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E L I E L S

ELI AS of Al-Anbar, Syriac writer,

xxii. 849. , Ney, on the Grand Canal, China,

v. 631.

BAR SHINAYA, Syriac writer,

xxn. 850.

- LEVITA, Jewish rabbi, vin. 133.

, Mount, Thera, Greece, xxin. 280.

ELIASITE, mineral, xvi. 388.

ELIBERITANUS (Johannes Leo), Moorish geographer, XIV. 453.

ELICIUS, epithet of Jupiter, xin. 780.

ELIE DE BEAUMONT, J. B. A. L. L., French geologist, vm. 134.

ELIJAH, Hebrew prophet, vm. 134; XIIL 407; xix. 816.

ELIMINATION, in equations, vm. 497.

ELIOT, Sir John, English statesman, vm. 138.

, John, apostle of the Indians, vm.

136; xvi. 514; xvii. 243.

ELIS, country, ancient Greece, vm. 139; xvii. 766; coins of, xvii. 643; town, vm. 140.

ELISA (Dido), queen of Carthage, vn. 196.

ELISABETHENKIRCHE, church at Mar burg, Prussia, xv. 530.

ELISABETHPOL, government, Trans caucasia, Russia, xxin. 513.

ELISABETHSTADT, part of Pesth, Hungary, xvm. 691.

ELISHA, Hebrew prophet, Vlll. 140; xin. 407; xix. 8 1 6.

ELIZABETH, queen of England, vm. 142, 340; her relations with the earl of Essex, vm. 556; withtheearlof Leicester, xiv. 425; with Raleigh, XX. 262; her treat ment of Mary, queen of Scots, XV. 599 ; excommunication of, by Pius V., Xix. 154; state of Ireland under, xm. 263; parliament under, xvm. 307; her embassy to Russia, XXL 93 ; her interference in Scottish affairs, xxi. 502, 507.

, St, of Hungary, vm. 145; founder

of convents, xvii. 132; her tomb, xv. 530.

of Schonau, mediaeval mystic,

xvii. 132; xxiv. 13. , or the Exiles of Siberia, Cottin s

work, VI. 481. , town, New Jersey, U.S.A., vm.

145; xvii. 397. FARNESE, wife of Philip V. of

Spain, ix. 36; xxii. 337. PETROVNA, empress of Russia,

vm. 145; XXL 98. ELIZABETHGRAD, town, Russia, vm.

146.

ELIZABETHPOL, town, Russia, vm. 146. EL-JEZIREH, plain, Mesopotamia, in.

i83 A -

EL- JIB (Gibeon), town, Palestine, x. 583. ELK, or Moose Deer, vn. 24, 25; Irish,

extinction of, II. 336; of Norway,

xvii. 581.

EL-KAHIREH, or Cairo, town, Egypt, iv.

645; vn. 751, 769.

EL-KAMIL, sultan of Egypt, vn. 754. EL-KARN, lake, Egypt, vn. 709, 774. EL-KARNAK, Egypt, Temple at, vn.

777-

EL-KATIF, town, Arabia, xiv. 15. EL-KEFF, or Kef, town, Tunis, xiv. 27;

xxni. 620.

ELKESAITES, eastern sect, xxi. 128. EL-KHALIL, or Hebron, town, Palestine,

XL 608. ELKHORN, river, Nebraska, U.S.A.,

xvii. 307. EL-KiNDl, Arab Christian apologist,

XXII. 848.

ELKINGTON, his plan of draining, I.

33- ELK-MOUNTAINS, Colorado, U.S.A., vi.

161; xxni. 796. ELKOSH, birthplace of Nahuin, xvii.

165. EL-KUDS, Arabic name of Jerusalem,

xin. 636. EL-KURNEH, ruined village, Egypt,

vii. 779.

ELLENBOROUGH, Earl of, governor- general of India, vm. 146; XII. 807. , Lord, chief justice of England, vm.

