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value of it, exclusive of the workmanship, was 5076. It contained 

 seven lights, six branching out in three parts on each side of the 

 upright stem, and one on the top of it. Each branch was adorned 

 with cups, knots, and flowers, alternate and equidistant ; and on the 

 top of each was fixed a lamp, in form of an almond, which might be 

 put on or taken off occasionally ; and in these were put the oil and 

 the wick, or the cotton, which was drawn in or out by tongs or snuffers ; 

 under them were snuff-dishes for receiving the sparks, or refuse of the 

 oil that fell from the lamps. This candlestick was placed in the 

 ante-chamber of the sanctuary, on the south side, and served to illu- 

 minate the altar of perfume, and the tabernacle of the show-bread : 

 and it was the business of the priest to light the lamps every evening, 

 at the time of incense, and to extinguish them at the same time every 

 morning. 



In Solomon's temple there were ten golden candlesticks of the 

 same form with that described by Moses ; five on the north, and five 

 on the south side of the holy place. But after the Babylonish cap- 

 tivity, the golden candlestick was placed in the temple, as it had 

 been before in the tabernacle of Moses ; and when the temple was 

 destroyed, it was deposited in the Temple of Peace, built by Vespasian ; 

 and the representation of it still remains on the triumphal arch, 

 at the foot of Mount Palestine, on which Vespasian's triumph is 

 delineated. 



CANE. A kind of strong Indian reed, used for walking sticks ; 

 also the plant which yields the sugar, and grows freely in the East 

 and West Indies, and parts of North and South America. The skin 

 of the sugar-cane is soft, arid the spongy matter or pith it contains, 

 very juicy. It is now extensively cultivated in Louisiana, Alabama, 

 and some of the other southern States of the American Union. It has 

 become an important branch of our rural economy. 



CANOE. The term generally used to designate the small vessels 

 which uncivilized people, living near the water, use. In the East 

 Indies, there is a kind of boat which goes by this name, sometimes 

 from forty to fifty feet long, and five or six broad. The North American 

 Indians generally impel their canoes with paddles, which have a very 

 large blade, and are managed perpendicularly. The canoes of Canada 

 are of the most fragile texture, and of so little weight, that, in passing 

 from one river to another, the boatmen carry them on their heads across 

 the portages. They are mostly covered with bark, the pieces of which 

 are sewed together with a kind of grass. This bark is generally not 

 more than a quarter of an inch in thickness ; yet in these frail vessels, 

 the Indians and Canadians do not hesitate to descend very dangerous 

 rapids. The Esquimaux were exceedingly dexterous in the manage- 

 ment of their canoes. These consist of a light, wooden frame, covered 

 with seal-skins, sewed together with sinews. The skins are not only 

 extended round the bottom and sides, but likewise over the top, forming 



