term applied to a hoarse, con sed, continual sound. Ger. ru peln, to rattle, om hr men, .S., to make a noise.
AusoRB1 , v., to swallow up. L. absorbe1·e, om sorbeo, I suck in. PET1RIFY, v., to change to stone. F. petr er, om petra, L., a stone,
and eri, to cause to be.
ON the top of a ridge of mountains in Portugal, caUed Estrella, there are two lakes of great extent and depth, especially one of them, which is said to be un thomable. What is chie y remarkable in them is, that they are calm when the sea is so, and rough when that is stormy. It is there re probable that they have a snbterraneous communication with the ocean; and this seems to be con rmed by the pieces of ships they occasionally throw up, though almost rty mi]es distant om the sea. There is another extraordinary lake in this country, which, be re a storm, is said to make a fright l rumbling noise, that may be heard at the distance of several miles. And we are also told of a pool or untain, called Fervencias, about twenty- ur miles om
Coimbra, that absorbs not only wood, but even the