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READING LESSONS.
Hushing its billowy breast; The quiet of that moment too is thine:
It breathes of Him who keeps
The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
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LESSON IV.
SNOW HOUSES.
CoM1FoRTABLE, a., agreeably convenient. F. confortat om fortis, L., strong, ir, &c. ·-
DIAM1ETER, n., the straight line which, passing through the centre of any gure, measures or divides it into two equal parts. L. diame­ ter, om (G.) dia, through, and metron, a measure.
TENA1Cious, a., cohesive; having particles disposed to stick or keep together. F. tenace, om tenere, L., to keep, to hold.
RECTAN1GULAR, a., right-angled, i. e., having angles of 90°. F. rectan­ gulaire, from angu s, L., a corner.
Cm.'ICAL, a., like a cone, which is a solid gure having a circular base, and gradually decreasing to a point. · F. conique, om conus, L., and konos, G., a cone,-the uit of the r-tree.
OPERA1TION, n ., per rmance. F. operation, om opus, L., a work. CoNSTRUc'TION, n., rm, structure. F. construction, om struo, L.,
I build.
TRANSLU1CENcY, n., imper c transparency, partially admitting rays of light, so that light, not objects, appears through. L. luceo, l hine, from the ob. G. luke, light.
TRANSMIT1TED, v., sent out. L.-transmissus, om mitto, I send. SuPE1RI0R, a., more beauti l or attractive. S. and L. s erior, from
1. THE winter habitations of the Esquimaux,-an uncivilised people of North America,-are built of snow, and, judging om one that I saw constructed the other day, they are very comfortable dwellings.. The Esquimaux having selected a spot on the river where the snow was about two et deep, and su ­ ciently compact, commenced by tracing out a circle, twelve et in diameter. The snow in the interior
of the circle was next divided with a broad kni ,
super, above or over.
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BRYANT.