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SCYTALOPUS, genus of birds, xxm.

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SCYTHE, reaping implement, xxi. 574.

SCYTHIA, ancient region, Europe and Asia, xxi. 575; expedition of Darius I. against, xvm. 570.

SCYTHIAN LANGUAGE, xvm. 779.

SCYTHIANS, ancient people, Europe and Asia, xxi. 575; in India, XII. 788; in vasion of Palestine by, xm. 415; then- inroads into Persian empire, xvm. 563> 570, 594, 599> 603; in Russia, xxi. 78.

SEA, xxi. 578; x. 221, 283; colour of, xiv. 600; depths of, in. 17; xn. 821; XVIII. 121 ; distribution of animals in, VII. 276; phosphorescence of, XVIII. 814; appliances for sounding, XXII. 280; temperature, VI. 4: xvi. 116, 132; xvm. 119; xxm. 291; tides, xxm. 353; water, xxi. 611; vii. 263; x. 221; waves, xxiv. 419. See also Atlantic, Pacific, etc.

SEA-ANEMONES, group of Actinozoa, i. 129; vi. 369.

SEA-BEAR, carnivorous mammal, xv.

443-

SEA-BREAM, fish, xn. 688.

SEA BRIGHT, town, New Jersey, U.S.A., xvii. 397.

SEA-CAT, fish, xxi. 614.

SEA-Cow, cetacean mammal, xv. 390.

SEA-CUCUMBER, echinoderm, in. 477; vn. 639; xx. 411.

SEA-DEVIL, fish, vn. 138; ix. 269; xn. 686; xx. 300.

SEADYAH, Jewish rabbi and scholar, xxi. 120.

SEA-EAGLE, bird, vn. 589.

SEA-ELEPHANT, carnivorous mammal, xv. 444.

SEA FISHERIES, ix. 243.

SEAFORD, town, Sussex, England, xxn. 724.

SEA-HARE, mollusc, xvi. 656.

SEA-HEDGEHOG, fish, x. 685 ; xn. 694.

SEA-HORSE, fish, xxi. 579.

SEA-ISLANDS, Georgia, U.S.A., x. 434.

SEA-KALE, vegetable, xn. 287.

SEAL, carnivorous mammal, xxi. 580; XV. 443; oil, xvn. 744, 747; exter mination of seals, xix. 126; consump tion of the flesh by Eskimos, VIII. 545; fishery, xxi. 581 ; Newfoundland fishery, xvn. 384; skins of, IX. 839; xiv. 388; xxi. 583. , Engraved, xxi. 586; gems, x. 136; in heraldry, XI. 683, 707.

SEA LAWS, xxi. 583.

SEA-LEOPARD, carnivorous mammal, xv. 443.

SEA-LETTER, passport, xvni. 344.

SEA-LEVEL, xxn. 708.

SEALING WAX, xxi. 586; xxiv. 459.

SEA-LION, carnivorous mammal, xv. 443-

SEALKOTE (Sialkot), town, India, xxi. 850.

SEALS, Engraved, xxi. 586; gems, x. 136; in heraldry, XL 683, 707.

SEAL-SKINS, ix. 839; xiv. 388; xxi. 583.

SEAMANSHIP, xxi. 589; xvn. 246; signals in, xxn. 49.

SEAMAN S PRACTICES, by Eichard Nor wood, xvn. 256.

SEAMAN S SECRETS, by John Davis, xvn. 254.

SEAMEN, Laws relating to, xxi. 605.

SEAMEN S TERMS, Glossary of, xxi. 603.

SEAN, or Seine, fishing net, IX. 253.

SEANCE, Spiritualistic, xxn. 405.

SEANG-TANG, town, China, v. 637.

SEA-OTTER, carnivorous mammal, xvni. 69.

SEA-PARROT, bird, xx. 101.

SEA-PENS, group of Actinozoa, I. 129; phosphorescence of, xvni. 814.

SEA-PIE, bird, xvni. m.

SEAPORTS, Law of, XL 471.

SEARCH, Right of, Maritime, XXI. 608.

WARRANT, xxiv. 371.

SEARS, Edmund H., American hymn- writer, xn. 596.

SEA SALT, xxi. 228.

SEASALTER, town, England, xxiv. 555.

