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SULPHIDES, in chemistry, v. 478; X. 228; of iron, Kill. 280; of mercury, xvi. 34; metallic, or pyrites, xx. 128; in metallic ores, xvi. 61.

SULPHUR, chemical element and mineral, xxn. 634; v. 498; x. 228; xvi. 380; as fuel, IX. 809; as an ingredient of gunpowder, XL 320, 324; its presence in iron, Xlll. 283; as plant food, xix. 49; mines of, in Formosa, V. 636; in Sicily, xxii. 30.

ALCOHOLS AND ETHERS, v.

553- SULPHURETTED HYDROGEN, v. 499;

xxii. 635; as a poison, xix. 279. SULPHURIC ACID, v. 503; xxii. 636. SULPHURIC ETHER, as an anaesthetic,

i. 789- SULPHUROUS ACID, xxii. 636; as a

poison, xix. 279. SULPHUR SALTS, v. 505; group of

minerals, XVI. 394. SULPHUR SPRINGS, xvi. 435. SULPICIA, Tibullus s poems on, XXIII.

349- SULPICIUS RUFUS, P., Roman tribune,

xx. 760. SULPICIUS SEVERUS, early Christian

writer, XXI. 702. SULTAN, sovereign of Turkey, xxm.

654; his place in Islam, xxii. 661;

list of Ottoman sultans, xxm. 652. SULTANA, Moslem title, XL 478. SULTANABAD, town, Persia, xvm.

627. SULTANA RAISINS, xx. 258; of Stanchio,

vi. 444. SULTAN-DAGH, mountains, Asia Minor,

ii. 705. SULTANPUR, district and town, India,

xxii. 637. SULU, town, Philippines, xvm. 750,

752.

ISLANDS, Philippines, xvm. 752;

pearl fisheries of, XVIII. 447. SULZER, Johann Georg, Swiss art critic,

x. 535; xxii. 798. SUMACH, plant, xiv. 382; in U.S.A.,

xxm. 808.

SUMANAP ISLANDS, Java, xm. 600. SUMAROKOFF, Alexander, Russian

dramatist, VII. 444; XXI. 106. SUMATRA, island, Indian Archipelago,

xxn. 638; ii. 687; birds of, in. 763. SUMBAL, or Sumbul, drug, xxn. 641. SUMBAWA, island, Indian Archipelago,

xxn. 641.

SUMBULPOOR, town, India, xxi. 247. SUMELAS, monastery, Armenia, xxm.

534-

SUMENEP, town, Madura, Indian Archi pelago, xv. 194.

SUMER, district, Mesopotamia, xvi. 51.

SUMIDA, river, Japan, xxin. 432.

SUMMAM, river, Algeria, I. 563.

SUMMARY JURISDICTION, Court of, xxn. 641.

SUMMER-CATARRH, disease, xi. 542. SUMMER ISLANDS, or Bermudas (q.v.),

in. 599.

SUMMER REDBIRD, xxm. 45. SUMMERSIDE, town, Prince Edward

Island, xix. 740. SUMMER-SNIPE, bird, xxi. 260. SUMMER-TEAL, bird, x. 80. SUMMERVILLE, town, South Carolina,

U.S.A., xxii. 287. SUMMISTS, scholastic philosophers, XXI.

425. SUMMONS, in law, xxii. 642; xxiv.

696; in Scots law, xix. 220. SUMNER, Charles, American statesman,

xxn. 643.

SUMPTUARY LAWS, xxn. 643. SUMTER, Fort, South Carolina, U.S.A.,

its surrender, XXIII. 774. , Thomas, American politician,

xxin. 790.

SUMY, town, Russia, xxii. 645.

SUN, xxii. 645; II. 768, 783; determina tion of distance of, II. 796; eclipses of, ii. 788 (see Eclipse); source of heat of, XVII. 311; its light compared with that of moon, xvni. 842; its influence on terrestrial magnetism, xvi. 167, 176, 179; measurements of, xvi. 250; its connexion with meteoroids, xvi. 113; nautical observations by means of, xvii. 268; parallax of, xvm. 245; influence of, on tides, XXIII. 354, 365, 368; festival of, at Heliopolis, xix. 91; festivals, in Japan, XIX. 92; myths of, xv. 777; xvn. 157; temple of, at Baalbec, III. 177; worship of , by ancient Greeks, II. 185; by Peruvians, I. 697; xx. 364; by Phoenicians, XVIII. 802 (see also Baal); by Sabseans, xxiv. 741. See also Sun-Spots.

