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ORCHIAN LAW, Roman, xxn. 644. ORCHIDS, family of plants, xvn. 816;

xii. 266. ORCHIL, or Archil, purple dye, n. 379;

xiv. 559.

ORCHIS, genus of plants, xvn. 816. ORCHOMENUS, town of Arcadia, Greece,

xvn. 8 1 8.

, town of Bceotia, Greece, xvn. 818.

ORCUS, Roman divinity, xix. 236. ORDEAL, xvn. 818; in Siam, xxi. 852;

by the Styx, xxn. 614. ORDER, or Ordination, sacred rite, xvn.

820. ORDERICUS VITALIS, Norman historian,

xvn. 821. ORDER OF PRECEDENCE, British, xix.

662. ORDERS, Holy, v. 826; xvn. 820.

, Monastic, xvi. 703.

OF KNIGHTHOOD, xiv. 121; of

St John of Jerusalem, xxi. 173; of

Knights Templars, xxm. 160 ; of

Teutonic Knights, xxiii. 201; military,

xvi. 709. ORDINALIA, ancient Cornish drama, v.

323-

ORDINARY, in law, xvn. 821.

ORDINATION, sacred rite, xvn. 820.

ORDIN-NASTOCHKIN, Russian states man, xxi. 96.

ORDNANCE, Construction of, xi. 288,

35- , Surveyor-general of, British, II.

572. SURVEV, of Great Britain, vn.

599; x. 191, 210; methods of, XXII.

708, 711; maps of, X. 210. ORDONO, kings of Leon, xxn. 311. ORDOVICES, British tribe, xxi. 648. ORDUBAD, town, Transcaucasia, Russia,

xxm. 515.

ORDUS, Mongol tribes, xvi. 744. OREADES, in Greek mythology, XVII. _688. OREBRO, town, Sweden, XVII. 821;

county, xxii. 741. ORE-DRESSERS, machines, xvi. 59. OREGON, or Columbia, river, U.S.A.,

xviii. 1 1 6. , State, U.S.A., xvn. 822; early

exploration and settlement of, xxm.

758, 767.

CITY, Oregon, U.S.A., xvn. 825.

O REILLY, Don Alexandra, Spanish

governor of New Orleans, xvn. 404. OREL, government, Russia, xvn. 825;

xxi. 69; town, xvn. 826. ORELLANA, Francis, Spanish explorer,

i. 654. ORENBURG, government, Russia, xvn.

826; xxi. 69; town, xvn. 827. GUM, xiv. 310. ORENSE, province and town, Spain,

xvii. 827. OREPOSA, Count, Spanish minister,

xxn. 333.

ORES, Dressing of, xvi. 462; extraction

of metals from, xvi. 57. ORESME, Nicole, French bishop and

economist, xix. 354. ORESTES, of Greek legend, XVII. 827.

, Euripides s play, Vin. 677.

, barbarian ruler of Italy, xvn. 726; xx. 781. ORFA (Edessa, q.v.), town, Turkey in

Asia, VII. 653.

ORFFYREUS (J. E. E. Bessler), his per petual motion, XVin. 554. ORFILA, Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure,

toxicologist, xvn. 828. OR FORD, Earls of (Robert and Horace

Walpole), xxiv. 335, 333. ORGAN, musical instrument, xvn. 828; Vogler s improvements on, xxiv. 272.

, American, XI. 483.

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, v. 544. ORGANINA, musical instrument, xvn.

1 06. ORGANISTRUM, musical instrument,

xix. 65. ORGANON, of Aristotle, n. 516. ORGAN PIPES, Length and notation of,

xvn. 103. ORGANUM, musical instrument, xix.

65.

ORGIES, Greek rites, xvn. 839. ORGUINETTE, musical instrument, xvn.

1 06.

ORHY, mountain, France, xx. 126. ORIANA, wife of Amadis of Gaul, xx.

