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OUACHITA, river, Louisiana, U.S.A.,

xv. 20. OUB, river, Namaqualand, Soutli Africa,

xvn. 1 68. OUDART, Paul Louis, illustrator of birds,

XVIII. 12.

OUDE, or Oudh, province, India, xvin.

71; xii. 809. OUDENARDE, town, Belgium, xvin. 71;

battle of (1707), in. 126; ix. 582; xv.

555- OUDH, province, India, xvin. 71;

annexation of, by the British, xii. 809;

birds of, III. 762. OUDINOT, Charles Nicolas, duke of

Reggio, French marshal, xvm. 73. OUDNEY, Dr, African traveller, v. 80 1. OUGHTRED, William, English mathe matician, xvm. 74; i. 514. OULLINS, town, France, xx. 529. OUNALASKA, island, Aleutian group,

North Pacific, I. 480. OUNCE, carnivorous mammal, xv. 435. OUNDLE, town, England, xvn. 556. OUPLYTZ, fortress, Georgia, Russia, x.

785.

OURCQ CANAL, Paris, xvin. 285. OURGA, or Urga, town, Mongolia, xxiv.

ii. OURIQUE, or Orik, Spain, Battle of

(1139), XIX. 540.

OURO PRETO, town, Brazil, xvm. 74. OUSE, river, Sussex, England, xxn. 723. , river, Yorkshire, England, xxiv.

747- , Great, river, England, in. 483; iv.

727; xn. 397; xvn. 536. OUSEL, bird, xvin. 74. OUSELEY, Sir F. A. G., his experiments

on resultant tones, XVII. 93. , Sir William, English Orientalist,

xvin. 75. OUSTITIS, or Marmosets, group of apes,

II. 154.

OUTCROP, of rocks, in geology, x. 298. OUTFANGTHEOF, Cinque Port privilege,

v. 787.

OUTLAW, in English law, xvm. 75. OUTPOSTS, of an army, xxiv. 363. OUTRAM, Sir James, English general,

xvin. 76.

OUTRIGGER, racing boat, xxi. 31^ 805. OVA, of fishes, ix. 244; xii. 660. OVA-HERERO, African tribes, xvn. 319. OVAR, town, Portugal, xvin. 76; xix.

537-

OVARIOTOMY, in surgery, xxn. 690. OVARY, of mammals, xv. 368; function

of, in reproduction, xx. 407. OVATION, honour to Roman concpierors,

xvm. 76. OVEN, heating chamber, xvm. 76; in.

257; VI. 118; ix. 840. OVENUS (John Owen), Latin epigram matist, xvin. 85. OVERBECK, Baron von, settler, North

Borneo, XXI. 124.

OVERBECK, Johann Friedrich, German

painter, xvin. 76. OVERBURY, Sir Thomas, his poisoning,

xxn. 260. OVER DARWEN, town, England, xvin.

77- OVERGNAGHI, political party of medite-

val Italy, xiv. 768. OVERHAIR, in fur, ix. 836. OVERHEAD RAILWAYS, xx. 240. OVER-TIDES, xxin. 362, 365. OVERTURE, in music, xvn. 87, 95. OVERYSSEL, province, Holland, xvm.

77-

OVIBOS, musk-ox, xvn. 108. OVID (Publius Ovidius Naso), Roman

poet, xvin. 78; xx. 723; language

and style of, xiv. 335; representative

of the Augustan age, in. 83. OVIEDO, Kingdom of, Spain, xxn.

, province, Spain, II. 824; XVIII. 84. , town, Spain, xvin. 84; church of

Sta Maria do Naranco near, n. 432. Y VALDEZ, Gonzalo Fernandez de,

Spanish historian, xvin. 84. OVIFAK, Greenland, Nickel iron found

at, xvi. 113. OVISTS, versus Animalculists, xxiv.

815.

Ovo, Castel dell , Naples, xvn. 189. OVOCA, vale, Wicklow, Ireland, xxiv.

557-

OVRUTCH, town, Russia, xxiv. 282. OVULE, rudimentary seed, in plants, iv.

