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to, XIV. 414; H. J. S. Smith s, XXII.

172.

NUMENIUS, Neopythagorean philo sopher, xvn. 624, 334.

, genus of birds, VI. 711.

NUMERALS, xvn. 624; n. 524; in

ancient MSS., xvm. 165; Mexican,

xvi. 212; Papuan, xvn. 389. NUMERATION, in arithmetic, n. 527. NUMERIANUS, M. Aurelius, Roman

emperor, xvn. 627. NUMERICAL MAGNITUDES, xxi. 677. NUMIDA, genus of birds, XI. 264. NUMIDIA, ancient country, North Africa,

xvn. 627; under Jugurtha, Xlll. 766;

coins of, xvn. 652. NUMISMATICS, xvn. 628; value of, in

archaeology, n. 343; Etruscan, vin.

641; of Miletus, xvi. 294; Sabsean,

xxiv. 741. NUMMEDAL LAAGEN, river, Norway,

xvn. 575. NUMMULINIDEA, order of Protozoa,

xix. 848.

NUMMULITES, Foraminifera, IX. 381. NUN, NUNS, in convents, XVI. 699;

Franciscan, ix. 699.

, Cape, Morocco, XVI. 831.

, Rio, mouth of Niger, Africa, xvn.

497-

NUNCIO, papal legate, I. 657; xiv. 413. NUNEATON, town, England, xvn. 66 1. NUNEZ, Pedro, Portuguese cosmo-

grapher and navigator, xvn. 662, 252. CABEZA DE VACA, Alvaro, Spanish

explorer, xvi I. 662. NUPHAR, genus of plants, xxiv. 402. NUR ED-DIN, atabek or ruler of Syria,

xxi. 636; his invasion of Egypt, vn.

752; his relations with the Templars,

xxni. 161. NUREMBERG, town, Bavaria, xvn. 662;

in time of Albrecht Diirer, vn. 554;

diet of (1522), xv. 77; its sculptures,

xxi. 564. NURHAGS, sepulchres, in Sardinia, n.

384; xxi. 309. NURNBERG, or Nuremberg (q.v.), XVII.

662.

NURPUR, town, India, xni. 841. NURSE-HOUND, fish, vn. 332. NURSERY CULTURE, of trees, n. 321. NURSIA, Sabine town, Italy, xxi. 129. NURSING, in hospitals, xn. 305. NURSINGPOOR (Narsinhpur), district,

India, xvn. 234. NUSA KELI, mountain, Ceram, Indian

Archipelago, v. 344. NUSSEER KHAN, ruler of Baluchistan,

in. 300.

NUT, variety of fruit, xvn. 664; iv. 151. NUTATION, Solar, n. 757, 794; effect of,

on tides, xxni. 361. NUTCELL, English monk, xvi. 707. NUTCRACKER, bird, xvn. 665; vi. 618;

its migrations, in. 770. NUT GALL, x. 45.

N U M B A

NUTHATCH, bird, xvn. 665. NUTMEG, spice, xvn. 666, 664.

NUTMEG-BIRD, XXIV. 463.

NUT OIL, xvn. 746.

NUT-PINE, tree, XIX. 105.

NUTRIA, or Coypu, xv. 420; skins of, ix. 838.

NUTRIAS, town, Venezuela, xxiv. 140.

NUTRITION, xvn. 667; vn. 201; of nerves, xix. 26; of Protozoa, xix. 836; of plants, IV. 94; of Schizomy- cetes, xxi. 406; organs of, in fishes, xii. 654; organs of, in mammals, xv. 361.

NUTTALL, Thomas, American natural ist, xvii. 687.

Nux VOMICA, drug, xvn. 687.

NUYSSEN, Abraham Janssens van, Flemish painter, xni. 568.

NUYT S LAND, Western Australia, xxiv. 509.

NYAGUR, state, India, xvii. 302.

NYANYAZ, Ural-Altaic people, Russia, xxi. 251.

NYANZA, Albert, lake, Africa, xvii. 505; XIV. 217; marked on early Italian map, X. 183; discovery of, I. 247, 255.

