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TETRACHORDS, in Greek music, xvn. 78. TETRACTINELLIDA, tribe of sponges,

xxii. 421. TETRADYMITE, mineral, in. 790; xvi.

380.

TETRAGRAMMATON, of the Kabbalah, xni. 812. TETRAHEDRITE, mineral, vi. 347; xvi.

395-

TETRAHEDRON, in geometry, x. 388. TETRALOGY, in Greek drama, vn. 406;

in Greek rhetoric, XX. 509. TETRAMERA, group of insects, vi. 133;

xni. 149.

TETRANE, hydrocarbon, v. 558. TETRANYCH I, family of acarids, xvi. 528. TETRAOGALLUS, genus of birds, xvm.

333- TETRAPHYLLID^E, family of tape-worms,

xxm. 54.

TETRAPLA, Origen s work, xvn. 840. TETRAPTURUS, genus of fishes, xxii.

804. TETRARCH, ancient ruler s title, xxm.

200.

TETRARHYNCHID^, family of tape worms, xxm. 54. TETRASTEMMA, genus of nemertine

worms, xvil. 326.

TETRODON, genus of fishes, x. 685. TETUAN, town, Morocco, xxm. 200;

xvi. 830.

, Duke of (Leopold O Donnell),

Spanish statesman, xvn. 727; xxii.

346. TETUARA (Tetiaroa), island, South

Pacific, xxm. 22. TETZEL, John, German Dominican

monk, xv. 72; xx. 326. TEUCER, of Greek legend, xxm. 582. TEUCHIT, bird, xiv. 308. TEUKCHAM, town, Formosa, China, ix.

417-

TEUTA, Illyrian queen, xn. 709. TEUTONES, German tribe, xxm. 201;

v. 780; x. 474.

TEUTONIC, The name, x. 847. ALPHABET, i. 612.

- LANGUAGES, x. 514, 852; vm. 390; ix. 787; xn. 84; xvm. 785; xxi. 366; dictionaries of, vn. 186.

- LAWS, xxi. 212.

ORDER, of Knights, xxm. 201 ;

XVI. 709; XX. 6; their conflicts with Poland, xix. 288, 289, 290; at Riga, xx. 554; in Russia, xxi. 92.

TEVERONE, river, Italy, n. 57.

TEVIOT, river, Scotland, xxi. 33; xxm.

673- TEWKESBURY, town, England, xxm.

201.

TEXAS, State, U.S.A., xxm. 202. TEXTILES, woven fabrics, xxm. 206;

Venetian, xxiv. 156; adulterations of,

I. 176; fibres for, IX. 131. TEXTULARIDEA, order of Protozoa, xix.

847.

TEXTURES, or Tissues, xn. 4; in man,

I. 842; vegetable, XII. 10. TEYDE, Pico de, mountain, Canary

Islands, IV. 798. TEZA, town, Morocco, xvi. 834. TEZCATLIPOCA, Mexican deity, xvi.

211. TEZCUCO, ancient town, Mexico, xvi.

209, 210. THACKERAY, William Makepeace,

English novelist and critic, xxm.

214; as satirist, xxi. 320. THADDEUS OF WARSAW, Miss Porter s

work, xix. 527.

THAIS, Menander s comedy, XVI. 2. THALASSICOLLA, genus of Protozoa,

xix. 849. THALBERG, Sigismond, Italian pianist

and composer, xxm. 217. THALEICHTHYS, genus of fishes, xxi.

221, 224.

THALEN, his experiments in magnetism,

xv. 254; his spectroscopic observa tions, xxii. 377. THALES of Miletus, Greek astronomer

and philosopher, xxm. 217 ; on

astronomy, II. 746; his discovery of

electric properties in amber, I. 659. THALIA, Muse of comedy, xvn. 74. THALIACEA, order of Tunicata, xxm.

609, 615. THALLIUM, chemical element, xxm.

219; v. 530. THALLOPHYTA, division of the vegetable

kingdom, III. 692; XX. 430; XXIV.

