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of reptiles, XX. 457; of trematode

worms, XXIII. 536. DIGGES, Leonard, his connexion with

invention of the telescope, xxni. 135. DIGIT, measure of length, xxiv. 483. DIGITALIS, genus of plants, vn. 237. DIGITATA, group of chelonian reptiles,

xxin. 457. DIGITS, in the skeleton, I. 828; xxn.

118; of mammals, xv. 359. DIGNE, town, France, vn. 238. , La, island, Seychelles, Indian

Ocean, xxi. 725. DIGNITY, or Precedence, Order of, xix.

660. DIHANG, or Dihong, river, India and

Tibet, n. 718; xxin. 341. DIHYRITE, mineral, xvi. 406. DIIPOLIA, Greek festival, iv. 531; xxi.

137-

DIJON, town, France, vn. 238. DIKA BUTTER, vegetable fat, xvn. 744,

746.

DIKA NUT, xvn. 664. DIKRAN (Tigranes), Armenian kings,

xvm. 595, 600, 602; xxm. 386. DILAPIDATIONS, in English law, vn.

239- DILI, Megali and Mikri (Delos), islands,

Greece, vn. 51. DILIGENCE, in law, vii. 239; in Scots

law, xxiv. 697. DILKE, Sir Charles Wentworth, English

art organizer, VI I. 240. DILL, plant, vn. 240; n. 57; xn. 289. DlLLEN, or Dillenius, Johann Jakob,

German botanist, vii. 240. DILLINGEN, town, Bavaria, vii. 240. DILLON, "Wentworth, earl of Rosconimon,

xx. 850.

DILUVIAN EPOCH, n. 335. DILUVIUM, distinguished from alluvium,

I. 589.

DIMENSIONS, in geometry, vn. 240. DIMETHYL, in chemistry, xvi. 194. DIMLAH, town, India, xx. 272. DIMMA, Book of, Irish MS., xvm. 158. DIMORPHISM, sexual specialization, xxi.

721.

DIMORPHITE, mineral, xvi. 394. DiMORPHODON, genus of fossil reptiles,

xx. 87. DINA CHARIYAWA, manual of Buddhism,

iv. 436. DINAJPUR, district and town, India, vn.

241.

DINAN, town, France, VII. 242. DINANDERIE, copper wares of Dinant,

Belgium, VII. 242. DINANT, town, Belgium, vn. 242;

destruction of, by Charles the Bold

(1466), v. 424. DINAPUR, town, India, vn. 242; xvm.

409.

DlNARCHUS, Greek orator, vn. 242. DINAWARI, Arab historian, xxin. 3. DINDIGAL, town, India, xv. 192.

DlNDlNGS, territory and islands, Straits Settlements, Asia, xxn. 586, 587.

DINGAAN, or Dingane, Zulu chief, xxin. 518; xxiv. 828.

DlNGISWAYO, Zulu chief, XXIV. 828. DlNGO, wild dog of Australia, in. 112;

vn. 325; xv. 438. DINGWALL, town, Scotland, vn. 243 ;

xx. 854.

DINGY, kind of boat, xxi. 825. DlNIFERA, order of Protozoa, XIX. 859. DINIZ, king of Portugal, XIX. 542,

555-

DINKEL, delineator of Agassiz s fossils, I. 275.

DINKELSBUHL, town, Bavaria, VI I. 243.

DlNOCRATES, or Dinochares, Greek architect, vn. 243.

DINOFLAGELLATA, class of Protozoa, xix. 859.

DINOMYID/E, family of rodent mam mals, xv. 420.

DINOPHID^E, family of snakes, xxn.

i93 ? 197-

DINORNIS, genus of extinct birds, vn. 243; in. 731.

DINOSAURIA, order of fossil reptiles, xx. 442.

DINOTHERIUM, extinct ungulate mam mal, vn. 244; xv. 425.

DlN-TlR, name for Babylon, in. 182.

