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VESOUL, town, France, xxiv. 191; xxi.

301.

VESPA, genus of insects, xxiv. 391. VESPASIAN (Titus Flavins Vespasianus),

Roman emperor, xxiv. 191; XX. 772;

in Judaea, xm. 427; temple of, at

Rome, XX. 820. VESPERS, canonical hour, xxiv. 192; iv.

263.

AT BLACKFRIARS, London, Acci dent at (1623), xiv. 847. VESPERTILIONID^;, family of bats, xv.

410.

VESPID^E, family of insects, xxiv. 391. VESPUCCI, Amerigo, Italian navigator,

xxiv. 192; x. 181. VESTA, Roman goddess (the Greek

Hestia), XXIV. 193; temple of, at

Rome, XX. 818, 819; temple of, at

Tivoli, n. 417; pilgrimage to temple

of, xix. 91.

, asteroid, n. 807. VESTALIA, Roman festival, xxiv. 195. VESTAL VIRGINS, Roman priestesses,

xxiv. 193.

VESTAS, matches, xv. 626. VESTERAALEN, islands, Norway, xiv.

768; xvn. 577.

VESTERAS, county, Sweden, xxn. 741. VESTERBOTTEN, county, Sweden, xxn.

741. VESTERNORRLAND, county, Sweden,

xxii. 741. VESTFJOLD KINGS, of Norway, xvn.

585. VESTIGES OF CREATION, anonymous

work, by Robert Chambers, v. 381;

xxiv. 77. VESTMANLAND, county, Sweden, xxii.

741. VESTMENTS, Ecclesiastical, xxiv. 195;

vi. 461. VESTOCHNYI, Cape, Eastern Siberia,

xv. 547. VESTRIS, Madame, English actress, xv.

632.

VESTRY BOARDS, of London, xiv. 820. VESUNNA (Perigueux), Roman town,

France, xvm. 534. VESUVIANS, matches, xv. 626. VESUVIUS, volcano, Italy, xxiv. 195;

x. 243 ; xvn. 187; destruction of

Pompeii by, xix. 444. VESZELYITE, mineral, xvi. 406. VESZPREM, town, Hungary, xxiv. 197. VETCHES, Culture of, i. 376. VETERINARY DEPARTMENT, of British

army, II. 584.

VETERINARY SCIENCE, xxiv. 197. VETLANKA, Russia, Plague at, xix. 167. VETLUGA, river, Russia, xxiv. 279. VETO, in constitutional law, xxiv. 206;

of the Roman tribune, xxni. 558;

presidential, of United States, xxni.

749-

ACT, of Church of Scotland, IX.

743; xxi. 538.

VETRANIC-CAVCIC, Nicholas, Ragusan

dramatist, xxi. 690. VETTER, Lake, Sweden, xxii. 736. VETTORE, Monte, mountain, Italy,

xm. 437. VETULONIA, Etruscan town, Italy, vm.

636. VETURII, Ligurian tribe, Italy, xiv.

640.

VEVAY, town, Switzerland, xxiv. 115. VEXIN, district, Normandy, France,

xvn. 539, 544.

VEYSI, Turkish writer, xxni. 656. VEZELAY ABBEY, France, Architecture

of, n. 430.

VIADUCTS, iv. 284; railway, xx. 234. VIAREGGIO, town, Italy, xxiv. 208. VIATICUM, last communion to the

dying, XXIV. 208. VIATKA, or Vyatka, government, Russia,

xxiv. 302; town, xxiv. 303. VlAU, or Viaud, Theophile de, French

poet, xxiv. 208; ix. 656. VIAZEMSKI, Prince, Russian poet, xxi.

109.

VIBORG, town, Denmark, vn. 83. -, town, Finland, xxiv. 209.

VIBRATION, Effect of, on iron and steel, xm. 355; on magnetization, xv. 268. -, Light propagated as, xxiv. 421.

VIBRATIONS OF SOUND, i. 100; xvn.

105; communication of, I. 116; of

human voice, xxiv. 275. VIBROGRAPHS, acoustic instruments, i.

