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AUXENTIUS of Cappadocia, Arian theo

logian, III. 143.

AUXERRE, town, France, III. 143; XXIV. 746.

AUXONNE, town, France, III. 143.
AUXUME (Axum, q.v.), ancient Abys-
sinian kingdom, III. 162; 1. 65; XXI.
654.

AVA, town, Burmah, III. 143.
AVAHIS, genus of lemurs, XIV. 441.
AVALLON, town, France, III. 144; XXIV.
746.

AVALON, peninsula, Newfoundland,
XVII. 382.

, St Hugh of, bishop of Lincoln, XII. 336.

AVANTURINE, mineral, XVI. 389.
AVARS, ancient people of Asia, XXIII.
659; their invasion of Greece, XI. 112;
their overthrow by Charlemagne, v.

403; XIV. 60.

Caucasian tribe, XIV. 475.
AVATCHA, volcano, Kamchatka, III. 144.
AVEBURY, village, England, III. 144;
cromlech at, XXI. 51; stone circles at,
II. 383; XXIV. 594.
AVEDICK, Armenian patriarch, XIII.
361.

AVEIRO, town, Portugal, III. 144.
AVELLA, town, Italy, III. 144.
AVELLINO, town, Italy, III. 144.
AVEMPACE, Arabian philosopher, III.
144; II. 269; XXI. 426.
AVENA, genus of grasses, XVII. 696.
AVENBRUGGER, Leopold, Austrian phy-
sician, III. 145; XV. 815; his method
of auscultation, III. 100.
AVENCHES, district, Switzerland, xxiv.

114, 115.

AVENTINE HILL, at Rome, XX. 731, 807.

XXI. 426; as writer in Persian, XVIII.
656.

AVICENNIA, genus of trees, XV. 481.
AVIENUS, Rufus Festus, Latin poet, III.
155.

AVIGLIANO, town, Italy, III. 155.
AVIGNON, town, France, III. 155; XXIV.
114; seat of papal court, v. 821; XIII.
476; XIX. 501; in time of Petrarch,
XVIII. 706; bridge at, IV. 330; uni-
versity, XXIII. 839.

III. 157.

AXUM, ancient town, Abyssinia, III. 162;
1. 65; inscriptions at, VIII. 613; XXI.
654.
AXYLUS, or Axylum, district, Asia
Minor, II. 704; XVIII. 852.
AYACUCHO, town, Peru, XVIII. 675.

La Paz de, town, Bolivia, XIV. 298.
AYAMONTE, town, Spain, III. 162.
AYANI, Hasani Shabistari, Persian his-
torian, XVIII. 657.

AYE-AYE, lemur, XIV. 443; XV. 170.

AVILA, province, Spain, III. 156; XXII. AYEN, count and dukes of, XVII. 523.
298; town, III. 156.
AYLESBURY, town, England, III. 162.
Gil Gonzalez d', Spanish writer, AYLESFORD, village, England, III. 162.
AYLMER, John, bishop of London, III.
162.
AYMARAS, South-American Indians, IV.
15; XVIII. 676; religion of, XX. 364.
AYMON, Four Sons of, romance, XX.
652.

Y ZUNIGA, Luis d', Spanish historian, III. 157.

AVILES, San Nicolas de, town, Spain,

III. 157.

AVLONA, town, Albania, III. 157.
AVOCA, or Ovoca, river, Ireland, XXIV.
557.

AYR, town, Scotland, III. 164.

AYRER, Jacob, German dramatist, III. 165.

coalfield of, VI. 53; area and population, XXI. 528; representation, XXIII. 727. CATTLE, I. 388.

AVOCADO OIL, XVII. 744, 747.
AVOGADRO'S LAW OF GASES, V. 465; AYRSHIRE, county, Scotland, III. 162;
XVI. 611; XX. 131.
AVOIRDUPOIS, system of weights, III.
157; II. 533; XXIV. 489.
AVOLA, town, Sicily, III. 157.
AVON, rivers, England, Scotland, France,
III. 157.

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669.

river, Nova Scotia, XVII. 601.
river, Linlithgow, Scotland, XIV.

AYTON, Sir Robert, early Scottish poet,
III. 165.

AYTOUN, William Edmonstoune, Scot-
tish man of letters, III. 165.
AYUKA KHAN, Mongol chief, IV. 710;
XVI. 745.

Lower, river, Somerset, England, AYUTHIA, town, Siam, XXI. 852.
XXII. 257; XXIV. 594.

