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MYOSOTIS, genus of plants, ix. 414;

xii. 252. MYOTOMY, in surgery, xxn. 690,

691. MYOXUS, genus of rodent mammals,

VII. 368; XV. 418; hibernation of, XI.

788. MYRA, town, Asia Minor, xv. 93; rock

tomb at, II. 412; theatre at, XXIII.

222.

MYRDHINN, Welsh bard, n. 650. MYREMILL, Ayrshire, Scotland, System

of irrigation at, I. 343. MYRIAPODA, group of animals, xvn.

115; v. 340.

MYRICARIA, genus of trees, xxm. 40. MYRINA, town, Lemnos, .Egean Sea,

xiv. 437- , form, of name Smyrna, XXII.

185.

MYRIOBIBLION, Photius s, xvm. 819. MYRISTICA, genus of trees, xvn. 666. MYRISTICENE, MYRISTIN, principles in

nutmeg, xvil. 666. MYRMECOBIUS, genus of marsupial

mammals, xv. 381; xxn. 285. MYRMECOPHAGID^E, family of edentate

mammals, xv. 385; II. 98. MYRMEKOLEON, of the Physiologus,

xix. 6.

MYRMELEO, genus of insects, n. 98. MYROBALAN, for tanning, xiv. 382. MYRON, Greek sculptor, xvn. 120; n.

354- MYROSIN, albuminoid in mustard, xvil.

I 12.

MYRRH, gum-resin, xvn. 121 ; as

incense, XII. 718. MYRTLE, shrub, xvn. 122. MYRTLE-BERRY WAX, xxiv. 459. MY SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLMASTERS,

Hugh Miller s book, xvi. 319. MYSHKIN, town, Prussia, xxiv. 731. MYSIA, ancient province, Asia Minor,

XVIL 122; xvi. 542. MYSOMEH, lake island, Africa, xvn.

504.

MYSORE, state, India, xvil. 123; Wel lington s operations in, xxiv. 494;

wars in, Xii. 803, 804 ; town, xvn.

124.

MYSTACIN/E, group of bats, xv. 413. MYSTACOCETI, suborder of cetacean

mammals, xv. 393, 394; xxiv. 523. MYSTERIES, in ancient Greek religion,

XVIL 124; Phrygian, xvm. 853. OF PARIS, by Eugene Sue, XXII.

619. MYSTERIOUS MOTHER, by Walpole,

xxiv. 334. MYSTERY PLAYS, vn. 413; in England

in time of Shakespeare, XXI. 750;

French, ix. 644. MYSTICISM, XVIL 128 ; xxm. 278;

ancient, I. 461; theism of, XXIII. 245;

Eckhart s, vil. 642 ; Nicholas of

Basel s, xvn. 486 ; Persian, xvm.

658 ; Schwenkfeldian, XXL 463 ; Tauler s, xxm. 82.

MYSTICS, XVIL 128; xn. 706; German, x. 526.

MYTH, in literature, vin. 837.

MYTHO, town, Cochin China, XXL 152.

MYTHOLOGY, xvn. 135; xx. 367; in relation to cosmogony, VIII. 754; illus trated by numismatics, xvn. 628; in relation to totemism, xxm. 467; Assyrian, in. 192; Egyptian, vi I. 730; Etruscan, vin. 637 ; Gaelic, X. 9; Phoenician, xvm. 802.

MYTHOP(EIC AGE, of the human race, xvn. 138.

MYTHS, xvn. 136; in popular tales, XXin. 28; importance of, in ethno logy, vin. 623.

MYTILENE, or Lesbos, island, J^gean Sea, Turkey, xiv. 474. -, town, Lesbos, xiv. 474; aqueduct

near, n. 221. MYTILUS, genus of Mollusca, xvi. 688;

XVII. 1 10.

MYTON-WYKE, village (Hull), Eng land, xn. 342.

MYVYRIAN ARCHAIOLOGY OF WALES, v. 314.

MYXINE, genus of fishes, XL 370.

MYXCEDEMA, disease, xvm. 384.

