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SHING-YANG (Moukden), town, Man churia, xv. 466.

SHINTO, Japanese religion, xin. 581; xx. 363.

SHIP, Ancient and mediaeval, XXI. 804; Phoenician, xvm. 804.

, SHIPS, Modern, xxi. 809, 589;

chains and anchors for, n. 4; derelict, XXiv. 686; log for ascertaining speed of, xiv. 769; xvil. 264; management of, xxi. 589; quarantine of, xx. 153; registration of, XX. 343; resistance of water to, XII. 518; sails, xxi. 153; salvage, xxi. 237; steam-engines for, xxn. 517; unsea worthy, in law, XXI. 606; whaling vessels, XXiv. 526; wreck of, in law, xxiv. 686; yachts, xxiv.

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SHIPBUILDING, xxi. 809. SHIP CANALS, iv. 787. SHIP HARBOUR, lake, Nova Scotia,

XVIL 601.

SHIPLEY, town, England, xxi. 826. , William Davies, Erskine s defence

of, viii. 530. SHIP-MONEY, tax, ix. 177; Hampden s

resistance to, viii. 346. SHIP OF FOOLES, Barclay s satire, ill.

368. SHIP OF FOOLS, Brandt s satirical poem,

iv. 215; X. 527. SHIPPEN, William, American surgeon,

xxii. 677. SHIPPING, British, xxi. 826; European,

vin. 707; of United States, xxm.

826; Lloyd s list of, xiv. 741. SHIP- WORM, or Teredo, XXIII. 184. SHIPWRECK, Life-saving apparatus for,

xiv. 570; law relating to, xxiv. 686.

, The, poem by Falconer, IX. 4.

SHIRABAD, town, Central Asia, xn. 3. SHIRAZ, town, Persia, xxi. 829; xvui.

627, 628.

SHIRE, or County, English administra tive division, vin. 273. SHIRE, river, East Central Africa, xxiv.

765.

SHIRKHIST, manna, xv. 493. SHIRLEY, town, England, xxi. 829.

, Charlotte Bronte s novel, IV. 365.

, Sir Anthony, English envoy to

Persia, xvm. 638. , James, English dramatist, XXI.

829; vii. 432; as pupil of Beaumont

and Fletcher, in. 474. , Robert, English envoy to Persia,

xvm. 638. , William, colonial administrator,

Massachusetts, U.S.A., xv. 616. SHIRVAN, khanate, Transcaucasia, xxi.

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SHIRWA, Lake, Africa, I. 256. SHISHAK, king of Egypt, vn. 742. SHISHAM, tree, xvui. 71. SHITTAH, tree, i. 68. SmvA-KuL, lake, Central Asia, XVIII.

104.

SHOA, district, Abyssinia, I. 64. SHOADING, in mines, xvi. 442. SHOCK, or Collapse, physical condition,

xxii. 680. SHOCKS, Effects of, on magnetization,

xv. 268. SHODDY, variety of cloth, i. 176; xxiv.

661; factories, in England, viii. 233. SHODER, Goldbeater s, x. 753. SHOE-BILL, bird, xxii. 578. SHOEBURYNESS, England, School of

gunnery at, II. 586. SHOEMAKER S HOLIDAY, Dekker s play,

vii. 37.

SHOEMAKING, xxi. 830. SHOEN (Schongauer), Martin, German

painter and engraver, xxi. 432; viii.

441. SHOES, Snow, xxii. 201.

, Horse, XXL 831; XII. 195. SHOGUN, Japanese ruler, xin. 582. SHOLAPUR, district and town, India,

xxi. 832. SHOMER, Mountains of, Arabia, n.

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SHOOl (Skua), bird, XXII. 125. SHOOTING, for sporting purposes, xxi.

832; gun-sights for, xxii. 46. SHORE, Jane, mistress of Edward IV.,

xxi. 835. , John, inventor of tuning-fork,

xxm. 619. SHORT, James, telescope-maker, xxui.

