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of such a (S. 28, N. 9) sky.

‘and his’, say ‘whose’; found their way, +hervor´brachen+.

+eine in voller Blüte stehende Magnolie.+

‘to look upon’, here +betrachten+.

Say ‘I rejoice in its splendour’, to avoid monotony. To rejoice in a thing, +sich einer Sache freuen+.

‘in — it’, may be briefly rendered by ‘in the sight’.

+rasch.+

‘and — Go’. Begin a new clause here, and say: ‘“Go,” he added (+fügte er dann hinzu+)’.

+auf daß+ (followed by the Pres. Subj. of +haben+).

+des Morgens+, App. § 9. The verb ‘sees’, being the governing verb in both clauses, takes the last place. See App. § 19.

Section 46.

RICE.

Rice forms the chief subsistance of the people in India, China, Japan, and other eastern countries. Indeed, it supports more persons than any other article of food. In Asia it (S. 2, N. 1) is chiefly cultivated in India, China, and Ceylon; in Europe: in Lombardy (Italy) and Spain; in Africa: in Egypt; in South America: in Brazil; and in North America: in the Carolines and Louisiana. Its cultivation requires an immense quantity of moisture. It grows best in fields which can be inundated. Indeed, the fact that it is usually sown upon watery soil makes it probable that the first Verse of the eleventh Chapter in Ecclesiastes refers to Rice. In Egypt, for example, it is always sown while the waters of the Nile cover the land, and when the floods subside, (S. 27, N. 8) it is deposited in the mud. A strong spirit, called arrack, is distilled from rice, and the straw is used for making plait for hats and bonnets.—NELSON’S READERS.

+das hauptsächlichste Nahrungsmittel.+

Say ‘of the inhabitants of India (+Indiens+)’, etc.

+orientalisch.+

+ernähren.+

+Nahrungsartikel+, m.

Supply here the prep. +auf+, which should always be used to render the English ‘in’ before names of islands.

+in der Lombardei.+

+auf den Karolinen.+

Supply the prep. +in+.

+Der Reisbau+, i.e. the cultivation of rice.

an — of = extraordinary much.

The noun ‘rice’ must here be repeated, since the pron. ‘+er+’ would refer to ‘+Reisbau+’.

+auf.+

+Ja, die Thatsache, daß+, etc.

+im Prediger Salomonis+; to refer to something, +sich auf etwas beziehen.+ The above mentioned passage reads as follows: ‘Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days’.