. 





iffucutinr. 



/ Jittli) ; 



tooco, 



.ij, tract- 



<t, cnnign-btarcf (oa- 

 Mfc 



. a married couple. 

 rap*. 



: male pupil; an animal 

 nwri'il. 



Enseigne, ensign (standard-bearer). 



Knpiice, s/'iu-< . 



Kxcinplf, i ample. 



Faux, _/i>i ;;cri/ ; /uUehood. 



Koret, drill (!'..,: j instrument). 



Foudre, (elevut. .style) thunuer-bolt, 

 lightning ; (paint. sculpt.) thunder- 

 bolt, Jupiter'* i:f tribute ; j!g.) ir- 

 resistible eloquence ; great general, 

 orator, hero ; dit'ine anger ; ven- 

 geance ; /nlmintition <>/ excommu- 

 nication, Ac. ; artillery, mine*, 

 ) catastrophe, destruc- 

 tion. .1 fun (larg* oak). 



Kniirbe, a knave. 



, keeper, a guard (man). 



<j;irde-robe, apron. 



(ireffe, record office of a court of 



justice. 



Guide, a guide (person). 

 Hyinne, ode, hymn. 

 Interligne, space between printed 



and written lines; (mus.) space 



between the lines of the stave. 

 Laque, lacker, lacquer. 

 Livre, look. 

 Mauche, handle. 

 Manoeuvre, labourer, journeyman 



mason; bungler; cra/ty person. 



Memoire, memoir ; memorandum ; 

 bill (for goods, <tc. ). 



Mestre de camp (antiquated), 

 colonel ; general. 



Mode, mood, mode, method. 



Moule, mould (to cast iron, <fc.). 



Mousse, cabin-boy, apprentice sailor. 



(Envre, the philosopher's stone ; 

 (arch. ) walls ; the whole of the 

 works of an engraver or of a com- 

 poser of music ; argenti/erous 

 lead ; ( jur. ) summons to one 

 who builds upon another man's 

 ground. 



Office, duty ; divine service. 



Ombre,* umbra, chromis, corvo ; 

 umber, grayling, char ; om6re 

 (card-game) . 



Page, a male attendant, a page. 



Paillasse, clown, merry-andrew. 



Palme, palm, hand (measure). 



Pantomime, pantomimist, panto- 

 mime. 



Pique or Paques.t .Easter (Chris- 

 tian Religion). 



Parallele, comparison; parallel (of 

 latitude). 



Part, ( jun.) new-born child, infant ; 

 birth. 



Peudule, pendulum. 



IMriode, acme, height, highest point. 



J'orsoune, (pronoun) nobody, any- 

 body. 



I'hysique, man's natural conslitu- 

 ' ion exterior. 



1'i'ine, spade (cards). 



>'*mtnins. 

 Clomque, common utter (Roman 



andij.). 

 Cache, tow (female fig) ; notch. 



Coruetta, moboap, cornet ; 



colour* o/ a troop o/ cavalry; 



cometcy ; (nan.) broad pendant. 

 Couple, a pair, two, a brace, a 



couple. 



Crpe, pancake. 

 i'nti.|iio, critioim. 

 Eleve, a female pupil ; br*e**g of 



horses, cattle, 4c. 

 Kuaeitcue, sign-board. 

 Bspartr. *pace (printing). 

 Example, writing-copy. 

 Faux, My the. 

 "rest. 

 Foudre, thunder-bolt, lightning ; 



(fig.) divine anger, vengeance; 



/ulmtnation of excommunication, 



Sc. ; superior eloquence ; artillery, 



mine*, Ac. 



Fourbe, deceit, era/lines*. 



Garde, guarding, guard ; watching ; 



keeping. 



Garde-robe, wardrobe. 

 Greffe, graft. 



Guide, rein. 

 Hymne, hymn (church). 

 Interligne, lead (to separate lines in 

 printing). 



Laque, lac, lake, gum-late. 

 Livre, pound (weight, money). 

 Manche, sleeve; the English Channel. 

 Manoeuvre, manosuvre (militarv, 



navy) ; running rigging, cordage* 



(of ships). 

 Memoirs, the memory. 



Mestre de camp (antiquated), the 

 first company of a regiment. 



Mode, fashion. 



Moule, mussel. 



Mousse, moss, froth, foam. 



CEuvre, wort, deed, action ; -ajorfc of 

 the hand ; handiwort ; (jewel.) 

 bezel ; (nav. ) hull of a ship ; the 

 works of a writer. 



Office, servants' hall, pantry. 

 Ombre, shade, shadow ; spirit, ghost. 



Page, a page (of a book). 

 Paillasse, straw-mattress, straw-bed 



ticking. 



Palme, palm ; the advantage. 

 Pantomime, dumb show, panto- 



mime. 

 Paque, Passover, Easter (Jewish 



.Religion). 