Southern, river, Wilts, England,
XXIV. 594.

Upper, or Shakespearean, river,
England, XVII. 555; XXIV. 379.
AVOSET, bird, XXII. 552.
AVRANCHES, town, France, III. 157.

AVENTINUS, Johann Thurmayr, Ger- AVRANCHIN, district, France, XV. 458.

man writer, III. 145.

Aventurine, Venetian glass, XVII. 48.
AVENZOAR, Arabian physician, III. 145;

xv. 805.

AVERAGE, in maritime commerce, III.
145; in marine insurance, XIII. 187.
mathematical and statistical, xix.
780; XXII. 465.
AVERNUS, lake, Italy, III. 149.
AVERROES, Arabian philosopher and
physician, III. 149; II. 269; XV. 805;
XXI. 426.

AVERRUNCUS, epithet of Jupiter, XIII.
780.

AVERSA, town, Italy, III. 152.
AVESNES, town, France, III. 152.
AVESTA, sacred book of the Parsees,

XXIV. 775; XVIII. 584, 653.
AVEYRON, department, France, III. 152.
AVEZZANO, town, Italy, III. 152.
AVIANUS, Latin fabulist, VIII. 838.
AVICEBRON, Jewish philosopher, III.
152; II. 268; VIII. 758; XXI. 426.
AVICENNA, Arabian philosopher and
physician, III. 152; II. 267; XV. 805;

AWAJI, island, Japan, XIII. 569.
AWANTIBO, lemur, XIV. 443.
AXAN (Alp Arslan), Seljuk sultan, I. 598.
AXAYACATL, Mexican ruler, XVI. 210.
AXE, hand-tool, XI. 437; battle-axe, II.
555.

-, river, Somerset, England, XXII.257.
AXELHOLM (Axholm), Isle of, England,
III. 157; XIV. 653.
AXES, of crystals, XVI. 347.
AXHOLM, Isle of, England, III. 157; XIV.
653.

AXIM, river, Gold Coast, Africa, I. 421;

X. 755.

AXINITE, mineral, XVI. 411.
AXINOMANCY, ordeal, XVII. 818.

AYYUBITES, Moslem dynasty, Egypt,
XVI. 588.

AZAIS, Pierre Hyacinthe, French writer,
III. 166.

AZALEA, plant, XII. 262; XX. 527.
AZAMMUR, town, Morocco, XVI. 831.
A-ZANDEY, African race, XVII. 473.

AZANIA, district, Africa, I. 432; XXIV.
739.

AZARA, Felix de, Spanish naturalist, III.
166.

José Nicholas d', Spanish diplo-
matist, III. 167.
AZCAPUZALCO, ancient Mexican town,
XVI. 209.

AZEGLIO, Marquis d', Italian writer and
statesman, III. 167; XIII. 487, 489.
AZERBIJAN, or Adarbaijan, province,
Persia, III. 167; XVIII. 626.
AZEUS, or Azeis, epithet of Zeus at
Laodicea, XIV. 293.

AZHAR, mosque and college, Cairo, IV.
646; XXII. 660.

AZILA, town, Morocco, XVI. 831.

AXIOM, in philosophy, III. 158; in AZIMGARH, district and town, India, III.

geometry, X. 376.

AXIS, of a magnet, XV. 220, 238.

-, Earth's, Stability of, X. 216.
AXIUS, river, Macedonia, XV. 136.
AXMINSTER, town, England, III. 162;
carpets of, V. 131.
AXOLOTL, amphibian, XXII. 96.
AXONIA, morphological form, XVI. 843.

168.

AZIMUTH, defined, X. 198; in surveying,
XXII. 700, 705, 712.

COMPASS, XVI. 160.
AZINCOURT (Agincourt), Battle of
(1415), I. 282; VIII. 320; IX. 549.
Aziz, province, Asiatic Turkey, XXIII.
653.

Azo, Italian writer on law, III. 169.
AZOFF, town, Russia, III. 169.

Sea of, Russia, III. 169, 796.
AZOIC STRATA, in geology, X. 327.
AZOLITMIN, chemical substance, XIV.
703.

AZORES, islands, Atlantic Ocean, III.
169, 18.

AZOTUS (Ashdod, q.v.), town, Palestine,
III. 172.

AZPEITIA, town, Spain, III. 172.
AZRAK, Bahr el (Blue Nile), Africa,
XVII. 507, 508.

