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POTATO, Sweet, xix. 597; xxiv. 727.

BEETLE, insect, vi. 134.

DISEASE, i. 304, 364; ix. 830;

xvm. 266; xix. 596.

STARCH, xxn. 456.

POTCHEFSTROOM, town, Transvaal, xxm. 518.

POTEMKIN, Gregory Alexandrovicli, Russian statesman, xix. 598.

POTENGI, river, Brazil, XX. 563.

POTENTIA (Potenza), ancient town, Italy, xv. 38; xix. 598.

POTENTIAL, in electricity, vin. 25; in electromagnetisin, vill. 67; in magnet ism, xv. 228, 231.

FUNCTION, Laplace s formula, xiv.

303-

POTENTILLA, plant, XII. 259.

POTENTITE, nitro-glycerin explosive,

xvii. 521. POTENZA, province, Italy, ill. 420;

town, xv. 38; xix. 598. POTGIETER, Everhard Johannes, Dutch

writer, xn. 98. , Hermann, Boer leader, Transvaal,

xxm. 519. POTI, town, Transcaucasia, Russia, xix.

598; xxm. 514.

POTlDyEA, town, Macedonia, XV. 138. POTIN, base metal, xvii. 630. POTOCKI, Waclaw, Polish poet, xix,

302. POTOMAC, river, United States, xix.

599; xv. 603.

POTOROO, rat-kangaroo, xm. 840. POTOSI, town, Bolivia, xix. 599; silver- mines of, iv. 13. POTSDAM, town, Prussia, xix. 599 ;

observatory at, xvii. 713. POTSTONE, mineral, xvi. 414. POTT, Friedrich August, on comparative

philology, XVIII. 781.

, Johami Heinrich, on alum, 1. 643.

POTTAWATTAMIES, American-Indian

tribe, xn. 831. POTTER, Cipriani, musician, xvii. 95.

, Dirk, Dutch -writer, xn. 91. , Humphrey, improver of the steam- engine, XXII. 474. , John, archbishop of Canterbury,

xix. 600.

, Paul, Dutch painter, XIX. 600. , Richard, improver of the flute,

xxm. 520.

POTTERIES, The, Staffordshire, England, xxii. 442.

POTTER S STONE, i. 439.

POTTER S WHEEL, xix. 601, 607, 625.

POTTERY, earthen ware, xix. 600; gild ing of, X. 594; pyrometry applied to, XX. 133; archaeological, II. 348, 353, 359> 364 5 Assyrian, ill. 189, 190 ; Indian, xn. 763; Japanese, xm. 590; Palissy s, xvm. 186; Wedgwood s manufacture of, xxiv. 476.

POTTINGER, Sir Henry, his treaty with China, v. 651.

POTTO, lemur, XIV. 443.

POTTSTOWN, town, Pennsylvania,

U.S.A., xix. 643. POTTSVILLE, town, Pennsylvania,

U.S.A., xix. 644. POTUMAYO, river, South America, vi.

153-

POUCE, mountain, Mauritius, xv. 639. POUGHKEEPSIE, town, New YorK,

U.S.A., xix. 644; convention at (1788),

XI. 413.

POUGUES, spa, France, xvi. 433. POULS, people, Senegambia, West

Africa, xxi. 662. POULTRY, xix. 644; ix. 491; breeding

and management of, I. 401; parasites

of, xvm. 260. POUND, enclosure, xix. 648.

, standard weight, xxiv. 480.

, Silver, of twenty solidi, xvii. 653,

655.

POUNDAGE, tax, ix. 178; xxm. 443. POUNGDE, town, Burmah, XIX. 807. POUSHKIN, Alexander, Russian poet,

xix. 648; xxi. 107. POUSSIN, Caspar, French painter, xix.

650. , Nicolas, French painter, xix. 649;

xxi. 440.

POUT, fish, xix. 650. POVINDAHS, Afghan traders, I. 234. POWAN, fish, xix. 650; XXI. 223. POWDER MILLS, XL 324. POWELL, Mary, wife of Milton, xvi.