146. ELLEN S PEAK, Western Australia,

xxiv. 507. ELLESMERE, lake, England, xxi. 847;

town, xxi. 848. -, Earl of, English litterateur, vm.

148.

ELLICE ISLANDS, Polynesia, xix. 420. ELLICHPUR, district, India, vm. 148. ELLIOT, D. G., on North- American birds,

xvm. ii. , Sir Gilbert, earl of Minto, British

statesman, xvi. 492. ELLIOTSON, John, English physician,

vm. 148. ELLIOTT, Ebenezer, corn-law rhymer,

vm. 149. ELLIPSE, in geometry, vi. 275; x. 398;

mensuration of, xvi. 19. ELLIPSOIDS OF REVOLUTION, Legendre

on attractions of, xiv. 414; MacLaurin

on, XV. 162; magnetic experiments

on, XV. 255. ELLIPTIC FUNCTIONS, xm. 58;

Landen s theorem, xiv. 271; tables

connected with, XXIII. 14. ELLIPTICITY OF THE EARTH, vii. 600. ELLIPTIC MOTION, in mechanics, xv.

685. ELLIS, Alexander J., his palteotype

alphabet, I. 608. See also xxn. 381.

, George, English writer, vm. 1 50. , G. J. Welbore Agar, Lord Dover,

Vii. 381. , G. V., his Demonstrations of

Anatomy, I. 817. , Sir Henry, English antiquary,

vm. 150.

ELLIS, William, English missionary, vm.

150. ISLAND, New York, U.S.A., xvii.

459- ELLMAN, John, improver of Southdown

sheep, I. 392.

ELLOR, town, India, vm. 151. ELLORA, town, India, vm. 151; cave

temple at, II. 394, 395. ELLRIG, Loch, Scotland, xxn. 553. ELLSWORTH, town, Maine, U.S.A., vm.

151. , Oliver, American chief justice,

xxni. 748.

ELLUR (Ellor), town, India, vm. 151. ELLWOOD, Thomas, English theological

writer, vm. 151; xvi. 335. ELM, tree, vm. 151; culture of, n. 317;

in United States, XXIII. 808. EL-MAASARAH, quarries, Egypt, vn.

773-

ELMACIN, or Elmakyn, George, Egyp tian historian, vm. 152.

ELM CITY (New Haven), Connecticut, U.S.A., xvii. 394.

EL-MECHEREF (Berber), town, Egypt, m. 584.

EL-MEDEENEH, town, Egypt, vn. 774.

EL-MENZELEH, lake, Egypt, vn. 709.

ELMES, Harvey Lonsdale, English archi tect, vm. 152; xiv. 714.

, James, English architect, vm.

152.

ELMINA, town, West Africa, vm. 152;

x. 755.

EL-MINYEH, town, Egypt, vn. 774. ELMIRA, town, New York, U.S.A., vm.

153; xvii. 457. EL-Moizz, Fatimite caliph, Egypt, vn.

750; xvi. 588. EL MUDO (J. F. Navarrete), Spanish

painter, xvii. 250. ELNBOGEN, mountain, Germany, xxi.

349-

ELNYA, town, Russia, xxn. 183. EL-OBEID, town, Kordofan, Africa, vm.

153-

ELOHIST, of the Old Testament, I. 54; m. 637; xvm. 506.

ELOHISTIC PSALMS, xx. 30.

ELOI, St, bishop of Noyon, vm. 153.

ELOPURA, town, North Borneo, XXI 123.

ELOQUENCE, iv. 542. See also article Rhetoric, xx. 508.

EL PASO DEL NORTE, town, Mexico, vm. 153.

ELPHINSTONE, Mountstuart, Indian statesman, VIII. 153; envoy to Afghan istan, I. 240.

, William, Scottish bishop and states man, vm. 154.

EL RANCHO, mineral spring, New Mexico, U.S.A., xvn. 400.

EL ROSARIO, town, Mexico, vm. 155.

ELSASS (Alsace, q.v. province, Ger

many, I. 636.