AZRAKI, Arab historian, XXIII. 3.
AZTECS, ancient people of Mexico, III.
172; 1. 695, 706; XII. 828; XVI. 206;
in Nicaragua, XVII. 479; their hiero-
glyphic symbols, I. 602; their mytho-
logy, XVII. 150.

AZULEJOS, Moorish wall-tiles, XVII. 36.
AZUNI, Domenico Alberto, Italian jurist,
III. 172.

AZURE, blue pigment, XIX. 87.
AZURITE, mineral, XVI. 399; XV. 315.
AZYGOBRANCHIA, order of Mollusca,
XVI. 648; XXII. 187.

Azzo (Azo), Italian writer on law, III.
169.

Corinth, VI. 397.

BABER (Zehir-ed-din Mohammed), foun- | BACCHIADÆ, ruling family in ancient
der of Mogul dynasty, III. 179; II. 700;
XII. 793, 794; XVIII. 632.
BABEUF, François Noel, French socialist,
III. 179; IX. 609; XXII. 207.
BABHAI, the Archimandrite, Syriac
writer, XXII. 842.

BACCHIGLIONE, river, Italy, III. 194.
BACCHUS, Roman god (the Greek
Dionysus), VII. 248; II. 103; orgies of,
XVII. 839; XXI. 137.
BACCHYLIDES, Greek poet, III. 194.

BAR NESIBHNAYE, Syriac writer, BACCIO DELLA PORTA, Italian painter, XXII. 844.

BABHAVUTI, Hindu dramatist, VII. 397.
BABI, Mohammedan sect in Persia, III.
180; XVIII. 650; XXII. 665.
BABIA GORA, mountain, Carpathians,
Austria, X. 25.

BABIL, part of modern Babylon, III. 183.
BABINGTON, Anthony, conspirator

against Elizabeth of England, xv. 600.
BABINGTONITE, mineral, XVI. 417.
BABIRUSSA, genus of ungulate mammals,
XXII. 774.

BABLE, Asturian dialect, II. 824; XXIII.
350.

BABOONS, genus of apes, II. 152; XV.
477.

BABOUVISM, the communism of Babeuf,
III. 180; XXII. 207.

BABRIUS, or Babrias, Greek fabulist, III.
181; VIII. 838.

I.-VIII., princes of Este, Italy, BABUNGERA (Niam - Niam), Central

VIII. 558.

B,

BAADER, Franz Xaver von, German philosopher, III. 173; XXIII. 247, 279. BAAL, title of Semitic deities, III. 175; IV. 764; XIII. 402; XVI. 696; XVIII. 803; XXIII. 237; human sacrifices to, XVIII. 730; worship of, in Israel, 1.

421.

III. 194; XX. 275.
BACH, Johann Sebastian,

German musician, III. 194; XIX. 67; character of his music, XVII. 90.

Karl Philip Emmanuel, German musical composer, III. 196; XIX. 67; as symphonist, XVII. 96.

BACHE, Mount, California, U.S.A.
XXIII. 801.

Alexander Dallas, American physi-
cist, III. 196.
BACHELOR, III. 196.

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BACHIAN (Batchian), island, Indian
Archipelago, III. 197.

BACILLARIACEÆ, former name of
Diatomaceæ, VII. 169.

BACILLUS, vegetable organism, XXI. 399.
ANTHRACIS, infective organism,
XVII. 59; XXI. 400; XXII. 679.

African race, XVII. 473.
BABUYANES, islands, Philippines, XVIII. BACK, George, Arctic explorer, X. 193;
751.

the second letter of the alphabet, BABY (Babi), Mohammedan sect in
III. 173.
Persia, III. 180; XVIII. 650; XXII. 665.
BABYLON, city, III. 182; as the capital
of Alexander's empire, XVIII. 583;
captivity of the Jews in, XIII. 417;
under Medo-Persian rule, XVIII. 566,
572; carpets of, v. 128; embroideries,
VIII. 161; wall-sculptures, XVII. 34.
BABYLONIA, III. 183; chronology of, by
Berosus, III. 607; geographical extent
of, XVI. 50; contest with Israel, XIII.
379; conquest of, by Cyrus, VI. 753;
Parthian kingdom of, XVIII. 592;
coins of, XVII. 650; Jewish schools in,
XIII. 429; language of, XXI. 649;
pottery of, XIX. 604.
BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY OF THE
CHURCH, Luther's work, xv. 78.
BABYLONIAN COSMOGONIES, VI. 446.

