Part 41 (1/2)

_Suppressed_, put aside, hindered from circulation

_Relics_, remains

What does the first coined money in ancient Britain appear to have been?

Copper land, scarcely any copper money was used for many centuries, nor did it become common till 1672; it was first used in Scotland and Ireland in 1340

What is a Mint?

A place established by public authority for coining money In the United States, the first mint was in Philadelphia; branches have been established in other parts of the Union In arded as a prerogative of the sovereign power Formerly, in Great Britain, cities, towns, and even individuals, were allowed to coin money for the convenience of trade; but now this is forbidden, except at the Mint in the Tower of London

What is ation?

The science or art by which the ht to conduct his shi+p from one place to another Some, perhaps, will consider the formation and use of the Ark, as a first step towards the invention of this art; but it is an erroneous idea, because the direction andthis imhteous Noe and his fa is recorded of any _ it to any particular place, or from one place to another; no intention of this sort is apparent, the ark beingon the water

_Erroneous_, wrong, in error

_Apparent_, ave the first idea of Navigation?

Accident most likely showed that wood always floats; and on the fallen trunk of a tree, perhaps, some one ventured beyond his depth, away from the land The trunk of a tree, hollowed out, for a more convenient position of the body, for uncivilized nations to this day Froreat intervals of tith arrived at its present state of advancement

What nation first applied this art to the purposes of Trade?

The Phenicians (especially those of Tyre, their capital city, and Sidon,) were the first who adapted it to the purposes of con countries; the poverty and narrowness of their land, as well as their vicinity to two or three good ports, and their natural genius for traffic, urging the to Arabia, India, Persia, Greece, Africa, Spain, and even as far as Britain

_Vicinity_, nearness, neighborhood

_Traffic_, Trade, commerce

Who were the Phenicians?

The inhabitants of Phenicia, a country of Syria, in Asia

Which was thebeen built, as is supposed, soon after the Flood, by Sidon, the eldest son of Chanaan Tyre, about 25 miles to the south, was built about the year 1252 before Christ, by a colony from Sidon

The Phenicians planted numerous colonies on the shores of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, and diffused, to a great extent, ahbors the arts and improvements of civilized life One of their most celebrated colonies was that founded by them on the northern coast of Africa; and it was this colony that built the fae