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PENTELICUS, Mount, Greece, in. 59,

60.

PENTHEUS, king of Thebes, vn. 249. PENTLAND FIRTH, Scotland, iv. 647;

xxiv. 541.

PENTLAND HILLS, Scotland, vn. 656. PENTLANDITE, mineral, xvi. 392. PENTRI, Samnite tribe, Italy, xxi. 248. PENTSTEMON, plant, xn. 258. PENUMBRA, in optics, xiv. 581. PENYGHENT, mountain, England, xxiv.

746. PENZA, government, Russia, xvni. 514;

xxi. 69; town, xvin. 515. PENZANCE, town, England, XVlll. 515. PENZHINA, Bay of, Eastern Siberia, xv.

547- PEONY, or Pseony, plant, xvm. 132;

xn. 257.

PEOPLE S CHARTER, The, v. 434. PEORIA, town, Illinois, U.S.A., xvin.

5i5-

PEPI, Pyramid of, Egypt, XX. 123. PEPIN, or Pippin (q.v.), Carlovingian

kings, xix. 114; ix. 530, 531. PEPLOS, or Peplum, Greek article of

dress, vi. 453; for statues of deities,

xxiil. 207. PEPPER, spice, xvin. 516; adulteration

of, I. 172; cayenne, v. 280. AND To BIN, their spectral illusions,

xv. 207. PEPPERMINT, plant, xvni. 517; xvi.

491.

PEPPER TREE, xvm. 519. PEPSIN, or Pepsine, alimentary juice,

ix. 96; xvii. 671. PEPYS, Samuel, English diarist, xvin.

519; as secretary to British Admiralty,

xvii. 282. PEQUODS, American-Indian tribe, XII.

831-

PERA, quarter of Constantinople, vi. 306. PER^EA, or Gilead, district of Syria, X.

595- PERAK, district, Malay Peninsula, xxn.

587; XV. 322; river, XV. 321. PERAKIM, divisions of the Mishnah,

xvi. 505. PERALTA Y BARNUEVO, P. de, Spanish

Peruvian writer, xvin. 675. PERAMBUR, suburb of Madras, India,

xv. 1 88. PERAMELID^E, family of marsupial

mammals, xv. 381. PERAT^E, Gnostic sect, x. 703. PERATHERIUM, fossil opossum, xvii.

796.

PERCA, genus of fishes, xvin. 521. PERCEFOREST, romance, xx. 648. PERCEPTION, in psychology, xx. 51

faculties of, XVlli.845; Collier s theory

of, VI. 144; Democritus s, vil. 60

Hamilton s, XI. 418; Jacobi s, xiu

537; Kant on, XIII. 851; Leibnitz on

xiv. 421; Locke on, xiv. 758; Stoic

theory of, XXII. 565.

ERCEPTION, Visual, Psychical relations

of, vin. 826. ^ERCEVAL, romance, xx. 646.

, Amand Pierre Caussin de, French

Orientalist, xvni. 521.

, Spencer, English statesman, xvm.

521 ; vill. 364. PERCH, fish, xvin. 521; xn. 688;

angling for, 1 1. 44. PERCHE, district, France, xiv. 809. PERCHLORATE OF POTASSIUM, xix.

591. PERCIVAL, James Gates, American poet,

xvin. 522. PERCUSSION, in medicine, xv. 815. PERCY, English noble family, xvni.

522.

, Henry, first earl of Northumber land, xvm. 522; xvii. 571. , Serlo, English abbot, xvm. 552. , Thomas, bishop of Dromore, editor

of the Percy Reliques, xvin. 524; in.

, Thomas, Gunpowder Plot con spirator, IX. 58.

PERCYLITE, mineral, xvi. 385.

PERDICCAS I. -III., kings of Macedon, xv. 138; xvin. 524. , Macedonian general, xvin. 524; I.

485; xv. 142; regent of Macedonian empire, xvin. 585. PERDIX, genus of birds, xvin. 332. PERDU, Mont, Pyrenees, ix. 505; xn.

