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PERINTHUS, town, Thrace, xvm. 635. PERIODICALS, xvm. 635. PERIODS, or Eras, of time, iv. 68 1. PERICECI, or Perioikoi, Spartan freemen,

xi. 94; xv. 96; xxii. 370. PERIOSTEUM, fibrous animal membrane,

I. 854; xxii. 684.

PERIPATETICS, school of Greek philo sophers, xvm. 545; ii. 511. PERIPATUS, genus of Myriapoda, xvn.

116. PERIPHETES, of Greek legend, xxm.

294. PERIPLUS, of the Erythraean Sea, xvm.

569; xx. 94. , of Hanno, book of Carthaginian

exploration, I. 245 ; x. 175 ; XI.

445- , of the Mediterranean, ancient

geographical work, xxi. 573, 578. PERIPTEROS, in architecture, n. 469. PERIPYL^EA, order of Protozoa, xix.

849-

PERISCOPIC LENS, xvi. 260. PERISSODACTYLA, suborder of ungulate

mammals, xv. 422, 427. PERISTYLE, in architecture, n. 469. PERITONEUM, serous membrane, in the

abdomen, vn. 224; surgical treatment

of, xxn. 690.

PERITONITIS, disease, xvm. 547. PERITRICHA, order of Protozoa, xix.

861.

PERIWIG, or Wig, xxiv. 560. PERIWINKLE, mollusc, xvi. 651; fishery,

ix. 265.

PERIYAR, river, India, xxm. 525. PERIZONIUS, Anton, Dutch theologian,

xvm. 547.

, Jacob, Dutch scholar, xvm. 547.

PERJURY, in law, xvm. 548; xvn.

698.

PERKIN, W. H., his experiments on dye- stuffs, ii. 48. PERKINS, Jacob, American inventor

and physicist, XVIII. 549. PERLID/E, group of insects, xin. 1 52. PERLITE, rock, x. 234. PERM, government, Russia, xvm. 549;

xxi. 69; town, xvm. 551. PERMANENT WAY, of railways, xx.

232, 240. PERMANGANATES, manganese salts, xv.

480. PERMIAN LANGUAGE, Dictionary of,

vn. iSS.

PERMIAN ROCKS, in geology, x. 351. PERMISSIVE BILL, for prohibiting

liquor traffic, Xiv. 688. PERMUTATIONS, in algebra, i. 560. PERNAHYBA, or Paranahyba, town,

Brazil, xvm. 258. PERNAMBUCO, town, Brazil, xvm.

55i-

PERNAU, town, Russia, xvm. 552. PERNE, Andrew, English divine, xvm.

552.

PERNOFF (Pernau), town, Russia, xvm.

552- PERODICTICUS, genus of lemurs, xiv.

443- PEROMEDUS^E, order of Hydrozoa, xn.

55>

PEROMELA, order of Amphibia, I. 751. PERONIA, genus of Mollusca, xvi. 66 1. PERONNE, town, France, xvm. 552. PERONOSPORA INFESTANS, fungus of

potato disease, xix. 596. PERONOSPORA VITICOLA, vine fungus,

xxiv. 240. PERONOSPORE/E, suborder of Fungi, ix.

830; parasitic forms, xvm. 266. PEROUSE, La, Jean Francois, French

navigator, xiv. 298; x. 190. PEROVSK, town, Syr-Daria, Russia, xxii.

819, 821.

PEROVSKITE, mineral, xvi. 426. PEROZ, Sasanian king of Persia, xvm.

611. PERPETUAL EDICTS, in Roman law,

xm. 793; xix. 655. PERPETUAL MOTION, xvm. 553. PERPETUITIES, in law, n. 72. PERPIGNAN, town, France, xvm. 555;

XX. 128; xxi. 28; organ at, xvil. 837;

university of, xxm. 839. PERRACHE, part of Lyons, France, xv.

I 10.

PERRAULT, Charles, French tale-writer,

xvm. 556; xxm. 27.