BAALBEC, ancient town, Syria, III. 176.
BAAL-ZEBUB, Philistine god, III. 503;
XVIII. 756.

BAANES, Paulician teacher, XVIII. 434.
BAARAS, fabulous herb, XV. 476.
BAB, The (Mohammed Ali), founder of
Babism, in Mohammedanism, III. 180;
XVIII. 650; XXII. 665.
BABA-DAGH, mountains, Asia Minor, II.
706; V. 254.

BABAR (Baber, q.v.), founder of the BABYLONIAN INSCRIPTIONS, XIII. 114.

Mogul empire, III. 179; II. 700. BABATAG, town, Bulgaria, III. 178. BABBA, town, Mauretania, Africa, XV. 637.

BABBAGE, Charles, English mathema

tician, III. 178; his calculating machine, IV. 654; logarithmic tables by, XXIII.

IO.

BABCOCK, Alphæus, pianoforte maker,

XIX. 77.

BABYLONIAN NUMERALS, XVII. 625.
BABYLONIAN PHILOSOPHERS, I. 461.
BABYLONIANS, II. 698; their religion,
XX. 362; XXIII. 237.

-, The, Aristophanes's comedy, II.
509.

BABYLONICA, Greek novel, XX. 634.
BACASIS (Manresa), ancient town, Spain,

XV. 497.

BACCARAT, town, France, III. 194.

BABEGAN (Artaxerxes I.), king of BACCHE, worshippers of Bacchus, XVII.

Persia, II. 642.

BABEL, of Scripture, III. 178.

839.

Euripides's play, VIII. 667.
BAB-EL-MANDEB, strait, Red Sea, III. BACCHANALIA, Greek religious festivals,

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XIX. 319, 320.

BACKERGUNJE (Bakarganj), district,
India, III. 247.

BACKERS, Americus, pianoforte maker,
XIX. 73.

BACKGAMMON, game, III. 197.
BACKHUYSEN, Ludolf, Dutch painter,

III. 200.

BACKING, in betting, III. 619.
BACKLEYS, cattle of the Kaffres, V. 246.
BACKOVSKY, F., Bohemian writer, XXII.
153.

BACKSWORD, weapon, XXII. 801.
BACKWARDATION, Stock Exchange term,
I. 92.
BACON, Francis (Lord Verulam), lord
chancellor of England and philosopher,
III. 200; VIII. 344; on aeronautics, I. 187;
on astrology, II. 742; his cryptographic
system, VI. 670; his logic, XIV. 791;
his rhetoric, XX. 515; his theism,
XXIII. 244; his place in English litera-
ture, VIII. 422.

John, English sculptor, III. 218;
XXI. 560.

or Baconthorpe, John, learned English monk, III. 222.

Sir Nicholas, keeper of the great seal, III. 218.

Roger, English philosopher and scientist, III. 218; VIII. 409; XVI. 710; imprisoned by Pope Nicholas IV., XVII. 484; on alchemy, 1. 464; his claim of power to fly, 1. 186; his magical inventions, XV. 208; on mnemonics, XVI. 532; on optical glasses,

XXIII. 135; on the travels of Friar | BADURIA, town, India, XXIII. 673.

William, XXI. 47.

BACONTHORPE, John, learned English

monk, III. 222.

BACSANYI, Janos, Hungarian poet, III.
222; XII. 377.
BACTERIA, vegetable organisms, XXI.
398; in animal tissues, XXII. 680;
their power of resisting heat, III. 680,
688.
BACTERIUM, genus of Schizomycetes,
XXI. 399, 405.

BACTHIAN (Cachao), town, Anam, IV.
624.

BEDA (Bede, q.v.), early English his-
torian, III. 480.

BAGNÈRES-DE-BIGORRE, town, France,

III. 235; XX. 127; mineral waters of,
XVI. 433.

BAELE, tribe, North Central Africa, BAGNÈRES-DE-LUCHON, town, France,
XXIII. 334.
III. 235.
BAENA, town, Spain, III. 229.

Alfonso de, Spanish writer, XXII.

355.
BAENIDÆ, family of reptiles, XXIII. 457.
BAER, Carl Ernst von, Russo-German
naturalist, XXIV. 807; on embryology,
VIII. 165; XVI. 839; on evolution,
VIII. 749, 763; his law of development,
XX. 421.

BACTRA (Balkh), ancient town, Afghani- BÆTICA (Andalusia), ancient Roman stan, III. 282; I. 243.

