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BABDKS HISTORY

Soziie Se“? 35° me._ plileﬂt‘ contributed to this co.um.i

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short hitzory oi an eminent Northumbrlan, 3194B b! ' “ame- Qaegg, who is Pefhﬂliﬁ be"?!

mo“; m is as Bede, St. Bede. Or mg Venerable B664. W85 Wm V‘ 3,9 ‘year 573. and after a very 3J5). 311e, as histcran in the Mon- ‘Hqv at Jarrow cri the Tyne, died m zhe year 735.

Baeca was buried in the mon- 3 3.. and his bones were undr- zurbed till A D. 10E. whsn they M,” ymzored to the church o! 9 ‘ any Their removal was effect- id 3y one Aelfred. a relic-hunter 1g mos: unscrupulous type. r... mu a nzonl: .. the ccmoiurz- ~ Durham. Th1’ cieric ‘nad a -\_ n" wherein he heard a yozce wminaricling him to go to the an- irionasteries of Northumbria

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of the \'€ll€I‘JJ.6 7a.. Aethcl ha. '

p s. . rs elapsed bsforc "m ed his prgoc .-\' '

e any Wl§l1€5§ , Sj-‘meon. s ran; years af a:a.ii \l5.l"d JRTTCR‘; c hzrruel.’ ‘lake a

securrd the ODFC‘ of Hus intimate fri

which

body of zhc lather

st can ains 121-: b0" of the =r and until: Bi-rda ' Then ‘o keep the

should try

years

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‘ in the church cr a; of Durham.

was Baeda the obiect of sQ ttenﬁon? When we road at»: catalogue of hr» work’ -ss LKP-“i. in his lilllﬂblOgfnphyt we ‘Wieriize the greatness or that ‘>9 “T8 which drew homage or . from his ecclesiastical superiors. Aellred had therefore daxccc: . t tne obscure lit l0 church oi Jar- lm" was unworthy to hold theist- rs

“l. .~. time to .~a_v scmcthiii; about 3H? Ecclesia tical History itself. I 5i already given my readers a ‘ idea or the "Anglo-Saxon 1e", that storehouse whence "Wdrn historians draw maacrials lor me early story of the Brizish race. Baeda collected all the leg- Fﬂds which had any bcarin; on ihv "Chronicle." and e;pscielly' e which told of the introduc- ! _ n o.’ Christzanity. In this task he “is a sisted by the diifcrenVBish- W‘ and Abbots throughout iii-ig- land. “who sent to me either in Willis or by word oi HlOUUh-Elll <hﬂ§ liey thought worthy oi meni- as he says in his preface. ‘Writ ccnzerned his beloved North- umoi-ia. he declares, “I received not from any particular author, but by lhPwialthful testimony or innum- Piauzc witnesses, who might know ltremembcr the same; b '~ i.‘ “lid o! my own know dze." His 3km)‘ thus parallels the Chron- '51P. but i. much more readable. ind fuller in detail. Like many other ancient his.“ ‘W’ . it begins with a description if Britain as "an island in the htim. formerly called Albiozr." lhich extends B00 miles in lenﬂlh “Wards the nor.h. That is an o-cr- "ltement; the utmost that can oe measured straight north and south. l! about 500 miles. The breadli is Said to be 200 miles. except where y "ma! prcmontorles extend it." t Ind this i' I fair average measure- ‘ "PM. The first place, says Baeda. whzch meets the eye, after leavinl 3918i: Oaul. B the city cf Rutubi *or:us-the Roman Rutupiae—

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which had been corrupted by the I-kizlish into Repta:es..:. This t. owed its imporza e to zt- be: the port of em anon great naval stauo: o: the cor... enr. Gesoriacurn. 50 mies away.

Britain ever‘. in those days ex- celled for gran and trees. and ita "well adapw"; for feedtn; ca"'e and beasts o.‘ burden" It prod vines in some p‘a:es. says (h:

torian. and this connect. m= 11nd i: 0.. record in mecae iiznes that CéﬂaJl disrrit ‘rad

vineyard. for zlie maktng of 100mm; to our on: time: the romd about i810. iha Bute had pie’ the 'ourli of Er began to bear

and in lite _' pazcl of.‘ '

be cou

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therefore c q,» pleasures c! the known in tins

the tropicsi darknes. follows am iatrly. In Northuziinya. ' "the clizldre" hour." cr couple of roars, when tvorl: bezn; czar. the

are extraordina: nae: and the da of o _ six sq; “hen-as in Armenia. Italy. aztd o.'::er ame latiride. tw- page; _ o.- night cszericls b" firen h urs and the sh rtest .'

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FERNS 0F P. E. ISLAND

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continent. In e odor strongly sugge s that Skunk Cabsa e. bu‘. when d

BYOHIBHC. Thl ZfjOZCQS sunny clearings in the wocds, read- . where 2L:

and

placy. perfume the noticed that the fror. n: tit: best. at" held in place , reflected» tocth of one sezme the pinnulcs. Some wri fern Dennstacditia iMichxr Moore. +17» The Otrich Fern iOno ea Strurhiopters- is a COéXHOpO. species. found in the North Tem- perate Zone, omitting the BHLSI‘. es. Its natural habita" 2s along w-trcams. and in mcis: pla~= bu: for some reason it‘ l} rare w ii i: .

pdncizlobuila

The large fronds. widest above the '

middle and tapering both zvays. u: supposed to resemble 0s rich

‘L feathers. Brittorrs "Manual" names _' this plant Matteveccia Btruthiop-

teris ll.» Todaro. '18» The Sensitive l-‘grn oclea sen ibilisi is widely distribut-

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