137- SHORTEST WAY WITH DISSENTERS,

Defoe s work, vii. 27. SHORTHAND, xxi. 836; for the blind,

ill. 828; in ancient MSS., xvm. 164. SHORTHORN CATTLE, i. 388. SHORTREDE, Robert, Scottish logarith-

mist, xiv. 776; his tables, xxm. 11. SHORT-SIGHT, vin. 820 ; xvi. 259 ;

xvn. 785; spectacles for, xxii. 372. SHOSHONE, Lake, Yellowstone Park,

U.S.A., xxiv. 737. FALLS, Snake River, U.S.A., xxm.

798. SHOSHONES, American Indians, xn.

827, 832. SHOSHONG, town, Bechuanaland, South

Africa, xxi. 842. SHOT, military projectiles, I. 745 ; XL

294, 304; sporting, XI. 280; xxi. 835. SHOTOVER HILL, Oxford, England,

xvm. 93. SHOULDER-BLADE, Anatomy of the, i.

826. SHOULDER-GIRDLE, of mammals, xv.

358- SHOULDER-JOINT, Anatomy of the, i.

838. SHOVEL, Sir Cloudesley, English

admiral, xxi. 842. SHOVELER, bird, xxi. 842. SHOWBREAD, Hebrew, xxi. 133. SHRAPNEL SHELL, in gunnery, i. 744;

xi. 304.

SHREVEPORT, town, Louisiana, U.S.A.,

xxi. 843. SHREW, insectivorous mammal, XXI.

843; xv. 403. SHREWSBURY, town, England, xxi. 845;

battle of (1403), XL 660; xvm. 523. -, Earls and Duke of, xxm. 25.

SHRIKE, bird, xxi. 845.

SHRIMP, crustacean, xxi. 846; fisheries,

x. 265.

, Opossum, crustacean, VI. 658. SHRINE, in architecture, n. 473. SHROPSHIRE, county, England, xxi.

847.

SHEEP, i. 392.

SHROVE TUESDAY, xxi. 648. SHRUBS, Garden, xn. 260; culture of,

ii. 319.

SHU, Egyptian divinity, VII. 716. SHUBENACADIE, river, Nova Scotia,

xvn. 601. SHUI, town, Lew-Chew Islands, North

Pacific, xiv. 490. SHUISKI, Basil, Russian revolutionist,

xxi. 95. SHUJA, shah of Afghanistan, xx. 1 1 1 ;

assassination of, I. 240. SHULUH, race of people, Africa, I. 261. SHUMADIA, district, Servia, xxi. 687. SHUMLA, town, Bulgaria, xxi. 648. SHUMSHU, island, Kuriles, Asia, xiv.

1 60.

SHUN-CHE, emperor of China, v. 650. SHUSH, or Shushan (Susa), ancient

town, Persia, xxii. 722; xxi. 849; n.

400. SHUSHA, town, Caucasus, Russia, XXI.

648. SHUSHAN (Susa), ancient town, Persia,

xxn. 722; xxi. 849; ii. 400. SHUSTAR, town, Persia, xxi. 849. SHUTE, John, Viscount Barrington, ill.

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SHUTTLE, for weaving, xxiv. 464; early Greek, XXI II. 206.

SHU WAS, people, Bornu, Central Africa, iv. 61.

SHUYA, town, Russia, xxi. 849.

SHWEDOUNG, town, Burmah, xix. 807.

SHWE-GYENG, district and town, Bur mah, xxi. 849.

SlAH-POSH, tribes, Kafiristan, Asia, xin. 821.

SlAK, residency, Sumatra, XXII. 639.

SlALlDjE, group of insects, xm. 151.

SIALKOT, district and town, India, XXL 850.

SIAM, kingdom, Eastern Asia, xxi. 850; forests of, IX. 405; Pali language in, xvm. 183 ; Shan language of, xxi. 774; weights and measures, XXIV. 490.

SIAMANG, ape, ii. 150.

SIAMESE LANGUAGE, xxi. 855.

- LITERATURE, xxi. 855.

- TWINS, xvi. 765.

SIANTI (Ashantee, q.v.), country, West

Africa, n. 681.