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VAZIMBA, tribe, Madagascar, xv. 173. VAZOFF, Bulgarian poet, xxn. 150. VEAL, Mrs, Defoe s novel, vn. 28, 468. VECELLI, Francesco, Italian painter,

xxni. 416. , Gregorio, Italian councillor and

soldier, XXIII. 414.

, Orazio, Italian painter, xxm. 416. , or Vecellio, Tiziano (Titian, q.v.),

Italian painter, xxm. 413. VECHT, river, Holland, XX. 519. VECTIS, Roman name for Isle of Wight,

xxiv. 562. VEDANGAS, branches of Vedic (Hindu)

science, xxi. 274. VEDANTA, Hindu philosophical writings,

xxiv. 117; xxi. 290. VEDAS, Hindu sacred writings, n. 698;

iv. 201; xii. 779; xxi. 273; on

caste, v. 1 88; Gnostic portion of, XXIV.

117; mythic stories of, xvil. 152. VEDDAHS, people of Ceylon, xxiv. 120. VEDEL, old Danish writer, vil. 90. VEDIANTll, Ligurian tribe, Italy, xiv.

640. VEEN, Heemskerk van, Dutch painter,

XL 611.

, Otto van, Flemish painter, XXI. 41. VEGA, Garcilaso de la, Spanish soldier

and poet, x. 74; xvm. 346; xxn.

357- , Garcilaso Inca de la, Spanish

historian, x. 74. , Georg von, Austrian logarithmist,

xiv. 775; xxm. 9.

CARPIO, Lope Felix de, Spanish

dramatist and poet, xxiv. 121; vn. 420; xxii. 357, 358.

VEGAS, irrigated plains, Spain, xxn. 299.

VEGETABLE BATHS, in. 439.

VEGETABLE CREEK MINE, New South Wales, xvi. 471.

VEGETABLE HISTOLOGY, xn. 10.

VEGETABLE IVORY, xin. 524; XVIL 664.

VEGETABLE KINGDOM, xxiv. 124; in. 690; IV. 79; Linnseus s classification of, xiv. 672; longevity in, xiv. 857. See also Botany and Plant.

VEGETABLE MARROW, gourd, XL 4 ; xii. 283.

VEGETABLE PARASITISM, xvm. 264.

VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY, xix. 43.

VEGETABLES, Garden, xn. 278; culti vation of, I. 384; poisonous, xv. 782.

VEGETATION, Chemistry of, xiv. 567. ZONES, in the Alps, I. 631.

VEGETIUS, Flavins Renal us, Roman military writer, xxiv. 132.

, Publius, Roman veterinary sur geon, xxiv. 197.

VEGLIA, island, Adriatic, xxiv. 132.

VEHMGERICHTE (Fehmic Courts), Ger many, ix. 63; x. 495.

VEII, Etruscan town, Italy, VIII. 634; capture of, by Romans, xx. 739.

VEILE, town, Denmark, vn. 83. VEINS, in anatomy, I. 905; xxiv. 103,

107; diseases of, xxn. 684. , in leaves, iv. 109.

, Mineral, x. 317; xvi. 441. VEITCH, James, Scottish mathematician

and philosopher, iv. 276. VEJOVIS, name of Jupiter, xin. 780. VELA, Blasco Nunez de, Peruvian

viceroy, xvm. 677. VELABRUM, part of ancient Rome, xx.

824. VELASQUEZ, Diego, Spanish governor

of Cuba, VI. 441. VELAZQUEZ, Diego de Silva, Spanish

painter, xxiv. 132; as colourist, xvm.

139- VELDEKE, Heinrich von, German writer,

x. 518, 523. VELED, Sultan, Ottoman poet, xxm.

656.

VELEIA, ancient town, Italy, xxiv. 136. VELEIKA, town, Russia, xxiv. 234. VELESA (Koprili), town, Turkey in

Europe, xiv. 140. VELESLAVIN, Bohemian printer and

writer, XXII. 152. VELEZ DE GUEVARA, Luiz, Spanish

novelist, XI. 248; XXII. 358. VELEZ-MALAGA, town, Spain, xxiv.

