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RE DING LESSONS. 69
on musical instruments, drawing and painting, and other exercises of utility or amusement. By review­ ing a complete table of such matters, each man may see at once what he can know, and what it may suit his particular condition to study.
LESSON .
THE C SSIQUE.
Mo'T E, n., that which incites to action. F. moti from moveo, L., I move.
E'RIAL, a., capable of ying through the air. L. aerius, om aer, G., the air.
SuccESSION (-sesh'-), n., an uninterrupted series or course. F. succes­ .ion, I. and L. suc-cedere, to go under ; cado, I yield.
GREGA'mous, a., going in ocks l e partridge. L. gregariits, om grex, gregis, a ock.
ARNOTT
ht'ITATE, v., to mimic. L. imitor, om mimeomai, G., I copy. OoL'oISTS, n., the persons composing the colony, and who had le their mother country to cltivate that of their adoption. F. colonie,
a colony, om colo, L., I till.
CHORISTERS (kwire'-), n., songsters of the grove. F. choristes, from
chorus, L., and choros, G.,•a number of singers, om chairein, to
rejoice.
PEN'DuLous, a., hanging. L. pendulus, om pendere, to hang or sus- pend.
8YM1METRY, n., an agreeable apportionment of parts or members; a measured proportion. L. and G. symmetria, om metron, G., a measure.
0RNITHOL1oGY, n., the natural history of birds. G. ornithol os ;­ ornithos, of a bird, and legein, to discourse.
1. ONE bird, however, in Demerara, is not actuated by sel sh motives; that is the cassique: in size, he
8 is larger than the starling; he courts the society of man, but disdains to live by his labours. When na­ J ,ture calls r support, he repairs to the neighbouring 1· rest, and there partakes of the store of uitR and
1• seeds, which she bas prodnce.d in abundance r her :e