MYXOMA, disease, xvm. 369.

MYXOMYCETES, order of Fungi, ix. 835; xxiv. 128.

MYXOSPONGI^., class of sponges, xxn. 421.

MYXOSPORIDIA, subclass of Protozoa, xix. 855.

MYXUS, genus of fishes, xvn. 18.

TVT the fourteenth letter of the alpha-

^ > bet, XVIL 159.

NA, Assyrian god, in. 193.

NAAMAH, of Scripture, xiv. 238.

NAAS, town, Ireland, XIV. 73.

NAASSENI, Gnostic sect, x. 703.

NABAT^AN LANGUAGE, XXL 648, 651.

NABAT/EANS, ancient Arabian people, xvn. 160; xvin. 198, 705.

NABHA, state, India, xvn. 160.

NABHAJI, Hindi writer, XL 846.

NABI, Ottoman poet, xxm. 657.

EFFENDI, alchemist, i. 464.

NABIGHA, Arabic poet, xvi. 537.

NABIS, tyrant of Sparta, xvin. 790; xxn. 371.

NABOB, origin of the name, xn. 796.

NABONASSAR, Era of, v. 710, 715.

NABRISSA (Lebrija), ancient town, Spain, xiv. 396.

NABULUS (Samaria), town, Palestine, XXL 244, 783.

NACELLA, genus of Mollusca, xvi. 645.

NACHET S BINOCULAR MICROSCOPE, xvi. 273.

NACHMANIDES (Ramban), Jewish com mentator, xx. 264.

NACHTIGAL, Gustav, his journey to

Lake Chad, I. 248 ; on the Xegro

dialects, XVIL 318. NACRITE, mineral, xvi. 424. NADAR S BALLOON, i. 192. NADIM, Arabic writer, xvn. 160. NADIR, shah of Persia, xvin. 641; con quest of Baluchistan by, in. 300.

MIRZA, Persian prince, xvin. 647.

NADIYA, district, India, xvn. 161. NADORITE, mineral, xvi. 428. N^ENIA, genus of birds, XXIII. 189. NyEVIUS, Gmeus, early Latin poet, xvn.

161; xx. 716; xix. 215; language of,

xiv. 332.

NJEVUS, tumour, xvn. 163. NAFELS, Switzerland, Battle of (1388),

xxn. 784. NAGA HILLS, district, Assam, India,

xvn. 163. NAGAPATAM, or Negapatam, town,

India, XXIII. 47. NAGAR, state, India, x. 597. NAGAS, hill tribe, Assam, India, n.

721. NAGASAKI, town, Japan, xvn. 163; xin.

578. NAGASENA, teacher of Lamaism, xiv.

227.

NAGINA, town, India, xvn. 164. NAGOYA, town, Japan, xvn. 164; xin.

580. NAGPUR, or Nagpore, district and town,

India, xvn. 164; war with raja of,

XII. 804. NAGUL BASSARABA, voivode of Wa-

lachia, xxi. 16.

NAGYAGITE, mineral, xvi. 393. NAGY-KANIZSA, town, Hungary, xin.

842. NAGY-KoROS, town, Hungary, xvn.

!6 5 .

NAGY-VARAD (Grosswardein), town,

Hungary, XL 212. NAHAN, town, India, xxn. 98. NAHARINA, district, Mesopotamia, xvi.

47; xxn. 822. NAHARRO, Bartolome de Torres, Spanish

dramatist, xvn. 165; vn. 420; xxn.

356. NAHE, river, Rhenish Prussia, XX. 20,

519.

NAHHAS, Arabic grammarian, xvi. 536. NAHIE, Turkish parish or commune,

xxm. 654. NAHMANI, Rab Abbah liar, Jewish

writer, xx. 192. NAHUAS, ancient people, Mexico, xvi.

208. NAHUEL-HUAPI, lake, Patagonia, xvin.

353-

NAHUIZALCO, town, San Salvador, xxi. 268.

NAHUM, Old Testament prophet, xvn. 165.

NAIADS, or Nymphs, in Greek mytho logy, xvn. 688.