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P E A P E L

PEASE, Cultivation of, I. 361. PEASEWEEP, bird, xiv. 308. PEASTONE, mineral, xvi. 397. PEAT, x. 238; as fuel, ix. 808; for blast

furnaces, xin. 292 ; for gas-making,

x. 101; in Ireland, xin. 217; charred,

as manure, I. 352. , Sir Robert, lord prior of English

Knights of St John, xxi. 175. PEAT-CHARCOAL, v. 399. PEAUCELLIER CELL, in mechanics, xv.

698. PEBA ARMADILLO, edentate mammal,

xv. 388.

PEBBLE, Scotch, i. 277. PEBRINE, disease of silkworm, xxn.

59-

PECAN NUT, xvn. 664. PECAN-TREE, of United States, xxm.

808. PECCARY, ungulate mammal, xvill. 449;

xv. 430; xxii. 775. PECH, Henrietta, Bohemian poetess,

xxii. 152. PECHABURI, town, Siam, xxi. 853;

river, xxi. 850.

PECHELL, John, vice-chancellor of Cam bridge university, xvil. 444. PECHORSKY MONASTERY, Nijni, Russia,

xvn. 501. PECOCK, Reynold, bishop of Chichester,

vill. 411; writer against the Lollards,

xiv. 812. PECORA, division of Mammalia, xv. 421,

430- PECOS, river, New Mexico and Texas,

U.S.A., xvn. 400; xxm. 203. PECQUET, Jean, French anatomist, i.

811. PECS (Fiinfkirchen), town, Hungary, IX.

827; xxm. 840. PECTIN, gummy principle in fruit, XIII.

564. PECTINARIA, genus of Annelida, n.

68.

PECTOLITE, mineral, xvi. 420. PECTOSE, principle in fruit, xin. 564. PECULIUM CASTRENSE, in Roman law,

xx. 706, 713.

PEDAL, of organ, xvn. 833, 837. PEDALION, genus of Rotifera, xxi. 5. PEDER PAARS, Holberg s epic poem,

xn. 56. PEDERSEN, Christian, Danish writer,

vii. 90.

PEBESTRIANISM, in. 12, 13; xxi. 61. PEDETES, genus of rodent mammals,

xin. 626. PEDICELLINA, genus of Polyzoa, xix.

438. PEDICULUS, genus of animal parasites,

xv. 24. PEDIEIS, Athenian political party, xix.

130. PEDILAVIUM, feet-washing by prelates,

xv. 635. PEDIMENT, in architecture, n. 469.

PEDIONOMUS, genus of birds, xx. 147. PEDOMETER, for measuring distance,

xvin. 449. PEDRO I., king of Aragon, XVIII. 450;

xxii. 317; his relations with Sicily,

xxii. 28. - II., of Aragon, xvill. 450.

III., of Aragon, xvill. 450; XXII.

322. IV., of Aragon, xvill. 450; XXII.

323-

, Dom, emperor of Brazil, IV. 233.

I., king of Castile and Leon, xvin.

450; xxn. 320.

I., king of Portugal, XVIII. 451; xix. 543.

II., of Portugal, xix. 549. - III., of Portugal, Xix. 550.

IV., of Portugal, xix. 552. V., of Portugal, xix. 553.

PEDUNCLES, Cerebral, xix. 37. -, of plants, iv. 121.

PEEBLES, county, Scotland, xvin. 451; area and population, xxi. 528; re presentation, xxm. 727; town, xvin. 452.

PEEKSKILL, town, New York, U.S.A., xvin. 452.

PEEL, town, Isle of Man, xv. 453.

, Sir Robert, father of the states man, xvin. 453.

, Sir Robert, British statesman,

xvin. 452 ; vin. 365 ; his financial reforms, IX. 189; his Bank Act of 1844, in. 323; his Police Act, xix. 338.

PEELE, George, English poet and drama tist, xvin. 457; vii. 429; xxi. 762.

PEELERS, or Police, xix. 339.

PEERAGE, British, xvin. 458, 306; vin. 322; xvn. 524, 529; genealogy of, x. 145; precedence in, xix. 661; robes of, vi. 476. , French, xxi. 198.

PEERESSES, English, xvin. 467. PEERS, House of, England, xvin. 310. , Twelve, of France, xvin. 468.

PEETWEET, bird, xxi. 260. PEEWIT, bird, xiv. 308. PEGANITE, mineral, xvi. 405. PEGASUS, of Greek mythology, xvin.

III. 546.

PEGGY WHITETHROAT, bird, xxiv.

553-

PEGMATITE, rock, XL 49. PEGNITZSCHAFER, German literary

society, x. 530, 531. PEGOLOTTI, Francesco Balducci, on

early trade with China, v. 629. PEGU, town, British Burmah, XVIII.

468; pagoda at, n. 397.

YOMAS, mountains, Burmah, XXIII.

486. PEGWELL BAY, Kent, England, xx.

268. PEG WOFFINGTON, Reade s novel, xx.

303-

PEHLEVI, or Pahlavi, language of the Zend Avesta, xvin. 134, 655.

PEIHAI, town, China, xvin. 141.

PEIHO, river, China, v. 632.

PEINE FORTE ET DURE, torture, xxm. 465.

PEIPUS, Lake, Russia, xx. 35; xxi. 73.

PEIRCE, Benjamin, American mathe matician, xvin. 468.

PEIRE VIDAL, Provencal poet, xix. 874-

PEKALONGAN, town, Java, xin. 606.

PEKAN, carnivorous mammal, xv. 577.

PEKEA BUTTER, xvn. 744.

PEKEA NUT, xvn. 664.

PEKING, or Pekin, capital of China, xvill. 469; founding of, by Kublai Khan, xiv. 151; formerly Cambaluc, IV. 722; newspapers of, xvn. 432; ob servatory, xvn. 716; temple of heaven at, n. 449.

PEKOE TEA, xxm. 99.

PE LA, Chinese insect wax, xxiv. 459.

PELAGIA, St, of Antioch, xvin. 470.

PELAGI ANISM, theological doctrine, XL 737; xin. 567; xvin. 472; xix. 669; Augustine s attitude towards, in. 77.

PELAGIUS, early Cliristian teacher, xvin. 471.

- I., pope, xvin. 473; xix. 493.

- II., pope, xvin. 473. PELAGONiA(Monastir), plain, Macedonia,

xv. 136.

PELAMIS, genus of snakes, xxn. 197. PELARGOMORPH^E, group of birds, in.

PELARGONIC ACID, xvn. 731.

PELARGONIUM, plant, X. 439 ; XII.

263. PELASGI, or Pelasgians, ancient people

of Greece and Italy, vn. 366; XL 90;

xin. 444. PELASGIC, PELASGIAN, in archeology,

n. 346. PELASGIOTIS, district, Thessaly, xxm.

299. PELAYO, Marcelino Menendez, Spanish

writer, xxn. 362.

PELECANUS, genus of birds, xvin. 474. PELEE, Mont, Martinique, West Indies,

xv. 585. PELEW ISLANDS, Western Pacific, xvin.

474; v. 125; xvi. 257. PELHAM, Lytton s novel, xv. 121. , Sir Henry, English statesman,

xvin. 474; vin. 355. , Thomas, duke of Newcastle, xvn.

380. PELIADES, daughters of Pelias, xvin.

474-

PELIAS, of Greek legend, xvin. 474. PELICAN, bird, xvin. 474. ISLAND, Montgomery s poem, xvi.

790. PELIGNI, ancient tribe, Italy, xin. 444;

xxi. 128.