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N E C N E P

309

NECROSIS, bone disease, xvn. 313; of

the teeth, vn. 97. NECTANEBUS, magician, in romance,

xx. 640.

NECTAR, in Greek mythology, xvn. 313. , excretion in flowers, xil. 136; xix.

53- NECTARIES, of flowers, iv. 134; xn.

136; xix. 53. NECTARINA, genus of insects, xxiv.

392- NECTARINE, tree and fruit, xvn. 313;

xn. 272; xvni. 442. NECTARINIID^:, family of birds, xxn.

652. NECTOGALE, genus of insectivorous

mammals, xv. 403.

NEDHAM, Marchmont, English news- book writer, xvn. 414. NEDIM, Ottoman poet, xxm. 657. NEDJD, or Xedjid, district, Arabia, n.

238, 254. NEEDLE, for sewing, xvn. 313.

, Magnetic, vi. 225; xv. 220.

NEEDLE-GUN, Inventor of the, vn. 470. NEEDLE-ORE, mineral, xvi. 395. NEEDLEPOINT LACE, xiv. 183, 185. NEER, Aernaut van der, Dutch painter,

xvn. 314. , Eglon van der, Dutch painter, xvn.

3I5-

NEERWINDEN, Belgium, Battle of (1793), in. 130; ix. 605.

NEES VON ESENBECK, Christian Gott fried, German naturalist, xvn. 315.

NEETUM (Xoto), ancient town, Sicily, xvn. 597.

NEF, silver casket, xix. 185.

NEFI, Ottoman poet, xxm. 656.

NEFOOD, sand-ridges, Arabia, n. 239.

NEGAPATAM, town, India, xvn. 315; xxm. 47.

NEGATIVE, in photography, xvni. 824.

NEGLIGENCE, in law, xvn. 315; xxm.

454-

NEGOI, or Xegoj, mountain, Transyl vania, xn. 361; xxm. 521.

NEGRETTI AND ZAMBRA, their deep-sea thermometer, xxm. 292.

NEGRIER, Frangois de, French com mander, Tong-King, xxm. 442.

NEGRI SAMBILAN, districts, Malay Peninsula, XV. 322.

NEGRITOS, race of people, Malay Penin sula, xv. 323; in Philippine Islands, xvni. 753.

NEGRO, NEGROES, race of people, xvn. 316; I. 263; constitutional adaptation of, I. 88; religion of, XX. 362; Nubian, xvn. 611; of the Soudan, xxil. 278; in United States, XXin. 821; Negro slavery, xxil. 137, 143.

, Eio, river, Patagonia, xvni. 353.

CORN, or Durra, vn. 564; xvi.

321.

NEGROID RACE, in Asia, n. 697.

NEGROID TVPE, of man, n. 113.

NEGROLAND, or Soudan, Africa, xxn.

277. NEGROPONT, island, Greece, vin.

649. NEGROS, island, Philippines, xvni. 748,

752.

NEGRO SLAVERY, xxn. 137, 143. NEGUS, ruler of Abyssinia, I. 65. N EH A VEND, Persia, Battle of (c. 641),

xvni. 616. NEHEMIAH, of Scripture, xvn. 320;

xin. 418; xvni. 512.

, Book of, vin. 831. NEHRA, Madame de, friend of Mirabeau,

xvi. 494.

NEIDPATH CASTLE, Peeblesshire, Scot land, xvni. 452. NEIGHBOURS, The, by F. Bremer, iv.

257. NEILGHERRY (Nilgiri), state, India,

xvn. 508. HILLS, India, xvn. 508; xn. 733;

xv. 184, 187. NEISSE, town, Prussia, xvn. 320; xxn.

53-

NEITH, Egyptian divinity, vn. 718. NEIVA, river, Russia, xvn. 369. NEIVINSK, iron- works, Russia, xvn.

369-

NEJD, district, Arabia, II. 238, 254.

NEJRAN, province, Arabia, n. 254.

