KKAI)l.\<iS |\ LATIN 



..h iimi 



ha I 1 . i-i-iii Cln. s\ranea for 



melting, although OhilJ il produce* iron 



and nr r.- almmlant ly, \viih iiuiii.-ii.su quantities of salt. 



;n-.- iliu-i s.-cii to I).) t li- 



product) of the : >i:tii Aim-rica. Tin-in" 



6 aro metalliferous ; but wasteful w> 



lit tr:iM-|>.irt, tin- d.-iicit-iicv ni' fu.-l, ami I 



t of the mining regions, have com- 



liinr.l to lessen tin- value of tho mines. California 



|in>< luces more gold now than any other .'iierica. 



(i.ilil and silver niitirs aliniind in tin; Andes. Chili 



in-Miliircs more gold i han .silver; it hc:in^ found in every 



ands of its many inmintain (reams; 



My, silv.T is most prevalent in thcAi, 



i-ras of M. -\icu and (.'alifornia. 'I 



r mini: of I'..it>.si, in Bolivia, Las yielded since 



: in tho throe centuries a greater amount of 



than all tho mines of Peru, and nearly half tho 



>(' the produce of nil tho mines of Mexico. The 



_rold of l!ra/.il is extensively dispersed amongst its 



mountains. The produce is poor, and silver ore has 



n met with. Tho country contains diamon<: 

 oil. .-I- ptv.-ious stones to a greater degree than any other, 

 and with Hindostan, Borneo, and South Africa, completes 



<fc of places productive of the diamond. 

 Of common minerals, South America is deficient ; 

 i id salt, as already referred to, being the chief 

 products. 



READINGS IN LATIN. X. 



CATULLUS. 



THE writings of Catullus rank among the host specimens of 

 Roman poetry, not only from tho beauty of thought which they 

 display, but also from the elegance of their diction and scrupu- 

 lous accuracy of rhythm. Indeed, Niebuhr, the great German 

 historian to whose criticisms on tho literature of Rome wo 

 have already on more than one occasion alluded goes so far aa 

 to place Catullus at the head of the Roman poets. He remarks 

 of him that " He does not anxiously seek for forms and words : 

 poetry is with him the same natural expression, the same 

 natural language, as our own common mode of expressing our 

 thoughts is with us : he was a gigantic and extraordinary 

 ," Such terms of praise may seem somewhat exagge- 

 rated, though no one could deny tho claim of Catullus to be 

 considered a true poet. Unfortunately, we possess but few of 

 his writings, consisting in all of 116 pieces, of which but some 

 two or three run to any length, many of them being only from 

 four to twelve lines each. They aro of various kinds, but chiefly 

 lyrical and epigrammatical ; and their metres are close and 

 accurate copies of the Greek measures, and tho form is almost 

 completely Greek. Hero is a charming little poem on tho death 

 of his mistress's pet sparrow : 



CATULLUS, III. "Lucius IN MOBTE PASSEBIB." 

 Lugeto, Veneres Cupidinesque, 



Et quantum est hominum venustiorum . 



Passer mortuus est mese puellro. 



Passer, deliciae meaa puellse, 



Qucm plus ilia oculis suis amabat. 5 



X;>.m mellitns erat, suamquo norat 



Ipsam tarn bene quam puella matrem : 



Nee seso a gremio illius movobat, 



Sed circamsilicns modo hue modo illuc, 



Ad solam dominam usquo pipilabat. 10 



Qui nunc it per iter tcnebricosum 



Illuc, undo negant rediro quemqnaci. 



At vobis male sit, malao tcncbrm 



Orci, quac omnia bolla devoratis : 



Tarn bcllum mihi passerem abstu 15 



O factum male ! O misello passer ! 



Tua nunc opera meo) puolloj 



Flendo turgiduli rubent ocelli. 



NOTES. 



1. Vencrcs Cupidinesque. The plural appears to be used merely for 

 poetical effect. Every deity of love of either stx. 



- Q .:.' !. '.'.. 



1'1> 



4. Dolicia. Plural in apposition with 

 fuuud in plural. 80 Bttata, letur. eta, 



7. Ipeau. ktr mtftru*. To UM sparrow J.aeUa WM <*M (a* 

 one person in all UM world. la UM same way, u<* a UUa aad 

 "t (a Greek were ueed bjr UM diadpUw of a pbitoaoober'e ecfcool to 

 denote tbe nuuiter. Hence UM pbraae " Ipae dun " (the ..** 

 to denote an authoritative statement. 



