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LEFT ANDESITE 168 ANDRASSY to the Caribbean Sea, and some tribu- taries to the Orinoco. In the Andes are towns at a greater elevation than any- where else in the world, the highest being the silver-mining town of Cerro de Pasco (14,270 feet), the next being Potosi. ANDESITE, a group of volcanic rocks, gray, reddish or dark brown in color. The ground-mass of these rocks is usu- ally composed of feldspar-microlith, scattered through which are abundant crystals of plagioclase feldspar. Horn- blende and augite, one or both, are gen- erally present, together with magnetite, which is often very abundant. Andesite occurs chiefly in Tertiary and more re- cent strata, and is found in Hungary, Transylvania, Siebengebirge, Santorin, Iceland, the Andes, the western part of the United States, etc. ANDIB.A, a genus of leguminous American trees, with fleshy plum-like fruits. The wood is well fitted for build- ing. The bark of andira inermis, or cab- bage-tree, is narcotic and is used as an anthelminthic under the name of worm bark or cabbage bark. The powdered bark of < ndira araroba is used as a remedy in certain skin diseases, as herpes. ANDORRA (an-dor'a), a valley in the eastern Pyrenees, between the French department of Ariege and the Spanish province of Lerida, part of Catalonia. It is inclosed by mountains, through which its river, the Balira, breaks to join the Segre at Urgel; and its inaccessibility naturally fits it for being the seat of the interesting little republic which here holds a kind of semi-independent position between France and Spain. Area (di- vided into six communes), 175 square miles. Population, 6,800. The former abundant forests have been much thinned for fuel; there is much excellent pasture; vines and fruit trees flourish on the lower grounds; and the mountains con- tain rich iron mines, unwrought lead supplies and mineral springs. The chief occupations are agriculture, cattle breed- ing, trade in wood, charcoal and wool, and especially smuggling. Andorra is said to have been declared a Free State by Charlemagne. Now the state stands under the common protectorate of France and of the Bishop of Urgel. The Re- public is governed by a sovereign coun- cil of 24 members, chosen by certain heads of houses, and the council elects a President for four years, a syndic, under whom is a second syndic. Since 1882, the interests of France in the state are represented by a permanent dele- gate. The Andorrans are good-natured. hard-working mountaineers, hospitable, moral and devoted to liberty. They are of the Catalonian stock, and speak a dia- lect of Catalonian. The capital is An- dorra la Vieja (pop. 600). ANDOVER, a town in Essex co., Mass.; on the Merrimac river and the Boston and Maine railroad; 23 miles N. of Boston, It is widely known as the seat of the Phillips Academy for boys, and the Abbot Academy for girls, formerly also the Theological Seminary, and has manu- factories of flax, shoes and woolen goods, a National bank. Memorial Hall and school libraries, and a property valuation of over $4,000,000. Harriet Beecher Stowe lived here many years, and it is the birthplace of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward. Pop. (1910) 7,301; (1920) 8,268. ANDRASSY, JULIUS, COUNT (an- dra'she), Hungarian statesman, born March 8, 1823; studied at the Pest Uni- versity; took part in the Revolution of COUNT JULIUS ANDRASSY 1848; was condemned to death, but es- caped and went into exile; appointed Premier when self-government was re- stored to Hungary, in 1867; became Im- perial Minister for Foreign Affairs in 1871; was a conspicuous member of the Congress of Berlin in 1878; negotiated the German- Austrian alliance with Bis- marck in 1879; and the same year retired from public life. He died Feb. 18, 1890. ANDRASSY, JULIUS, a Hungarian statesman, son of Count Andrassy. He entered his political career in 1884 with his entrance to the Reichstag and in 1892 was under-secretary. In the fol-