NEKRASOFF, Nicholas, Russian poet, xxi. 109.

NEK.U (Xecho), king of Egypt, xvn. 312; vn. 743; xin. 416.

XELEID/E, Greek race, xvn. 320.

NELEUS, of Greek mythology, xvn. 320; xvni. 474.

, the Peripatetic, inheritor of Aris totle s library and manuscripts, n. 512.

XELLORE, district, India, xvn. 320.

NELSON, town, Xew Zealand, xvn. 321.

, Viscount, English admiral, xvn.

321; his victories, vin. 363.

N EM AH A, river, Nebraska, U.S.A., xvn. 308.

NEMALITE, mineral, xvi. 388.

NEMANYA, Stephen, Servian king, xxi. 688.

NEMATHELMINTHES, order of worms, xvn. 324.

NEMATOBLAST, in development of spermatozoa, xx. 412.

NEMATOIDEA, or Xematodes, group of worms, xvn. 324 ; parasitic forms, xvni. 259; in Lankester s classifica tion, xxiv. 813.

N EMATOPHORA, in Lankester s classifica tion, xxiv. 812.

NEMAUSUS (Ximes), ancient town, France, xvn. 511.

NEMCOVA, Bozena, Bohemian story- writer, xxn. 153.

NEMEAN GAMES, in ancient Greece, x. 65.

NEMEDIANS, in Irish legend, v. 299;

xin. 243. NEMERTEANS, or Nemcrtines (q.v.),

xvn. 326. NEMERTES, genus of worms, xvn. 326.

, in Greek mythology, xvn. 326.

NEMERTINES, subdivision of worms,

xvn. 326; nervous system of, xxiv.

183; parasitic forms, xvni. 259. NEMESIANUS, Roman poet, xvn. 331;

on hunting, xn. 393. NEMESIS, Greek goddess, xvn. 331.

, of Tibullus, xxm. 349.

NEMESIUS, bishop of Emesa, Christian

philosopher, xvn. 331. NEMETACUM (Arras), ancient town,

France, II. 629.

NEMIROFF, town, Russia, xix. 254. NEMOCERA, group of insects, xin. 150. NEMTHUR, Scotland, birthplace of St

Patrick, xvni. 411. NEMU, mountain, Central America, vi.

449- NENAGH, town, Ireland, xvn. 331;

xxm. 406. NENASITETZ RAPIDS, Dnieper river,

Russia, vii. 306. NENCIA DA BARBERINO, Lorenzo dei

Medici s work, xv. 786. NENE, river, England, xvn. 555. NENGONE, island, South Pacific, xv. 30. NENNIUS, early British clironicler,

xvn. 332; v. 315; xx. 643. NEOEAL^NA, genus of cetacean mam mals, xv. 395. NEOCASTRO (Xavarino), town, Greece,

xvn. 249.

NEOCOMIAN ROCKS, in geology, x. 357. NEO-LATIN, xx. 661. NEOLITHIC PERIOD, n. 337; remains

in caves of, v. 268..

NEOMENI^E, order of Mollusca, xvi. 641. NEOPENTANE, paraffin, v. 558. NEOPHYTE, in the ancient church, xvn.

332. XEOPLATONISM, school of philosophy,

xvn. 332; I. 500; xn. 602; ethics of,

VIII. 587; its mystical character, xvn.

130; in relation to Manichaeism, XV.

481; of Origen, xvn. 841. NEOPTOLEMUS, in Greek legend, xvn.

339- NEOPYTHAGOREANISM, philosophical

doctrine, xx. 139. NEO-SYRIAC DIALECTS, xxi. 649. XEOTOMA, genus of rodent mammals,

xvn. 6. NEOTROPICAL REGION, in zoology, vn.

273- NEPAL, or Nepaul, independent state,

Asia, xvn. 340; XL 822; birds of, in.

761. NEPEAN ISLAND, South Pacific, xvn.

537-

NEPENTHES, genus of plants, xin. 138. NEPHALISTS, temperance reformers,