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DAEMON, vii. 60; in Greek mythology,

XV. 477; of Socrates, xxil. 233. DAFFODIL, plant, vi. 760. DA GAMA, Vasco, Portuguese navigator,

x. 57, 181; liis expedition to India,

xn. 796. DAGANA, town, Senegal, Africa, xxi.

660. DAGGER, weapon, vi. 760; xxn. 800;

ancient, II. 553; of Albacete, Spain, I.

446. D AGHESTAN, government, Asiatic Eussia,

vi. 760. D AciNCOURT, Jean Baptiste, French

archaeologist, VI. 760. DAGMAR CROSS, vi. 614. DAGO, island, Eussia, Baltic Sea, xvn.

732- DAGOBERT, king of France, ix. 530;

tomb of, at St Denis, XXI. 161. DAGON, Philistine deity, vi. 761; xvm.

756. DAGUERRE, Louis Jacques Mande,

French painter and physicist, vi. 761;

his contributions to photography,

xvm. 822. DAGUERREOTYPE, vi. 761 ; xvm.

823.

D AGUESSEAU, Henri Francois, chan cellor of France, vi. 761. DAH/E, ancient Iranian nomads, xvm.

rOO 508.

DAHHAK B. KAIS, governor of Damascus,

xvi. 569.

DAHIRAH, province, Arabia, II. 255. DAHL, Johann Christian, Norwegian

painter, VI. 762. , Michael, Swedish painter, vi. 762.

, Vladimir Ivanovitch, Eussian

writer, vi. 762.

DAHLAK, island, Eed Sea, XX. 316. DAHLGREN, Karl Fredrik, Swedish poet

and humorist, VI. 763; XXII. 757. DAHLIA, plant, vi. 763; xn. 255. DAHLMANN, Friedrich Christian, Ger man historian, VI. 763. D AHLSTJERNA, GunnoEurelius, Swedish

poet, vi. 764; xxil. 755. DAHNA, desert, Arabia, n. 240. DAHOMEY, kingdom, West Africa, vi.

764. DAHSHOOR, or Dahshur, Egypt,

Pyramids of, n. 386; vn. 773; XX.

124. DAI BUTSU, colossal statue, Japan,

xvn. 229. DAILLE, Jean, French Protestant divine,

vi. 767. D AlLLY, Pierre, French cardinal, x.

549; xvn. 132; xx. 320; xxi. 431. DAILY NEWS, London newspaper, xvn.

419. DAILY TELEGRAPH, London newspaper,

xvn. 419.

DAIMIEL, town, Spain, vi. 767. DAIMIO, territorial nobles of Japan,

xni. 578, 583.

DAINIHONSHI, Japanese history, xin.

587- DAIR AL-BAHARI, Egypt, Mummy vault

at, xvii. 22. DAIRY, vi. 768; treatment of milk in,

xvi. 304.

BREEDS, of cattle, i. 388.

DAIS, in architecture, n. 463. DAISY, plant, vi. 773. DAJJAL, Masih al, Mohammedan Anti christ, n. 126.

DAKAR, town, Senegal, Africa, xxi. 660. DAKER-HEN, bird, xx. 222. DAKHEL, or Dakhila, oasis, Africa, xvn.

695. DAKIKI, Persian poet, ix. 225; xvin.

656.

DA-Klo (Mekong), river, Asia, xv. 832. DAKOTA, Territory, U.S.A., vi. 773;

population, xxn I. 802. DAKOTAS, American Indians, xn. 827,

831-

DAKSHIN (Deccan, q.v. India, vn. 18. SHAHBAZPUR, delta island, India,

xv. 830.

DAKSHIPUTRA (Panini), Sanskrit gram marian, xxi. 292. DALAI-LAMA, of Tibet, xiv. 230, 502;

xxiii. 343.

DALBEATTIE, town, Scotland, xiv. 98. DALBERG, Prince of, patron of German

literature, vi. 774.

