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S E T S H A

SETTLED LAND ACT (1882), England,

xxi. 695. SETTLEMENT, in law, xxi. 693 ; its

influence on agriculture, I. 409. , Act of, of English crown (1701),

xxi. 696.

OF THE POOR, XIX. 467, 478.

SETTONS, Lac des, lake, France, xvil.

495-

SETUBAL, town, Portugal, XXI. 697. SEU-CHOW (Su-Chow), town, China,

xxii. 617.

SEURUGA, fish, xxn. 612. SEVASTOPOL, or Sebastopol (q.v.), town,

Crimea, Kussia, xx I. 616. SEVELLAN, mountain, Persia, in. 168. SEVEN CAPES, North Africa, xvn.

627. SEVEN CHAMPIONS OF CHRISTENDOM,

romance, XX. 659.

SEVEN CHURCHES, Glendalough, Ire land, xxiv. 558. SEVEN CITIES, Island of, fabulous island,

iv. 241. SEVEN DEADLY SINS, The, in mediaeval

ecclesiastical ethics, vni. 592. SEVENOAKS, town, England, xxi. 697. SEVEN SEAS, lagoons, North-East Italy,

xiii. 436. SEVEN SLEEPERS OF EPHESUS, The,

legend, xxi. 697. SEVENTH-DAY BAPTISTS, American

sect, vn. 543. SEVEN WEEKS WAR (1866), between

Austria and Prussia, III. 140; X. 511. SEVEN YEARS WAR (1756-63), in. 127;

vni. 356; ix. 588; x. 503; xx. 10;

xxi. 355. SEVERN, river, England and Wales, xxi.

698; vni. 216; xvi. 788; xxi. 847;

tunnel under, xxm. 623.

, Joseph, English painter, xxi. 698.

SEVERUS, of Alexandria, Greek roman-

cist, xx. 636.

, Lucius Septimius, Roman em peror, XXI. 698; xx. 773, 776; in

Britain, IV. 353; in Scotland, IV. 663;

xxi. 472; in Mesopotamia, xvni. 605;

palace of, at Rome, xx. 824. , Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Roman

emperor, xxi. 701. , Sulpicius, early Christian writer,

xxi. 702. SEBOKHT, Syriac writer, xxn.

839-

SEVERY, in architecture, II. 473.

SEVIGNE, Charles de, son of Madame de Sevigne, xxi. 704.

, Marquise de, French writer, XXI.

703; IX. 660.

SEVILLE, province, Spain, xxi. 707; xxn. 298.

, town, Spain, XXI. 708; libraries,

xiv. 549; sculptures, xxi. 567; uni versity, xxm. 839, 851; Murillo s connexion with, xvil. 56.

ORANGES, XVIL 812.

SEVO, Pizzo di, mountain, Italy, xiii. 437.

SEVRES, town, France, xxi. 710, 625; porcelain works at, XIX. 637.

, Deux-, department, France, XXI.

710.

SEVRI-HISSAR, town, Asiatic Turkey, xvni. 691.

SEWAGE, xxi. 711; ammonia of, xvn. 516; as manure, I. 344; irrigation of meadows with, I. 374.

SEW AN, town, India, xxi. 304.

SEWARD, William Henry, American statesman, xxi. 710.

SEWEN, fish, xxi. 222.

SEWER, SEWERS, Construction of, xxi. 713; for houses, IV. 467.

SEWERAGE, xxi. 711; of London, xiv. 826; of Paris, xvni. 280.

SEWING MACHINES, xxi. 718; for shoe- making, xxi. 831.

SEX, xxi. 720; xx. 407; in relation to natural selection, xxiv. 82; in relation to suicide, XXII. 631; sex totems, xxm. 471; in animals, XX. 407; in plants, I. 619; IV. Si, 135; XX. 424. See also Sexes.

SEXAGESIMAL NUMBERS, Tables of, xxm. 9.

SEXCENTENARY NUMBERS, Tables of, xxm. 9.

SEXES, Proportion of, in population, xix. 514.

