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cai·ing r the loss of ten or twelve ounces of blood, I frequently and designedly put myself in the way of trial. But the vampire seemed to take a personal dislike to me; and the provoking brute would re se to give my claret one solitary trial, though he would tap the more voured Indian's toe, in a hammo within a w yards of mine. For the space of eleven months, I slept alone on the loft of a wood-cutter's abandoned house in the rest; and though the vam­ pire came in and out every night, and I had the nest opportunity of seeing him, as the moon shone through apertures where windows had once been,_I never could be certain that I saw him make a positive attempt to quench his thirst om my veins, though he often hovered over the hammock.
W TERTON.
LESSON III.
SHIPWRECK OF THE CHILDREN OF HENRY I.
RE DING LESSONS.
AMBITION (-bish'-), n., desire of power, honour, or command. F. am­ bition, om ambire, L., to go round (in search of honours, &c.)
CoMPELL1ED, pt., rced. L. cornpellatus, om pello, I drive. favES1TITURE, n., the act of giving possession. F. investiture, om
t>estis, L., a garment.
DuTcH'Y, n., a territory that has a duke r its sovereign. F. duche.
F. due, and L. dux, a duke, a leader, om duco, L., I lea e
in these countries is a mere title of honour.
INTOXICA1TION, n., inebriation, drunkenness. The I. intossicare, to poison, is om toxicum, L., and this, according to some, om toxon, G., a bow, in allusion to the matter with which arrows (shot om a bow) were sometimes poisoned.
lN'FLux, n., an in owing. L. in uxits, om uo, and this om phluo, G., I ow.
S1rnA'TroN, n., position; the circumstances in which one is placed. F. situation, om situs, L., situate.
MuL1TITUDE, n., a crowd. F. multitude, om multus, L., many. OATAS1TR0PHE, n., concluding event; a revolution or change of circum­ stances. F. S. and G. catastrophe; G. cata or kata, and str he, a
turning, om strepho, I turn.