BACTRIA, or Bactriana, ancient country, Asia, III. 222; XVIII. 101; kingdom, XVIII. 587, 589, 599, 603; conquest of, by Alexander, XV. 141; Greek colonies in, XVIII. 583; language of, XVIII. 653. BACUP, town, England, III. 222. BADAGAS, hill tribes, India, XVII. 509. BADAGRY, town, West Africa, XXIV. 754.

BADAJOS, province, Spain, III. 223; VIII. 564; XXII. 298.

province, Spain, II. 10; XXII. 307.
BAEZA, town, Spain, III. 229.
BAFFIN, William, English navigator, III.
229; X. 184; his northern explorations
and discoveries, XIX. 317.
BAFFIN'S BAY, North America, III.

229.

BA-FING, river, West Africa, XXI. 660.
BAFIOTE, people, West Africa, XIV. 742.
BAGAMOYO, town, East Africa, XXIV.
768.

BAGARIUS, genus of fishes, XXII. 68.

-, town, Spain, III. 223; capture of BAGATELLE, game, III. 229.
(1812), XXIV. 496.
BADAKHSHAN, country, Central Asia,
III. 223, 241; rubies of, XXI. 48.
BADALOCCHIO, Sisto (Rosa), Italian
painter, III. 224.

BADARINATH, or Badrinath, town
and temple, India, 111. 229; XI. 835.
BADBURY, town, England, XXIV. 594.
BADEN, grand-duchy, Germany, III.

224.

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BAGAY, Nouvelles Tables
miques by, XXIII. II.
BAGEHOT, Walter, English economist,
XIX. 396; VIII. 259.
BAGGER, Carl Christian, Danish writer,
VII. 93.

BAGGESEN, Jens Emmanuel, Danish
humorist, III. 230; VII. 92.

BAGGIO, Anselmo (Pope Alexander II.),
I. 486.

BAGNI, Casciano dei, town, Italy, v. 175.

DI LUCCA, commune, Italy, XV. 39. BAGNOLES, mineral spring, France,

XVIII. I.

BAGNYON. Jean, French romancist, XX.
650.

BAGOAS, Persian satrap, XVIII. 581.
BAGPIPE, musical instrument, III. 235.
BAGRADAS (Mejerda), river, North

Africa, XXIII. 619.

BAGRAT I.-IV., rulers of Georgia, X. 432.

BAGRATION, Prince Peter, Russian general, III. 235; XVII. 217.

BAGRU, river, Sierra Leone, Africa, XXII. 45.

BAGRUS, genus of fishes, XXII. 68.
BAGURA (Bogra), district, India, III.
859.

BAHADUR, Sir Jung, ruler of Nepal,
XVII. 344.

BAHALUL, jester of Haroun al Raschid,
IX. 366.

BAHAMAS, islands, West Indies, III. 236;
XXIV. 510.

BAHARA SAPHINQUE, sulphur mine, on
Red Sea, XXII. 634.

BAHA-UDDIN WALAD, Persian doctor,
XXI. 59.

BAHIA, province and town, Brazil, III.
239.
BAHIR, Midrash, XVI. 287.

town, Austria, III. 227; mineral BAGHDAD, province, Asiatic Turkey, III. BAHIUDA, desert, Nubia, Africa, XVII.

water of, XVI. 435.

town, Switzerland, III. 227; min

eral water of, XVI. 433.

BADEN, town, Germany, III. 226; mineral water of, XVI. 434. BADENOCH, Wolf of, brother of Robert

III. of Scotland, XXI. 491.

231; XXIII. 653.

610.

XVIII. 72.

town, Asiatic Turkey, III. 231; BAHRAICH, district and town, India, founding of, II. 259; XVI. 579; caliphs of, I. 8; capture of, by the Mongols, XVI. 742; conquest of, by the Turks, XXIII. 645; observatory, XVII. 709; school of philosophy, II. 267.

BADENWEILER, town, Baden, mineral BAGHERMI, or Bagirmi, district, Central

water of, XVI. 433.

BADGE, in heraldry, XI. 709.

BADGER, group of carnivorous mam

mals, III. 227; XV. 440; hibernation

of, XI. 788; skins of, IX. 837.

Africa, III. 234; I. 271; XXII. 279;
group of Negroes, XVII. 319.