, Claude, French architect, II. 441;

xvm. 556. PERRENOT, Antony, Cardinal Granvella,

XL 52; xii. 74.

PERRON, in architecture, n. 469. PERRONE, Giovanni, Italian theologian,

xvm. 557. PERRONIANA, anaof Cardinal Duperron,

I. 784. PERROTT, Sir John, Irish lord-deputy,

xin. 265.

PERRY, beverage, xvm. 557. , Oliver H., American naval officer,

xxm. 760. PERSAN, Madame Doublet de, French

journalist, xvn. 425. PERSEIDS, meteors, xvi. in. PERSEPHONE, Greek goddess (the

Roman Proserpine), xix. 824; xxm.

296; mysteries of, VI 1 1. 126. PERSEPOLIS, ancient town, Persia, xvm.

557; destruction of, by Alexander the

Great, xvm. 582 ; buildings at, II.

400. PERSEUS, of Greek fable, xvm. 560; vi.

797-

, king of Macedonia, xv. 142; his contests with Rome, xx. 753. PERSIA, Ancient, xvm. 561 (index, 660); conquest of, by Alexander, I. 482; xv. 140; by the Arabs, n. 257; conquest of Phrygia by, xvm. 851; its influence in Asia, II. 699; religion, xxm. 238; rule over Sidon, xvm.

809; relations with Sparta, XXII. 370;

wars with Greece, XI. 98, 112; under

Cyrus, vi. 752; under Darius I.-IIL,

VI. 825, 827 ; architecture, II. 399;

armies, II. 559; coins, xvil. 659. PERSIA, Modern, xvm. 616 (index, 660);

highlands of, II. 685 ; European

travellers in, x. 186, iSS ; carpet

weaving, v. 128; caste in, v. 192; coins

of, xvil. 660 ; Jews in, xm. 687;

literature, IX. 225; xvn.238; influence

of Persian on Ottoman literature,

xxm. 656; opium cultivation, xvil.

791; plague in, xix. 167; pottery, xix.

619; weights and measures, xxiv. 490;

history, xvm. 631; Shiite dynasties,

XXII. 663; war with Russia, xxi. 101;

wars with Turkey (15 14, 1638), XXIII.

643, 645.

PERSIAN LANGUAGE, xvm. 653 ; dic tionaries of, vii. 190. PERSIAN LETTERS, Montesquieu s, xvi.

782.

PERSIAN LITERATURE, xvm. 655. PERSIGNY, Due de, French politician,

xvm. 661.

PERSIMMON, fruit, xvm. 661. PERSIS, ancient Persia, xvm. 561, 565,

605. PERSIUS (A. Persius Flaccus), Roman

satirist, xvm. 66 1; xx. 726; xxi. 319;

his language and style, xiv. 337. PERSONAL ESTATE, in law, xvm. 664;

disposition of, by will, XXIV. 571, 573;

sale of, xxi. 207. PERSONAL IDENTITY, Locke on, xiv.

760; in medical jurisprudence, xv. 778. PERSONALITY, in psychology, xx. 83. PERSONNE, Gilles (Roberval), French

mathematician, xx. 60 1. PERSONS, or Parsons, Robert, English

Jesuit, xvm. 377. PERSPECTIVE, xix. 804.

PROJECTIONS, in maps, x. 202. PERSPIRATION, xvn. 685; glands of, i.

899; excessive, XXII. 120; diaphoretics,

vn. 167. PERSSON, Goran, Swedish courtier, xxn.

748. PERTABGURH (Partabgarh), district,

Oudh, India, xvm. 328.

, state, Rajputana, India, xvm. 328. PERTE DU RHONE, xx. 528. PERTH, county, Scotland, xvm. 665;

representation, xxm. 727. , town, Scotland, xvm. 667 ; the

Five Articles of (1618), xxi. 510.

, town, Western Australia, xvm.

PERTHES, family of German publishers, xvm. 669.

, Friedrich Christoph, German pub lisher and editor, xvm. 669.

PERTICARI, Count Giulio, Italian writer, xm. 515.

PERTINAX, Helvius, Roman emperor,