654. ORIBASIUS, Byzantine anatomist, I. 804;

xv. 804. ORIBATID^E, family of Araclmida, xvi.

528; n. 276. ORICHES, Tungus tribe, Siberia, xxm.

608.

ORIEL COLLEGE, Oxford, xvin. 97. ORIEL WINDOW, n. 460. ORIENTAL REPUBLIC OF THE URU GUAY, South America, xxiv. 14. ORIFLAMME, sacred banner of France,

ix. 279. ORIGANUM, genus of plants, xxm.

333-

O RlGEN, early Christian writer, xvn. 839 ; as Biblical interpreter, XI. 745; on the canon, V. 6, 9; his commentary on Canticles, v. 33; on Celsus s discourse against Christianity, v. 295; creed of, VI. 559; his Hexapla, in. 646; on inspiration, xni. 155; his part in the Septuagint, xxi. 669.

ORIGINAL SECEDERS, Scottish religious denominations, xv. 132; XXIII. 728.

ORIGINAL SIN, xix. 669 ; Pelagian doctrine regarding, XVin. 472.

ORIGIN OF SPECIES, in. 689; Lamarck on, xiv. 232.

ORIGIN OF SPECIES, Darwin s work, xxiv. 77, 81.

ORIGIN OF THE WORLD, Myths of the, xvn. 143, 156.

ORIHUELA, town, Spain, xvn. 843. ORIK, Spain, Battle of (1139), XIX.

540.

ORIN, lake, Tibet, XXIII. 339. ORINOCO, river, South America, xvn.

843; Raleigh s expeditions to, xx. 262. , Alto, territory, Venezuela, xxiv.

140.

ORIOLE, bird, xvn. 844; xn. 696. ORION, constellation, xvn. 844; nebula)

of, n. 820. , of Greek legend, xvi I. 844; xix.

559- ORISSA, province, Bengal, India, xvn.

844; districts and population of, ill.

567. ORISTANO, town, Sardinia, xxi. 309;

river, xxi. 308.

ORITHYIA, in Greek legend, ill. 59. ORIYA LANGUAGE, India, Dictionaries

of, vn. 191. ORIZABA, or Orizava, town, Mexico,

xvn. 845. -, Peak of, Mexico, xvi. 215.

ORJEN, mountain, Dalmatia, vi. 783.

ORKHAN, Turkish prince, xxm. 641.

ORKLA, river, Norway, xvn. 575.

ORKNEY AND SHETLAND, county, Scot land, xvn. 845; area and population, xxi. 528; representation, xxm. 727.

ORKNEYINGA, Icelandic book, xn. 625.

ORKNEY ISLANDS, Scotland, xvn. 845; the ancient Thule, xxm. 328; ac quired by Scotland, xxi. 495.

ORLANDO FURIOSO, Ariosto s work, n. 503; xni. 509; Harington s translation of, XL 479.

ORLANDO INAMORATO, of Boiardo, in. 862.

ORLE, in heraldry, XL 696.

ORLEANS, town, France, xvn. 849; uni versity of, xxm. 838.

, island, in the St Lawrence, Quebec,

xx. 165.

, Bastard of (Dunois), vn. 544.

, Dukes of, xvn. 852.

, Charles, duke of, French poet,

XVII. 851.

, Maid of (Joan of Arc, q.v.), xni.

695.

-, Anne Marie Louise d , duchesse de Montpensier, xvi. 792.

HOUSE, Twickenham, England,

xxm. 674. ORLOFF (Orel), government, Russia,

xvn. 825; town, xvii. 826.

, town, Vyatka, Russia, xxiv. 303.

, Russian family of, their relation

to Catherine II., v. 233.

, Alexis, Russian admiral, XXI. 99.

DIAMOND, vn. 166.

ORME, Robert, historian of British India,

xvii. 853.

ORMER SHELL, xvn. 2; xvi. 645. ORMIN, early English writer, VIII. 395,

410.