Part 10 (1/2)

SECRETION, SECRETING

151 Jailers are watchful to prevent the ---- of poison in letters sent to condemned prisoners

153 Saliva is a ----

SEWAGE, SEWERAGE

153 The water of rivers that have received ---- is not good to drink

154 The vast and intricate ---- of Paris is described by Victor Hugo in ”Les Miserables”

SITUATION, SITE

155 The ---- of Sah not so grand and wild

156 Dr Schliemann made excavations to discover the ---- of Troy

157 Our school buildings have a fine ----

158 Has the ---- of Professor Richard's house been fixed?

159 One of Nebuchadnezzar's teht to have stood on the ---- of the Tower of Babel

SPECIALTY, SPECIALITY

160 It is the ---- of vice that it is selfishly indifferent to the injurious consequences of actions

161 Diseases of the throat are Dr Hall's ----

162 Fountain-pens a ----

163 ”Toughness” is the ---- of Salisbury iron; therefore Salisbury iron is much in deood and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in ----

165 The ---- of soul and body is ended by death

166 In the teular ---- of audacity and sobriety

167 This composition lacks ----; the writer treats of several distinct subjects

EXERCISE XXIV

_Tell why the italicized words in the following sentences are misused, and substitute for them better expressions:_--

1 The West End Railway Company is the _factor_[42] which can remedy all this

2 Addison's ”Cato” was _a success_ 3 Decoration Day is a fitting _observance_ of those who gave their lives for their country

4 At the end of each day the _teao into the repair-shop, where the carpenter and blacksmith are able to fix any part of them

5 The _hts would be an indispensable _factor_ in a night attack

7 Bishop Hatto lived in a country where all the _productions_ were spoiled by the weather

8 The _whole_ of the stupid boys in Gerle to pass this test

9 The police are looking for the guilty _parties_

10 A _lot_ of men from the country came to town to see the circus

11 In the shed is a _affs

12 They had to take the _balance_ of his arreat _factor_ in ier Payson Tucker at once sent detectives to the scene, and every effort will be uilty _parties_