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NIIGATA, town, Japan, xvn. 499; xin.

578. NIIHAU, island, Hawaiian group,

Pacific, XI. 532. NIJAR, town, Spain, xvn. 500. NIJNE-DYEVITSK, town, Russia, xxiv.

298. NIJNE-TAGHILSK, town, Russia, xvii.

500; xvni. 550. NIJNE-TCHIRSKAYA, town, Russia,

xvii. 500. NlJNi-LOMOFF, town, Russia, xvii.

500; xvni. 515. NlJNl-NovGOROD, government, Russia,

xvii. 500; xxi. 69.

, or Nijniy, town, Russia, xvn. 501. NlKA, insurrection (532), at Constanti nople, xvn. 233; xxin. 555. NIKITIN, Athanasius, Russian traveller,

XXI. 103.

, Ivan S., Russian poet, xxi. 107.

NIKITINO, town, Russia, xxin. 607. NIKITIN ROG (Nikopol), town, Russia,

xvii. 504. NIKKO, town, Japan, xvn. 503; lake,

xni. 572. NIKOLAIEFF, town, Russia, xvn. 503;

observatory at, xvn. 714. NIKOLAIEVSK, or Nikolaevsk, town,

Russia, xvn. 504; xxi. 243.

NlKOLAIEVSKAYA SLOBODA, village,

Russia, xvn. 504. NIKOLAIEVSK - ON - THE - AMOOR, or

Nikolayevsk, town, Siberia, xvn. 504;

xv. 548. NIKOLO - UGRYESHSKIY, monastery,

Moscow, Russia, xvi. 859. NIKOLSBURG, Moravia, Treaty of (1624),

XII. 369.

NIKOLSK, town, Russia, xxiv. 283. NIKOLSKOYE, town, Russia, xvn I. 54. NIKON, patriarch, Greek Church, Russia,

XXI. 82, 105.

NIKOPOL, town, Russia, xvii. 504. NIKOPOLI, town, Bulgaria, xvn. 504. NIKSAR, town, Asia Minor, xix. 459. NIKSITCH, town, Montenegro, xvi. 781. NILE, river, Africa, xvii. 504; i. 252;

vn. 705; Bruce s exploration of, iv.

393; Speke s, xxil. 390; in Ptolemy s

geography, XX. 95.

, Battle of the (1798), Egypt, I. 52;

vin. 363; xvn. 322. NILGIRI, state, India, xvn. 508.

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

xv. 184, 187.

NILOTIC GROUP, of Negroes, xvn. 319. NIMAR, district, Central Provinces,

India, xvn. 509. NIMBUS, in sacred art, in. 89.

, cloud, xvi. 127.

NIMCHA, tribe, Kanristan, Asia, xin.

821. NlMEGUEN, town, Holland, xvn. 509;

congress and peace of (1678), vi. 270;

^ix. 577; x. 502; xxn. 333. NIMES, town, France, xvn. 510; amphi

theatre, I. 775; ruins of acpueduct, n.

220; synod of (1572), xix. 693. NIMO NAMLING, mountain, Tibet,

xxin. 340.

NIMPHIDIA, Drayton s poem, VII. 452. NlMROD, of Scripture, xvii. 511. (C. J. Apperley), sporting writer,

II. 211.

NiMROUD, or Nimrud, town of Baby lonia, ruins, n. 398; xvn. 512; ill. 183; arched tunnels at, XXIII. 623.

NlMWEGEN, or Nimeguen, town, Hol land, xvn. 509; peace of (1678), vi. 270; ix. 577; x. 502; xxn. 333.

NINE MAIDENS, ancient remains, Eng land, vi. 427; xxi. 51.

NlNE-PlNS (Skittles), game, XXII. 125.

NINETY MILE BEACH, Victoria, Australia, xxiv. 215.

NINEVEH, ancient town, Assyria, xvn. 511; architectural remains of, n. 397; destruction of, xvni. 563; ivories of, xin. 523; libraries, xiv. 509; wall sculptures, xvn. 34.

NlNG-Po, town, China, xvn. 513; v. 636.

N INI AN, St, early British bishop, XVII. 513; as missionary in Scotland, xxi.