, Victoria, lake, Africa, xvn. 504;

xiv. 217; shown on early Italian map, x. 183; discovery of, I. 247, 255.

NYASSA, Lake, Africa, I. 247; xxiv. 766; discovered by Livingstone, xiv. 721.

NYAZEPETROVSK, town, Russia, xvm. 550.

NVBERG, Julia, Swedish poetess, xxil.

757-

NYBORG, town, Denmark, xvn. 687. NYCTALA, genus of birds, xvm. 90. NYCTEA, genus of birds, xvm. 90. NYCTERIBIID^, group of insects, vn.

255.

NYCTERID/E, family of bats, xv. 411. NYCTICEBUS, genus of lemurs, xiv.

443-

NYCTICORAX, genus of birds, xi. 762. NYCTINOMUS, genus of bats, xv. 413. NYCTIPITHECUS, genus of apes, 11.

154. NYCTISAURA, suborder of lizards, xiv.

734- NYEGUSH, town, Montenegro, xvi.

781. , Peter Petrovitch, Servian poet,

xvi. 781. NYEZHIN, town, Russia, xvii. 496;

xxni. 96. NYIREGVHAZA, town, Hungary, xvii.

688.

NYKOPING, town, Sweden, XVII. 688. NYLAND, province, Finland, ix. 217. NVLANDER, W., on lichens, xiv. 557. NYLGHAU, antelope, xvii. 688; n. 102;

xv. 432. NYMKGEN, or Nimegucn (q.v.), town,

Holland, XVII. 509.

NYMPH, in Greek mythology, xvn.

688.

NYMPH/EA, genus of plants, xxiv. 402. NYMPH^UM, valley, near Smyrna, Asia

Minor, xxil. 186. NYMPHON, genus of Arachnida, n.

277. NYSLOTT, town, Finland, xxiv. 209.

S~ the fifteenth letter of the alphabet,

^> xvn. 689.

O , in Irish names, v. 799.

OAHU, island, Hawaiian group, Pacific, xi. 532.

OAJACA, town, Mexico, xvn. 689; xvi. 214; antiquities in, I. 695; state, XVI. 214.

OAK, tree, xvn. 689; culture of, II. 316; in United States, xxni. 808; strength of wood, xxil. 603; bark of, for tan ning, xiv. 381.

APPLE, gall, x. 44.

OAKBOY INSURRECTION, Ireland, xin.

269. OAKLAND, town, California, U.S.A.,

xvn. 694. OAK-ORCHARD ACID SPRINGS, New

York State, U.S.A., xvi. 436. OAKS, English horse-race, xii. 201. OAK SPANGLES, galls, x. 44; xn. 574. OAKUM, for use in shipbuilding, xvn.

694. OAMARU, town, New Zealand, xvn.

694.

STONE, xvn.

OAR, for rowing, xxi. 30; ancient

Greek, XXL 807. OARACTA (Kislim), island, Persian Gulf,

xiv. 102.

OAR-FISH, xvn. 694. OASES, in deserts, xvn. 695; of Egypt,

vn. 784.

OAT, cereal, xvn. 696; i. 359. GATES, Titus, plotter, xvn. 697. OATH, xvii. 698; of allegiance, i. 581;

in courts-martial, VI. 518; legal, I. 226;

xxiv. 624; in Roman law, xx. 675;

ordeal by, XVII. 819; by Styx, xxil.

614; in relation to vows, XXIV. 301;

in relation to wager, xxiv. 305. OATMEAL, its nutritive value, vn. 203;

xvn. 696. OATS, grain, XVII. 696; cultivation of,

I- 359- OAXACA, or Oajaca, town, Mexico, xvn.

689; xvi. 214; antiquities in, I. 695. OB, river, Siberia, xxil. 5; xxni. 429;

proposed connexion of, with the

Yenisei, xxiv. 742; marshy region

formed by, XXIII. 438. OBADIAH, Old Testament prophet, xvn.

702. OBAIDA, Abu, Arabic commentator and

historian, xvi. 536; xxni. 3. OBAID ALLAH, Moslem leader, xvi. 568,