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PELION, mountain, Thessaly, Greece, xxin. 298.

PELISSIER, Jean Jacques Amable, mar shal of France, xvm. 475; in Algeria, I. 568.

PELL, John, English mathematician, xvin. 475.

PELLA, town, Macedonia, xv. 137.

PELLAGRA, disease, xvm. 476, 407.

PELLENC, Mirabeau s secretary, xvi.

497-

PELLEW, Edward, Viscount Exmouth, viii. 805.

- ISLANDS, Pacific Ocean, xvm. 474; v. 125; xvi. 257.

PELLICANUS, Conrad, German theolo gian and scholar, xvm. 477.

PELLICO, Silvio, Italian dramatist and patriot, xvm. 478; IV. 399; VII. 417;

XIII. 486.

PELLOUTIER, Simon, historian of the

Druids, VII. 478. PELOMEDUSID/E, family of chelonian

reptiles, XXIII. 457.

PKLOPIDAS, Theban general, xvm. 479. PELOPION, at Olympia, Greece, xvn.

768. PELOPONNESIAN WAR, XL 102; xvm.

533; Thucydides s history of, xxill.

325- PELOPONNESUS, division of ancient

Greece, xi. 93. PELOPS, in Greek mythology, xvm.

480; xvii. 731. PELORITAN MOUNTAINS, Sicily, xxn.

29.

PELOTONS, variety of mohair, xvi. 544. PELOUZE, Theophile Jules, French

chemist, xvm. 480. PELTIER, Jean Charles Athanase, French

scientist, xvin. 480. , Jean Gabriel, Mackintosh s defence

of, xv. 1 60. EFFECT, in electricity, vin. 57;

xvin. 481.

PELTRY, furs, ix. 836. PELUSIUM, ancient town, Egypt, xvin.

481.

PELVIC GIRDLE, of mammals, xv. 360. PELVIS, in man, I. 829; of birds, in.

722.

PEMBA, island, East Africa, xxiv. 768. PEMBERTON, town, England, xvin.

481. , Captain, British envoy to Bhutan,

in. 632. PEMBROKE, county, Wales, xvin. 481;

representation, xxill. 727.

, town, Wales, xvm. 483; dockyard

of, vil. 315, 318.

COLLEGE, Cambridge, iv. 731.

COLLEGE, Oxford, xvm. 97. PEMPHIGUS, skin disease, xxn. 123. PEN, for writing, xvm. 483. PENA DE FRANCIA, Sierra de, Spain,

xxi. 203. PENALARA, mountain, Spain, xxi. 623.

PENAL LAWS, xxn. 469; in Ireland,

xin. 269. PENALOSA, American explorer, xiv.

3i9-

PENAL SERVITUDE, xix. 752, 756. PENANCE, xvm. 484. PENANG, island and town, Malay Penin sula, xix. 741; xxii. 586. PENA PRIETA, mountain, Spain, xxn.

294.

PENARTH, town, Wales, xvm. 488. PENAS, Gulf of, Patagonia, xvm. 352. PENATES, Roman household gods, xvm.

488. See also xiv. 313. PENAUD, on flying machines, ix. 320,

321. PENCIL, xvm. 489; crayon, vi. 555.

BLUE, for calico-printing, IV. 690.

PENCILS, of rays of light, xvn. 779, 803. PENDA, king of Mercia, England, xvn.

569. PENDENIS (St Ives), town, England, xxi.

172. PENDENNIS, Thackeray s novel, xxm.

215.

PENDENT, in architecture, n. 469. PENDJAKENT, town, Russian Turkestan,

xxiv. 782. PENDLEBURY, town, England, xxn.

775-

PENDULUM, in mechanics, xv. 05, 711, 718, 734; n. 754, 755; revolving, xv. 768; used for determining figure of the earth, vn. 608; absolute unit force determined by means of, XV. 699; of a clock, vi. 14.

PENEIUS, river, Thessaly, Greece, xxm. 298.

PENELOPE, wife of Ulysses, xvm. 490; xvn. 729. , mother of Pan, in Greek mytho

logy, xvm. 208.

PENELOPIN^E, subfamily of birds, XL 232.

PENGUIN, bird, xvm. 491; in. 735.

PENGWERNE (Shrewsbury), ancient town, England, xxi. 845.

PENIBETICA, Sierra, mountains, Spain, xxn. 294.

PENIKESE, marine zoology station, U.S.A., I. 277.

PENINSULAR WAR, between England and France, vm. 364; IX. 616; Xix. 551; Castlereagh s support of, xiv. 854; Napier s History of, xvn. 186.

PENITENTIAL DISCIPLINE, in ancient church, XII. 846.

PENITENTIARIES, or Houses of Deten tion, xix. 748.

PENITENTS, in the Eastern Church, xvm. 486.

PENN, William, English admiral, xvm. 492.

, William, founder of Pennsylvania,

xvm. 492, 740; his relations to Mary land, xv. 605; his promotion of Quakerism, XX. 152.

PENNA, Monte, mountain, Italy, xm.

437-

PENNAIR, river, India, xvii. 123, 320. PENNANT, Thomas, Welsh naturalist

and antiquary, xvm. 498; xxiv. 806;

on birds, xvm. 7, 9. PENNI, Gianfrancesco, Italian painter,

xvm. 498.

PENNILLION SINGING, vn. 792. PENNINE, mineral, xvi. 414.

ALPS, i. 625. PENNONS, Military, ix. 276. PENNSYLVANIA, State, U.S.A., xvm.

498 ; founding of, by Quakers, XX. 1 52 ;

Penn s settlement of, xvm. 495;

colony of, xxm. 730; newspapers,

xvn. 434; university, xvm. 739;

xxm. 857. PENNY, English coin, xvn. 656.

, Captain, Arctic explorer, xix. 321.

- BANKS, xxi. 329. CYCLOPAEDIA, vm. 204; xiv.

856.

POSTAGE, First proposals of, xix.

564; Rowland Hill s institution of,

XL 818.

PENNYROYAL, herb, xn. 289. PENOBSCOT, river, Maine, U.S.A., xv.

298.

PENRITH, town, England, xvm. 504. PENRYN, town, England, vi. 427; ix.

17- PENSACOLA, town, Florida, U.S.A.,

xvm. 504.

PENSEES, Pascal s work, xvm. 335. PENSHURST CASTLE, Kent, England,

xiv. 40. PENSIONARY, president of states-general

of Holland, xn. 73. PENSIONS, Military, of British army, n.

578. PENTAGRAM, Use of, in magic, xv.

203. PENTAIL, insectivorous mammal, xv.

402. PENTAMERA, group of insects, vi. 129;

xm. 148. PENTAMERID/E, family of Brachiopoda,

iv. 195. PENTAPOLIS, ancient district, North

Africa, VI. 750; xiv. 552. , or Lesbos (q.v.), island, ^Egean Sea,

xiv. 474. - MARITIMA, ancient district, Italy,

xvm. 684.

PENTASTOMIDES, family of Arachnida, n. 275.

PENTATEUCH, Books of Scripture, xvin. 505; xm. 418; composition of, in. 637; Philo on, xvm. 762; the Samari tan, xxi. 245; Morin s edition of the Samaritan, xvi. 825; Targums of, xxm. 62.

PENTATHIONIC ACID, v. 507.

PENTECOST, Jewish festival, xvm. 514, 511; xxiv. 555.

PENTELIC MARBLE, xv. 528.