. The young lady's library of useful and entertaining knowledge : intended as a holiday or birth-day present. ith in civilized countries. On the 11th ofDecember they arrived safely at Fort Providence, wherethey remained five months, in which long interval of rest theybecame restored to nearly their pristine health and vigour. Our sensations, says Captain Franklin, on beingonce more in a comfortable dwelling, will be much betterimagined than any language of mine can describe first act was, again to return our grateful praises tothe Almighty for the manifold instances of his mercytoward
. The young lady's library of useful and entertaining knowledge : intended as a holiday or birth-day present. ith in civilized countries. On the 11th ofDecember they arrived safely at Fort Providence, wherethey remained five months, in which long interval of rest theybecame restored to nearly their pristine health and vigour. Our sensations, says Captain Franklin, on beingonce more in a comfortable dwelling, will be much betterimagined than any language of mine can describe first act was, again to return our grateful praises tothe Almighty for the manifold instances of his mercytowards us. About the latter end of May they embarked for FortChipewyan, and thence proceeded to York Factory, whichthey reached on the I4th of July 1822, after an absence ofnearly three years. During this period they had jour-neyed, by land and water, through inhospitable desertsand under inclement skies, 5550 miles, and, during greatpart of the distance, had struggled with difl5culties, expe-rienced privations, and endured suflferings, which, in pros-pect, would have appalled the stoutest heart. OCTOBER. 261. OCTOBER Was called Domitianiis, by the emperor Domitian, afterwhose death the Senate decreed the restoration of the ori-ginal name, October, which denoted its being the eighthmonth in the year. Since the time of Numa, however, ithas in fact been the tenth month. The Saxons denominated October Wyn-monat, (Wine-month) because then, although they made none themselves,they received wines from neighbouring countries. Theyalso denominated this month Winter-fulleth. The 18th of October is dedicated, in Christian calendars,to the commemoration of St. Luke, the Evangelist: thisfestival was first instituted in the year 110: on the 28th, 2tJ2 OCTOBER. the Apostles, St. Simon and St. Jude, have been jointlycommemorated, since the year 1091, when their feast wasfirst instituted. The French observe the 9th of this month as sacred toSt. Denys, or Dennis, the tutelar saint of Paris. The gener
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