OATS

a grain crop that flourishes ir latitudes too cold for wheat. They are brought to great perfection in Scotland the North of England and Canada. They; form an invaluable food for horses, anc yield the well-known oatmeal. OBELISES, (1) are four-sided monnments of stone with pointed tops, The is proper position is on either side of the doorway of an Egyptian temple, and like Goopene Noedle, a well-known obelisk on Thames Embankment, they were usually engraved with hicroglyphics, (2) are reference marks, thus (+) [s. 227]