SUNAR, river, India, xxi. 146.

SUN-BiRD, xxn. 651; xn. 359.

SUN-BITTERN, bird, xxii. 652 ; xx. 223.

SUNDA ISLANDS, Indian Archipelago, xxn. 653; xii. 815; language of, xni. 606.

SUNDARBANS, swamps at mouth of Ganges, India, x. 68.

SUNDA STRAIT, Indian Archipelago, xxn. 653, 638.

SUNDAY, xxn. 653; relation of, to the Sabbath, xxi. 125; sale on, illegal, xxi. 208.

SUNDERLAND, town, England, xxn.

657.

, Second Earl of, English statesman,

xxn. 657. -, Third Earl of, English statesman,

xxn. 658. SUNDEVALL, Carl Johan, on birds,

xvm. 23, 37.

SUNDEW, plant, xni. 134. SUN-DIAL, vii. 153. SUNDILAH (Sandila), town, India,

xvni. 72.

SUN-FISH, xxn. 658; xn. 690; xvii. 777; xxi. 777.

SUNFLOWER, plant, xxn. 659; oil from, xvn. 746.

SUNGARI, river, Manchuria, xv. 466.

SUNGARS, Mongol people, xvi. 749; xxin. 636.

SUNGEI UJONG, district, Straits Settle ments, xxn. 587.

SUNIUM, Greece, Temple at, in. 60.

SUNNA, or Sunneh, Moslem traditional law, xvi. 553, 594; xi. 508.

SUNNIN, mountain, Syria, XIV. 393.

SUNNITES, division of the Moham medans, XXII. 659; II. 722; XI. 508.

SUN-SlGNALLING, XI. 632.

SUN-SPOTS, ii. 783; xxn. 646; their connexion with the aurora, in. 97; with terrestrial magnetism, xvi. 169, !75 T 79> 1 80; with rainfall, IX. 26; cycles of, xn. 739; Herschel s observa tions on, xi. 766.

SUNSTONE, mineral, xvi. 420=

SUNSTROKE, xxn. 666; xvni. 394; death from, XV. 781.

SUNT ISLANDS, Nile, Africa, xvn. 507.

SUPERFCETATION, XV. 779.

SUPERIOR, in land tenure, xiv. 264.

, Lake, North America, Xiv. 217;

xxi. 177, 182; co pper mines of, xxin. 816.

SUPERNATURALISM, XX. 289.

SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME, as manure, I. 348; manufacture of, xxn. 636.

SUPERSTITION, among primitive races, vni. 623; Plutarch on, XIX. 234.

SUPLINBURG, Count of (emperor Loth- air), xv. 9.

SUPPLIANTS, The, Euripides s play, vni. 676.

SUPPLICATIONS, of the Litany, xiv. 696.

SUPPLIES, Granting of, in parliament, xvni. 313. -, Military, xxiv. 349.

SUPPLY AND DEMAND, in economics,

xxiv. 47.

SUPPORTERS, in heraldry, XL 710. SUPPURATION, in inflammatory diseases,

xvni. 400; of wounds, xxn. 682; in

process of healing, xvni. 365. SUPRALAPSARIANISM, theological doc trine, XIX. 670. SUPRARENAL BODIES, i. 908; diseases

of, xvni. 384. SUPREMACY ACT (1535), England, xi.

664; xxin. 199. SUPREME COURT, of United States, n.

210; xni. 789; xxin. 750. SUR, town, Palestine, xxin. 710. SURA, river, Russia, xvni. 514; xxn.

76; xxiv. 279. SURABAYA, town, Java, xni. 605, 606;

xxn. 667.

SURAHWA NUT, xvii. 664. SURAJAH DOWLAH, Bengali ruler, vi.