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OLIVETANS, monastic order, xvn. 764;

xvi. 711. OLIVINE, mineral, x. 228; xv. 217; xvi.

410; xvni. 534. OLKHON, island, Lake Baikal, Siberia,

in. 241. OLKIN (Dulcigno), town, Turkey, vn.

520.

OLLAMH, Celtic dignitary, v. 303. OLLIVIER, Abbe, his history of Pope

Alexander VI., I. 490. OLLULANUS, genus of nematode worms,

xvn. 325. OLMSTED, Denison, American scientist,

xvii. 764. OLMUTZ, town, Austria, xvii. 764; xvi.

811.; observatory at, XVII. 713; uni versity, XXIII. 851. OLNEY HYMNS, xn. 594; xvii. 449. OLONETZ, government, Russia, xvii.

764; xxi. 69. OLORON-SAINTE-MARIE, town, France,

xvn. 765; xx. 127. OLOSENGA, atoll, Polynesia, xix. 420. OLTA, river, Roumania, XXL 14. OLTEN, town, Switzerland, xxn. 250. OLTY,town, Transcaucasia, Russia, xxm.

515-

OLYBRIUS, Roman emperor, xvii. 765. OLYMPIA, ancient town, Greece, xvn.

765. , town, Washington Territory,

U.S.A., xxiv. 387. OLYMPIACUS, Lysias s oration, xv.

119.

OLYMPIADS, in chronology, v. 711. OLYMPIAS, mother of Alexander the

Great, xvn. 770; xv. 142. OLYMPIC (or OLYMPIAN) GAMES, v. 71 1 ;

VIII. 140; X. 63; XL 94; XVII. 766.

OLYMPIUM, temple of Zeus, at Athens,

III. 2.

OLYMPUS, habitation of the gods, xvii.

770. , mountain, Arcadia, Greece, XVII.

770. , mountain, Thessaly, Greece, XVII.

770; XL Si; xxm. 298.

, mountains, Mysia, Asia Minor,

XVII. 122; II. 706; in. 792.

, town, Lycia,Asia Minor, XVII. 770;

xv. 93. -, Phrygian musician, XVII. 770.

OLYNTHIACS, Demosthenes s orations,

vii. 70. OLYNTHUS, town, ancient Greece, xvn.

771; XV. 137; taken by Philip of

Macedon, xv. 139.

, Haeckel s ideal sponge, xxn. 413. OMAGH, town, Ireland, xxm. 713. OMAHA, town, Nebraska, U.S.A., XVII.

771. OMAHAS, American-Indian tribe, XII.

832; totems of, xxm. 468. O MAHONY, John, Fenian leader, XIII.

271. OMAN, kingdom, Arabia, II. 238, 261.

OMAR I., caliph, xvi. 550, 563; at Jerusalem, VI. 622. - II., caliph, xvi. 574. KHAYYAM, Persian poet and

mathematician, XVII. 771.

OMAYYADS, Moslem dynasty, xvi. 565; II. 258; in Spain, xxn. 310; coins of, xvn. 660.

OMBO, district, Tibet, xxm. 341.

OMBOS, Temple of, Egypt, vn. 783.

OMBRES CHINOIS, puppet-show shad ows, xv. 547.

OMENS, vn. 293; xv. 201; of augurs, in. 72; totemistic, xxm. 469.

OMETEPEC, volcano, Nicaragua, xvn.

477- OMICHUND, Bengali political agent, vi.

10.

OMMIADES. See Omayyads. OMM SHOMAR, mountain, Sinai, Arabia,

xxn. 88. OMNIBUS, coach, v. 136.

BILL (1850), in United States poli

tics, v. 8 1 8. OMNIMETER, Eckhold s, theodolite,

xxn. 719.

OMOA, town, Honduras, xn. 130. OMPHALE (Cybele), Lydian goddess, xv.

99-

OMRA, ceremony at Mecca, xv. 674. OMRI, king of Israel, xin. 406. OMSK, town, Siberia, xvn. 772. ON, ancient town, Egypt, vn. 769. ONAGER, wild ass, i. 259; xn. 175. ONAS, tribe, Tierra del Fuego, xxm.

