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quence, drinks the wine; the wine has an effect upon him, he becomes frantic, breaks the bars of iron, and endangers the safety of the sheep. The symbol for 12 is David with the Lion; David must hold the horse, and take especial care that the Lion does not devour the sheep.

In the course of our reading, if it be required to commit to memory any remarkable circumstance respecting a country, we should take a sheet of paper and divide it as our table is divided, placing in the appropriate squares a resemblance, or rude outline, of the object or circumstance to be remembered. This mode will assist the memory very materially, and excite a greater degree of attention than the mere idea which is presented to the mind by reading.

3. Military Power. The state of the military force, in time of peace as well as of war, must be considered, with the divisions into artillery, cavalry, and infantry; or, any other arrangement may be made which the nature of the military force, in any particular country, may demand. The square may be thus divided: