GLACIERS

are generally ma es of consolidated snow, which* by their own weight move slowly down the mountain where they have been accumulated. Their pace is seldom more than one inch per hour. Along their sides or over their surface are scattered accumulations of stone and detritus, which are called moraines. The Alpine G. give birth to the five great rivers of Centred Europe—the Rhine, Rhone, Po, Inn, and Adige. G move like rivers— faster in the middle and above than at the sides and along the bottom. The torrent of icy water that i ues from the lower end of them is simply the resun: of melting. The largest glacier in the world is the Muir,' in Alaska the largest in Europe is the Justeldals Brae, in Norway.; entertained the Romans in their public games. They were first exhibited in B.C. 264 at a funeral, and were drawn from the ranks of prisoners, slaves, and condemned criminals but later, freemen, even of high rank, 'and even; women fought for pay or for notoriety. The fate of a defeated gladiator, who was not mortally wounded, was decided by the spectators, who turned down their thumbs if they wished the opponent’s dagger to be thrust down into the heart of the fallen man. The prize was nominally a wreath,