If he kills one on land he shall he buried with the same. If it
be proved that any one has drawn a knife to strike another, or has
drawn blood, he shall lose his hand. If he strike with his fist,
without effusion of blood, he shall be thrice plunged into the sea. If
a man insult another with opprobrious language, so often as he does
it, to give so many ounces of silver. A man convicted of theft, to
have his head shaved, and to be tarred and feathered on the head, and
to be left on the first land the ship shall come to. Richard appointed
officers to see these laws executed with rigour, _two of which
officers were bishops_. A.H.K.--T.
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NOTES OF A READER
THE ATMOSPHERE.--CLIMATOLOGY.
_(FROM PART XIV. OF KNOWLEDGE FOR THE PEOPLE; OR, THE PLAIN WHY AND
BECAUSE.)_
_Why may the atmosphere be termed a fourth kingdom of Nature?_
Because it extends its influence in an equal degree over the three
kingdoms, the animal, the vegetable, and the mineral, operates upon
each after a distinct manner, and appears rather to be independent,
and allied to all of them, than to be rightly included within any one.
_Why is a knowledge of the atmosphere important to the naturalist?_
Because it serves to throw much light on the history and functions
both of the animal and vegetable creation; for it is through this
great medium that heat, light, electricity, oxygen, and the great
springs of vital phenomena, are conveyed to all classes of organized
matter.
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