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152 the sea and the lake. The “ fem" (Coregonus fem) is economically the most important species. In the mud at the bottom of the lake there exists an interesting fauna, of about 40 species, mainly belonging to the lower orders. Several of the species, as (jummarus ccecus, are found 1000 feet below the surface, in the reign of perpetual darkness. Two species of gastropods of the genus Lim-naus are worthy of special note as possessing developed lungs. though they live at a depth of from 150 to 300 feet.

1em  GENEVA, a post village of Ontario county,,, is beautifully situated at the north end of Seneca Lake, on the New York central railway and at the terminus of the Ithaca branch railway, 52 miles E.S.E. of Rochester. One of its chief features is the terraced gardens, which extend from the princile street to the shore of the lake ; and there are also two ﬁne parks. Geneva is the seat of Hobart Free College, which is under Episcopalian management, and has 9 professors and about 50 students. It has also a graded union school, attended by upwards of 1000 pupils. The prosperity of the town depends chiefly on the nurseries in the neighbourhood, which extend to nearly 10,000 acres, and from which plants to the value of more than 1,000,000 dollars are shipped annually. There are also marble-works, benching-works, and iron-works. A daily line of steamers plies between Geneva and Watkins at the head of the lake. The population in 1870 was 55:21.  GENEVA CONVENTION, an agreement concluded at an international conference which was held at Geneva in 1864, under the presidency of General Dufour the Swiss plenipotentiary, for the purpose of ameliorating the condition of the sick and wounded in time of war. The credit of originating this conference must be given to two citizens of Geneva, Dunant, a physician, who published a startling account of what he had seen in two military hospitals on the fiell of S-Jlferino, and his friend Moynier, chairman of the Geneva society of public utility, who took up the idea of “neutralizing the sick waggons,” formed associations for its agitation, and at length pressed it upon the Govern- ments of Europe, mOst of which sent representatives to the conference. The convention was drawn up and signed by them on the 22d August, and since then it has received the adherence of every European power, and one Asiatic (viz., Persia). The convention consists of ten articles, of which the last two are formal.

1em 1em 1em  GENEVIÈVE, or, undefined, patroness of Paris, flourished during the. She was born about at Xanterre near Paris, or according to another tradition at Montriere; her parents were called Severus and Gerontia, but accounts differ widely as to their social position. According to the legend, she was only in her seventh when she was induced by Bishop (after- wards Saint) Germaiu d'Auxerre to dedicate herself to the religious life. On the death of her parents she removed to Paris, where she distinguished herself by the activity of hcr benevolence, as well as by the austerity of her sanctity. She is said to have been the recipient of supernatural rc- velatious, and to have predicted the invasion of the Hnns; and when Attila with his army was threatening the city, she gave courage to the panic-stricken inhabitants by an assurance, justiﬁed by subsequent events, to the effect that the attack would come to nothing. In she caused a church to be built over the tomb of St Denis, where the abbey was afterwards raised by Dagobert I. Her death occurred in, or according to another account in, and her remains were ultimately laid in the chapel bearing herlname, which has now become merged in the Pantheon or Eglise St Genevieve. Charpcntier pub- lished in 1687 a life of the saint based upon the statements of an anonymous author who is alleged to have written her biography only eighteen years after her death. The legends, miraculous and other, are also given in the Bollandist Arm Sanctorum and in the great work of Tillemout. Her festival is celebrated on the 3d of January.

1em  GENGA, (c.–), a painter and architect, was born in Urbino towards. At the age of ten he was apprenticed to the woollen trade, but showed so much inclination for drawing that lie was sent to study under an obscure painter, and at thirteen under Luca Signorelli, with whom he remained a considerable while, frequently painting the accessories of his pictures. He was afterwards for three with l’ietro I’erugino, in company with Raphael, and he developed asimilar style of painting. He next worked in Florence and Siena, along with Timoteo della Vite; and in the latter city he painted various cons positions for I’andolfo I’etrucci, the leading local statesman of the time. Returning to Urbino, he was employed by Duke Guidobaldo in the decorations of his palace, and showed