3. Portchester (Port-Chester)
4. Williamsbridge (William's-bridge)
5. Recollect (re-collect)
6. Disease (dis-ease).
Thus by means of thinking of the shaking of a spear the name of the great dramatist is recorded; of a black stone, that of the expounder of legal principles is deposited in the keeping of memory; of the Port of Chester, the name of the city of Portchester is introduced to the mind; of William's bridge, that of Williamsbridge. By analyzing the word recollect we find that it means re-collecting, a second gathering together, a reuniting of scattered things, and thus the word is ours for all time. In the same manner, disease means dis-ease, the prefix dis signifying apart or asunder, thus showing that disease means apart or away from ease, con-
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