384- ONCA, Altar of, at Thebes, Greece, xxm.

230. ONCHESTOS, Amphictyony of, Greece,

i- 773- ONCO"RHYNCHUS, genus of fishes, xxi.

224.

ONCOSIN, mineral, xvi. 425. ONDO, state, West Africa, xxiv. 754. ONEGA, lake, Russia, xvn. 772, 764;

river, XVII. 772; XXI. 73; town, XVII.

772.

ONEGLIA, town, Italy, xix. 532. ONEIDA, Lake, New York, U.S.A., xvn.

451.

CANAL, North America, xxi. i So. COMMUNITY, American commun

istic society, xvn. 772; vi. 212. O NEILL, Hugh, Irish chief, xin. 265.

, Owen Roe, Irish leader, Xlll. 267.

, Shane, Rebellion of, in Ireland,

XIII. 264.

O NEILLS, Irish sept, xm. 250. ONEIROMANCY, divination by dreams,

vii. 293; xv. 206. ONEIZA, town, Arabia, xvn. 773. ONEKOTAN, island, Kuriles, Asia, xiv.

1 60.

ONESIMUS, of Scripture, xvni. 741. ONGOLE, town, India, xvn. 321. ONGTONG JAVA, islands, South Pacific,

xxn. 252.

ONIAS I.-IIL, Jewish high priests, xin.

420. ONIN, peninsula, New Guinea, xvn.

386.

ONION, vegetable, xn. 285. ONITSHA, town, West Africa, xvn. 498. ONKELOS, Targum of, xxm. 63. ONOBRYCHIS, genus of plants, xxi. 155. ONOCROTALUS, genus of birds, xvin.

474- ONOLZBACH (Ansbach), town, Bavaria,

n. 91. ONOMACRITUS, Greek seer and poet,

xvii. 774. ONOMASTICON, Pollux s work, xix.

403- ONOMASTUS, winner of Olympian prize,

xxn. 185. ONOMATOPCEIA, in philology, xvni.

768. ONONDAGA, Lake, New York, U.S.A.,

xxn. 818. ONOPORDON, genus of plants, xxm.

307- ONTARIO, Lake, North America, xvn.

451: xxi. i So, 182. , province, Dominion of Canada,

xvii. 774.

MINE, Utah, U.S.A., xxm. 815.

ONTENIENTE, town, Spain, xvii. 776. ONTOLOGY, in philosophy, xvi. 79;

xvni. 795; in relation to ethics, vin.

574; to psychology, xx. 37; Ferrier

on, IX. no; Herbart on, XL 718;

Xenocrates s system of, xxiv. 718. ONUBA (Huelva), Roman town, Spain,

XII. 334.

ONURIS, Egyptian divinity, vn. 718. ONYCHA, incense, xn. 718. ONYCHOPHORA, order of Annelida, n.

69. ONYCHOTEUTHIS, genus of Mollusca,

xvi. 671. ONYX, precious stone, xvn. 776; I. 277;

xxi. 310. OODEYPORE (Udaipur), state and town,

India, xxm. 716; v. 768; xx. 260. OOGENESIS, in embryology, xx. 414. OOJEIN, town, India, xxm. 719. OOKIEP, town, Namaqualand, South

Africa, xvn. 168. OOLITE, mineral, xvi. 397.

- ROCKS, in geology, x. 355. OOLOGY, in ornithology, in. 772; Des

Murs on, XViil. 32. OOMARKOTE (Umarkot), town, India,

XXIII. 221.

OOPHORE, in plants, xx. 430. OOPHORECTOMY, in surgery, XXII. 691. OORUN(Uran), town, India, xxm. 221. OOSPORE^G, class of plants, ill. 693. OOTACAMUND (Utakamand), town,

India, xvn. 509. OOZE DEPOSITS, of Norwegian Sea,

xvii. 593 ; of Pacific Ocean, xvni.

123.

OPAH, fish, xvn. 777.