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SABIANS, sect mentioned in Koran, xxi. 128; name claimed by Mandseans, xv. 467; wrongly applied to star wor shippers, xxi. 128.

SABICUWOOD, XXI. 128.

SABINA, genus of plants, xin. 774. SABINE, river and lake, Louisiana and

Texas, U.S.A., xv. 20; xxm. 203. , Sir Edward, English astronomer,

xxi. 128; his observations in polar

regions, xix. 319. SABINES, ancient Italian people, xxi.

128; xm. 444; xx. 669; in Rome,

xx. 731 ; their contest with the

Umbrians, xxin. 723.

, Rape of the, vin. 619.

SABINIANS, Roman jurists, xiv. 164.

SABINIANUS, pope, xix. 494.

SABLE, carnivorous mammal, xv. 577;

skins of, ix. 838. SABLE, town, France, xxi. 314. SABLES D OLONNE, town, France,

xxi. 129. SABLIERE, Madame de la, patroness of

La Fontaine, xiv. 204. SABLYA, mountain, Russia, xxiv. 4. SABOTA, town, Arabia, xxiv. 740. SABRE, weapon, xxn. Soi. SABRINA, volcanic island, Azores, in.

170.

ISLAND, South Polar Regions, xix.

33-

SABSAWAR, town, Persia, xvm. 627. SABUKTAGIN, prince, Persia, xxi.

241. SABUTAI BAHADUR, Mongol leader,

xvi. 741.

SABZVAR, town, Afghanistan, I. 231. SACASTANE (Sistan), province, Persia,

XXII. 100.

SACATE GRANDE, island, Honduras, xii. 130.

SACCAS, Ammonias, founder of Alex andrian Neoplatonism, I. 743; xvn.

335-

SACCATE, group of Actinozoa, i. 132. SACCATOO, or Sokoto, country, Central

Africa, xxil. 248. SACCHARINE, artificially - produced

sugar, XXIL 623. SACCHAROMETER, Use of, in brewing,

iv. 265, 266.

SACCHAROMYCES, yeast plant, ix. 96. SACCHAROSES, group of sugars, xxn.

624. SACCHETTI, Franco, Italian novelist,

xxi. 130; xin. 505. SACCHI, Andrea, Italian painter, xxi.

130. SACCHINI, Antonio Maria Gaspare,

Italian musical composer, xxi. 130. SACEDON, spa, Spain, xvi. 433. SACERDOTALISM, priestly rule, xix.

724. SACHAROF, his balloon ascents, I.

194. SACHETS, Perfume, xvm. 527.

SACHEVERELL, Henry, English divine, xxi. 130; vni. 353.

SACHS, Hans, German poet and drama tist, xxi. 131; vn. 440; x. 528; xvn. 83; his house at Nuremberg, xvil. 663.

SACHSENSPIEGEL, German law code, x.

525- SACKBUT, musical instrument, xxm.

586.

SACK MANUFACTURE, xxi. 131. SACK-MEAD, beverage, xn. 137. SACKVILLE, town, New Brunswick,

xvii. 375. , Charles, sixth earl of Dorset, VII.

373-

, Thomas, first earl of Dorset, vn.

372; as dramatist, vill. 416.

SACO, town, Maine, U.S.A., xxi. 131; river, XV. 298.

SACRAMENT, SACRAMENTS, xxi. 131; analogy of, to the Greek Mysteries, xvn. 125; in Greek Church, XI. 158; decrees respecting, at council of Trent, xxm. 546, 550; Quaker doctrine re garding, xx. 150. See also Baptism, Eucharist, etc.

SACRAMENTAL SACRIFICES, xxi. 137.

SACRAMENTAL WINE, xxm. 159.

SACRAMENTARY, or Missal, xvi. 508.

SACRAMENTO, town, California, U.S.A., xxi. 132; river, iv. 696.

SACRAMENTUM, in Roman law, xx. 682.

SACRA VIA, Rome, xx. SiS, 824.

SACRED ART, The, in alchemy, i. 461.

SACRED BEETLE, of Egypt, vi. 131.

SACRED Music, xvn. 80, 84, 88; xix. 168.

