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WADMAN, Jolian Anders, Swedish writer,

xxii. 757. WADY HALFA, town, Nubia, Africa,

xvii. 507, 6n. WADY MUSA (Pctra), town., Northern

Arabia, xvm. 705. WAFERS, in. stationery, xxiv. 305. WAGANDA, people of Uganda, Africa,

xxin. 718. WAGER, in law, xxiv. 305.

, Sir Charles, English admiral,

xxiv. 170. - OF BATTLE, n. 210; vn. 511;

xvn. 820; xxiv. 305. WAGES, xxiv. 306; xiv. 165; as affected

by trade unions, xxin. 500; payment

of, xvin. 440; taxes on, xxm. 89;

Lassalle on, xiv. 321; Marx on, xxn.

2 1 1 ; Rodbertus s theory, XX. 6 1 6.

See also article Political Economy. WAGGONS, Railway, xx. 247. WAGLER, Johann, on birds, XVIII. 14,

20; on reptiles, XX. 436. WAGNER, Adolf, German economist,

xix. 392.

, Andreas, on a feathered reptile,

xvm. 34.

, Johann Gottlob, pianoforte maker,

xix. 73.

, Rudolph, German anatomist and

physiologist, xxiv. 313. -, Wilhelm Richard, German musi

cal composer, xxiv. 313; anticipated by Monteverde, xvn. 87; his influ ence on the lyrical drama, xvn. 99.

WAGNERITE, mineral, xvi. 407.

WAGRAM, Austria, Battle of (1809), in. 134; ix. 616; xvn. 214.

WAGRIA, ancient district, Holstein, xxi. 415.

WAGTAIL, bird, xxiv. 316.

WAHAB, Muhammed ben, Druse chief tain, vn. 484.

WAHBALLATH, prince of Palmyra, xvin. 202.

WAHHABEES, or Wahhabites, sect of Arabs, n. 250, 260; xvn. 773; xxin. 648 ; their doctrines in India, XL 849.

WAHIDI, Arabic writer, xvn. 514.

WAHLSTATT, Prussian Silesia, Battle of (1241), xiv. 569; xvi. 741.

WAHSATCH MOUNTAINS, U.S.A., xxin. 796; xxiv. 19.

WAI, town, India, xxi. 317.

WAIGALIS, tribe, Kafiristan, Asia, xin. 822.

WAIHU (Rapanui), island, South Pacific, xx. 273.

WAIKATO, river, Xew Zealand, in. 67; xvi. 467.

WAINAD, district, India, xvn. 508.

WAINEWRIGHT, Thomas Griffiths, Eng lish essayist, xxiv. 317.

WAINGANGA, river, India, in. 627.

WAIPA, river, Xew Zealand, XVII. 467.

WAIROA, river, Xew Zealand, xvn.

467. WAITANGI, Xew Zealand, Treaty of

(1840), xvii. 471. WAITZ, Georg, German historian, xxiv.

3I7-

WAITZEN, town, Hungary, xxiv. 30.

WAIVES AND STRAYS, Cinque Port right, v. 787.

WAKAHOLO, Lake, Bum, Indian Archi pelago, iv. 573.

WAKATIPU, Lake, Xew Zealand, xvn. 467.

WAKEFIELD, town, England, xxiv.

318-

, Edward Gibbon, English colonial

statesman, xxiv. 318.

, Gilbert, English scholar and theo logian, xxiv. 319.

WAKEFULNESS, xxii. 157.

WAKEMAN, Sir George, English phy sician, xvn. 697.

WAKHAN, state, Central Asia, xvin. 104.

MOUNTAINS, Transcaucasia, Rus sia, xxin. 513.

WAKHSH, affluent of Oxus, Central Asia, xvin. 103.

WAKIDI, Moslem historian, xvi. 596;

XXIII. 2.

WAKORES, African tribe, XV. 475.

