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ASMONEANS, or Hasmonteans, Jewish family, n. 714; xm. 421; xv. 131.

ASMONEUS, or Asamonaeus, ancestor of the Maccabees, 1 1. 714; xv. 131.

ASMUS, Matthias Claudius, German poet, v. 817.

ASNYK, Adam, Polish poet, xix. 306.

ASOKA, Buddhist lawgiver, xil. 784; in scriptions of, xm. 118; XVlll. 183; XXI. 272.

ASOLANUS, Andrea, Venetian pr inter, xv.

5I3-

ASOLO, town, Italy, 1 1. 714. ASOV (Azoff), town, Russia, ill. 169. ASP, poisonous snake, II. 714. ASPALATHUM (Spalato), ancient town,

Dalmatia, xxn. 366. ASPAR, Byzantine soldier, XIV. 452. ASPARAGIN, in chemistry, XV. 335;

XVII. 519. ASPARAGUS, vegetable, n. 714; xn.

278. ASPASIA, of Miletus, Athenian hetasra,

II. 714; xvm. 532. ASPASIUS, Peripatetic philosopher, II.

714.

of Ravenna, rhetorician, 1 1. 714.

ASPEN, tree, 11.715; xix. 511; in Rocky

Mountains, U.S.A., xxm. 810. ASPENDUS, ancient town, Asia Minor,

II. 715; xvm. 207; Greek theatre at,

xxm. 223.

ASPER, Hans, Swiss painter, II. 715. ASPERGILLUM, genus of Mollusca, xvi.

687. ASPERN, Austria, Battle of (1809), ill.

133; xiv. 289. ASPHALT, or Asphaltum, mineral, 11.715;

xvi. 428; xxm. 58; its use as paving

material, XX. 586. ASPHYXIA, arrest of respiration, II. 716;

XX. 485; XV. 780; from drowning, VII.

473; from heat, xxn. 666. ASPINWALL, town, Panama, n. 716;

xvm. 209. ASPIRATES, i. 609; xx. 663; xxn. 382;

in Aryan languages, xvm. 787;

hieroglyphic, xi. 796; in ancient MSS.,

xvm. 165. ASPIRATOR, ventilator in mines, xvi.

461. ASPORE/E, group of Schizomycetes, XXI.

405.

ASPREDO, fish, xix. 481. ASPROMONTE, Italy, Battle of (1862),

xm. 491.

ASPUZI, town, Asia Minor, XV. 320. Ass, II. 716; xn. 175; xvn. 13; Arabian,

n. 242; Egyptian, vn. 711; wild, of

India, xn. 742; milk of, xvi. 303;

strength of, XV. 772. ASSAI, Brazilian beverage, xvni. 234. ASSAM, province, British India, II. 717;

xn. 744; tea culture in, xn. 750;

XXIII. 98.

ASSAMONEUS (Asamonseus), ancestor of the Maccabees, II. 714; xv. 131.

ASSAROTTI, Ottavio G. B., teacher of deaf mutes, in Italy, n. 722.

ASSASSINATION, thuggee, in India, xxm. 327.

ASSASSINS, Moslem sect, n. 722; xvi. 594; xvn. 771.

ASSAULT, in law, n. 724; on a wife, xxiv. 642.

Ass AYE, India, Battle of (1803), n. 724; xxiv. 495.

ASSAYING, in metallurgy, II. 724; xvi. 63; by blowpipe, xix. 213; muffle furnace for, ix. 843; of coal, VI. 80; of gold, x. 751; of gold and silver plate, xix. 1 86; of silver, xxn. 72.

ASSELYN, Hans, Dutch painter, II. 728.

ASSEMANI, family of Oriental scholars, n. 728; xxn. 825.

ASSEMBLY, General, of Church of Scot land, xix. 680; xxi. 539; xxm. 728. OF NOTABLES, France, ix. 595.

ASSEN, town, Holland, II. 728.

ASSENS, town, Denmark, n. 728.

ASSER, John (Asserius), bishop of Sher- borne, England, II. 728.

ASSESSOR, in law, n. 728.

ASSETS, in law, n. 729.

ASSHUR, Assyrian god, in. 193; xxm.