SACRED RITES, Congregation of, in Church of Rome, XX. 630.

SACRIFICE, xxi. 132; xvm. 344; in re lation to an oath, xvil. 699; to priest hood, xix. 725; to totemism, xxm. 471; to vows, xxiv. 301; ancient Mexican, xvi. 211.

SACRIFICES, Human, i. 55; xvi. 696; in Dahomey, vi. 767; in India, in. 564; in Phoenicia, xvm. 803.

SACRILEGE, xxi. 140.

SACRISTY, in architecture, II. 472.

SACRO BOSCO, Johannes de, Scottish astronomer, XXI. 140, 543.

SACRUM, Anatomy of the, I. 821.

SACS, American-Indian tribe, xn. 832.

SACY, Antoine Isaac, Baron Silvestrc de, French Orientalist, xxi. 140. -, Isaac Louis le Maltre de, Port-

Royalist, xxi. 141. SADAICH, river, Persia, xvm. 620. SADDLE, Horse, xn. 198.

BAR, in architecture, II. 472. MOUNTAIN, Massachusetts, LLS.A.,

xxm. 792.

SADDLERY, xxi. 142. SADDUCEES, Jewish sect, xxi. 142; xin.

423; xvi. 55.

SA DE MIRANDA, Francisco de, Portu guese poet, xxi. 142. SADI, Persian poet, xxi. 147; xvm.

659. SADIKIYA, Moslem college, at Tunis,

xxm. 622. SADLER, Sir Ralph, English statesman,

xxi. 143.

SADO, island, Japan, xm. 569. SADOLETO, Jacopo, Italian humanist,

xxi. 144. SADOWA, Bohemia, Battle of (1866),

xiv. 138. SAD-UD-DIN, Ottoman historian, xxm.

657.

SADYATTES, king of Lydia, xv. 100. S^EMUND SlGFUSSON, or Samiundar,

Icelandic writer, vn. 650; xn. 624;

Edda of, vn. 650. S.PINUM, Samnite town, Italy, xxi.

249. S^TABIS (Jativa), ancient town, Spain,

xm. 597. SAFA, district, Syria, Inscriptions of,

xxi. 651.

HILL, at Mecca, Arabia, XV. 674.

SAFARIK, Paul Joseph, Hungarian

writer, XXI. 386, 108; on the Slavs,

xxn. 145. SAFAWI DYNASTY, Persia, xvni. 634;

XXIL 664.

SAFE-CONDUCT, passport, xvm. 344. SAFES, xxi. 144; safe locks, xiv. 749. SAFETY-LAMPS, vi. 72; xvi. 461; Sir

Humphry Davy s, vi. 847. SAFFAH, Abdallah, founder of Abbasid

dynasty, XVI. 574, 578. -, A1-, caliph, xvi. 577.

SAFFARIDS, Moslem dynasty, xvi. 586. SAFFI, town, Morocco, xxi. 145; xvi.

831. SAFFLOWER, plant, xxi. 145; xxm.

307; oil from, xvm. 744, 746. SAFFRON, dye and drug, xxi. 145 ; as

incense, xn. 718.

, Meadow, plant, vi. 124.

WALDEN, town, England, xxi. 146.

SAFID RUD, river, Persia, xvni. 620. SAGA, in Scandinavian mythology, I.

21 1 ; in Scandinavian literature, xn.

623; xxn. 201.

SAGAING, town, Burmah, in. 143. SAGAIS, Tartar people, Siberia, xxin.

70.

SAGAN, town, Prussia, XXI. 146; princi pality, xxi. 146. SAGAR, district, India, xxi. 146; town,

xxi. 147.

SAGARD, town, Riigen, Prussia, xxi. 57. SAGAS OF NORWEGIAN KINGS, Snorro

Sturluson s work, xxn. 201. SAGE, Stoic doctrine of the, xxn. 570.

, culinary herb, xn. 251, 264, 289.

BRUSH, tree, Rocky Mountains,

LT.S.A., xxin. 8 10. SAGGING, of a ship, xxi. Si 8.

SAGHALIN, island, East Asia, xxi. 147.