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MAPLE 



are revealed in a number of Latin satirical |~MM- 

 long connected (MM! apparently on good ground*) 

 with hi* MOM. Of thee the cliirf are the < ;..li.i- 



(Afoeolnmt Golue, PndiraHo, Con/ano. 



In the latter owure the famous Meuni et 

 propoaituni in Ubema niori,' which in far niore a 

 Mem Mlire by self revelation than a jovial drinking 

 oog. a often understood. In Bishop (Jolias the 



lia realised by creative imagination a type 

 of tin- iilwl.1 prieat, and U|>n hii> brad he |MIUP> out 

 the rial* of hw wrath and acorn, with humour rich, 



bold, sometimes coarae. but always I -t. M.i|. 



MM to hare kept !! tin- were! of hi- authorship, 

 for even hi friend CirahliiH Cambrensis did not 

 know their origin, a* we find him. with the church 

 man'* proverbial dilike to *.- thp liuinorit point 

 nut thr tin upon 1ii cloth, denouncing tioluix 

 a* a foul mouthed scoffer. 



sir Cahihad. the stainless knight, wan Man's 

 rreatioo. and there i the bent reaiion. with Nl. 

 Paulin Paris, to count him tin- In-art and -.ml of 

 that contemporary work of <'liri-iUn -pniiu:ili-.i 

 tion which -\ -t'-mati-.-d and gave a meaning to the 



detached Arthurian romance*. He wi.it.- i t 



probably the Latin original of Koln-it Homin's 

 introductory romance of the Saint Omul, and cer- 

 Uinlv l.a*fflot of tkr L.ilr. the fjurd of the Saint 

 r.raal, and the Slorl Arltu. M. Paris confines liu 

 direct work to the two (iraal romances and the 

 opct, ' !in. 



Tbouuu Wnjht edited for the Caroden .Society Msp'i 

 latin I'ormt ( IHI1 ) u>d the tor .%'; Curiu'i im ( 1K50), 

 a inu-mting kind of note-book of the court-coxip and 

 *rrat< of UM day, intenperwd with thwlofieUpolemio*. 

 iaioJntu, and aeenanU of mirmolei, fairy leflvnda, or 

 Ufftrilioutt /tulicir, a-d the duraaBon agwnit mar- 

 na(f> "> by \ atoriu to UM philosopher KuAnu. 



Mapli . ill- typical and the principal 



genna of the natural onli-r Aceraeeie. The 

 are namettMU, all are decidnou* tree*, nml natives 

 of the temperate part* of tlip-nortli'-rn li>-nii-|ilii-ri>. 

 and particularlv numerouii in North Anx-rica and 

 the iiortli of India. Tln-\ II.IM- oppowito leavea 

 wit hoot Rtipnlm. iiuallv lohed or palmate. The 

 flower* are in axillary coryml* or racemo of im 

 beauty, hut ahonml in hom-y, mill arc \<-rv attrac- 

 tive to beea. The fruit i* formml of two small 

 nuts, each with one or two needs. The 



Maple (A. mmpfttrr). a small trw, to a 

 native of Britain, and of many part- of Knmpe and 

 Asia. The wood ia compact, fine grained, nml 

 i hiirh polwh ; hence it i. much ued by 

 i ami for tarred work, bring frequent l\ .uh 

 I for ihp wood of the Hollv and I 

 mathematical instrument makers, heveral nearly - 

 JIM atcir. ar found in the snath of Europe. - 

 The Striped Bark Maple (A. natm) of North 



Anerica, where it often forms great purl <-f the 

 nndenrruwth in woods, is so named IH-.-.-IM-I- tin- 

 uootn bark of the two-year-old branches are 

 beautifully vmiiil with green and white Mri)..--; 

 it- WIHM|. which in tciy white, i- used for in- 

 liixinv' i" cabinet-work. The Greater Miiple or 

 Sycamore (A. pteudo-jtialaHiu), commonly called 



fig. Z Greater Maple (Acer ptcuilo platanui): 

 a, fruit 



a in Sriit land, is a native of various parts 

 of Kiininc. luit ii iloiihtfiil iiiitive of lirituin, in 

 which, liowever, it has long lieen coiiunon. It 

 attains a height of 70 to 90 feet, hits a spreading 

 iiiiihnigeoiis hcAil, and large, palmate, coui~<']\ 

 M-ir;ittil leaves on lonj; stalks. It is of ijiiirk 

 growth, ami sneeeeils well near the tsea nnd in 

 other e\|>sed situations. The wood is white, 

 eompai-t, ami linn, though not hard; it is rapahlc 

 of a line |K>lisli, ami i used by wlieelwiiv'lil-, 

 turncrH, &c. It i not apt to warp. Stair- rails are 

 often made of it, and pattein-Kloi-ks for iimnufar- 

 tories, ax well o lx>wls, broiul-plate^. Ve. Sn^-ar 

 is sometimes mode from the sap of this tree, as 

 from that of several other maples ; hut the sinM-ies 

 which yields it most abuniluntly is the Sn^'ar Maple 

 (A. tarr/iiiriiiinii) at North Ameiica, a species 

 which miieh ri-semhles the sycamore, and ahound.s 

 ill the northern parts of the Tinted States and in 

 the British possessions, where large quanliii'- ; 

 sugar are mode from it, although only for domestic 

 ne. To obtain the sap, the trees are tap|-il in 

 Kehnmry. Miu.-h, ami April, according to tin; 

 totality ami the season, and when warm dn\- and 

 fio-ty nights tM-ciir, which favour its How. An 

 incision i- made in the trunk with an anger or axe, 

 at HIM half an inch deep, ami is increased by 

 decrees to twu inches. A spout of sumach or 

 elder i- then inserted, through which the sap Mows 

 into a trough, whence it is conveyed daily to a 

 larger receiver ; from this, after Wing strained, it 

 'I to the boiler. Being liable to ferment, 

 it cannot ! kept long after being collected. The 

 (toiling nml relining processes are the same as those 

 in the manufacture of cane-sugar. A single tree 

 yields from two to -i\ pounds in a season. (,,,.! 

 vinegar i made from it, and a kind of molasses 

 much superior to that from the sngnr-rane, and 

 miieh usi-,1 in Ameiica with buckwheat cak. 



i of the Sugar Maple has a satiny appear- 

 ed is used for cabinet-making! it' is some- 

 M'-ly markiil with undulations of fibre, and 

 i- then known as Bint's-rye Majtlf, and is used for 

 reneerc. The Sugar Maple is not so hardy in the 

 climate of Britain as the sycamore, and seems to 