125. THALLUS, vegetative system of

lichens, xiv. 552. THAM, Rabbenu, Rabbinic scholar,

xxm. 39.

THAMAR, queen of Georgia, x. 432. THAME, river, England, xvm. 93;

xxm. 220. THAMES, river, England, xxm. 220;

vm. 216; xvi. 279; at Oxford, xvm.

93; whitebait fishery of, xxiv. 550;

rowing on, xxi. 30.

- TUNNEL, London, xxm. 623; con struction of, iv. 397, 398. THAMMUZ, of Scripture, i. 163. THAMUDIC INSCRIPTIONS, xxi. 651. THANA, district, India, xxm. 220 ;

town, xxm. 221. THANES, early English nobility, vm.

274; xiv. no; xvn. 529; xvm. 302. THANET, Isle of, England, xiv. 37.

- SANDSTONE, rock, x. 361. THAPSACUS (Tiphsah), Mesopotamia,

Crossing of Euphrates at, XVI. 49. THARANDITE, mineral, xvi. 397. THAR AND PARKAR, district, India,

xxm. 221. THARRAWADDY, district, Burmah, xxm.

221.

THARSIS, Spain, Mines of, xn. 334. THARUS, Hindu race, India, xvm. 73. THASOS, island, Greece, xxm. 221.

THATCHING, for buildings, iv. 501.

THAUMACI, town, Thessaly, Greece, xxm. 299.

THAUMATROPE, Plateau s invention, xix. 189.

THAUMATURGUS, St Gregory, XL 181; vi. 559; xvm. 486.

THAUN, Philippe de, early French writer, IX. 643; on birds, xvm. 3.

THAYETMYO, district, Burmah, xxm. 222.

THEA, genus of shrubs, xxm. 97.

THE^TETUS, dialogue of Plato, xix. 207.

THEAGENES, tyrant of Megara, xv. 828.

THEATINES, monastic order, xvi. 711; xxm. 547.

THEATRE, THEATRES, xxm. 222; of Aspendus, Asia Minor, n. 715; Chinese, v. 666; Dionysiac, at Athens, ill. 3; English, vii. 428; English, in time of Elizabeth, vm. 419; English, under the Puritans, vn. 433; English, modern, vii. 439; of London, in time of Shakespeare, xxi. 760; Greek, structure of, II. 413; of New York, XVII. 461 ; of Paris, XVIII. 277 ; Roman, vii. 411; XX. 830; Roman, architecture of, II. 419; remains of that at Tauromenium, xxm. 48.

THEATRE-FIRES, fireworks, xx. 135.

THEATRE FRANCAIS, at Paris, vn. 427.

THEBAIDE, La, Racine s drama, xx. 205.

THEBAIS, Statins s poem, xxii. 466.

THEBAN LEGION, Legend of the, xv.

637.

THEBES, town, Egypt, vii. 776; mum mies of, xvn. 21 ; pyramids of, xx. 124; sphinx at, II. 387; tomb of Menptah at, xxm. 622. , town, Greece, xxm. 229; XL 103; capture of, by Alexander, I. 48 1 ; under Epaminondas, vm. 456; under Pelo- pidas, xvm. 479; its contests with the Platamns, xix. 177; sphinx of, xxii. 398; expedition of the Seven against, I. 164. -, Romance of, xx. 639.

THECEURYBIA, genus of Mollusca, xvi.

6,66. THECID^ED^E, family of Brachiopoda,

iv. 195. THECIUM, in reproductive system of

lichens, xiv. 554. THECLA, St, xxm. 231. THECOSOMATA, order of Mollusca, xvi.

666.

THEFT, in law, xxm. 231. THEFTBOTE, in law, xxm. 233. THEGNS, early English nobility, vm.

274; xiv. no; xvn. 529; xvm. 302;

xxi. 36. , The Twelve, Anglo-Saxon jury,

xm. 784.

THEISM, xxm. 234.