attack upon the city of Baltimore. The British war ships moved up
near Fort McHenry and opened a heavy fire of cannon balls, bomb
shells, and rockets. These latter were made like our well-known sky
rockets, and could be thrown at the enemy.
During the battle some Americans, one of whom was Francis Scott
Key, carried a flag of truce out to the British fleet to secure
the release of an American citizen who had been taken prisoner. The
Americans were detained over night on a ship far to the rear of the
attack. During the night they listened anxiously to the sound of
the guns, and watched the red rockets and the bursting bombs, being
sure that, as long as the firing continued, the fort still held
out; but late in the night the guns became silent. Did it mean that
the attack had been repulsed? Or had the fort surrendered? Only
daylight would tell.
Before dawn the anxious Americans were watching. The first faint
light of day showed them the stars and stripes still floating over
the fort; then they knew that the attack had failed and that the
Americans were victorious.
While on the deck of the British war ship, Mr. Key composed the
poem which has become our national anthem.
1. Oh, say! can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming--
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the clouds of the
fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say! does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
2. On that shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam;
In full glory reflected now shines on the stream;
'Tis the star-spangled banner; oh! long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
3. And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out their foul foot-steps' pollution;
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave;
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
4. Oh! thus be it ever when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and war's desolation!
Blessed with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto, "In God is our trust;"
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
* * * * *
=Răm´pärts=: walls surrounding a place for its defence.
=Tow´ẽr ĭng=: very high. =Vä_u_nt´ĭng ly̆=: boastingly; braggingly.
=Hăv´ŏc=: destruction; ruin. =Pol lu´tion=: uncleanness.
=Hīr=_e_´=lĭng=: one who serves for gain only.
* * * * *
Young men, you are the architects of your own fortunes. Rely on your
own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance.
Energy, invincible determination, with a right motive, are the levers
that move the world. Love your God and your fellowmen. Love truth and
virtue. Love your country and obey its laws.
PORTER
My Native Land
BY SIR WALTER SCOTT
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832): A Scotch poet and novelist.
"Marmion," "The Lady of the Lake," and "The Lay of the Last
Minstrel" are considered the best of his poems; and of his many
novels probably "Ivanhoe" and "Kenilworth" are most read. Children
enjoy "The Tales of a Grandfather," stories from Scottish history
written for his own little grandson.
This selection is from "The Lay of the Last Minstrel."
1. Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
"This is my own, my native land!"
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned,
As home his footsteps he hath turned
From wandering on a foreign strand?
2. If such there breathe, go, mark him well!
For him no minstrel raptures swell.
High though his titles, proud his name,
Boundless his wealth as wish can claim--
Despite those titles, power, and pelf,
The wretch, concentered all in self,
Living shall forfeit fair renown,
And, doubly dying, shall go down
To the vile dust from whence he sprung,
Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
* * * * *
=Strănd=: shore. =Pĕlf=: money; riches. =Cŏn çĕn´tẽr_e_d=:
concentrated; fixed.
Hunting the Grizzly[1]
BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Theodore Roosevelt (1858 ----): The twenty-sixth President of the
United States. He was made Assistant Secretary of the Navy in
1897, and the next year resigned to organize with Dr. Leonard Wood
the First U. S. Cavalry Volunteers, popularly called Roosevelt's
Rough Riders. The regiment distinguished itself in action in Cuba,
and Roosevelt was made colonel for gallantry in the battle of La
Quasina. In 1898 he was elected Governor of New York, and in 1900
Vice-President. On the death of President McKinley, September 14,
1901, he became President. He has done much big game shooting in
the West, and is the author of a number of books, among which are
"The Winning of the West" and "The Life of Gouverneur Morris."
[1] From "Hunting Trips of a Ranchman," published by Messrs. G. P.
Putnam's Sons.
I
1. That evening we almost had a visit from one of the animals we were
after. Several times we had heard at night the musical calling of the
bull elk--a sound to which no writer has as yet done justice.
[Illustration: A grizzly bear]
2. This particular night, when we were in bed and the fire was
smoldering, we were roused by a ruder noise--a kind of grunting or
roaring whine, answered by the frightened snorts of the ponies. It was
a bear which had evidently not seen the fire, as it came from behind
the bank, and had probably been attracted by the smell of the horses.
