FAMINE

is the daughter of Night, and inhabited the infernal regions, though the

Lacedemonians dedicated to her an altar in the Temple of Minerva.

[Illustration]

She is drawn miserable, pale, wan, meagre, and dejected: her eyes hollow

and sunken, her complexion of a leaden hue, her teeth yellow, and her whole

appearance worn and melancholy.

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