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AUXENTIUS of Capparlocia, Arian theo logian, in. 143. AUXERRE, town, France, in. 143; xxiv.

746.

AUXONNE, town, France, in. 143. AUXUME (Axum, q.v.), ancient Abys sinian kingdom, in. 162; I. 65; xxi.

654.

AVA, town, Burmah, in. 143. AVAHIS, genus of lemurs, xiv. 441. AVALLON, town, France, in. 144; xxiv.

746. AVALON, peninsula, Newfoundland,

xvn. 382. , St Hugh of, bishop of Lincoln,

XII. 336.

AVANTURINE, mineral, xvi. 389. AVARS, ancient people of Asia, xxni.

659; their invasion of Greece, XI. 112;

their overthrow by Charlemagne, v.

403; xiv. 60.

, Caucasian tribe, XIV. 475.

AVATCHA, volcano, Kamchatka, ill. 144. AVEBURV, village, England, in. 144;

cromlech at, XXI. 51; stone circles at,

II. 383; xxiv. 594. AVEDICK, Armenian patriarch, XIII.

36r.

AVEIRO, town, Portugal, in. 144. AVELLA, town, Italy, in. 144. AVELLINO, town, Italy, in. 144. AVEMPACE, Arabian philosopher, in.

144; II. 269; XXI. 426. AVENA, genus of grasses, xvn. 696. AVENERUGGER, Leopold, Austrian phy sician, in. 145; XV. 815; his method

of auscultation, in. 100. AVENCHES, district, Switzerland, xxiv.

114, 115. AVENTINE HILL, at Rome, xx. 731,

807.

AVENTINUS, Johann Thurmayr, Ger man writer, III. 145. AVENTURINE, Venetian glass, xvn. 48. AVENZOAR, Arabian physician, ill. 145;

xv. 805. AVERAGE, in maritime commerce, in.

145; in marine insurance, xni. 187. , mathematical and statistical, XIX.

780; xxn. 465.

AVERNUS, lake, Italy, in. 149. AVERROES, Arabian philosopher and

physician, in. 149; n. 269; xv. 805;

xxi. 426. AVERRUNCUS, epithet of Jupiter, xni.

780.

AVERSA, town, Italy, in. 152. AVESNES, town, France, in. 152. AVESTA, sacred book of the Parsees,

xxiv. 775; xvni. 584, 653. AVEYRON, department, France, III. 152. AVEZZANO, town, Italy, in. 152. AVIANUS, Latin fabulist, vin. 838. AVICEBRON, Jewish philosopher, III.

152; n. 268; vin. 758; XXI. 426. AVICENNA, Arabian philosopher and

physician, in. 152; n. 267; xv. 805;

XXI. 426; as writer in Persian, xvni.

656.

AVICENNIA, genus of trees, xv. 481. AVIENUS, Rufus Festus, Latin poet, in.

155-

AVIGLIANO, town, Italy, in. 155.

AVIGNON, town, France, in. 155; xxiv. 114; seat of papal court, v. 821; xni. 476; xix. 501 ; "in time of Petrarch, xvni. 706; bridge at, IV. 330; uni versity, XXin. 839.

AVILA, province, Spain, in. 156; xxn. 298; town, in. 156.

, Gil Gonzalez d , Spanish writer,

in. 157.

Y ZUNIGA, Luis d , Spanish his

torian, in. 157. AVILES, San Nicolas de, town, Spain,

in. 157.

AVLONA, town, Albania, III. 157. AVOCA, or Ovoca, river, Ireland, xxiv.

557- AVOCADO OIL, xvn. 744, 747.

AVOGADRO S LAW OF GASES, V. 465;

xvi. 611; xx. 131. AVOIRDUPOIS, system of weights, in.

157; ii. 533; xxiv. 489. AVOLA, town, Sicily, in. 157. AVON, rivers, England, Scotland, France,

in. 157.

, river, Nova Scotia, xvn. 601. -, river, Linlithgow, Scotland, XIV.

669.