329-

POWER, Locke on the idea of, xiv. 760. , Margaret, countess of Blessington,

in. 825. LOOM, xxiv. 465; invention of,

v. 166; weaving by, vi. 500.

OF ATTORNEY, in law, HI. 62.

POWERS, of numbers, II. 532.

, Hiram, American sculptor, XIX.

650; xxi. 570.

POWHATAN, Indian chief, XXII. 175. POWHATTANS, North- American Indians,

i. 690.

POYANG, lake, China, v. 632. POYAS, Indian tribe, Honduras, xn.

131-

POYNING S LAW, Ireland, xxii. 470.

POZHARSKI, Prince, Russian leader, xxi. 95.

POZSONY (Pressburg, q.v.), town, Hun gary, XIX. 709.

Pozuzu, river, Peru, xvm. 673.

Pozzo Dl BORGO, Carlo Andrea, Corsi- can politician and Russian diplo matist, xix. 650; xvii. 193.

POZZUOLANA, volcanic cement, iv. 459.

POZZUOLI, town, Italy, xix. 651; xvii. 1 88.

PRA, river, Russia, xxi. 115.

PRACTICE, in arithmetic, 11. 535.

PRADE, Eugene de, abbot of Darfehl, xxm. 524.

PRADES, town, France, xx. 128.

PRADIER, James, French sculptor, xix.

651; xxi. 564. PRADON, Nicolas, French dramatist,

xx. 207. PRAED, Winthrop Mackworth, English

critic and poet, xix. 651. PREFECT, Roman officer, xix. 652.

PRyELECTIONES, of Bishop Lowth, XV. 30.

PR^EMONSTRATENSIANS, order of monks, XV I. 709; abbey of, I. 20.

PR^EMUNIENTES CLAUSE, in convo cation writ, VI. 325.

PR/EMUNIRE, in law, xix. 653; xxm. 528.

PR^NESTE (Palestriua), ancient town, Italy, xix. 654. CALENDAR, ix. 43.

P ERNESTINE LOTS, oracle at Prseneste, xix. 654.

PR/EPOSITUS, Nicolaus, mediaeval writer on medicine, XV. 806.

PR^ESCRIPTIO, in Roman law, xix. 704.

PR^ETEXTA, in Roman drama, vn. 410.

PRAETOR, Roman magistrate, xix. 655, 885; xx. 738, 771.

PR^TORIAN CAMP, Rome, xx. 828.

PRAETORIANS, Roman emperor s body guard, xix. 656.

PRjETORiUM, Roman military head quarters, xix. 656.

PR^TORIUS, Michael, German musical composer, xix. 656.

PRAG (Prague, q.v.), Bohemia, XIX. 657.

PRAGA, suburb of Warsaw, Poland, xxiv. 376.

PRAGMATIC SANCTIONS, xix. 657; in. 127; vi. 241; x. 492, 502; of Bourges, IX. 550; of Charles VI., IX. 585; xxn. 338; of St Louis, IX. 543; Xix. 501.

PRAGUE, capital of Bohemia, xix. 657; Four Articles of (1420), xn. 407; peace of (1866), in. 140; ix. 625; x. 511; libraries, xiv. 547; observatory, XVII. 713; university, xxm. 839, 841, 846.

PRAGUERIE, league, France, ix. 550; xv. 1 8.

PRAHRAN, suburb of Melbourne, Vic toria, Australia, Xix. 659; XV. 836.

PRAIRIE DOG, xv. 560.

PRAIRIE-LARK, bird, xix. 112.

PRAIRIES, of North America, xxm 8 10.

PRAJAPATI, Brahman divinity, iv. 206.

PRAKRIT, Sanskrit dialects of India, xix. 659; xi. 841; xxi. 269, 285; dictionaries of, vii. 191.

PRAM, Christen Hendriksen, Scandi navian poet, xix. 659.

PRAPRI, town, Siam, xxi. 853.

PRASE, mineral, xvi. 389.

PRASCOLITE, mineral, xvi. 418.

PRASIAS, lake, Macedonia, xv. 137.

PRASLIN, island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean, xxi. 725.

PRATABGARH (Partabgarh), district,