136. VELIKAYA, river, Russia, xx. 35; xxi.

73-

VELIKIYA LUKI, town, Russia, xx. 36. VELINO, Falls of, Perugia, Italy, xxm.

190.

, Monte, mountain, Italy, xin. 438.

VELIZH, town, Russia, xxiv. 137. VELLEIUS PATERCULUS, Marcus,

Roman historian, xvm. 358. VELLETRI, town, Italy, xxiv. 137. VELLIKONDA, district, Karnul, India,

xiv. 6.

VELLORE, town, India, xxiv. 137. VELLUM, xiv. 390; xvm. 271; ancient

use of, xvm. 144, 147, 162. VELOCIPEDE, xxm. 559. VELOCITY, in mechanics, xv. 681, 769;

vni. 207; of light, xiv. 584; xxiv.

458; of sound, I. 104; xxiv. 418; of

the wind, xvi. 1 56. VELSK, town, Russia, xxiv. 283. VELTEN, St, bishop and martyr, xxiv.

36. VELTHEN, Magister Johann, German

dramatist, vn. 441. VELVET, silken textile, xxiv. 137, 467;

ancient, XXIII. 209; dyeing of, vn.

579-

| VELVET-DUCK, bird, xxi. 470. VENANTIUS HONORIUS CLEMENTI-

ANUS FORTUNATUS, Latin poet, ix.

469.

VENATION, of leaves, iv. 109. VENDACE, fish, xxiv. 137; xxi. 223. VENDEE, department, France, xxiv.

137; insurrection in, ix. 605.

VENDEE DIAMOND, kind of quartz.

xxiv. 138. VENDETTA, Practice of, in Sardinia,

xxi. 309. VENDIDAD, part of Zend-Avesta, xxiv.

775> 823. VENDOME, town, France, xxiv. 138;

xiv. 809.

VENDOR, in law, xxi. 206. VENEER, Marble, in wall decorations,

xvn. 35. VENEERING, in cabinet work, xxiv.

138; ix. 849.

VENER, Lake, Sweden, xxn. 736. VENERATION, in phrenology, xvm.

845-

VENEREAL DISEASES, xvm. 404; xxn. 686; in the horse, xxiv. 202.

VENETI, ancient Italian people, xin. 447.

VENETIA, province, Italy, xxiv. 141.

VENETIAN ALPS, i. 630.

VENEZUELA, republic, South America, xxiv. 139; I. 712; revolt of, from Spain, I. 710; liberation of, by Bolivar, IV. 7; forests, ix. 406; newspapers, XVII. 437.

VENGEANCE, Private, in Roman law, xx. 675; in Sardinia, xxi. 309.

VENICE, town and former republic, Italy, xxiv. 141; xin. 479; occupa tion of Greece by, xi. 121; war of Louis XII. of France with, ix. 555; occupation of, by Napoleon (1797), xvn. 198; conflict with Ottoman em pire, xxm. 642; contest with Pope Paul V., xvm. 431; relations to the popedom, xix. 505; its support of Father Sarpi, xxi. 311; bank of, in. 316; bridge of the Rialto, iv. 332; coins, xvn. 657; commerce, vi. 199; musical conservatory, vi. 291; dialect of, xm. 494; cloges, vn. 331; glass making, x. 652; libraries, xiv. 530, 548; majolica ware, xix. 628; St Mark s church, n. 435; crypt in St Mark s, vi. 669; nobles, xvn. 527; school of painting, xxi. 436, 442; pictures in, xxi. 447; porcelain, Xix. 636; sculpture, XXI. 568; Tintoretto s pictures in, XX. 609; Titian s pictures in, xxm. 414, 416; Turner s pictures of, xxm. 667.

PRESERVED, Otway s drama, xvm.

70.

TURPENTINE, xiv. 310.

VENI CREATOR, ancient hvmn, xn.

583- VENIERI, Sebastian, Venetian admiral

and doge, xxiv. 145, 146. VENKATAGIRI, town, India, xvn. 321. VENLO, town, Holland, xxiv. 1 57. VENNACHER, Loch, Scotland, xvm. 666. VENNONES, or Venostes, Rhsi tian people,

xx. 505. VENTA ICENORUM (Norwich), ancient

town, England, xvn. 595.