, Lower, river, Somerset, England, xxn. 257; xxiv. 594. , Southern, river, Wilts, England, xxiv. 594. -, Upper, or Shakespearean, river,

England, xvn. 555; xxiv. 379. AVOSET, bird, XXII. 552. AVRANCHES, town, France, in. 157. AVRANCHIN, district, France, xv. 458. AWAJI, island, Japan, xni. 569. AWANTIBO, lemur, xiv. 443. AXAN (Alp Arslan), Seljuk sultan, I. 598. AXAYACATL, Mexican ruler, xvi. 210. AXE, hand-tool, XL 437; battle-axe, n.

555- , river, Somerset, England, xxn. 257.

AXELHOLM (Axholm), Isle of, England,

III. 157; xiv. 653. AXES, of crystals, xvi. 347. AXHOLM, Isle of, England, in. 157; xiv.

653- AXIM, river, Gold Coast, Africa, I. 421;

x. 755.

AXINITE, mineral, XVI. 411. AXINOMANCY, ordeal, xvn. 818. AXIOM, in philosophy, III. 158; in

geometry, x. 376. AXIS, of a magnet, XV. 220, 238. -, Earth s, Stability of, x. 216.

AXUM, ancient town, Abyssinia, in. 162; i. 65; inscriptions at, vin. 613; xxi. 654.

j AXYLUS, or Axylum, district, Asia Minor, n. 704; xvni. 852.

AYACUCHO, town, Peru, xvni. 675. , La Paz de, town, Bolivia, xiv. 298.

AYAMONTE, town, Spain, in. 162.

AYANI, Hasani Shabistari, Persian his torian, xvni. 657.

AYE-AYE, lemur, xiv. 443; xv. 170.

AYEN, count and dukes of, xvn. 523.

AYLESBURY, town, England, in. 162.

AYLESFORD, village, England, in. 162.

AYLMER, John, bishop of London, in. 162.

AYMARAS, South-American Indians, iv. 15; xvni. 676; religion of, xx. 364.

AYMON, Four Sons of, romance, xx. 652.

AYR, town, Scotland, in. 164.

AYRER, Jacob, German dramatist, in. 165.

AYRSHIRE, county, Scotland, in. 162; coalfield of, vi. 53; area and population, xxi. 528; representation, xxni. 727. CATTLE, i. 388.

AYTON, Sir Robert, early Scottish poet, in. 165.

AYTOUN, William Edmonstoune, Scot tish man of letters, in. 165.

AYUKA KHAN, Mongol chief, iv. 710; xvi. 745.

AYUTHIA, town, Siam, xxi. 852.

AYYUBITES, Moslem dynasty, Egypt, xvi. 588.

AZAIS, Pierre Hyacinthe, French writer, in. 166.

AZALEA, plant, xii. 262; xx. 527.

AZAMMUR, town, Morocco, xvi. 831.

A-ZANDEY, African race, xvn. 473.

AZANIA, district, Africa, I. 432; XXIV.

739-

AZARA, Felix de, Spanish naturalist, in. 1 66. -, Jose Nicholas d , Spanish diplo-

AxiUS, river, Macedonia, XV. 136. AXMINSTER, town, England, in. 162;

carpets of, v. 131. AXOLOTL, amphibian, xxn. 96. AXONIA, morphological form, xvi. 843.

matist, in. 167. AzcAPUZALCO, ancient Mexican town,

xvi. 209. AZEGLIO, Marqxus d , Italian writer and

statesman, in. 167; xni. 487, 489. AZERBIJAN, or Adarbaijan, province,

Persia, in. 167; xvni. 626. AZEUS, or Azeis, epithet of Zeus at

Laodicea, Xiv. 293. AZHAR, moscp.ie and college, Cairo, iv.

646; xxn. 660.

AZILA, town, Morocco, xvi. 831. AziMGARH, district and town, India, in.

168. AZIMUTH, denned, x. 198; in surveying,

xxn. 700, 705, 712. COMPASS, xvi. 160.

AZINCOURT (Agincourt), Battle of (1415), i. 282; vin. 320; ix. 549.

Aziz, province, Asiatic Turkey, xxni.