3. After it made out what we were, it stayed round a short while,
again uttered its peculiar roaring grunt and went off. We had seized
our rifles and had run out into the woods, but in the darkness could
see nothing; indeed, it was rather lucky we did not stumble across the
bear, as he could have made short work of us when we were at such a
disadvantage.
4. Next day we went off on a long tramp through the woods and along
the sides of the canyons. There were plenty of berry bushes growing in
clusters, and all around these there were fresh tracks of bear. But the
grizzly is also a flesh-eater, and has a great liking for carrion.
5. On visiting the place where Merrifield had killed the black bear,
we found that the grizzlies had been there before us, and had utterly
devoured the carcass, with cannibal relish. Hardly a scrap was left,
and we turned our steps toward where lay the bull elk I had killed.
6. It was quite late in the afternoon when we reached the place. A
grizzly had evidently been at the carcass during the preceding night,
for his great footprints were in the ground all around it, and the
carcass itself was gnawed and torn and partially covered with earth and
leaves; for the grizzly has a curious habit of burying all of his prey
that he does not at the moment need.
[Illustration: We sat still to wait.]
7. A great many ravens had been feeding on the body, and they wheeled
about over the tree tops above us, uttering their barking croaks.
8. The forest was composed mainly of what are called ridge-pole pines,
which grow close together, and do not branch out until the stems are
thirty or forty feet from the ground. Beneath these trees we walked
over a carpet of pine needles, upon which our moccasined feet made no
sound. The woods seemed vast and lonely, and their silence was broken
now and then by the strange noises always to be heard in the great
forests, and which seem to mark the sad and everlasting unrest of the
wilderness.
9. We climbed up along the trunk of a dead tree which had toppled over
until its upper branches stuck in the limb crotch of another, that thus
supported it at an angle half-way in its fall. When above the ground
far enough to prevent the bear's smelling us, we sat still to wait for
his approach until, in the gathering gloom, we could no longer see the
sights of our rifles, and could but dimly make out the carcass of the
great elk.
10. It was useless to wait longer, and we clambered down, and stole out
to the edge of the woods. The forest here covered one side of a steep,
almost canyon-like ravine, whose other side was bare, except of rock
and sage brush. Once out from under the trees there was still plenty
of light, although the sun had set, and we crossed over some fifty
yards to the opposite hillside and crouched down under a bush to see if
perchance some animal might not also leave the cover.
11. To our right the ravine sloped downward toward the valley of the
Bighorn River, and far on its other side we could catch a glimpse of
the great main chain of the Rockies, their snow peaks glinting crimson
in the light of the set sun.
12. Again we waited quietly in the growing dusk, until the pine trees
in our front blended into one dark, frowning mass. We saw nothing; but
the wild creatures of the forest had begun to stir abroad. The owls
hooted dismally from the tops of the tall trees, and two or three times
a harsh, wailing cry, probably the voice of some lynx or wolverine,
arose from the depths of the woods.
13. At last, as we were rising to leave, we heard the sound of the
breaking of a dead stick from the spot where we knew the carcass lay.
It was a sharp, sudden noise, perfectly distinct from the natural
creaking and snapping of the branches; just such a sound as would be
made by the tread of some heavy creature. "Old Ephraim" had come back
to the carcass.
14. A minute afterward, listening with strained ears, we heard him
brush by some dry twigs. It was entirely too dark to go in after him;
but we made up our minds that on the morrow he should be ours.
II
15. Early the next morning we were over at the elk carcass, and, as
we expected, found that the bear had eaten his fill at it during the
night. His tracks showed him to be an immense fellow, and were so fresh
that we doubted if he had left long before we arrived; and we made up
our minds to follow him up and try to find his lair.
16. My companion was a skillful tracker, and we took up the trail at
once. For some distance it led over the soft, yielding carpet of moss
and pine needles, and the footprints were quite easily made out,
although we could follow them but slowly; for we had, of course, to
keep a sharp lookout ahead and around us as we walked noiselessly on in
the somber half light always prevailing under the great pine trees.
17. We made no sound ourselves, and every little sudden noise sent a
thrill through me as I peered about, with each sense on the alert.
Two or three of the ravens that we had scared from the carcass flew
overhead, croaking hoarsely; and the pine tops moaned and sighed in the
slight breeze--for pine trees seem to be ever in motion, no matter how
light the wind.