BAHR AL-ABIAD (White Nile), river,
Africa, I. 48; II. 62; XVII. 506, 508.
BAHR AL-ASWAD, or Atbara, tributary of
the Nile, Africa, II. 62, 827; XVII.
507, 508.

BAHR AL-AZRAK (Blue Nile), river,
Africa, II. 62; XVII. 507.

BAGHMATI, or Bagmati, river, India, BAHR AL-GHAZAL, tributary of the
III. 235; XVII. 340.

Nile, Africa, XVII. 506.

BAGHTCHASARAI, town, Russia, III. 249; BAHR AL-JEBEL, headwaters of the
VI. 586.

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Honey, XX. 288.

Russia, XXIII. 512.

traveller, III. 227.

printer, III. 228.

III. 258.

BAGIRMI, district, Central Africa, III.
234; 1. 271; XXII. 279; group of
Negroes, XVII. 319.

BADIUS, Jodocus or Josse, Belgian BAGLEY, Thomas, Lollard preacher, XIV.

812.

BADKU, government and town, Russia, BAGLIONI, Gian Paolo and Rodolfo,

BADMINTON, game, III. 228.
BADNUR, town, India, III. 228.

BAD PYRMONT, town, Germany, XXIV.

321.

tyrants of Perugia, XVIII. 680.
BAGLIVI, Giorgio, Italian physician, III.
235.

BAGMATI (Baghmati), river, Nepal, III.
235; XVII. 340.

BADRINATH, town and temple, India, BAGNACAVALLO, Bartolommeo, Italian
III. 229; XI. 835.

painter, III. 235.

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BAHREYN (Bahrein, q.v.), island, Persian | BAIRD, Sir David, British general, III.

Gulf, III. 240; II. 254.
BAHRIYA, oasis, Africa, XVII. 695.
BAHR-YOOSUF, canal, Egypt, VII. 710.
BAIE, ancient town, Italy, III. 240; II.

221; bay of, XVII. 188.

BAIBURT, town, Asiatic Turkey, III.

240.

BAIERN (Bavaria, q.v.), III. 453.

246.

Spencer F., on North American
birds, XVIII. 16; on American fisheries,
IX. 267.
BAIREUTH, or Bayreuth, town, Bavaria,
III. 246; Wagner's opera-house at,
XXIV. 316.

BAIRUT (Beyrout, q.v.), town, Syria, III.

622.

BAISA BOL, gum resin, XVII. 121.

BAIE ST PAUL, town, Canada, XX.
167.
BAIF, Jean Antoine de, French poet, BAISI, district, Nepal, XVII. 340.

III. 240; IX. 650; XX. 841.
BAIKAL, Lake, Siberia, III. 241; XIV.
217; XXII. 5; XXIII. 510.
BAIKALITE, mineral, XVI. 416.

BAIKIE, William Balfour, African ex-
plorer, III. 241.

BAIL, in law, III. 241.

BAILEN, or Baylen, town, Spain, III.

241.

BAILEY, in architecture, II. 460.

BAISUN, town, Hissar, Central Asia,
XII. 3.

BAIT, in angling, II. 35; mussels as,

XVII. IIO.

BAITARANI, river, India, v. 243.

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BAITOOL, or Betul, district, India, III. BALAFRÉ (Francis of Guise), French 619.

BAIZE, coarse woollen stuff, IX. 292.
BAJA, town, Hungary, III. 246.
town, Tunis, XXIII. 620.

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BAILLIE, Joanna, English writer, III. BAKARGANJ, district, India, III. 247.
243.
BAKEL, town, Senegal, Africa, XXI.
660.

-, Matthew, anatomist and physician, III. 243; XV. 813.

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BAIN, Alexander, on the beautiful, I.
223; on education, VII. 678; on emo-
tional expression, XX. 43; on psycho-
logy of belief, III. 534.
BAINBRIDGE, John, English physician
and astronomer, III. 245.
BAINES, Edward, English journalist, III.
245.

Matthew Talbot, English lawyer,
III. 245.

BAINI, Giuseppe, Italian musician, III. 246.

BAINSHA, tame buffalo, IV. 442.
BAIRAKTAR, Turkish vizier, XXIII.
648.

BAIRAM, Turkish festival, III. 246.
ALI, town, Merv, Asia, XVI. 43.
BAIRAMITCH, Plain of, Asia Minor,
XXIII. 578.

BAKER, Henry, English physicist, III.

249.

J. G., on the varieties of the
potato, XIX. 595.

Sir Richard, English chronicler,
III. 249.