SEXTANT, for measuring angles, xxi. 724; xvil. 268; invention of, x. 187; principle of, Xiv. 586.

SEXTIUS, L., Roman consul, xx. 738.

SEXTUS EMPIRICUS, on scepticism, xxi. 381.

SEXUAL REPRODUCTION, in animals, xx. 407 ; in plants, XX. 424. See Reproduction.

SEYBOUSE, river, Algeria, I. 563.

SEYCHELLES, archipelago, Indian Ocean, xxi. 725; xv. 642.

SEYED MOHAMMED ALI, founder of Babism (q.v.), in. 180.

SEYMOUR, Lord, of Sudeley, English admiral, II. 544 ; vn. 686 ; his love passages with the Princess Eliza beth, viil. 142.

, Edward, duke of Somerset, pro tector of England, xxn. 259.

, Horatio, American politician,

xxm. 790. , Jane, wife of Henry VIIL, VIIL

336; XL 665.

SEYNE, La, town, France, xxi. 726. SEYOOL (Seoul), town, Corea, VI. 391. SFAX, town, Tunis, xxi. 726. SFONDRATO, Niccolo (Pope Gregory

XIV.), XL 178. SFORNO, Obadiah, tutor of Reuchlin,

xx. 489. SFORZA, House of, Milan, xin. 479;

xvi. 293. , Attendolo, Italian condottiere, vi.

256; xx. 805.

SFORZA, Caterina, wife of Giovanni dei

Medici, xv. 787. , Francesco, duke of Milan, xin.

479 ; xvi. 293 ; monument of, xiv.

458. SGRAFFIATO WARE, pottery, xix. 620,

624. SGRAFFITO, form of wall decoration,

iv. 508; xvn. 37. s GRAVENHAGE (The Hague, q.v.),

town, Holland, XI. 371. SHABBY GENTEEL STORY, Thackeray s,

xxm. 214. SHABIN KARA-HISSAR, town, Asiatic

Turkey, xiv. 2.

SHAD, fish, xxi. 726; xn. 694: arti ficial propagation of, xix. 128. SHADDOCK, tree and fruit, xxi. 727. SHADID, Phoenician deity, xvni. 803. SHADOOF, irrigation apparatus, Egypt,

VII. 707. SHADOWS, Optical theory of, xiv. 580;

XXIV. 428; in perspective, xix. 806. SHADRINSK, town, Russia, xvin. 550. SHAD-SALMON, fish, xxi. 224. SHADWELL, Thomas, English play wright and versifier, xxi. 727; vn.

436. SHAFIITES, Moslem sect, xxn. 66 1;

xvi. 593, 595- SHAFT, SHAFTS, in tunnelling, xxm.

622; in coal-mines, vi. 62; sinking of

in mines, XVI. 448. SHAFTESBURY, First Earl of, English

statesman, XXI. 727; his relations

with Locke, xiv. 752; his support of

Monmouth, xvi. 755. , Third Earl of, English moralist,

xxi. 731; vni. 427; on beauty, I. 221;

on deism, vn. 34 ; ethics of, vni.

599- , Seventh Earl of, English philan

thropist, xxi. 734. SHAG, bird, vi. 408. SHAGREEN, leather, xiv. 390; xxi.

779- SHAH, title of ruler of Persia, xvni.

628. SHAHABAD, district, British India, xxi.

734- -, town, Oudh, India, xvni. 72.

SHAHAT, district, North Africa, vi. 751. SHAHEBGUNGE, town, India, xxi. 297. SHAHID, Abul-Hasan, Persian poet,

xvni. 656. SHAHINSHAHNAMA, Persian book,

xvni. 657. SHAH JAHAN, Mogul emperor, xn. 795;

XX. III.

SHAH JAHAN KUH, mountain, Persia,

xiv. 66. SHAHJAHANPUR, district and town,

India, xxi. 735. SHAHNAMA, or Shahnamah, Firdousi s

epic, xvni. 656; ix. 225. SHAHPUHR, SHAPUR, or Sapor, kings of