18. After going a few hundred yards the tracks turned off on a
well-beaten path made by the elk; the woods were in many places cut up
by these game trails, which had often become as distinct as ordinary
footpaths. The beast's footprints were perfectly plain in the dust,
and he had lumbered along up the path until near the middle of the
hillside, where the ground broke away and there were hollows and
bowlders.
19. Here there had been a windfall, and the dead trees lay among the
living, piled across one another in all directions; while between and
around them sprouted up a thick growth of young spruces and other
evergreens. The trail turned off into the tangled thicket, within
which it was almost certain we would find our quarry.
20. We could still follow the tracks, by the slight scrapes of the
claws on the bark, or by the bent and broken twigs; and we advanced
with noiseless caution, slowly climbing over the dead tree trunks
and upturned stumps, and not letting a branch rustle or catch on our
clothes. When in the middle of the thicket, we crossed what was almost
a breastwork of fallen logs, and Merrifield, who was leading, passed by
the upright stem of a great pine.
21. As soon as he was by it he sank suddenly on one knee, turning half
round, his face fairly aflame with excitement; and as I strode past
him, with my rifle at the ready, there, not ten steps off, was the
great bear, slowly rising from his bed among the young spruces. He had
heard us, but apparently hardly knew exactly where or what we were, for
he reared up on his haunches, sideways to us.
22. Then he saw us and dropped down again on all fours, the shaggy hair
on his neck and shoulders seeming to bristle as he turned toward us. As
he sank down on his fore feet I had raised the rifle; his head was bent
slightly down, and when I saw the top of the white bead fairly between
his small, glittering, evil eyes, I pulled the trigger.
23. Half rising up, the huge beast fell over on his side in the death
throes, the ball having gone into his brain, striking as fairly
between the eyes as if the distance had been measured by a carpenter's
rule.
[Illustration: He reared up on his haunches.]
24. The whole thing was over in twenty seconds from the time I caught
sight of the game; indeed, it was over so quickly that the grizzly did
not have time to show fight at all, or come a step toward us. It was
the first I had ever seen, and I felt not a little proud as I stood
over the great brindled bulk which lay stretched out at length in the
cool shade of the evergreens.
25. He was a monstrous fellow, much larger than any I have seen since,
whether alive or brought in dead by the hunters. As near as we could
estimate--for of course we had nothing with which to weigh more than
very small portions--he must have weighed about twelve hundred pounds;
and though this is not so large as some of his kind are said to grow
in California, it is yet a very unusual size for a bear. He was a good
deal heavier than any of our horses; and it was with the greatest
difficulty that we were able to skin him.
26. He must have been very old, his teeth and claws being all worn down
and blunted; but nevertheless he had been living in plenty, for he was
as fat as a prize hog, the layers of his back being a finger's length
in thickness.
27. He was still in the summer coat, his hair being short, and in color
a curious brindled brown, somewhat like that of certain bulldogs;
while all the bears we shot afterward had the long, thick winter fur,
cinnamon or yellowish brown.
28. By the way, the name of this bear has reference to its character
and not to its color, and should, I suppose, be properly spelled
"grisly"--in the sense of horrible, exactly as we speak of a "grisly
specter"--and not "grizzly;" but perhaps the latter way of spelling it
is too well established to be now changed.
* * * * *
I. =Smōl´dẽr ĭng=: burning and smoking without flame. =Căn´yȯns̝=:
deep gorges or hollows between steep banks, worn by water courses.
=Căr´rĭ ȯn=: dead bodies of animals, unfit for food. =Căn´nĭ bal=:
an animal that devours its own kind. =Sāġ=_e_ =brŭsh=: a low shrub
which grows in great quantities on the plains of the Western United
States. "=Old Ephraim=": a hunter's name for the grizzly bear.
II. =Lâ_i_r=: the bed of a wild beast. =On the alert=: on the
lookout against danger. =Bō_w_l´dẽrs̝=: large stones worn smooth
by the action of water; rocks, rounded or not, carried by natural
agencies far from their native bed. =Wĭnd´fa̤l=_l_: portion of a
forest blown down in a wind storm. =Quạr´ry̆=: the animal hunted
for. =Spĕc´tẽr=: ghost.
