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HAJIPUR, town, India, XI. 377; district, j

xvn. 114. HAJJ, Mohammedan pilgrims, v. 84;

VI. 792; xvi. 592; at Mecca, xv. 674. HAJJAJ BEN YUSUF, Moslem general,

xvi. 571.

HAJJI BABA, Morier s work, xvm. 649. HAJJI KHALFA, Arabic writer, xi. 377. HAKE, fish, xi. 378; xn. 691. HAKEA, tree, New South Wales, XVII.

410. HAKIM, Fatimite caliph, xi. 378; vn.

751; founder of the Druses, VII. 484.

, district chiefs, Persia, xvm. 628.

AL-MOKANNA, the Veiled Prophet,

Moslem pretender, xvi. 44, 580, 608. SANAI, Persian writer, xvm. 658.

HAKKO, river and lagoon, Togo-land, West Africa, xxill. 432.

HAKLUYT, Richard, English geographer, xi. 378; x. 183.

HAKODADI, or Hakodate, town, Japan, xi. 379; xin. 578.

HAKON, or Haeo, the Good, king of Norway, xi. 360; xvn. 585.

, the Great, jarl or earl of Norway,

xvn. 586.

, grandson of Sverri, king of Nor way, xi. 360; xvn. 588; his Scottish expedition (1263), xxi. 485.

, Magnusson, king of Norway (d.

1319), xvii. 589.

HAKONE, lake, Japan, xm. 572.

HAKPEN-HILL, England, Megaliths on, in. 144.

HAL, town, Belgium, xi. 379.

HALA, town, India, XL 379.

HALACHA, or Halakhah, of the Midrash and Mishnah, XL 742; xvi. 285, 503.

HALAS, town, Hungary, XI. 380.

HALBERSTADT, town, Prussia, XL 380; xxi. 360.

HALBERT, weapon, XL 380.

HALCON, mountain, Philippine Islands, XVIIL 748.

HALCYON, bird, xiv. 82.

HALDANE, James Alexander, Scottish evangelist, XL 380; xxi. 537.

, Robert, Scottish evangelist, XL

381; xxi. 537.

HALE, Sir Matthew, English lord chief- justice, XL 381; on the poor laws, xix. 469.

HALEB (Aleppo), town, Syria, I. 477.

HALEK, Vitezslav, Bohemian poet, xxii. 152.

HALES, Stephen, English physiologist and inventor, XL 382; on the composi tion of the atmosphere, v. 461; his contributions to vascular physiology, XXIV. 97.

HALESOWEN, town, England, xxiv. 666.

HALET, dervishes ecstasy, vn. 1 14.

HALEVY, Jacques Frangois Fromental, French musician, XL 382.

HALFA, Wady, town, on the Nile, Africa, xvn. 507.

HALFDAN, the Black, Norse king, xvii.

585. HALFLANGS, cross breed of sheep, i.

393-

HALIACMON (Vistritza), river, Mace donia, xv. 137.

HALIAETUS, genus of birds, vii. 590.

HALIBURTON, Thomas Chandler (Sam Slick), Nova-Scotian satirist, XL 383.

HALIBUT, or Holibut, fish, xn. 58, 692.

HALICARNASSUS, ancient town, Asia Minor, XL 383; mausoleum at, n.

413-

HALICHCERUS, genus of seals, xv. 443; xxi. 581.

HALICORE, genus of cetacean mammals, vii. 516; xv. 390.

HALICZ, or Galitch, town, Russia, x. 37.

HALIDES, Acid, in chemistry, v. 571.

HALIDOME, sacred object on which oaths are taken, XVII. 700.

HALIDON HILL, England, Battle of (1333), xxi. 489.

HALIEUTICA, Oppian s poem, xvn. 797.

HALIFAX, town, England, XL 384; popu lation and representation, xxiv 748.

, town, Nova Scotia, XL 385; xvn.

603.

, Earl of (Charles Montague), English

statesman and poet, XL 385; his rela tions with Newton, xvii. 445.

, Marquis of (George Savile), English

statesman and writer, XL 386.

HALIMAT EL KABU, mountain, Syria, xiv. 394.

HALIOTIS, genus of Mollusca, xvi. 645;

XVII. 2.

HALISARCINA, order of sponges, xxii.

422.

HALITE, mineral, x. 228; xvi. 384. HALITHERIUM, genus of extinct sirenian

mammals, xv. 391. HALL, in architecture, II. 466. , town, Austria, XL 388; mineral

water of, xvi. 434.

, town, Wiirtemberg, XL 388.

, Basil, British traveller and writer,

XL 388. , Charles Francis, American Arctic

explorer, XL 388; xix. 323. , Chester Moor, his achromatic

telescopes, xxni. 137. , Edward, English lawyer and

chronicler, XL 389. , Sir James, of Dunglass, Scottish

geologist, XL 388. , James, American judge and writer,

XL 389. , John, Shakespeare s son-in-law,

XXL 765. , Joseph, bishop of Exeter and

Norwich, XL 389; xvi. 328. , Marshall, English physician, XL

390; XV. 817; on restoration of the

apparently drowned, vn. 475. , Robert, English pulpit orator, XL

390-

HALLA, or Hala, town, India, XL 379. HALLAM, Arthur Henry, son of the historian, XL 393. , Henry, English historian, XL 393.

HALLAND, county, Sweden, xxn. 741. HALLAR, district, India, xiv. 15. HALLAU, district, Switzerland, xxi.

386. HALLE, town, Prussia, XL 395; xxi.

360; university of, xix. 83; xxni.

847.

, or Hall, Edward, English lawyer

and chronicler, XL 389. HALLECK, Fitzgreene, American poet,

XL 396.

, Henry Wager, American general

XL 396. HALLENBERG, Jonas, Swedish historian,

xxii. 758. HALLER, Albrecht von, Swiss anatomist

and physiologist, XI. 396; xv. 813;

as anatomist, I. 814; his contributions

to embryology, vin. 164; to zoological

study, xxiv. 815; as poet, x. 533;

xxn. 797. , Gottlieb E., Swiss historian, xxn.

799-

HALLEY, Edmund, English astronomer, XL 397; his method of calculating value of an annuity, n. 79; his astro nomical observations, n. 756; his comet, II. 814; vi. 193; diving bell, vn. 294; on logarithmic tangents, XVII. 256; on porisms, xix. 520; his corre spondence with Newton, xvn. 442.

HALLGRIMSSON, Jonas, Icelandic writer, xxi. 369.

HALLIDAY, Joseph, musical instrument maker, xvn. 778.

HALL-MARKS, on silver, xix. 186.

HALLOMYS, genus of rodent mammals, xvn. 6.

HALLOPODA, order of fossil reptiles, xx.

443- HALLOWEVEN, or Hallowe en, vigil of

All Saints day, XL 398. HALLOWMAS, All Saints day, I. 578;

XL 398.

HALLOYSITE, mineral, xvi. 424. HULLUCINATION, in insanity, XIII.

105.

HALLUIN, town, France, XL 398. HALLUX, or Great Toe, I. 830; of apes,

ii. 148.

HALLWYL, lake, Switzerland, xxn. 777. HALMAHERA (Jilolo), island, Indian

Archipelago, xm. 692. HALMSTAD, town, Sweden, XL 398. HALO, luminous ring, XL 398; xiv.

597-

HALOGENS, in chemistry, v. 490; deter mination of, v. 547.

HALOID ETHERS, in chemistry, v. 564.

HALS, Dirk, Dutch painter, XL 400.

, Frans (1584-1666), Dutch painter,