Οἱ δὲ ταῦτα ἀκούσαντες αὐτοί τε ἦσαν πολὺ προθυμότεροι καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἐξήγγελλον. εἰσῄεσαν δὲ παρ ̓ αὐτὸν οἵ τε στρατηγοὶ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων Ελλήνων τινὲς ἀξιοῦντες εἰδέναι τί σφισιν ἔσται, ἐὰν κρατήσωσιν. ὁ δὲ ἐμπιπλὰς ἁπάντων τὴν γνώμην ἀπέπεμπε. παρεκελεύοντο δὲ αὐτῷ πάντες, ὅσοιπερ διελέγοντο, μὴ μάχεσθαι, ἀλλ ̓ ὄπισθεν ἑαυτῶν τάττεσθαι. ἐν δὲ τῷ καιρῷ τούτῳ Κλέαρχος ὧδέ πως ἤρετο τὸν Κῦρον Οἴει γάρ σοι μαχεῖσθαι, ὦ Κῦρε, τὸν ἀδελφόν; Νὴ Δί ̓, ἔφη ὁ Κῦρος, εἴπερ γε Δαρείου καὶ Παρυσάτιδός ἐστι παῖς, ἐμὸς δὲ ἀδελφὸς, οὐκ ἀμαχεὶ ταῦτα ἐγὼ λήψομαι.

II. Grammatical Questions.

1. Write down the 1st person future active of ἀκούω, ἀγω γέλλω, μάχομαι, λαμβάνω ; and the 1st person imperfect of εἰμὶ, είμι, ἵημι.

2. Το what verbs do ἤρετο, εμπιπλάς, ἔφη, ἔσται belong ? 3. Parse κρατήσωσιν, ἀπέπεμπε, ἔφη.

4. Distinguish αὐτή, αυτή, αὕτη,

5. How is the comparative προθυμότερος formed ? Give a rule for the formation of comparatives of adjectives in -os,

-ης, -υς.

6. Give the 1st aorist passive of τάττω, κελεύω, ἀξιῶ.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF

ENGLAND.

PRELIMINARY GENERAL EXAMINATION.- -Christmas, 1867.

THURSDAY, December 19th.-Morning, 12 to 14.

CHEMISTRY.

1. Describe the usual process for the preparation of Chlorine; and show by an equation the reaction which takes place.

2. What is the composition of Water, by weight and by volume ?

3. What is meant by the term hardness when applied to water? Distinguish the different kinds of hardness, and describe a practical method of determining it.

4. What is meant by the law of Combining Proportion in Chemistry? Give one or two examples.

5. Write out the symbols and combining equivalents (new notation) of the following bodies:-Oxygen, Sulphur, Nitrogen, Carbon, Potassium, Calcium, Iron, Copper, and Zinc.

6. What does the term Substitution mean in Chemistry? Give two or three examples.

7. What is the composition of Cyanogen, and how is it prepared ?

[Questions 6 and 7 are optional.]