* * * * *
The spring is pleasant. The air is warm. Flowers are in blossom.
The days and nights are equal.
Summer also will be pleasant. The air will be hot. Many flowers
will be in blossom. The days will be long.
Winter was not so pleasant. The air was cold. The flowers were not
in blossom. The days were short.
* * * * *
Which sentences tell (1) how things are now; (2) how they were; (3)
how they will be?
Write these sentences as if (1) winter were here; (2) as if it were
still to come.
Words in Fourth Reader
ȧ băn´dȯn: give up.
ăc´cū̍ rȧ çy̆: correctness.
Ǣ´sȯn.
Ǣ ē´tēs̝.
Ä_h_´mĕd.
ȧ mā_i_n´: busily.
ȧ māz_e_´ment: surprise.
Ä´pï ä.
är´c̵hi tĕct: a person skilled in the art of building.
Är´gō̍ na̤_u_ts.
Är´gus.
ăs´pĕct: appearance; look.
ăs pīr´ĭng: rising upward.
ăs sā_i_led´: attacked.
ăs sĕv´ẽr āt ĕd: said earnestly.
ȧs sured (shṳrd´): sure; certain.
ȧ sŭn´dẽr: apart; in two.
ăt´mŏs phere (fēr): air.
ȧ wē_a_´ry̆: tired.
ȧ _w_rȳ´: twisted toward one side.
băd_e_: ordered.
bä_l_m: a gummy substance which flows from the fir tree.
ba̤l´sam: a gummy substance which flows from the fir tree.
băl´ŭs trā̍d_e_: a railing along the edge of a bridge or staircase.
bärg̣´ĕs̝: roomy boats to carry goods or passengers.
bär´nȧ cl_e_s̝: small shellfish which fasten themselves on rocks,
timbers, other animals, etc.
bȧs_s_: a kind of fish.
băt tăl´ion (yŭn): body of troops.
bȧ zä_a_r´: in the East a shop where goods are kept for sale.
bē̍ līk_e_´: perhaps.
bē̍ nĕv´ō̍ lent: kind.
bē̍ nŭm_be_d´: deprived of feeling, as by cold.
bē̍ sē_e_ch´: beg; ask earnestly.
bĭl´lō̍_w_s̝: great waves of the sea.
Bĭs nȧ gär´.
blīt̵h_e_´sȯm_e_: gay; cheerful.
bō_a_rd: go on deck of.
bō_w_ld´dẽrs̝: large stones worn smooth by the action of water;
rocks, rounded or not, carried by natural agencies far from their
native bed.
brĕt̵h´rĕn: brothers.
brīn´y̆: salty.
buoy (bwoi): a floating object chained in place to mark a channel
or to show the position of something under the water, as a rock.
bûr´d_e_n: the chorus of a song.
bŭr´rō̍_w_s̝: holes in the ground, made for homes by certain
animals.
bŭs'_t_lĭng: noisy; active.
cā´denç_e_: the close or fall of a strain of music.
Căd´mus.
căn´nĭ bal: an animal that devours its own kind.
cȧ no̤_e_´: a small, light boat.
căn´yȯns̝: deep gorges or hollows between steep banks, worn by
water courses.
căp´tĭv_e_: a prisoner taken in war.
căr´ȧ văn: a company of travelers through a desert.
căr´rĭ ȯn: dead bodies of animals, unfit for food.
căt´ȧ răcts: great falls of water over steep places.
çĕl´ē̍ brā tĕd: famous, well known.
Çĕn´ta̤_u_rs̝.
çĕr´ē̍ mō̍ nĭ_e_s̝: forms of politeness.
chăr´ĭ ty̆: kindness to the poor.
Chē_e_ ma̤_u_n´: a birch canoe.
C̵hī´rŏn.
Çĭn´trȧ: a town in Portugal.
clăṉ´gor: a sharp, harsh, ringing sound.
clē_a_v_e_: cut; part.
clī´ent: one who asks advice of a lawyer.
