arose, and there
rang out from a thousand lips a great shout of joy, which resounded far
and wide, and lent new vigor to that blessed pibroch.

8. To our cheer of "God save the Queen," they replied by the well-known
strain that moves every Scot to tears, "Should auld acquaintance be
forgot." After that, nothing else made any impression on me. I scarcely
remember what followed. Jessie was presented to the general on his
entrance into the fort, and at the officers' banquet her health was drunk
by all present, while the pipers marched around the table playing once
more the familiar air of "Auld Lang Syne."

DEFINITIONS.--1. A-vert', to turn aside. En-gi-neer', an officer in the
army, who designs and constructs defensive and offensive works. 2. Siege,
the setting of an army around a fortified place to compel its surrender.
3. Pro-found', deep. 4. Slo'gan, the war cry or gather-ing word of a
Highland clan in Scotland. Fer'vor, intensity of feel-ing. 6. Pi'broch, a
wild, irregular species of music belonging to the Highlands of Scotland;
it is performed on a bagpipe. Sap'pers, men employed in making an approach
to a fortified place by digging. 7. Res'i-den-cy, the official dwelling of
a government officer in India. Si-mul-ta'ne-ous, happening at the same
time.

NOTES.--Lucknow, a city in the British possession of India. In 1857 there
was a mutiny of the native troops, and the British garrison of 1700 men
was besieged by 10,000 mutineers. After twelve weeks' siege, fresh British
troops forced an entrance, and the town was held until relieved three
weeks later by the arrival of Sir Colin Campbell, as above described.

1. Cawnpore, also a city of India, near Lucknow, which was besieged during
the mutiny. After surrendering, the English, two thirds of whom were women
and children, were treacherously massacred.

4. The inhabitants of the northern part of Scotland are called
Highlanders; those of the southern part, Lowlanders. The dialect of the
former is very peculiar, as shown in the language of Jessie Brown; as,
dinna for did not, a' for all, no for not, noo for now, auld for old.
Macgregor and Campbell are names of Highland clans or families.

Whittier's poem, "The Pipes at Lucknow," and Robert T. S. Lowell's "The
Relief of Lucknow," are descriptive of this same incident.

XLVIII. THE SNOWSTORM.

James Thomson (b. 1700, d.1748) was born at Ednam, in the shire of
Roxburgh, Scotland. He was educated at the Univers