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POLYPHONY, in music, xvn. 86. POLYPLACOPHORA, order of Mollusca,

xvi. 641. POLYPOMORPHA, division of Hydrozoa,

xii. 547- POLYPTEROIDEI, suborder of Mies, xn.

687.

POLYPTERUS, genus of fislies, XIX. 429. POLYPUS, tumour, xix. 429; xvm.

379- POLYSPERCHON, Macedonian general,

xix. 429. POLYSPOREA, order of Protozoa, xix.

855. POLYSTOME/E, group of trematode

worms, xxiii. 539. POLYSTYELID/E, family of Tunicata,

xxiii. 617.

POLYTELIIE, mineral, xvi. 395. POLYTHEISM, xx. 368; xxiii. 234; in

Brahmauism, iv. 208. POLYTYPE, early stereotype process,

xxiii. 693, 703.

POLYXENA, of Greek legend, xix. 429. POLYXENE, platinum ore, Xix. 189,

190.

- METALS, xix. 192. POLYXENUS, genus of Myriapoda, xvn.

119. POLYZOA, division of animal kingdom,

xix. 429; distribution of, VII. 277,

283. POMA, his attempt to assassinate Sarpi,

xxi. 312.

POMADE, perfume, xvm. 526. POMARE, queen of Tahiti, xxiii. 24. POMARIA (Agadir), Roman town,

Algeria, xxiii. 422.

POMBAL, Marquis de, Portuguese states man, xix. 441, 550. POME, form of fruit, iv. 152. POMEGRANATE, tree and fruit, xix.

441. POMERANIA, province, Prussia, XIX.

442.

POMERANUS (Johann Bugenhagen), Ger man Reformer, IV. 445. POMEROY, town, Ohio, U.S.A., XIX.

443- POMETIA, ancient town, Italy, xiv.

344- POMFRET (Pontefract), town, England,

xix. 454; xxiv. 748.

, John, English poet, XIX. 443. POMMELOES, fruit, XXI. 727. POMMER, musical instrument, XVII.

706. POMONA, Roman goddess, xix. 443.

, island, Orkney, Scotland, XVII.

846. POMONY, port, Johanna Island, Africa,

VI. 220. POMPADOUR, Marquise de, mistress of

Louis XV., xix. 443; ix. 586. POMPEII, ancient town, Italy, xix. 444;

xxiv. 196; amphitheatre, I. 776;

basilica, in. 412; baths, ill. 435;

street architecture, 1 1. 420; wall de corations, xvii. 37, 41. POMPEIOPOLIS, town, Paphlagonia,

xvm. 228. POMPEIUS, Cneius Magnus (Pompey,

q.v.), Roman triumvir, xix. 450.

, Sextus Magnus (Pompey), Roman

leader, XIX. 452. POMPEY (Cneius Magnus Pompeius),

Roman triumvir, XIX. 450; as consul,

xx. 762; his defeat by Ctesar, iv.

638; in Armenia and Parthia, XVIII.

595; his conquest of Palestine, Xlll.

424; in Spain, XXII. 306. POMPEY S PILLAR, Egypt, i. 495; vn.

768.

POMPIGNAN, Lanfranc de, French poet aster, xxi. 23. POMPILUS, fish, xix. 96. POMPONIUS MELA, Latin geographer,

xv. 832.

PONAP, island, Polynesia, xix. 428. PONCAS, American-Indian tribe, XII.

832.

PONCE, town, Porto Rico, xix. 522. , Maitre, French sculptor, XXI.

563.

, Pedro de, teacher of deaf-mutes, vii. 6.

DE LEON, Luis, Spanish religious

writer, XIV. 455; XXII. 357, 360. PONCELET, Jean Victor, French mathe

matician, xix. 452; his experiments

on water-wheels, XII. 438. PONCHO PASS, Rocky Mountains,

U.S.A., xxin. 796. POND, John, English astronomer, XIX.

452. PONDICHERRI, French settlement, In

dia, xix. 452.

POND MUSSEL, mollusc, xvi. 686. PONDOLAND, South Africa, XIII. 817. PONEROPOLIS (Philippopolis), ancient

town, Thrace, xvni. 753. PONEVYEZH, town, Russia, xix. 452. PONIATOWSKI, Polish family, XIX.

453-

, Stanislaus Augustus, king of Poland, xix. 297, 453. PONS, Jean Louis, French astronomer, xix. 453; his comet, VI. 193.

l, at Newcastle, England, XVII.

377, 379- PONSARD, FranQois, French dramatist,

xix. 453. PONS VAROLII, in the brain, I. 871 ;

xix. 36. PONT, Timothy, on Graham s dyke, II.

140. PONTA-DELGADA, town, Azores, III.

171. PONTADERA, Andrea da, Italian sculp

tor, xix. 122. PONTANUS, Jovianus, Italian humanist,

xix. 454. PONTCARRE, Camus de, French Chris

tian pastoral poet, xvi 1 1. 346.

PONTCHARTRAIN, Lake, Louisiana,

U.S.A., xv. 20; xvn. 402. PONT DU CARD, Roman aqueduct at

Ntmes, France, n. 220. POXTKCORVO, town and principality,

Italy, xix. 454. PONTEFRACT, town, England, xix. 454;

representation, xxiv. 748 ; castle,

xxiv. 749.

CAKE, confection, xiv. 688.

PONTEVEDRA, province and town, Spain,

xix. 455. PONTGIBAUD, lead-mines, France, xx.

120. PONTHUS ET SIDOINE, romance, xx.

658.

PONTIA, island, Italy, xix. 460. PONTIAC, American-Indian chief, XVIII.

504.

PONTIANAK, district, Borneo, iv. 59. PONTIAN ISLANDS, Italy, xix. 460. PONTIFEX, or Pontiff, ancient Roman

priest, XIX. 455. PONTIFFS, of Roman Church, List of,

Xix. 509. PONTIFICAL, liturgical service book,

xiv. 710. PONTINE MARSHES, district, Italy, iv.

751; xiv. 343. PONTIUS, Paul, engraver of Rubens s

works, vin. 442. PILATE, Roman procurator of

Palestine, xin. 427. PONTODRILUS, genus of worms, XXIV.

678. PONTOISE, town, France, xix. 456; xxi.

625. PONTOON, for floating bridge, XIX.

456.

PONTOPORIA, genus of cetacean mam mals, xv. 398. PONTOPPIDAN, Erik, Danish writer,

xix. 458; xvii. 590. PONTORMO, Jacopo da, Italian painter,

XIX. 458. PONTUS, country, Asia Minor, xix. 458;

conquest of, by the Romans, xv. 56;

under Mithradates, xvi. 529; coins of,

XVII. 645. - DE TYARD, French writer, XIX.

459- PONT-Y-CVSYLLTE, aqueduct in Wales,

II. 229.

PONTYPOOL, town, England, XIX. 460.

PONTYPRIDD, or Pont-y-tu-Prydd, town, Wales, XIX. 460; bridge at, iv. 333.

PONY, XII. 191; Highland, I. 385; Shet land, XVII. 848.

PONZA, island, Italy, xix. 460; xin.

440-

POOAH, or Puya, plant fibre, xx. 506. POOL, game, ill. 677.

, town, Wales, xxiv. 500. POOLE, town, England, XIX. 460; vii.

370.

, Matthew, English Biblical critic,