Vocabulary

short preface; brief foreword

demagnetization; demagnetisation; degaussing

short break; breather; brief recess; rest

marsh gas; methane

cupboard; sideboard

first proof; first-proof sheets

chapter and verse; paragraph; passage

one's duty; vocation

carnivores (i.e. animals of the order Carnivora)

vegetation

official duties; office; function

birth and death

heat of summer

(your) reading (of my work)

ranging through (mountains, fields, etc., looking for something); roaming over; searching far and wide

labor saving; labour saving

chapters and sections; chapter and verse

(our) company; (my) company

short history; concise history

illegitimate birth

well-informed person; insider

commander

gunpowder

minor premise

festivities; celebration

gleaning; gleanings

collection of freight

inheritance

thatched hut; monks cell; (my) humble abode

(book) illustration

petition; appeal

product

coarse silk

range finder

crude ore; raw ore

daughter (esp. of someone of high standing)

(depth) sounding

sparse woods

crude construction; crude manufacture

dying young; early death