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LEFT SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY 196 ST. MARY'S RIVER SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY, a Roman Catholic institution for higher edu- cation, founded at St. Louis, Mo., in 1832. It includes professional schools and a col' lege of liberal arts. In 1919 there were 1,945 students and 245 instructors. Presi- dent, Rev. B. J. Otting. ST. LUCIA, the largest of the Wind- ward Islands, in the West Indies, 42 miles long and 15 to 20 wide; area, 233 square miles; pop. (1918) 53,788. The exports (sugar, cocoa, logwood, etc.) in 1918 were valued at £362,785; imports at £368,123. Much of the island is high and rocky land, covered with well-nigh impenetrable forests, and it contains extensive deposits of sulphur. The climate is in the main healthy, a fresh trade wind blowing al- most continually. The island, discovered in 1502, was colonized by the French in 1563; but between that date and 1803, when it definitively became an English possession, it five or six times changed hands between France and England, by capture or treaty. The capital is Castries. Caribbee bark is sometimes called St. Lucia bark. ST. LUCIA BAY, a bay in South Africa, an indenture of the Indian Ocean at the mouth of the Umbolozi river in Zululand. The bay is S. of St. Lucia Lake. The Germans claimed it in 1884, but the British gained final possession in 1885. ST. LUCIA LAKE, a lake which is really a lagoon in Zululand, South Africa, on the E. coast. It is united with the Indian Ocean by St. Lucia Bay; is 60 miles long, and varies in breadth from 10 to 25 miles. ST. LUKE. See Luke. ST. MALO, a seaport in France, de- partment of Ille-et-Vilaine, on an island at the mouth of the Ranee river. It is a watering-place and has important com- mercial interests; is strongly fortified; has extensive docks and quays, notable ramparts, a castle, and parish church (formerly a cathedral) ; and is noted for the height of the tides (40 to 50 feet). It was the birthplace of Cartier, Mane de la Bourdonnais, Lamettrie, Maupertuis, Lamennais, and Chateaubriand. The de- struction of the town was attempted by the English in 1693, 1695, and 1758. Pop. about 12,000. ST. MARK. See Mark. ST. MARTIN, one of the Lesser An- tilles, W. I. Since 1648 it has been di- vided between France and the Nether- lands. It exports sugar, cotton, tobacco, maize, etc., and large quantities of salt. The French portion, a dependency of Guadeloupe, has an area of 20 square miles and a population of 4,500. The Dutch portion, a dependency of Curacao, has an area of 17 square miles and a pop. (1919) 2,552. ST. MARY BAY, an indenture of the Atlantic Ocean, on the S. coast of the peninsula of Avalon, Newfoundland. Also an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the W. coast of Nova Scotia. ST. MARY ISLAND, an island of western Africa, belonging to the British colony of Gambia, at the N. of the Gambia river. Also the largest of the Scilly Islands, S. W. of Cornwall, England. SAINT MARYS, a city of Ohio, in Auglaize co. It is on the Miami and Erie Canal, St. Marys river, and on the Lake Erie and Western and the Toledo and Ohio Central railroads. It is an important industrial community, having manufac- tories of machinery, wool, lumber prod- ucts, strawboard, paper, flour, cigars, etc. Pop. (1910) 5,732; (1920) 5,679. SAINT MARYS, a borough of Penn- sylvania, in Elk co. It is on the Pennsyl- vania and the Pittsburg, Shawmut, and Northern railroads. It is in an important soft coal mining region and has deposits of natural gas and fire clay. Its chief industries are the manufacture of sewer pipes, lumber, chemicals, and electrical supplies. Large railroad shops are lo- cated here, and it is the seat of the acad- emy of the St. Benedict Sisterhood. Pop. (1910) 6,346; (1920) 6,967. ST. MARY'S CANAL, an improved river channel connecting Lake Superior with Lake Huron. It flows N. E. for 40 miles on the frontier between the upper peninsula of Michigan and the Canadian Province of Ontario. There are two main channels divided by large islands and both expand into small lakes at some points 10 miles wide. There is a fall of 20 feet, the steepest descent being at St. Mary's Rapids, about a mile long, near the upper end. The improvement began in 1855 with locks built at a cost of $1,000,000, and was continued in 1870-81 and 1889-96 by the United States Govern- ment. The traffic through the canal has attained great proportions in recent years, and improvements have been made on the Canadian side by the Canadian Gov- ernment. ST. MARY'S RIVER, the channel connecting Lake Superior with Lake Huron, having more the character of a lake than a river. At Sault Ste. Marie, or St. Mary's Falls, there is a fall of 16 feet, and to enable vessels to avoid this a ship canal was built in 1855, and