DALBERGIA, genus of trees, xx. 851. DALBURG, John of, bishop of Worms,

xx. 490. DAL-CAIS, dynasty of Irish kings, Xlll.

253-

DALE, or Dahl, Vladimir Ivanovitch, Eussian writer, VI. 762.

D ALEMBERT, Jean le Eond, French mathematician and philosopher, vi. 774; IX. 671; his connexion with the Encyclopedic, Vlil. 197; on astro nomy, II. 759; on the motion of fluids, XII. 437.

DALGARNO, George, Scottish educational writer, vi. 776; on teaching deaf- mutes, vii. 6.

DALHOUSIE, town, New Brunswick, xvii. 375.

, Marquis of, governor-general of

India, VI. 776; XII. 808.

DALI, Cyprus, Tablet of, VI. 750.

DALIMIL, Chronicle of, Bohemian work, XXIL 151.

DALIN, Olof von, Swedish poet, vi. 780; XXIL 755.

DALKEITH, town, Scotland, vi. 780.

DALKEY ISLAND, Ireland, vii. 494.

DALLA BELLA, his magnetic researches, xv. 237.

DALL^US (Jean Daille), French Pro testant theologian, vi. 767.

DALLAS, town, Texas, U.S.A., xxm. 205.

DALLING AND BULWER, Lord, British diplomatist, VI. 780.

DALMATIA, crown land, Austria, vi

783; wine industry of, xxiv. 610. , Duke of (Soult), French general,

xxn. 279.

DALMATIAN DOG, vn. 330. DALMATIC, ecclesiastical vestment, vi

462.

DALMAU, town, India, xx. 222. DALMENY PARK, Linlithgow, Scotland,

xiv. 670. DALRIADS, Celtic race, in Ireland, xm,

247; in Scotland, xxi. 473, 477. DALRYMPLE, Sir David (Lord Hailes),

Scottish lawyer and historian, XI. 374,

xxn. 446.

, G. E., explorer of Australian coast,

in. 107.

, Sir Hew, Scottish lawyer, xxn.

446.

, James, first Viscount Stair, Scot tish jurist, xxn. 444. -, Sir James, Scottish antiquary, xxn.

446.

-, Janet, Bride of Laimnermoor, xxn

-, Thomas, Scottish physician, xxn.

446.

DALSGAARD, Danish painter, vn. 94. DALTON, John, English physicist, vi.

784; his atomic theory, v. 465; on the

specific gravity of air, III. 386. DALTONISM, or Colour Blindness, vi.

784; vin. 824. DALTON S LAW, of gases, vi. 785, xvi

611. DALY, Eobert, bishop of Kildare, xni.

265. DALYELL, Sir John Graham, his

aquarium, II. 217. DAM, reservoir, XXIV. 406. DAMAD ALI, Turkish vizier, xxm. 646. DAMAGES, in law, vi. 787. DAMAN, Syrian hyrax, mammal, xn.

598. DAMARALAND, district, South Africa,

XI. 731; languages of, xxiv. 828. DAMARAS, race, South Africa, their

totems, xxm. 468. DAMARMENUS, fisherman, in Greek

mythology, XVIII. 480. DAMAS (Damask, q. r.), cloth, xxm. 210. DAMASCENING, or Damaskeening, in

metal work, vi. 793; xin. 81; xvi.

78; of sword blades, vi. 733; xxn. 803. DAMASCENUS, Johannes, theologian,

early Greek Church, VI. 789. -, Nicolaus, Greek historian, vi. 790.

DAMASCIUS, Neoplatonic philosopher,

vi. 790; xvn. 338.

DAMASCUS, ancient kingdom, xni. 406. -, province, Asiatic Turkey, xxm.

653-

-, town, Syria, vi. 790; xxn. 822; taken by the Arabs (635), n. 257, XVI. 562; as capital of Demetrius III.