474-

NINON DE LENCLOS, French ad venturess, xiv. 445.

NlNUS, ancient town, Assyria, xvn. 511.

, founder of Nineveh, XXI. 640.

NINYAS, son of Semiramis, xxi. 640.

NIN YUAN, town, Central Asia, xiv. 154.

NIOBE, of Greek legend, xvn. 513; statue of, near Manisa, Asia Minor, xv. 98, 490.

NIOBIUM, chemical element, XVII. 513;

v- 539- NIOBRARA, river, Nebraska, U.S.A.,

xvn. 307. NIORD, in Northern mythology, I.

210.

NIORT, town, France, xvn. 514. NIPAL, or Nepal, state, Asia, xvn. 340;

in. 762; xi. 822. N I PA- N I PA, town, Philippine Islands,

xvni. 752. NIPPLES, Number of, in differentanimals,

xvi. 301; abnormal, xvi. 763. NIPPOLDT, his electrical researches,

vin. 48.

NIPPON, name for Japan, xin. 569. NIRVANA, Buddhist doctrine of, iv. 433;

xin. 544. NISARD, Jean M. N. D., French critic,

ix. 680. NlSH, or Nisch, towTi, Servia, xvn. 514;

xxi. 688. NISHAPUR, town, Persia, xvn. 514;

xvni. 627.

NISHAVA, river, Servia, xxi. 686. NISIB, Syria, Battle of (1839), XXIII.

650.

XISIBIS, town, Mesopotamia, xvn. 514;

xvi. 48.

NISIDA, island, Naples, xvn. iSS. NISI PRIUS, in law, xvn. 515; n. 729. NISIR, mountain, Kurdistan, Asia, xiv.

156. NISMES, or Nimes (</.v.), town, France,

xvn. 510. NlSSA, or Nish, town, Servia, XVII. 514;

xxi. 688.

NlT, Egyptian divinity, vii. 718. NITENDI, island, New Hebrides, Pacific,

xvn. 395.

NlTH, river, Scotland, vn. 526. NlTHARD, J. E., Spanish minister, xxn.

333-

NiTHEROHl, town, Brazil, XX. 562.

NlTOCRIS, queen of Egypt, vn. 734.

NITRATE OF SODA, xxn. 240; deposits of, in Bolivia, iv. 14; in Peru, xvni. 675; use of, as manure, I. 353.

NITRATES, in chemistry, XVII. 517; group of minerals, xvi. 396; as ex plosives, VIII. 807; of mercury, XVI. 33; of potash, XXI. 235; of silver, XXII. 71; of soda, xxn. 240 (see above); of strontia, xxn. 607.

NITRATINE, mineral, xvi. 396.

NITRE, mineral, xvi. 396.

NITRIC ACID, v. 511; xvn. 518; as a poison, xix. 277.

NITROBENZOL, source of aniline, n. 48.

NITROCALCITE, mineral, xvi. 396.

NITROGEN, chemical element, xvn. 515; v. 509; determination of, v. 546; as constituent of manure, xv. 506 ; in ocean water, xxi. 612; as plant food, xix. 49; its effect in steel, xin. 283; spectrum of, XXIL 375; thermometric properties of, XI. 574.

NITROGENOUS CARBON COMPOUNDS, xvii. 519.

NiTROGLYCERIN, in chemistry, xvn. 520; VIII. 800, 811; X. 699; a.s ex plosive, III. 809; vn. 583.

NlTROMAGNESITE, mineral, XVI. 396.

NlTROSO-BODIES, in chemistry, xvn. 519.

NITROUS OXIDE GAS, as anaesthetic, i. 789.

NITSCHMANN, David, Moravian bishop, xvi. 812.

NlTTANY, valley, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., xvni. 499.

NITZSCH, Christian Ludwig, on birds, xvni. 18, 25.

, Gregor Wilhelm, German philo logist, xvn. 521; on the Homeric poems, xii. 117.

, Karl Immanuel, German theo logian, xvn. 521.

, Karl Ludwig, German theologian,

xvn. 521.

NiUE, island, Polynesia, xix. 421. NlVELLES, town, Belgium, XVII. 521;