11. guinunctt. By a poetical eonoit UM sparrow eappoead t 

 KU. like human bringa. to UM shades below, after death 



-. I ude negant. Ho Hamlet peaks of " That adtoeOfwMd oaajsafev 

 from wboee bourne no traveller returns." 

 Male sit, cune on yea. 



17. Tua nuno opera, ete. On yew aaaomil (* putty ye / * 

 ara woUn and r<d w.tA tear*. Ooellua M ueed as aa a4cttosaWs> 

 diminutive of oculua. 



The next extract is tbe poet'n welcome to hat bone t 

 CATULLUS, XXXI. "An SIEMIONEM PJKXTWSULAM." 



PtcninHularum, Sirmio, insularumque 

 Occllo, qaaaoanqna in liquontibo* siagnia 

 Manque vasto fert nterqno Neptunn* : 

 Quam to libenter, quamqno kutus inriao, 

 Vix mi ipse oredens Thyniam atqno Bithynoa 

 Liquisse campos, et videre te in tuto. 

 O quid solatia est beatins onris r 

 Quum mens onns reponit, ao peregrine 

 Lahore feesi veuimua Larem ad nostrum, 

 Dosidcratoque ooqaieacimtu lecto. 10 



Hoc est, quod unum est pro laboribos tantii. 

 Salve, O venuata Sirmio, atque hero gaode : 

 Gandete vosqne, Lydiai lacus undaa : 

 Bidcte quidquid est domi cachinnorum. 



NOTES. 



1. Sirmio, a peninsula on Lake Benooua, now Lago di Oarda. 



2. Oeellu, the gem. See note on line 17 of last extract. 



3. Uterque Neptuuua. The god of either kind of water stagan 

 (inland) or maria (open sea). 



7. Solutis curis, thnn freedom from cart ; lit., (Kan ear looted */. 



11. Hoc est, etc. Thit one thing it in itself lufflcient rtamy*ut fejt 

 all our (otJ. 



12. Hero gande, rejoice at, welcome, your matter. 



13. Lydiffl lacus. Benacua is ao called because tbe Rhjeti, wbo hred 

 round, were said to be of Khtetian origin. 



11. Quidquid est, etc. Lavgh, everything at home that can laugh. 



Here is an epigram on one Arrius, whose pronunciation waa 

 at fault : 



CATULLUS, LXXXIV. "DE ABRIO." 



Chommoda dicebat, si quando commoda vellet 



Dicere, et hinsidias Arrius insidias : 

 Et turn mirifico sperabat BO ease locutum, 



Quum, quantum poterat, dixerat hinsidiaa. 

 Credo sic mater, sic Liber avuncolua ejus, & 



Sio maternus avus dixerat, atque a via. 

 Hoc misso in Syriam, reqnierant omnibus aurea, 



Audibant eadem hnec leniter et leviter, 

 l v Tco sibi postilla metuebant talia verba, 



Quum subito adfertur nuntius horribflia, 16 



lonios iluctus, postquam illuc Arrius iaset, 



Jam non lonios csse, sed H ionics, 



NOTES. 



1. Chommoda, etc. This waa Arrius' pronunciation of commoda. 

 The point may be preserved in the translation ; thus, Arrim Md to ey 

 IiaU vantage* when he iiuant advantaoei, and Aambiuho for amb**he*. 



3. Et turn, etc. He thought be bad caught the pronunciation per- 

 fectly whsn ho sounded the h as strong aa possible. 



5. Credo, etc. 1 ic)>po if had run in the family. 



7. Hoc inisso. Whoa Arrius waa sent off to Syria, we boped that 

 wu Lad got rid of his barbarous solecisms ; but no news canM that 

 as soon as ho got to the Ionian sea, it was Ionian no longer, but 

 Hionian. 



Tho following lines are from the epitbalamium or nuptial aonf 

 of Poleus and Thetis, the longest of the poet's writing* : 



CATULLUS, LXIV. "EPITHALAMIUX PELKI ET TMETIDOS," 



[Nnlla domns tales nmquam contoxit amorce : 88ft 

 Nullus amor tali conjunxit foddere amantea, 

 Qualis adest Thetidi, qnalis concordia Pdeo. 