 Parallele, parallel line; (milit.) 



trench. 

 Part, share, part, portion ; concern, 



interest ; part, side. 

 Pendule, time-piece. 

 Pth-iode, period, epoch. 

 Persoune, personne (noun). 



Physique, natural philosophy. 



Pique, a pike (weapon) ; ti/T, 

 (owirrel). 



* Ombre (card-game) is also spelled hombre. 



T Pdques is often used in tho plural, and is then feminine. 



i 



I'latiii.-, j MlMM, 

 Po*l. etow; fHttl. 

 Poate, place, ojlct. pct. 

 Puurpre, purpie (colour) ; 



purpure ; (efcem.) purple 



purple*. 



(her.) 

 (md.) 



Prttext*, pretence, pretext. 

 I'upille, a male ward. 



R<*1, an organ pip*. 



Bfjlah0, non-per/orman ; rest. 

 Remise, a cab, 4 fly. 



BhingraTe, Count of the Rhine. 

 8cy tale, a kind of make. 



Serpentuiro, 8*rpenfaritu ; 



lary-bird, make-eater. 

 Sol Je, balance of account. 

 Somme, nap, dumber, dot*. 

 Souris, smile. 

 SUtere, stater (gold and 



Greek coins). 

 Statuuire, a sculptor. 



*ilvr 



Tour, tour ; turn ; trick ; lathe. 



Trompette, trumpeter. 



Vague, space, emptiness ; vagueness. 



Vase, a vase. 

 Voile, a veil. 



-. 



Poiirpre, j/"j,i (eolovrinf 



edfrom bne<* 

 **f. ftbric, iyU purjWe 

 M4 red *>nr 



Pr^tecte, Horn** Iraie. 

 I'uplll*. a /male vevd ; 



(fi,.) 



(/ 



IWrmlo, (Jut kimg't rigU. to rear.* (Ju 

 rtvtniu of vacant buKoi/ric. 



B*14chi-. port. 



RmiM, coacn-hoiue ; (com.) remit- 

 tance. 



Khingrare, imatt-dalkm. 



ScyUle, a eta/ toed at S/arl a 



Serpentain, drayo+'f-itort. 



Sold*, pay (of toUitn). 

 8omme, eum. 



Souri*, mouM. 



SUU-re, fioman balance, >tel-yard. 



Statuaire, the art of making itatvt*, 



tatuary. 

 Tour, lower. 

 Tronpetto, trumpet. 

 Vague, ware ; in trumeiU for krt*. 



ing beer. 



Vase, mire, slime. 

 Voile, a sail. 



Amour, love ; d&ice, dclvihl ; and orgue, origan ; are maaea- 

 line in the singular and feminine in the plural. 



Enfant is masculine when it means a boy, and feminine when 

 it means a girl ; but in the plural it ia only used in the maacn- 

 line. 



Gent, iribe, is feminine ; but gens, people, its plural, ia mas- 

 culine. See 95 (2) (3) (4). 



Orge, barley, is feminine ; bnt in the expressions, orge perle, 

 pearl barley, and orge monde, hutked barley, it is masculine. 



On'ie, feminine, in the singular means the sense of hearing ; 

 ottfes, feminine plural, the gills of fishes. 



LESSONS IN GEOGUAl'HV. XXXIV. 



AFBICA (continued). 



AFRICA, unlike the other great continents on the world's sur- 

 face, is not divided into great independent states and empires, 

 or territorial districts of considerable size, which are depend- 

 encies of European powers. It is true that the French hare 

 obtained a footing in the north, and have established there the 

 colony of Algeria, and a protectorate over Tunis ; that the 

 French and Portuguese hold portions of the east and west 

 coasts, and profess to hare a claim, by right of priority of dis- 

 covery, over immense tracts in the interior ; that the British 

 have acquired flourishing colonies at the southern extremity of 

 Africa ; and that tho Germans, Belgians, and Italians are now 

 endeavouring to gain a hold of various parts of the continent. 

 Bnt while the nations already named have planted thernaelvev 

 on the coast at various points, the fierce and savage races of the 

 country have, with a few exceptions, prevented free ingress into 

 the interior by force of overwhelming numbers, nature aiding 

 the native owners of tho soil in the defence of their territoriw. 

 by the desert wastes that stretch for miles in the north and 

 south, and the dense forests that line tho tropical coasts on the 

 east and west, which act as barriers to binder ready intercom- 

 munication between the inland regions and those on the coast 

 to say nothing of the fevers and diseases that are engendered 

 by the miasma of the swamps and marshes at the mouths of the 

 navigable rivers, for ever lurking, like an invisible foe, to strike 

 down the white pioneer of civilisation. 



The civilisation of Africa by conquest, as in the case of North 

 America, has been prevented by tho causes already mentioned, 

 and its inhabitants that is to say, the barbarous black races of 

 the interior ond couth have never, like tho European, and the 



