Part 2 — LESSON XXXVIII.
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dikes, high banks of earth. con'tra ry, quite different from what is usual. dis as'trous, causing great loss or suffering. keels, strong timbers extending along the bottom of boats. stork, a kind of bird. bus'tle, quick and excited motion. mire, soft and wet earth. scorn'ing, turning from any thing as if of no value. sat'u rat ed, wet through and through. moored, tied fast, as a ship to land. slouched, hung down. mim'ic, copied in a smaller form.