Part 30

yet I have always had the firm conviction. Render ‘to have’ here by +hegen+.

+schlicht+; ‘industry’, here +Fleiß+, m.; careful, +streng+; exactness, +Pflichterfüllung+, f.

would establish (+begründen+) Ireland’s prosperity (+Wohlstand+, m.).

it is true, +zwar+; see S. 15, N. 3; ‘to make’, here +thun+; in advance, +vorwärts+.

Here follow the words ‘for (+zu+, contracted with the def. art.) eventual (+eventuell+) success’.

Section 40.

ENGLAND’S TREES.

The principal native trees are the oak, ash, elm, poplar, aspen, birch, larch, alder, hawthorn, hazel, and willow. The beech, maple, horse-chestnut, Spanish chestnut, walnut, sycamore, acacia, weeping willow, cedar, and Lombardy poplar have been introduced.

The moist climate of England is eminently suited to the growth of forest-trees, and we find that in ancient times the larger part of the country presented one vast scene of forest, as the uncleared districts of America do now. The few scattered patches of natural wood which remain, show what was once the character of nearly the whole country.—HEWITT, PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

See S. 14, N. 3.

+einheimisch.+

+die Eiche.+ The article is repeated in this passage only when the subsequent noun is of different gender or number from the preceding one.

+die Roßkastanie.+

+die echte Kastanie.+

+der Wallnußbaum.+

+Englands.+

to be suited to a thing, +~einer~ Sache zu´träglich sein+; eminently, +außerordentlich+, which place before ‘+zuträglich+’.

Use the gen. of the def. art. =The definite article= should be used in all cases where an object is individualised or singled out from other objects.

one — forest = an almost uninterrupted scene of forest, +Waldlandschaft+, f.

as ... do now, +wie noch jetzt+.

+die ungelichteten Waldgegenden.+

The — remain, +Die wenigen zerstreut liegenden Überreste natürlicher Gehölze.+

Say ‘show the character which formerly belonged almost to the whole country’.

Section 41.

THE INDIAN CHIEF.

During the war in America, a company of Indians attacked a small body of British troops, and defeated them. As the Indians had greatly the advantage in swiftness of foot, and were eager in the pursuit, very few of the English escaped; and those who fell into their hands, were treated with a cruelty of which there are not many examples, even in that country.

Two of the Indians came up to a young officer, and attacked him with great fury. As they were armed with battle-axes, he had no hope of escape. But, just at this crisis, another Indian came up, who was advanced in years, and was armed with a bow and arrows. The old man instantly drew his bow; but, after having taken his aim at the officer, he suddenly dropped his arrow, and interposed between the young soldier and his pursuers, who were about to cut him to pieces. The two Indians retired with respect.

+Der Indianerhäuptling.+