HENRY H. BREEN.

St. Lucia, April, 1851.

ON THE APPLICATION OF THE WORD "LITTUS" IN THE SENSE OF RIPA, THE BANK

OF A RIVER.

The late Marquis Wellesley, towards the close of his long and glorious

life, wrote the beautiful copy of Latin verses upon the theme "Salix

Babylonica," which is printed among his _Reliquiæ_.