Sir Samuel, his Egyptian expedi-
tion, I. 248; his Nile explorations,
XVII. 506.

-, Thomas, English antiquary, III.

249.

soldier, XI. 266.

BALAGHAT, district, Central India, III. 260.

The, tracts of hill country, India, v. 608; XXI. 210.

BALAI (Balæus), Syriac writer, XXII. 828.

BALAMIR, leader of the Huns, XII. 381. BALANCE, measuring apparatus, III. 261; automatic, XVI. 490; spring, invention of, XII. 149.

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395.

Compensation, for watch, XXIV.

OF POWER, III. 267.

BALANCING LETTER, The, Somers's pamphlet, XXII. 257.

BALANIDE, suborder of Crustacea, VI.
651, 665.

BALANINUS, genus of insects, XXIV. 477.
BALANOGLOSSUS, species of worms,
XXIV. 179, 187.

BALANOPHORACE, parasitic plants,
XVIII. 266.

BALANTES, people, Senegambia, XXI.
662.

BALANTIUM, genus of tree-ferns, XXIII.
534.

BALARUC, France, mineral water of,
XVI. 434.

-, Mount, Cascade Mountains, U.S.A., BALAS, Alexander, Syrian ruler, I. 846; XXIII. 800.

XIII. 422.

BAKERIES, Public, in Rome, III. 250. BALASH, king of Persia, XVIII. 611.
BAKEWELL, town, England, III. 249.
BALASHOFF, town, Russia, XXI. 305.
-, Robert, English agriculturist, 1. BALASOR, district, India, III. 272; town,
302.
III. 273; XVII. 845.
BAKHCHISARAI, or Baghtchasarai, town, BALAS Ruby, XXI. 48.
Russia, III. 249; VI. 586.
BAKHMUT, town, Russia, III. 250.
BA-KHOY, river, Senegal, West Africa,
XXI. 660.

BAKI, Ottoman elegiac poet, XXIII.
656.

BAKING, III. 250; of meat, VI. 332.
BAKU, government and town, Russia,
III. 258; XXI. 69; XXIII. 513, 514.
BAKUNIN, Michael, Russian socialist,
XIII. 190; XXII. 216.
BAKYR TCHAI, river, Asia Minor, II.
708.

BALASSA-GYARMAT, town, Hungary, XI.

346.

BALATA GUM, substitute for gutta percha, XI. 339.

BALATON, Lake, Hungary, III. 171; XII. 362.

BALBI, Adrian, Italian geographer, III.
273.

BALBIN, Aloys B., Bohemian Jesuit his-
torian, XXII. 152.
BALBO, Cesare, Italian writer and states-
man, III. 273; XIII. 487, 516.
BALBOA, Vasco Nuñez de, Spanish navi-

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gator and explorer, III. 273; XVIII. 115; discovers Pacific Ocean, X. 182. BALBRIGGAN, town, Ireland, III. 274. BALBULUS, Notker, musical composer, XVII. 597.

BALDACHIN, canopy, II. 462; XXIII. 723. BALDASARRE D' ANNA, Venetian painter, II. 60.

BALFOUR, Francis M., on embryology, | BALLONS, rounded summits in Vosges
XX. 418; VIII. 169.

Sir James, Scottish antiquary, III. 280.

Sir James, Scottish judge, III. 280. Robert, Scottish scholar, III. 280; XXI. 543.

BALFROOSH, town, Persia, III. 280.

BALDE, Jakob, modern Latin poet, III. BALGUY, John, English moralist, III. 274.

BALD EAGLE, bird, VII. 590.

BALDER, Norse divinity, III. 275; 1. 210; XVII. 156.

Dobell's poem, VII. 307.

280.

BALI, island, Indian Archipelago, III.
281; birds of, 111. 764.
BALIA, magistracy of Florence and
Siena, XV. 785; XXII. 41.

BALDI, Bernardino, Italian mathe- BALIER, Heinrich der, German sculptor,

matican, III. 274.

XXI. 565.

BALDINGER, Ernest Gottfried, German BALIOL, Edward, claimant of the physician, III. 275.

BALDINI, Baccio, Italian engraver, VIII. 441.

BALDINUCCI, Filippo, Italian writer, III. 275.

BALDNESS, skin affection, XXII. 121. BALDOON CASTLE, Wigtown, Scotland, XXIV. 563.

BALDOVINETTI, Alessio, Italian painter, III. 275.

