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CUENCA, town, Ecuador, VI. 692. CUERNAVACA, town, Mexico, xvi. 214. CUEVA, Juan de la, Spanish dramatist,

xxn. 356.

CUFA, town, Persia, xvi. 564, 570. CUIABA, or Cuyaba, town, Brazil, VI.

742.

CUIJA, lake, San Salvador, xxi. 268. CUILLINS, mountains, Skye, Scotland,

xxn. 127.

CUIRASS, defensive armour, vi. 692. CUIRASSIERS, cavalry, v. 263. CUISINIER, bird, XVIII. 106. CujAS, or Cujacius, Jacques de, French

jurisconsult, VI. 693. CULDEES, order of ecclesiastics, vi. 693 ;

in Scotland, I. 46; xvni. 667; XXI.

477- CULEBRA ISLAND, West Indies, xxiv.

261. CULEX, poem, attributed to Virgil, xxiv.

251.

, genus of insects, x. 700; xvi. 866.

CULIACAN, town, Mexico, xvi. 214. CULINARY APPLIANCES, vi. 332. CULLEN, "William, Scottish pathologist,

vi. 694; xv. 813. CULLENDER, Rose, Suffolk witch, xxiv.

621.

CULLERA, town, Spain, vi. 696. CULLEY, Messrs, their improvements in

agriculture, I. 303. CULLODEN, Scotland, Battle of (1746),

vi. 696, 705; v. 427; VIIL 355; xxi.

526.

CULM, or Anthracite (q.v.), coal, II. 106. CULMBACH, town, Bavaria, xiv. 1 54. CULNA (Kalna), town, Bardwan district,

India, Xlll. 829. (Khulna), town, Jessor district,

India, XI v. 67.

CULPABLE HOMICIDE, crime, xvn. 53. CULPEE (Kalpi), town, India, xm. 830. CULROSS, village, Scotland, xvin. 667. CULTIVATOR, Steam, agricultural imple ment, I. 315. CULTURE, its influence on language, 11.

120; xviii. 769. CULVERT, wide and short drain, iv.

284. CUM.E, or Cuma, ancient Greek colony,

Italy, vi. 696; coins of, xvn. 637. CUMANA, town, Venezuela, vi. 696. CUMANI, or Comans, Turkish tribes,

xxi. 16; xxin. 660. CUMARA NUT, xvn. 664. CUMBERLAND, county, England, vi.

696 ; population and representation,

xxin. 727; the ancient Cumbria, xxi.

479; coalfield of, vi. 52; plumbago

mines, XIX. 231. , town, Maryland, U.S.A., vi. 700;

xv. 603. , river, Tennessee, U.S.A., xxm.

177. , "William Augustus, duke of,

English general, vi. 705; xxi. 520.

CUMBERLAND, Richard, bishop of Peter borough, vi. 700; ethics of, VIIL 598.

, Richard, English dramatist, vi.

702; vii. 438.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, U.S.A.,

xix. 700; xxiv. 829.

CUMBRAES, islands, Scotland, IV. 579.

CUMBRIA, ancient district, England, xxi. 479.

CUMIN, or Cummin, plant, vi. 706.

GUMMING, Roualeyn Gordon, African traveller and hunter, VI. 706.

CUMMINGS, of malt, iv. 269.

CUNAPIRU, town, Uruguay, xxiv. 15.

CUNARD, Sir Samuel, founder of line of steamships, vi. 706.

CUNAXA, Babylonia, Battle of (401 B.C.), vi. 753; xviii. 577.

CUNCTATOR (Fabius Maximus), Roman general, VIIL 836; XI. 442.

CUNDWAH (Khandwa), town, India, xiv.

57-

CUNEATOR, officer of the mint, xvi. 480.

CUNEIFORM WRITING, vi. 707; i. 604; xm. 114; inventors of, in. 184; Grotef end s decipherment of, XI. 217.

CUNENE, river, Africa, I. 254.

CUNEO, or Coni, town, Italy, VI. 272.

C UN ING HAM, William, English carto grapher, xvn. 253.

