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PORTLAND, First Earl of, British general,

xix. 530. , Third Duke of, British statesman,

xix. 530; vin. 363. , Isle of, Dorset, England, xix.

530- CEMENT, iv. 459; v. 328; vi. 243;

quarries of, VII. 371. VASE, The, x. 649; Wedgwood s

copy of, xxiv. 476. PORTLAW, town, Ireland, XXIV. 401. PORT LOKKO, town, Sierra Leone, West

Africa, xxn. 45.

PORT LOUIS, town, France, XV. 4. PORT LOUIS, town, Mauritius, XV. 640. PORT LYTTELTON, town, New Zealand,

xix. 530.

PORT MAHON, town, Minorca, xix. 531. PORT MARLY, village, France, xv. 558. PORTMOAK PRIORY, Kinross-shire,

Scotland, xiv. 92.

PORTO ALEGRE, town, Brazil, xix. 531. PORTO BELLO, town, Colombia, South

America, xix. 531 ; capture of, by

Vernon (1739), xxiv. 170. PORTOBELLO, town, Scotland, xix.

53i- PORTO CALE, district, Portugal, xix.

539-

PORTOCARRERO, Cardinal, Spanish poli tician, xxn. 335.

PORTO D ANZIO, village, Italy, n. 138. PORTO DOS CAZAES (Porto Alegre),

town, Brazil, xix. 531. PORTO EMPEDOCLE, town, Sicily, x.

623.

PORTO FARINA, town, Tunis, ix. 34. PORTO FERRAJO, town, Elba, Italy,

vn. 825. PORT OF SPAIN, town, Trinidad, West

Indies, xxm. 573. PORTO GRANDE, town, Cape Verd

Islands, v. 52. PORTO MAURIZIO, town, Italy, xix.

532- PORTO Novo, state, Dahomey, Africa,

vi. 764, 766. PORTO RlCO, island, West Indies, XIX.

532. PORTO SANTO, island, Madeira, xv.

i8r. PORTO TORRES, town, Sardinia, xxi.

316. PORTPATRICK, town, Scotland, xxiv.

563. PORT PHILLIP BAY, Victoria, Australia,

xv. 835. PORTREE, town, Skye, Scotland, xxn.

127. PORT ROYAL, Cistercian abbey, France,

xix. 533; Jansenists of, xiv. 867;

writers of, ix. 66 1; Pascal s connexion

with, xvni. 334. PORT ROYAL, town, South Carolina,

U.S.A., xxii. 287. PORT ROYAL, town, Jamaica, West

Indies, xix. 533.

PORT ROYAL, town, Martinique, West

Indies, IX. 420. PORT ROYALISTS, or Jansenists (q.v.),

xix. 533.

PORTRUSH, town, Ireland, Electric tram way at, xxm. 495. PORTS, Law of, xi. 471; in relation to

yachts, xxiv. 725. PORT SAID, town, Egypt, xix. 534. PORTSEA, part of Portsmouth, England,

XIX. 534. PORTSMOUTH, town, England, xix. 534;

dockyard, vil. 313, 318; naval college,

XVII. 263.

, town, New Hampshire, U.S.A.,

xix. 535.

, town, Ohio, U.S.A., XIX. 535.

-, town, Virginia, U.S.A., XIX. 535.

PORTUCALENSIS TERRA, district, Por tugal, Xix. 539.

PORTUGAL, xix. 536; invasion of, by Napoleon I., XVII. 213; Dom Miguel s pretensions to throne of, XV I. 290; united with Spain, xxii. 329; sepa rated from Spain, XXII. 332; Welling ton s campaigns in, xxiv. 495 ; academy of sciences, I. 73; army, II. 614; birds, xvni. 17; coins, xvn. 655; colonies, I. 710; vi. 159; first settlement of Brazil by, IV. 228; settlements in Asia, n. 701; in Africa, I. 269, 272; in India, xii. 796; forests, IX. 403; Jews in, XIII. 685; language, xxii. 351; xiv. 341; libraries, xiv. 532, 549; mines, xvi. 469 ; newspapers, xvn. 431 ; observatories, xvil. 713; oyster cul ture, xviii. 108; periodical literature, xvni. 543; prison system, xix. 761; railways, XX. 251 ; wine industry, xxiv. 607.