DIOCESE, vn. 244; in. 787.

DIOCLES, of Carystus, on anatomy, I. 801. -, Syracusan demagogue, xxn. 815.

DIOCLETIAN, Roman emperor, vn. 244; xx. 777; baths of, at Rome, in. 436; palace of, at Spalato, Dalmatia, xxn. 366. -, Era of, v. 716.

DIODATI, Charles, friend of Milton,

xvi. 324.

, Giovanni, Swiss Reformed theo logian, vn. 245.

DlODON, genus of fishes, x. 685. DlODORUS SlCULUS, Greek historian,

vn. 245.

DICECISM, in plants, xx. 428. DIOGENES, Greek Cynic philosopher,

vn. 245. (Romanus IV.), Roman emperor,

xx. 730.

of Apollonia, Greek physicist, vn.

245. of Seleucia, Stoic philosopher,

xxn. 570. , Antonius, Greek novelist, xx.

634- LAERTIUS, Greek writer, vn. 246;

on Aristotle s works, II. 513. DIOLAS, people, Senegambia, West

Africa, XXI. 662. DlOMEDEA, genus of birds, I. 449; xv.

334-

DlOMEDES, of Greek legend, VII. 246. DION, tyrant of Syracuse, vn. 246;

xxn. 19, 816.

MUSCIPULA, insectivorous

plant, Xin. 136. DION CASSIUS COCCEIANUS, historian

of Rome, vn. 246. DION CHRYSOSTOM, Greek writer, vn.

247; xx. 634; on Indian epic poetry,

xxi. 281. DIONIS, Peter, his lectures on anatomy,

I. 811.

DIONYSIA, Greek festivals, vn. 247. DIONYSIACA, poem of Nonnus, XVII. 533. DIONYSIAC RITES, Phrygia, xvn. 839;

xvm. 853. DIONYSIAN PERIOD, in the calendar,

iv. 670. DIONYSIUS, St (Denis), patron saint of

France, vii. 79; xvin. 286. , the Areopagite, vn. 248; his work

011 mysticism, xvn. 131 ; on the

heavenly hierarchy, xi. 792.

, the Elder, tyrant of Syracuse, vn.

247; xxn. 18, 815; coins of, xvn.

638. , the Younger, tyrant of Syracuse,

vn. 247; xxn. 19, 816. of Halicarnassus, Greek writer,

vii. 247; xi. 144.

of Tell-Mahre, Syriac writer, xxn.

845.

BAR SALIBI, Syriac writer, xxn.

851.

- EXIGUUS, chronologist, vii. 248; Xix. 492; his collection of the canons, v. 1 6.

PERIEGETES, Greek geographical

writer, vn. 248. - THRAX, Roman grammarian, xi.

37- DIONYSUS, Greek divinity (the Roman

Bacchus), vn. 248; xvn. 128; orgies

of, xvn. 839. DlOPHANTUS, Greek writer on algebra,

I. 511; on porisms, xix. 520. DlOPSlDE, mineral, xvi. 416. DlOPTASE, mineral, xvi. 411. DIOPTRIC, unit for measurement of

lenses, xxn. 373. DIOPTRICS, Descartes s treatise on, vn.

125. DIOPTRIC SYSTEM, for lighthouses, xiv.

619.

DIORITE, rock, x. 235. DIOSCOREA, genus of plants, XXIV. 727. DlOSCORlDES, Greek writer on materia

medica, II. 79; MS. of his work,

xvin. 147.

, island, Indian Ocean, XXII. 231. DIOSCURI (Castor and Pollux), in Greek

legend, V. 199. DIOSCURIAS (Iskuriah), ancient Greek

colony, Caucasus, xvi. 437. DlOSCURlDES, Greek gem-engraver, x.

140. DlOSPOLlS, Palestine, Synod of, on

Pelagianism, xvin. 472. MAGNA (Thebes), ancient town,