334; xx. 125. PERDUELLIO, in Roman law, xxni.

525. PERECOP, or Perekop, isthmus, Crimea,

Russia, vi. 585. PERE DUCHESNE (J. R. Hebert), French

Revolutionist, XL 594. PEREGRINE FALCON, ix. 2. PEREGRINE PICKLE, Smollett s novel,

xxii. 184. PEREGRIN PR^TORSHIP, in Roman

law, xx. 696. PEREIRA DE MELLO, Antonio de Fontes,

Portuguese statesman, xix. 554. PEREKOP, town, Crimea, Russia, xvin.

524; xxni. 83; isthmus of, vi. 585. PERE LA CHAISE, cemetery, Paris, v.

331; xvin. 284. PERELLE, dye, xiv. 559. PERENNIALS, Garden, XI T . 249 PERESKIA, genus of Cactaceoc, iv.

626. PERESLAVL, or Pereyaslavl, town,

Russia, xvin. 524. PERETTI, Felice (Pope Sixtus V.), xxn.

104. PEREYASLAFF, town, Russia, xvin. 524;

xix. 410. PEREYASLAVL, or Pereyaslavl Zalyess-

kiy, town, Russia, xvin. 524; xxiv.

271.

, Lake of, Russia, xxiv. 271. PEREYRA, or Pereyre, J. R., Jewish

philanthropist, XIII. 682.

PEREZ, Albino, governer of New Mexico, U.S.A., xvn. 402.

, Antonio, Spanish diplomatist and minister, xvin. 525; XXII. 329, 359. DE GUZMAN, Fernan, Spanish chronicler, xxn. 354.

DE HITA, Gines, Spanish roman-

cist, xx. 659; xxii. 358. PERFECTIBILISTS, German mystics, xn.

706. PERFECTIONISTS, of Oneida, U.S.A., vi.

212. See also xvn. 772. PERFORATING, of paper, xxn. 461. PERFUME, incense, xn. 718. PERFUMERY, xvni. 525; xvn. 748;

xxn. 168.

PERGA, town, Asia Minor, xvin. 207. PERGAMUM, Pergamon, or Pergamus,

ancient town, Asia Minor, xvin. 527;

XV. 143 ; its relations with Rome,

xx. 751; coins of, xvn. 646; library,

xiv. 511; school of sculpture at, n.

365-

PERGOLESI, Giovanni Battista, Italian musical composer, xvin. 528; xvii.

93-

PERGUNNAHS, or Parganahs, Twenty- four, district, India, xxni. 673.

PERI, Jacopo, Italian musician, xvii. 86; xxiv. 315.

PERIANDER, tyrant of Ambracia, xvin. 528. , despot of Corinth, XVIII. 528.

PERIBLEM, layer in plant development,

xn. 15.

PERICARDIUM, Anatomy of the, i. 899. PERICARDITIS, disease, xi. 554; xx.

5i7- PERICH^TA, genus of worms, xxiv.

678.

PERICLASE, mineral, xvi. 385. PERICLES, Athenian statesman, xvni.

529; XL 101.

PERICLINE, mineral, xvi. 419. PERIDERM, layer in plant development,

xn. 17. PERIDOTE, precious stone, xvin. 534;

xvi. 410. PERIEGETES, Dionysius, Greek writer,

vn. 248. PERIER, Casimir, French politician, IX.

620. , Madame, sister of Blaise Pascal,

xvin. 333. PERIGORD, ancient province, France,

xvin. 534; caves of, v. 567. PERIGUEUX, town, France, xvin. 534;

church of St Front at, n. 429. PERIHELION OF THE EARTH S ORBIT,

Change of, n. 795. PERIM, island, in Red Sea, n. 235; in.

179; xx. 316. , island, in Gulf of Cambay, India,

X. 738.

PERING, Mr, on anchors, n. 3. PERINO BUONACCORSI, Vaga, Italian