PORTUGALETE, Bolivia, Silver-mines of, iv. 13.

PORTUGAL LAUREL, tree, xiv. 348.

PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE, xix. 555 ; xiv. 341; xx. 668; xxii. 351; diction aries of, vil. 1 86.

PORTUGUESE LITERATURE, xix. 555.

PORTULACA, genus of plants, xx. 1 16.

PORTUNUS, Roman divinity, xvn. 345.

PORTUS ITIUS, town, Gaul, xni. 517.

PORTUS MAGONIS, ancient town, Bale aric Islands, xix. 531.

PORTUS PISANUS (Taganrog), ancient town, Russia, xxm. 21.

PORT VENDRES, town, France, xx. 128.

PORT VICTORIA, Seychelles, Indian Ocean, xxi. 726.

PORT WINE, xxiv. 607 ; xvn. 795 ; adulteration of, I. 173.

PORUS, Indian king, XIX. 558; XII. 786, 787; xvni. 586.

PORYETCHIE, town, Russia, xxn. 183.

PORZANA, genus of birds, xx. 223.

POSAUNE, musical instrument, xxm. 586.

POSCHIAVO, district, Valtellina, Switzer land, xxiv. 45.

POSEIDON, Greek god (the Roman Nep tune), xix. 558; xvni. 468; xxm. 294; temple of, at Psestum, xvni. 133. POSEN, province and town, Prussia,

xix. 559.

POSETS, mountain, PjT-cnees, xx. 155. POSGAM, town, Turkestan, xxiv. 728. POSHEKHONIE, town, Russia, XXIV. 731. POSIDONIA, town, Italy, xvni. 132. POSIDONIUS, Stoic philosopher, xix. 560; XXII. 572; on the circumference of the globe, X. 176; xx. 92; Strabo on, xxn. 582.

POSILLIPO, Grotto of, Naples, xvn. 188. POSITIVE, photographic print, xvni.

824.

POSITIVISM, Comte s philosophy, vi. 234; in its economic aspects, XIX. 390; Littre s contributions to, xiv. 706.

, Feuerbach s, IX. 123. POSONIUM (Pressburg), ancient town,

Hungary, xix. 709. POSOSHKOFF, Ivan, Russian political

economist, xix. 388; xxi. 105. POSSESSION, in law, xix. 560; xxm.

596.

POSSNECK, town, Germany, xxi. 348. POSTAGE STAMPS, xix. 585, 588. POSTAL ANNUITIES AND LIFE ASSUR ANCE, xix. 574. POSTAL NOTES, xix. 572. POSTAL SYSTEM, Rowland Hill s re forms of, xi. 818 ; ancient Roman (angaria), n. 26. See also Post-Office. POSTAL TELEGRAPHS, xix. 574. POSTAL UNION, International, xix.

584. POSTHOMERICA, of Quintus Smyrnseus,

xx. 1 88.

POSTIN, dressed sheepskin of Afghani stan, I. 234. POST-OFFICE, xix. 562.

SAVINGS BANKS, xxi. 328.

POST-TERTIARY DEPOSITS, in geology,

x. 365.

POSTULATES, in mathematics, in. 159. POSTULATION, in Roman law, xx. 683. POSTUMUS, Gallic king, xxiv. 223. POST WORK, in architecture, n. 470. POSY RINGS, xx. 561. POTALA, palace temple, Lhasa, Tibet,

xiv. 500, 502. POTAMOCHOZRUS, genus of ungulate

mammals, xxn. 774. POTAMOGALID^E, family of insectivorous

mammals, xv. 404.

POTASH, potassium oxide, xix. 588; as a flux, xvi. 62; as manure, I. 353; xv. 509; nitrate of, xvn. 518; salts of, xvni. 92; xxm. 69. POTASSIUM, chemical element, Xix. 588; v. 524; as plant food, xix. 49. - FERROCYANIDE, v. 555. POTATO, xix. 593; xn. 286; introduc tion of, into England, I. 299; culture