1 10. VICAR, in ecclesiastical law, xxiv. 209;

I. 179; xxin. 412; of an English

parish, xvm. 296. VICAR-CHORAL, ecclesiastical officer,

xxiv. 209. VICAR-GENERAL, in ecclesiastical law,

xxiv. 209; in. 559. VICAR OF WAKEFIELD, Goldsmith s

tale, x. 762. VICE, tool, xi. 439. VICE-ADMIRAL, Office of, i. 159. VlCE-COMES, Anglo-Norman officer,

xxiv. 261. VICENTE, Gil, Portuguese dramatist,

xxiv. 209; vii. 420; xix. 556; as

pastoral poet, xvm. 346. VICENTIA (Vicenza), ancient town, Italy,

xxiv. 210.

VICENZA, town, Italy, xxiv. 210; uni versity of, xxni. 836. VICE-PRESIDENT, of United States,

xxill. 750; list of vice-presidents,

XXIIL 787.

VlCH, town, Spain, xxiv. 210. VICHY, town, France, xxiv. 210;

mineral water of, xvi. 435. ViCHY-CHAMROND, Maria de, Marquise

du Deffand, VII. 25. VICKSBURG, town, Mississippi, U.S.A.,

xxiv. 21 1 ; battle of (1863), xxill.

778.

VlCO, Giovan Battista, Italian jurist and

philosopher, xxiv. 211; xm. 512. , Pietro di, prefect of Rome, xx.

795-

VICRAMADITYA, Era of, v. 719. VICTIM, Sacrificial, xxi. 132. VICTOR I., St, bishop of Rome, xxiv.

213; xix. 489.

1 1.- 1 1 1., popes, xxiv. 213.

IV., two antipopes, xxiv. 213.

, Claude Perrin, French marshal,

XXIV. 213. -, Sextus Aurelius, Roman consul

and historian, xxiv. 214.

AMADEUS I., duke of Savoy, xxi.

342.

AMADEUS II., king of Sardinia, xxi. 342; xm. 484.

AMADEUS III., of Sardinia, xxi.

342-

EMMANUEL, king of Italy, xxiv. 214; xm. 488; xxi. 342.

VICTORIA, queen of England, VIII. 366.

, British colony, Australia, xxiv.

215; in. 114; mines, xvi. 471; xxi. 48; newspapers, xvii. 437; opium cul tivation, xvn. 792; railways, xx. 253.

, district, Western Australia, xxiv.

507.

, town, Brazil, xxiv. 218.

, town, British Columbia, xxiv.

218.

-, town, Hong-Kong, China, xn.

141.

, Lake, Central Asia, xvm. 103.

- BRIDGE, at Montreal, Canada, iv. 339; xvi. 794.

CAVE, Yorkshire, England, v. 270. FALLS, river Parana, Argentine

Republic, xix. 188.

FALLS, Zambesi river, Africa, xxiv. 765; i. 255; discovery of, I. 247; xiv. 721.

NYANZA, Lake, Africa, xvn. 504,

507.

- PARK, London, xiv. 824.

PEAK, Vancouver Island, xxiv. 57.

- REGIA, water-lily, xxiv. 402.

- UNIVERSITY, at Manchester, Eng land, xxni. 854.

VlCTORINES, The, mystics, xvn. 132. VlCUNA, or Vicugna, ungulate mammal,

I. 598; iv. 13; xiv. 739; iniluence of

domestication on, iv. 251. VlCUS AQUENSIS (Bagneres-de-Bigorre),

ancient town, France, in. 235. Vicus IRI/E (Voghera), ancient town,

Italy, xxiv. 272. VIDA, Marco Girolamo, Italian Latin

poet, xxiv. 219.

VlDAGO, spa, Portugal, XVI. 435. VlDAL, Peire, Provencal poet, XIX. 874. , Ramon, Catalan poet, xxi I. 363.

VIDONIA WlNE, Teneriffe, IV. 797;

xxiv. 607.

VlDUA, genus of birds, XXIV. 463.