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LEFT SIENKIEWICZ 423 SIERRA LEONE of painting, and was the birthplace of was president of the General Relief Corn- famous painters, sculptors, and architects, mittee for Polish victims. He died in It was long the powerful rival of Flor- 1916. SIENA CATHEDRAL ence, but was annexed by Tuscany in 1557. Siena is the seat of an archbishop. Pop. commune about 41,700. SIENKIEWICZ, HENRYK, a Polish author; born in Lithuania in 1845. He was the author of the historical novels "Quo Vadis," "The Deluge," and "With Fire and Sword." The next books were "Pan Michael" and "Ian Wolovyjswki." Later works were : "Children of the Soil," "Knights of the Cross," "Let Us Follow Him," etc. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1905. At the out- break of the World War he removed to Switzerland. He was active in behalf of the sufferers from the war in Poland, and SIENNA, or SIENNA EARTH, a fer- ruginous ochreous earth, which when raw is of a fine yellow color, and when burned assumes a rich orange-red tint. It is used as a pigment in both oil and water- color painting. SIERRA, a chain of hills or mass of mountains with jagged or saw-like ridges. SIERRA LEONE, a small British colony and a protectorate on the W. coast of Africa. The colony occupies the pen- insula, Sherbro Island, some small isles and a coast-strip between French Guinea and Liberia. Area, 4,000 square miles. The protectorate extends inland and is bounded by French Guinea on the N., by