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NOTES 



LINE 4. antiseptic. Counteracting putrefaction or decay. 

 (Gr. anti, against, and septds, rotten.) 



5. essential. Containing the chief quality of any substance. 



6. eucalyptus. The blue or Australian gum-tree, a genus of 

 evergreen laurels. (Gr. eu, well, and kalupttis, covered; the 

 reference being to the hood by which the stamens are protected.) 



7. bacteria. Very minute vegetable rod-like organisms. (Gr. 

 bakterion, a little rod.) They are a kind of fungus, causing 

 disease, and are often present in water or other fluids. 



12. ozone. A form of oxygen perceived by its smell in the air 

 after electrical discharges, very healthful. (Gr. dzon, smell- 

 ing.) 



15. gratefulness. Punningly (or quaintly) used here in its two 

 senses of thankfulness (Lat. gratiae, thanks) and agreeableness 

 (Lat. grains, pleasing). 



15. express. Literally to press out (or exhale), also means to 

 utter (as in speaking) ; hence ' to express gratefulness' may mean 

 ' to exhale a pleasant odour ', or ' to acknowledge one's thank- 

 fulness ', or both. 



26. pathology. The science of suffering or disease. (Gr.pdthos, 

 suffering.) 



27. Sir William Temple. Born 1628, died 1698 ; published 

 Essays 1692, four in number, the best On Gardens. In respect 

 of his style he may be looked upon as an earlier Addison. Swift 

 in the earlier part of his life acted as Temple's secretary at 

 Moor Park. 



36. John Evelyn. Born 1620, died 1706 ; author of a well- 

 known Diary, extending from 1641 to 1697 (though not printed 

 till 1818). He wrote on a great variety of subjects, such as 

 gardening, trees, salads, the earth, coins, commerce, &c. Less 

 entertaining as a diarist than Pepys, who is better known, 

 he was much more of a gentleman than his diverting contem- 

 porary. [Samuel Pepys, born 1633, died 1703.] 



EXERCISES 



1. Write an essay on scents or odours, under the following 

 heads : (a) their associative power, or power to recall places, 