237-

ASSIDEANS, or Asidseans, Jewish party, II. 729; xm. 421, 422.

ASSIGNATS, French, IX. 601, 606, 608.

ASSIGNMENT, in law, n. 729.

ASSINI, English settlement, West Africa, x. 755.

ASSINIBOIA, district, North-West Terri tory, British America, xvn. 573.

Assist, town, Italy, II. 729.

ASSIZE, in law, n. 729; courts of, vi. 516; trial by, xm. 784.

ASSOCIATE PRESBYTERY, Constitu tional, Scottish Seceders, xv. 132; xxm. 728.

ASSOCIATE REFORMED CHURCH, in U.S.A., xix. 698.

ASSOCIATE SYNOD, Scottish Seceders, xxm. 728.

ASSOCIATE SYSTEM, in prison dis cipline, xix. 755.

ASSOCIATION, Working Men s Inter national, xm. 189.

OF IDEAS, in philosophy, n. 730;

vill. 607; xx. 60; in dreaming, VII. 458; Dr Thomas Brown on, IV. 388; Hartley s theory of, XL 498.

ASSOCIATIONS, guilds, XL 259.

, Scientific and literary, XXII. 221.

ASSOILZIE, in Scots law, I. 58.

ASSONIUM (Auxonne), ancient town, France, ill. 143.

Assos, or Assus, ancient town, Asia Minor, XVII. 122; XXIII. 579.

ASSUAY, province, Ecuador, 1 1. 734.

ASSUMPSIT, in law, xxm. 454.

ASSUMPTION, church festival, n. 734; xv. 592.

ASSUMPTION (Asuncion), town, Para guay, n. 825; xvm. 244.

OF MOSES, Jewish apocalyptic

book, n. 177.

ASSURANCE, Life, xm. 168.

ASSUR-BANI-PAL, king of Assyria, in. 1 88; his palace at Nineveh, xvn. 512.

ASSUR-NASIR-PAL, Palace of, at Nineveh, xvn. 512.

ASSUS, ancient town, Asia Minor, XVII. 122; xxm. 579.

ASSYNT, Loch, Scotland, xxn. 726.

ASSYRIA, 11. 734; in. 183; contests of, with Israel, Xill. 412; with the Phoeni cians, xvni. 808; architecture of, n. 397; coins, xvn. 650; glass-making x. 648; language, in. 192; xxi. 650; dictionaries of language, VII. 189; libraries, xiv. 509; pottery, XIX. 604; religions, xx. 361; xxm. 237.

ASSYRIAN ALPHABETIC SYMBOLS, i. 604.

ASSYRIAN INSCRIPTIONS, xin. 114.

ASSYRIAN MURAL DECORATIONS, xvn.

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ASSYTHMENT, ill Scots law, XVIII. 272.

AST, George A. F., German philosopher and philologist, n. 735.

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

ASTARTE, Phoenician goddess, II. 735; xvni. 803; her relation to Aphrodite, II. 172; worship of, in Israel, I. 421.

ASTAUENE, Parthian kingdom, xvni. 592.

ASTELL, Mary, English authoress, n.

735- ASTENBERG, mountain, Germany, xxiv,

516. ASTEPA (Estepa), ancient town, Spain,

vin. 559.

ASTER, garden plant, n. 735; xn. 250. ASTERABAD (Astrabad), province and

town, Persia, n. 738. ASTERIAS GLACIALIS, species of star fishes, xx. 416. ASTERIDEA, order of Echinodermata,

vn. 632. ASTERIUS of Amasia, writer of homilies,

n. 736. of Cappadocia, Arian writer, n.

736. ASTEROIDEA, class of Echinodermata,

xxiv. 813.

ASTEROIDS, minor planets, n. 736, 806. ASTEROPHERUS, Magnus Olai, Swedish

dramatist, XXI I. 754. ASTHMA, disease, n. 736. ASTI, town, Italy, n. 737. ASTIBAS (Istib), ancient town, Asia

Minor, XIII. 433. ASTIGMATISM, defect of the eye, vin.

819; xvn. 785; spectacles for, xxn.

373-

ASTOR, John Jacob, American fur merchant, n. 737.