Cŏl´c̵hĭs.
cŏm mĕnd´ĕd: praised.
cŏm pass´_i_ȯn ā̍t_e_ ly̆: (păsh) pityingly.
cŏm pĕl_le_d´: forced, obliged.
cŏm´plā̍_i_ sănt ly̆: politely.
cŏm prē̍ hĕnd´: understand.
cŏn çĕn´tẽr_e_d: concentrated; fixed.
cŏn fīd´ĭng: trusting.
cŏn jĕc´tū̍r_e_: guess.
cŏn jūr_e_´: beg earnestly.
cȯn´ jŭr ẽr: a magician.
cŏn´ sē̍ quĕnt ly̆: accordingly; as a result.
cŏn strŭc´tion (shŭn): manner of building; arrangement.
cŏn vẽrt´ĕd: changed.
cŏn ve̱_ye_d´: carried.
cȯv´ẽrt: shelter.
Crṳ´sō_e_s̝: men like Robinson Crusoe, the hero of the story of
that name. He was a shipwrecked sailor who lived many years on an
uninhabited island.
dē̍ ci´s_i_ȯn: fixed purpose. (sĭzh)
deficiency (dē̍ fĭsh´en çy̆): want.
dē̍ lĭb´ẽr ā̍t_e_: slow and careful.
dē̍ mūr_e_´ly̆: soberly.
dĭs g_u_īs̝_e_d´: dressed for the purpose of concealment.
dĭs̝´mal: sad.
dĭ vẽrt´: turn aside.
Dō dō´nȧ.
drē_a_r´ĭ ĕst: most comfortless and sorrowful.
drow´s̝y̆: sleepy.
ĕd´dy̆ ĭng: moving in a circle.
ē̍ mẽrġ_e_d´: came out.
ĕm´ĭ grants: emigrants are people who have left one country to
settle in another.
ĕn coun´tẽr: meet.
ĕn´ẽr ġy̆: force and resolution; power for work.
ĕn tẽr tā_i_n´ment: amusement.
ē̍ quĭp_pe_d´: dressed; fitted out.
ĕs pī_e_d´: saw.
ē̍ thē´rē̍ al: heavenly.
fē_a_t´ly̆: nimbly.
fē_a_ts: tricks.
fē_e_: charge.
fĕs´tĭ vals̝: feasts.
fī´br_o_ŭs: composed of fibers or threads; tough.
fĭ dĕl´ĭ ty̆: faithfulness.
fis´sṳr_e_: a narrow opening. (fĭsh)
fit´fụl: changeable.
flä_u_nt: wave; spread out.
flē_e_: run away.
flĭm´s̝y̆ thin.
fŏr b_e_âr´: keep from.
fŏr´_e_ĭ_g_n: belonging to other countries.
fō_u_r scōr_e_: eighty.
fra̤_u_d: deceit; cheat.
frŏth´y̆: full of bubbles.
fŭṉc´tions (shŭns̝): actions suitable to a business or profession.
găl´lant: brave.
găl´l_e_y̆: a vessel with oars, used by ancient people.
gärb: dress.
Gē_e_´zĭs: the sun.
ġē´nĭ_e_s̝: spirits; powerful fairies.
giving ear: listening.
glâr_e_: stare; look fiercely.
glē_e_: joy; mirth.
glŏs_s_´y̆: smooth and shining.
grăt´ĭ tū̍d_e_: thankfulness.
grăv ĭ tā´tion (shŭn): the law of nature by which all bodies are
drawn toward one another.
Great Wall, the: a wall fourteen hundred miles long, built many
hundreds of years ago for the defense of the Chinese Empire.
grē_e_n´swa̤rd: turf green with grass.
g_u_ärd´ĭ an: one to whose care a person or thing is committed.
gŭl_l_s̝: long-winged seabirds.
hăv´ŏc: destruction; ruin.
ha̤_w_s̝´ẽrs̝: large ropes.
hẽr´mĭt: a man who lives apart from other people.
hĭl´lȯ_c_k: a small mound.
hīr_e_´lĭng: one who serves for gain only.
hŏp´pẽr: a box through which grain passes into a mill.
Ho̤_u_s´sā̍_i_n.
hȯv´ẽrs̝: covers; shelters.
hū̍ mĭl´ĭ ā´tion (shŭn): shame; disgrace.
ĭl lū´mĭ nāt ĕd: lighted up; brightened.
ĭm ăġ´ĭ nȧ tĭv_e_: full of fancies.
ĭm pĕt´ū̍ _o_ŭs: hasty.
ĭm pŏs´tor: a cheat; one who imposes upon others.