CUNITZ, Maria, German astronomer, vi. 707.

CUNNINGHAM, district, Ayrshire, Scot land, in. 163,

, Allan, Australian botanist and

explorer, ill. 104, no.

, Allan, Scottish writer, VI. 707.

, J. T., his observations on Mollusca, xvi. 658.

, Peter,

English miscellaneous writer, VI. 707. -, William, Scottish theologian and

ecclesiastic, VI. 708. CUPAR-FIFE, town, Scotland, vi. 708. CUPELLATION, method of separating

metals, II. 725; xiv. 376. CUPEL MOULD, in assaying, n. 726.

CUPEL-SlLVER, XXII. JO.

CUPID, Roman god (the Greek Eros), vi.

708; VIIL 527. CUPOLA, or Dome, in architecture, vn.

347; n. 463.

CUPPING, surgical operation, vi. 709. CUPREINE, vegetable alkaloid, xx. 185. CUPRESSUS, genus of trees, vi. 745. CUPRITE, mineral, vi. 347; xvi. 385. CUPROPLUMBITE, mineral, xvi. 391. CUPS, Ancient Greek and Roman, xix.

180, 614, 618.

CURACA, Peruvian chief, xviii. 678. CURACOA, or Curagao, island, West

Indies, VI. 709 ; population, XXIV.

510.

, liqueur, xiv. 687.

CURARAY, river, South America, vii.

646.

CURASSOW, bird, VI. 709.

CURATE, vi. 709; perpetual, xxiv. 209.

CURATOR, in law, xm. i.

CURCAS PuRGANS, species of plants,

xvii. 665. CURCHOD, Suzanne, Madame Necker,

x. 574; xvn. 312. CURCULIONID^E, family of insects, XXIV.

477- CURCUMIN, colour ing matter of turmeric,

xxm. 662. CURCUNNO, France, Cromlech at, xxi.

SI- CURD, of milk, XVI. 304.

CUR DEUS HOMO, work by Anselni, n. 92.

CURE, river, France, xvn. 495.

CUREPIPE, town, Mauritius, xv. 640.

CURES, ancient town, Italy, vi. 710.

CURETON, William, English Orientalist, vi. 710.

CURETONIAN GOSPELS, Syriac recen sion, xxn. 824.

CURFEW, bell, vi. 710; in. 538.

CURIA, ancient Roman tribal division, vi. 710; xvn. 527; xx. 732.

, Roman senate-house, xix. 815.

CURIALIS, Roman official, vi. 710.

CURIA REGIS, English court, vi. 517.

CURIA ROMAN A, papal court, vi. 7115 xix. 497.

CURIATII, Alban brothers, opponents of the Horatii, xn. 166.

CURICO, province, Chili, v. 617.

CURING, mode of preserving food, xix. 708; of bloaters, IX. 253; of herrings, IX. 259; of pilchards, IX. 254.

CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE, Isaac D Israeli s work, vii. 260.

CURLEW, bird, vi. 711.

CURLING, game, vi. 712.

CURRAGH, plain, with military camp, Kildare, Ireland, vi. 714.

CURRAN, John Philpot, Irish orator, VI. 714.

CURRANTS, fruit, vi. 715; XL 88; red, white, and black, xn. 270; culture of, in Zante, xxiv. 767.

CURRENCY, or Current Money, its early forms, XVI. 722 ; depreciation of, IX. 178; in relation to exchange, VIIL 788 ; bank notes as, in. 320 ; paper (greenbacks), in U.S.A. (1862), xxm. 775 ; Locke s observations on, xiv. 754; Ricardo s, xx. 534.

CURRENTS, as distinguished from waves, xxiv. 416; hydraulic theory of, xn. 468; of the ocean, X. 283; in naviga tion, xvn. 275; of the Atlantic, in. 1 8; of the Dardanelles and Bosphorus, in. 798; of the Indian Ocean, xn. 82 1 ; of the Pacific, xvni. 117.

CURRER BELL (Charlotte Bronte), English novelist, IV. 365.

CURRIE, James, Scottish physician and critic, vi. 715.