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the rampart where the guns are placed and worked. It is 

 bounded outside by the parapet, and inside by the inner 

 slope of the rampart. 



Tete'-de-Pont'. — A field fortification in frontof a bridge, to cover 

 the retreat of an army across a river. 



Trav'erse. — A trench with a little parapet for protecting men 

 on the flank ; also, a wall raised across a work. 



Trench. — A deep ditch cut for defence or to interrupt the 

 approach of an enemy. 



Van-Fosse. — A ditch dug without the counterscarp, and run- 

 ning all along the glacis, usually full of water. 



Works. — The fortifications about the body of a place. The 

 word is also used to signify the approaches of the besiegers, 

 and the several lines, trenches, etc., made round a place, 

 an army, or the like, for its security. 



rORTUN E-TELLTNG. 



Astrol'ogy (Gr. asfron, a star, and lo^os, a discour.se). — The 

 science which teaches how to judge of the effects and in- 

 fluences of the stars, and to foretell future events by their 

 situation and different aspects. 



Apot'elesm. — The casting of a nativity. 



Horoscope, or Nativity. — The aspect of the heavenly bodies, 

 as observed at the hour of birth or at any particular 

 moment. 



Necromancy. — The art of revealing future events by means 

 of a pretended communication with the dead. 



Palm'istry. — A mode of telling fortunes by the lines of the 

 hand ; a trick of imposture mucli practised by the gipsies. 



■ EOSSILS. 



Paleontol'ogy {Gr. palaio?, ancient, and ontology, the science 

 of being). — The science of ancient beings or creatures ; 

 applied to the science of the fossil remains of animals 

 and plants now extinct. 



Ichnol'ogy (Grr. icliuos, a trace, and logos., a discourse). — A 

 treatise on {chiiifc?, the fossil footsteps and tracks of ani- 

 mals, originally made on the sand or mud of an ancient 

 sea-shore or lake-mariiin. 