ĭn crē̍ dū´lĭ ty̆: unbelief.
ĭn´fĭ nĭt_e_ ly̆: beyond measure; greatly.
ĭn ġē̍ nū´ĭ ty̆: skill; inventiveness.
ĭn hĕr´ĭt anç_e_: possession.
ĭn scrĭp´tion (shŭn): that which is inscribed or written,
especially on a building or monument.
ĭn sta̤l_le_d´: placed in office.
ĭn stĭnc´tĭv_e_: acting according to one's nature.
ĭn tẽr çēd_e_´: speak in one's behalf.
ĭn tŏl´ẽr ȧ bl_e_: not to be borne.
ĭn´vȧ lĭd: one who is weak from illness.
Ĭ ŏl´c̵hŏs.
Jā´sȯn.
jŭṉ´gl_e_s̝: thickets of trees and vines.
Kä_gh_: the hedgehog.
kīn_e_: cows.
_k_nī_gh_t: a man who receives a rank which entitles him to be
called Sir; as, Sir Walter Scott.
lăg: go slowly.
lâ_i_r: the bed of a wild beast.
lē_a_: meadow; field.
lē_a_g_ue_s̝: a league is a measure of distance of from two to four
miles.
lė´gal: relating to law; governed by the rules of law.
Lē ŏn´ĭ das.
line, the: the Equator.
lĭṉ´guĭst: a person skilled in languages.
lō_a_th: unwilling.
low´ẽr: seem dark and gloomy.
măl´ĭç_e_: ill will.
măn ū̍ făc´tū̍r_e_d: made.
mā´trȯn ly̆: womanly; motherly.
māz_e_: a tangle; a network.
mē̍ c̵hăn´ĭ cal: relating to tools and machinery.
mĕc̵h´an ĭs̝m: arrangement of the parts of anything.
Mē dē´ȧ.
mĕd´ĭ tāt_e_: intend; think seriously.
mē_e_d: reward.
mĭn´ȧ rĕt: the tall, slender tower of a mosque.
mĭn´strĕl: poet; singer.
mĭs chȧnç_e_´: misfortune; ill luck.
mĭs´ch_i_ē̍ v_o_ŭs: doing harm in play.
mŏc´cȧ sĭn: an Indian shoe made of deerskin, the sole and the upper
part being in one piece.
Moon of Leaves: May.
mosque (mŏsk): a church in Eastern countries.
mo̤_u̱_s tȧçh´ĭ ō̍s̝: mustache.
mŭl´lĕt: a kind of fish.
my̆s´tẽr y̆: something secret.
năn kē_e_n´: a kind of yellow cotton cloth.
Nĕp´tū̍n_e_.
no͝ok: corner.
No̤_u_r´gĭ hän.
No̤_u_ rŏn´nĭ här.
ō̍ bē_i_´sanç_e_: bow.
ŏb scū´rĭ ty̆: darkness.
ŏb s̝ẽrv´ĭng: seeing; noticing.
ôr´bĭts: paths round the sun.
Ôr´pheus (fūs).
palanquin (păl aṉ kēn´): an inclosed carriage, used in China and
India, which is borne on the shoulders of men by means of two
poles.
păr´ȧ çhṳt_e_: a sort of umbrella by means of which descent is made
from a balloon.
păt´tĕns̝: wooden soles made to raise the feet above mud.
pē_e_rs̝: equals.
pĕlf: money; riches.
Pē´lĭ ăs.
pĕn´ē̍ trāt_e_: pierce into.
Pĕ rï bä´no̤_u_.
pĕs´tĭ lenç_e_: the plague; a deadly disease.
philosophy (fĭ lŏs´ō̍ fy̆): the science or knowledge of things,
their causes and their effects.
phiz (fĭz): face.
pilot-cloth sack: a coat made of coarse dark blue cloth such as
pilots wear.
plī´ant: bending easily without breaking.
plŭm´my̆: full of plums.
pŏl´lȯ_c_k: a sea-fish somewhat like the cod.
pŏl lū´tion (shŭn): uncleanness.
pôr´pȯ_i_s ĕs̝: sea animals.
pōrt: manner of carrying oneself.
pōr trā_y_´al: description.
pō´tion (shŭn): drink; dose, usually of liquid medicine.
prī_e_d: looked closely.