145.

OVULUM, genus of Mollusca, xvi. 651. OVUM, in animals, i. 844; xx. 413;

fertilization of, xxi. 721; of mammals,

xv. 368; works on its structure and

morphology, vin. 168. OWASCO, Lake, New York, U.S.A., xvn.

451. OWEGO, town, New York, U.S.A.,

xvin. 85.

OWEN, John ( 1 560-1 622), Latin epigram matist, xvin. 85. -, John (1616-1683), Puritan theo

logian, xvin. 85; xn. 728; onPresby-

terianism, XIX. 689. , Sir Richard, on birds, XVIII. 24; on

the classification of reptiles, xx. 438;

his zoological classification, xxiv. 807. , Robert, English philanthropist

and socialist, xvin. 86 ; xxn. 207,

209; on communism, VI. 211.

GLENDOWER, Welsh prince, x.

678; vin. 320; xi. 660. OwENSBOROUGH, town, Kentucky,

U.S.A., xvin. 88. OWENS COLLEGE, Manchester, England,

xv. 462; xxin. 854. OWEN S LAKE, California, U.S.A., iv.

698. OWENSON, Sydney (Lady Morgan),

English novelist, XVI. 823. OWEN S RIVER, California, iv. 698.

OWEN STANLEY MOUNTAINS, New

Guinea, xvn. 387. OWEN TUDOR, his marriage to Catherine

of Valois, v. 237. OWL, bird, xvin. 88. OWL-PARROT, of New Zealand, xin.

825.

OWNERSHIP, in law, xix. 560. OWYHEE, river, Nevada, U.S.A., xvn.

367-

Ox, xv. 432. See also Cattle. OXALIC ACID, xvin. 91; as a poison,

xix. 277.

OXALIS, genus of plants, xn. 285. OXALITE, mineral, xvi. 428. Ox-BiRD, xxi. 260. OXENSTIERNA, Axel, count of, Swedish

statesman, xvn I. 92; v. 702; xxn. 748. -, Johan Gabriel, Swedish poet, xxn.

756.

OXEYE, bird, xxin. 419. OXFORD, county, England, xvin. 93;

representation, xxin. 727. -, town, England, xvin. 94; boat-

racing at, xxi. 31; colleges, vin. 317; libraries, XIV. 519, 544; Arundelian marbles, n. 671; observatories, xvn. 710; heliometer in observatory, xxin. 1 49; newspapers, xvn. 422; university, xxin. 837, 838, 852; i. 69; Provisions of (1258), vin. 311; xvi. 788; Anthony Wood s History of, xxiv. 643. , First Earl of, English statesman, xvin. 99; his relations with Dean Swift, xxn. 764.

METHODISM, xvi. 185.

OXHAVEERITE, mineral, xvi. 421.

Ox HIDES, for tanning, xiv. 380, 383.

OXIDATION COLOURS, for calico-print ing, iv. 689.

OXIDATIONS, in plants, xix. 51.

OXIDES, oxygen compounds, in chemistry, v. 477, 544; xvi. 61 ; group of minerals, xvi. 385; of carbon, v. 87; of iron, Xin. 279; of mercury, xvi. 33; of platinum, xix. 192; of potassium, xix. 591; of silver, xxn. 71.

OXLEY, John, Australian explorer, in. 104.

OXLIP, plant, xix. 737.

OXON, or Oxford, county, England, xvin. 93; xxin. 727.

Ox-PowER, in mechanics, xv. 772.

OXTON, town, England, xvn. 599.

Oxus, river, Central Asia, XVIII. 101; XL 822; xxin. 511, 512; at Khiva, xiv. 63.

OXYBII, Ligurian tribe, xiv. 639.

OXY-CALCIUM LAMP, xv. 212.

OXYGEN, chemical element, v. 479; its action in iron and steel, xin. 284; in ocean water, xxi. 612; as plant-food, xix. 48; spectrum of, xxn. 375; thermometric properties of, XI. 574; Lavoisier s theory of, xiv. 353.

OXYH.-EMOGLOBIN, constituent of red