Scottish throne, VIII. 318; XXI. 489.

John, king of Scotland, VIII. 312; XX. 592; XXI. 486.

or Balliol, Sir John de, English baron, III. 282.

BALISTES, genus of fishes, IX. 161. BALKAN MOUNTAINS, Turkey, III. 282. BALKANS, Great and Little, mountains, Transcaspian Region, Russia, XXIII. 511.

BALD PEAK, mountain, Massachusetts, BALKASH, Lake, Central Asia, XIV. 217;
U.S.A., XXIII. 792.

XXI. 640.

BALDUCCIO DI PISA, Italian sculptor, BALKH, river and province, Afghani

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BALDWIN, Byzantine emperor (IX. of BALLALAS, dynasty of Mysore, India,
Flanders), VI. 629.

291.

I.-IX., counts of Flanders, IX. 290,

XVII. 123.

BALLANCHE, Pierre Simon, French moralist, III. 285.

I.-V., kings of Jerusalem, VI. 627; BALLANTYNE, John and James, Scottish
XXIII. 161.
printers, their relations with Scott,
XXI. 548.

I., of Jerusalem, VI. 627; IX. 538. Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury, III. 276.

BALDY, mountain, New Mexico, U.S.A., XVII. 399.

BALE (Basel, q.v.), canton and town, Switzerland, III. 408.

BALE, John, bishop of Ossory, III. 276; XIII. 263.

BALEARIC ISLANDS, Spain, III. 276;

xv. 820; XXII. 298; pottery of, XIX. 623; their historical connexion with Spain, XXII. 323.

BALLARAT, town, Australia, III. 286. BALLARI (Bellary), district and town, India, III. 286.

BALLATER, village, Scotland, III. 287. BALLENSTEDT, town, Germany, III. 287. BALLENY ISLAND, South Polar regions,

XIX. 330.

BALLET, theatrical representation, III. 288; VI. 800; of action, XVIII. 215. variety of song, XVII. 84. BALLEY, mountain, California, U.S.A., XXIII. 801.

BALEARICUS, Metellus, colonizer of BALL-FLOWER, in architecture, II. 460. BALLINA, town, Ireland, III. 288; XXII. 159.

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BALLYMOTE, town, Ireland, XXII. 159. Book of, Irish MS., v. 306. BALLYSADARE, river, Ireland, XXII. 159.

BALLYSHANNON, town, Ireland, 111. 292; VII. 362.

BALM, perennial herb, XII. 289. BALMER, E. J., his law in spectroscopy, XXII. 379.

BALMERINO, Lord, Scottish Jacobite, trial of, XXI. 511.

BALMEZ, or Balmes, Jaime Lucien,

Spanish writer, III. 292; XXII. 362. BALM OF GILEAD, oleo-resin, III. 293; used as incense, XII. 718. BALMORAL CASTLE, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, III. 292.

BALNAVES, Henry, Scottish Protestant, III. 292; XIV. 130.

BALNEA, Roman baths, III. 434. BALNEUM MARIE, process in alchemy, I. 462.

BALQUHIDDER, district, Scotland, XVIII. 667.

BALSAM, oleo-resin, III. 292; II. 237; XX. 474; used as incense, XII. 718.

BOG, vegetable production, Falkland Islands, IX. 15.

FIR, American tree, XXIII. 809.
MOUNTAIN, Virginia, U.S.A., XXIII.

794.

BALSAMO, Joseph (Count Cagliostro), adventurer, IV. 641.

BALSAMODENDRON, genus of trees, III.

293; XVII. 121.

BALSAR, town, India, XXII. 667.

BALTA, town, Russia, III. 293; XIX.

254.

BALTAJI MUHAMMED, Turkish vizier,
XXIII. 646.

BALTARD, Louis Pierre, French engraver,
III. 293.

BALLINASLOE, town, Ireland, III. 288; BALTI, district, Tibet, XIV. 198.

x. 56.

BALLINROBE, town, Ireland, xv. 650. BALLIOL, Sir John de, English baron, III. 282.

COLLEGE, Oxford, XVIII. 96. BALLISTICS, theory of gunnery, XI. 297.

BALTIC LANGUAGES, XVIII. 785. BALTIC SEA, III. 293; X. 447; XXII. 737; amber deposits of, 1. 659. BALTIMORE, town, Maryland, U.S.A., III. 298; XV. 603; XXIII. 822; libraries, XIV. 550; newspapers, XVII. 434.

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