WALACHIA, principality, Roumania, xxi. 1 6; Great and Little, xxiv. 269, 270.

WALACHIAN (or ROUMANIAN) LAN GUAGE, xxiv. 270; xx. 668; alphabet of, I. 614; dictionaries of, vn. 186.

WALAFRID STRABO, German mediaeval writer, XXIV. 320.

WALATA, oasis, Africa, xvn. 695.

WALBURGA, St, English abbess, xxiv.

337-

WALCH, Carl Friedrich, German jurist, xxiv. 321. -, Christian Wilhelm Franz, Ger

man ecclesiastical historian, xxiv. 321.

, Jacob (Jacopo de Barbari), Vene tian artist, vil. 555, 556. -, Johann Ernst Immanuel, German

philologist, xxiv. 321.

, Johann Georg, German church

historian, xxiv. 321.

WALCHEREN, island, Holland, xxiv. 771; British expedition to, xiv. 854.

WALCHOWTTE, mineral, xvi. 428.

WALCOTT, John, on British birds, xvin. 9.

WALCZ (Deutschkrone), town, Prussia, vn. 134.

WALDECK-PYRMONT, principality, Ger many, xxiv. 321.

WALDEMAR, margrave of Brandenburg, xx. 3.

II., king of Denmark, vn. 84. - III., of Denmark, vn. 85; his con test with the Hanse towns, xi. 450.

WALDEMAR, king of Sweden, xxii.

745- WALDEN, Thoreau s prose work, xxin.

3i3- WALDENBURG, town, Prussia, xxiv.

322. WALDENSES, religious sect, xxiv. 322;

XX. 321; their Presbyterianism, XIX.

697. WALDERBESKOPF, mountain, Rhenish

Prussia, xx. 20. WALDGEBIRGE, mountains, Austria, in.

116. WALDHEIM, Fischer de, on birds, xvin.

IS-

WALDMANN, Hans, burgomaster of Zurich, xxiv. 831.

WALDO, Peter, founder of the Waldenses, xxiv. 323.

WALES, principality (incorporated with England), vin. 215; as part of ancient Britain, iv. 353; in 6th century, vin. 271; in gth century, vin. 284; inva sion of, by William II., xxiv. 577; Norman settlement in, xvn. 551 ; in 1 1 th and I2th centuries, vin. 304, 309; conquest of, by England, vin. 311; Irish in, xin. 247; ancient law code, xxi. 216; ancient literature, v. 314; poetry, vin. 408; ancient tribes, v. 300; coalfields, vi. 49; colleges, xxin. 856 ; counties, vin. 220 ; Eisteddfod, vn. 791 ; newspapers, xvii. 422; population and representa tion, xxin. 727.

WALFISCH BAY, South Africa, v. 43.

WALGHVOGEL (Dodo), bird, vn. 321.

WALIA, Visigothic leader, in Spain, xxn. 308.

WALID I., caliph, xvi. 573. II., caliph, xvi. 576.

, Abul (Rabbi Jonah), Jewish philo logist, xin. 737.

WALIDIYA, town, Morocco, xvi. 831.

WALKELIN, bishop of Winchester, xxiv. 596.

WALKER, river and lake, Nevada, U.S.A., xvn. 367.

, town, England, XXIV. 325.

-, Frederick, English painter, xxiv.

326.

, Sears Cook, American astronomer, xxiv. 326., General William, filibuster, Xicar-

agua, xvii. 479.

WALKERITE, mineral, xvi. 420. WALKER S EARTH, fuller s earth, ix.

816.

WALKING-STICK INSECT, xin. 152. WALL, Great, of China, v. 638, 644.

, Antonine s, Scotland, n. 139; iv.

353; xxi. 471; xxn. 554., Hadrian s, England, XL 364; xxi.

471.

WALLACE, Alfred Russel, on natural selection, vin. 749, 764; on the races of man, n. 114; on the Malayan race,