The word armadillo is of Spanish origin and refers to the armorlike covering of these animals.

His route henceforth was beyond the farthest bound set up by De Monts and Champlain and into a country of deep, mellow, unstubborn soil, fit for human occupancy and habitation.

He ſucks intelligence in ev'ry clime, / And ſpreads the honey of his deep reſearch / At his return, a rich repaſt for me.

And so the pageant moves on and you and I now catch step and for a short time will play our part in making the pattern of the Federation of this day.