SEA-SERPENT, xxi. 608.

SEA-SICKNESS, xxi. 610.

SEASIDE AND THE FIRESIDE, The, poems by Longfellow, xiv. 86 1.

SEA-SLATER, crustacean, vi. 658.

SEA-SLUGS, group of Echinodermata, vn. 639.

SEA-SNAKES, xxn. 197.

SEASONS, of the year, n. 773. , The, Haydn s oratorio, XL 539. , The, Thomson s poem, xxm. 311.

SEA-SWALLOW, bird, xxm. 189.

SEA TERMS, Glossary of, xxi. 603.

SEATHWAITE FELLS, mountain, Eng land, xiv. 252.

SEA-TROUT, fish, xxi. 222.

SEATS, furniture, ix. 848.

SEATTLE, town, Washington Territory, U.S.A., xxi. 610.

SEA-UNICORN, cetacean mammal, xv. 398; xvn. 235.

SEA-URCHINS, group of Echinodermata, vn. 629; xx. 411.

SEA- WATER, xxi. 611; x. 221; distilla tion of, vn. 263; highest temperature of, xvni. 119.

SEA-WEED, as manure, i. 350; drying of, i. 508.

SEA-WOLF, fish, xxi. 614.

SEB, Egyptian divinity, vn. 716.

SEBALD, St, Shrine of, at Nuremberg, Bavaria, xvn. 663.

SEBASTEIA, or Sebaste (Sivas), ancient town, Asia Minor, xxn. 103.

SEBASTIAN, St, Roman martyr, xxi. 614. , Dom, king of Portugal, Xix. 546.

SEBASTIANO DEL PIOMBO, Venetian painter, xxi. 615.

SEBASTIYA (Samaria), village, Palestine, xxi. 243.

SEBASTOPOL, town, Crimea, Russia, xxi. 616; VI. 586; siege of (1854-55), vni. 366; ix. 457; xxi. 102; xxm. 431.

SEBASTOS (George Paheologus), Byzan tine noble, xvni. 165.

SEBEK, Egyptian divinity, vii. 718.

SEBENICO, town, Dalmatia, Austria, XXI. 616.

SEBEZH, town, Russia, xxiv. 262.

SEBKHA, lake, Algeria, i. 563.

TIGHRI, lake, Morocco, xvi. 832.

SEBOKHT, Severus, Syriac writer, xxn.

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SEBORRHCEA, skin disease, xxn. 120. SEBU, river, Morocco, xvi. 832. SECALE, genus of plants, xxi. 117. SECANT, in trigonometry, xxm. 563. SECCHI, Angelo, Italian astronomer,

xxi. 616. SECENTISMO, SECENTISTI, The, in

Italian literature, xin. 511. SECESSION, in United States (1860),

xxm. 772.

CHURCH, Scotland, vni. 528; xv.

132; xix. 685; xxm. 727. SECKENDORF, German noble family,

xxi. 616. -, Veit Ludwig von, German jurist,

xxi. 616. SECOND, unit of time, xv. 668. ADVENTISTS, American relieious

sect, xvi. 320.

SECONDARY ROCKS, in geology, x. 352. SECOND-SIGHT, 11. 204.

, conjuring trick, xv. 208.

SECRETARIES OF STATE, British, xvi.

473; vni. 638; of United States, xxm.

750.

SECRETARIUS, genus of birds, xxi. 617. SECRETARY-BIRD, xxi. 617; i. 259. SECRETIONS, Alimentary, xvn. 671.

, Diseases of the, xvni. 377.

SECRETIVENESS, in phrenolo^v, xvni.

845. SECRET MARRIAGE, opera by Cinmrosa,

v. 779.

SECULAR GAMES, Roman, xxi. 618. SECUNDERABAD, Indian cantonment,

xxi. 618. SECUNDUS, Talent inian theologian,

xxiv. 38.

, Johannes, Dutch poet, xxi. 618.

SEDAINE, Michel Jean, French drama tist, xxi. 618. SEDALIA, town, Missouri, U.S.A., xxi.

619. SEDAN, town, France, xxi. 619; battle

of (1870), ix. 627; x. 513; xvn.

229. SEDARIM, divisions of the Mislmah,

xvi. 505. SEDDON, Thomas, English painter, xxi.