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And then she spent all the time writing a letter, to him of course ! Hella and I have just been reading a lot of things in the encycl., about Birth and Pregnancy, and I on my own about abor ; we came across the words Embyro and Foetus, and I said nothing at the time but tied 2 knots in my handkerchief to remind me, and yesterday I looked them up.
"The shipwreck occurred in the southern hemisphere." "That's a wide world," said the Major. "Well, we'll go on," resumed Glenarvan. "Here is the word ABOR; that is clearly the root of the verb ABORDER. The poor men have landed somewhere; but where? CONTIN does that mean continent? "CRUEL!" interrupted John Mangles. "I see now what GRAUS is part of in the second document.
The names Patagonia, Australia, New Zealand, had appeared to him in turn with absolute certainty. CONTIN, at first CONTINENT, had gradually reached its true meaning, continuelle. Indi had successively signified indiens, indigenes, and at last the right word was found INDIGENCE. But one mutilated word, ABOR, had baffled the geographer's sagacity.
"Your Lordship is right," said John Mangles, "and besides, we're all familiar with the language." "Very well, then, I'll set to work." In a few minutes he had written as follows: 7 Juin 1862 trois-mats Britannia Glasgow sombre gonie austral a terre deux matelots capitaine Gr abor contin pr cruel indi jete ce document de longitude et 37 degrees 11" de latitude Portez-leur secours perdus.
This does not, however, prevent her from still feeling and cherishing a fond affection for those who are nearest to her in blood and who were the authors of her being. She goes very often to see them and is welcomed with great joy. At parting they give her good wishes and advice. "Go, follow thy husband!". "Take care not to fall by the way!". "Abor!". "Abor!".
The subject of it I borrowed from an old song about Pyramus and Thisbe; but I had increased the incidents through a hermit and his son, who both loved Thisbe, and who both killed themselves when she died. Many speeches of the hermit were passages from the Bible, taken out of the little catechism, especially from our duty to our neighbors. To the piece I gave the title "Abor and Elvira."
Siyaro is the Somali corruption of the Arabic Ziyarat, which, synonymous with Mazar, means a place of pious visitation. The Somal call the insect Abor, and its hill Dundumo. The corrupted Portuguese word used by African travellers; in the Western regions it is called Kelder, and the Arabs term it "Kalam."
We have not the slightest indication of the place, meantime, nor of where the catastrophe happened." "Perhaps the French copy will be more explicit," suggested Lady Helena. "Here it is, then," said Lord Glenarvan, "and that is in a language we all know." The words it contained were these: troi ats tannia gonie austral abor contin pr cruel indi jete ongit et 37 degrees 11" LAT
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