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LEFT DELAGOA BAY 307 DELANO voyage to Morocco. From this period. Delacroix continued to send forth picture after picture, besides decorating many- public buildings and churches. He also executed a number of lithographs, includ- ing a series illustrating "Hamlet," and one dealing with "Faust". In 1857 he was chosen by the Institute to fill the place of Delaroche. He died Aug. 13, 1863. DELAGOA BAY (del-a-go'a), in southeast Africa, a large sheet of water separated from the Indian Ocean by the peninsula and island of Inyack. The bay stretches N. and S. upward of 40 miles, with a bi'eadth of from 16 to 20 miles, and forms the southern extremity of the Portuguese settlement of Mozambique. It is available for vessels of large ton- nage, though the presence of shoals, banks, and flats, renders the navigation of the bay somewhat intricate. The Oli- fants or Krokodil river, flowing into it, is navigable for steam launches for a considerable distance; but there are swamps around the coast, and some ma- larial fever is prevalent. The Trans- vaal border begins 52 miles inland. In the course of the negotiations between Great Britain and Portugal as to the action of the latter power in East Africa, the claims of the Delagoa Bay Railway Company for compensation for the seiz- ure of the line by Portugal on June 29, 1889, were brought foward. This was decided against Portugal (as announced March 29, 1900), damages of over $3,- 100,000 being awarded with interest from 1889. In September, 1900, a compromise of these claims was finally agreed to, the American claimants getting an aggregate of $500,000, out of which they wc^e or- dered to pay the costs of the United States Government. The extension of the line from the Portugiiese frontier at Komati (which is 60 miles from the jort of Lorenzo Marques) to Pretoria (Tran. - vaal) was formally opened on July 8, 1895. The extension is the property of the Netherlands South African Railway Company, and places Pretoria by rail 350 miles from the coast, and Johannesburg 400 miles. The distance from the latter city to Cape Town by rail is 1,013 miles. DELAND, ELLEN DOUGLAS, an American author, born in Lake Maho- pac, N. Y., in 1860. She was educated privately. Her writings include many novels, among them "A Successful Ven- ture"; "Alan Ransford"; "Miss Bettv of New York"; "The Waring Girls" (1917) ; "Clyde Corners" (1918). DELAND. MARGARETTA WADE (CAMPBELL) (de-land'), an American poet and novelist; born in Allegheny, Pa., Feb. 23, 1857. Her most famous books are "John Ward, Preacher" and "Dr. Lavendar's People." Among her other well-known works are: "The Story of a Child," "Mr. Tommy Dove and Other Stories," "Philip and His Wife," "Florida Days," a collection of sketches of travel; "Sydney." "The Awakening of Hele- na Richie" (1906) ; "The Iron Woman" MARGARETTA DELAND (1911); "Hands of Esau" (1914); "Around Old Chester" (1915). Her most popular poems are contained in the volume entitled "The Old Garden and Other Verses." DELANE, JOHN THADDEUS, an English journalist; born in London, Oct. 11, 1817. He was graduated at Oxford in 1839, and became editor of the "Times" in 1841, retaining that post till 1877, during which time that paper at- tained an almost unparalleled influence and a great circulation. He died Nov. 22. 1879. DELANO. FREDERIC ADRIAN, an American financier and public official, born at Hong Kong, China, in 1863. He graduated from Harvard in 1885 and be- gan his business career with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad. He served in various capacities in the same company and was appointed general man- ager in 1901. In 1905 he left this service