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xv. 324; on birds, xvm. 32; on the fauna of New Guinea, xvn. 387.

WALLACE, Sir William, Scottish patriot, xxiv. 326; xx. 592; xxi. 487; his struggle against Edward I., vil. 683; VIII. 313.

, William, Scottish mathematician,

xxiv. 327.

WALLACE S LINE, Asia, n. 684.

WALLACHIAN ALPHABET, i. 614.

WALLACHIAN (or ROUMANIAN) LAN GUAGE, XXIV. 270; xx. 668; diction aries of, VIL 1 86.

WALLACKS, Vlachs, or Walachians, race of people, Europe, xxiv. 268; iu Greece, XI. 83.

WALLASEY, town, England, xxiv. 328.

WALLA WALLA, town, Washington Territory, U.S.A., xxiv. 328; district, xxiv. 386.

WALL-CREEPER, bird, xxm. 534.

WALL DECORATION, xvn. 34; xxm. 158. See Mural Decoration.

WALLENBERG, Jakob, Swedish writer, xxii. 756.

WALLENSTADT, Lake, Switzerland, xxii. 777.

WALLKNSTEIN, Schiller s drama, xxi.

397-, Adalbert. Eusebius von, German

general, xxiv. 328; ill. 125; IX. 77;

x. 500; XL 334. WALLER, Edmund, English politician

and poet, XXIV. 330; vin. 418. WALLIN, Johan Olof, bishop of Upsala,

Swedish hymn-writer, XXII. 757. WALLIS (Valais), canton, Switzerland,

xxii. 785.

, Lake, New South Wales, xvn.

408.

, John, English mathematician and grammarian, xxiv. 331 ; on the piithmetic of infinites, xm. 6; on imaginary roots of quadratic equations, XX. 161; on squaring the circle, xxii. 435; his controversies with Hobbes, xii. 36, 37; on Wright s navigation tables, XVII. 225; on the teaching of deaf-mutes, VI I. 6. -, Samuel, explorer in Polynesia,

x. 189; discoverer of Tahiti, xxm.

24. WALLONS, or Walloons, people of South-

Eastern Belgium, xxiv. 332. WALL-PAPERS, iv. 512; xvn. 38;

Japanese, xm. 591. WALLS, of Rome, xx. 812, 832., islands, Orkney, Scotland, xvil.

846. WALLSEND, town, England, xxiv. 333;

coal of, xvn. 566.

WALL STREET, New York, xvn. 458. WALL TILES, xxm. 389. WALNUT, tree and fruit, xxiv. 333; xn.

278; XVII. 664; culture of the tree,

II. 318; in United States, xxm. 808. WALPOLE, Horace, English writer,

xxiv. 333 ; Chattel-ton s application to, v. 448; his Walpoliana, I. 785.

WALPOLE, Sir Robert, English states man, xxiv. 335; vni. 354; x. 422; his measures of finance, IX. 184; his relations with Townshend, xxm. 492.

WALPURGIS, St, English abbess, xxiv.

337-

OIL, xxiv. 337.

WALPURGITE, mineral, xvi. 407. WALRUS, carnivorous mammal, xxiv.

337; xv. 443; tusks of, xm. 523. OIL, xvn. 744.

WALSALL, town, England, xxiv. 338. WALSH, William, English poet, xxiv.

338. WALSINGHAM, Norfolk, England, Ruins

at, XVIL 537.

, Sir Francis, English statesman,

xxiv. 338. WALTER of Essex, reputed author of

Guy of Warwick, XI. 341., Jakob Gottlieb, on the anatomy of

the nerves, I. 816.

, John, proprietor of The Times

newspaper, London, xvn. 417. PRINTING MACHINE, xxm. 707.

WALTERS, Lucy, mother of James, duke

of Monmouth, xvi. 755. WALTHAM, town, England, xxiv. 339.

ABBEY, town, England, xxiv. 339;

gunpowder factory at, II. 633. - HOLY CROSS, town, England,

xxiv. 339.

WALTHAMSTOW, town, England, xxiv. 340.

WALTHEOF, Earl, English noble, vni. 292; xxm. 476; xxiv. 575.

WALTHER, Bernhard, German astro nomer, xxiv. 340; xx. 342; his obser vatory at Nuremberg, xvi I. 709. VON DER VOGELWEIDE, German minnesanger, xxiv. 340; X. 525.

WALTON, or Walton-le-Dale, town, Eng land, xxiv. 341.

, or Walton-on-the-Hill, town, Eng land, xxiv. 341.

, Brian, bishop of Chester, XXIV. 341; his Polyglott Bible, I. 497; ill. 652., Izaak, author of Compleat Angler,

xxiv. 342. WAMAHS, tribe, Kafiristan, Asia, xm.

822. WAMASAI, race of people, East Central

Africa, I. 263. WAN-CHOW Fu, town, China, xxiv.

342-

WANDERING JEW, The, xm. 673. WANDERING JEW, Eugene Sue s novel,

xxii. 619. WANDSWORTH, district, London, xiv.

822, 833.

, Orders of, Presbyterian system,

in England, xix. 686. WANGARAWA (Mandingoes), African

tribe, XV. 475.

WANGEN, lake-dwelling, Lake of Con stance, xiv. 223. WANG KHAN, Prester John (&amp;lt;/.r.), xvi.

745-

WANJAB,. river, Turkestan, xvm. 103. WANKS, river, Honduras, xn. 130. WANSBECK, river, England, xvn. 565. WANS DYKE, Wilts, England, xxiv.

594-

WANSTEAD, town, England, xxiv.

343-

WAN WANG, Chinese writer, v. 660.

WANYORO, people, Central Africa, xxm. 859.

WAPENTAKE, English territorial divi sion, XII. 360.

WAPITI, kind of deer, vn. 24.

WAPPLERITE, mineral, xvi. 404.

WAR, xxiv. 343; English articles of, VI. 518; XVI. 296; use of balloons in, I. 199; influence of, on emigration, vni. 173; international law of, xin. 1 93 ; laws and usages of, Lieber s code, XIV. 564; prizes of, XIX. 766; tactics in battles, III. 443.

WARACABA, bird, xxm. 595.

WARAN, lizard, xiv. 734.

WARANGAL, town, India, xxiv. 366.

WARASDIN (Varasd), frontier generalate, Austria, xvi. 295; town, xxiv. 69.

WARATAH, tree, New South Wales, xvn. 410.

WARBECK, Perkin, claimant of English crown, vni. 329; XI. 662; in Scotland, xxi. 496; siege of Waterford by, xin. 261.

WARBLER, bird, xxiv. 366.

WARBURTON, Egerton, Australian ex plorer, in. 106.

, Eliot Bartholomew George, Irish

traveller and novelist, xxiv. 367.

, William, bishop of Gloucester,

controversialist, xxiv. 368.

WARD, in law, xin. 2., Ann (Mrs RadclifTe), English novelist, xx. 211.

, Edward Matthew, English painter,

xxiv. 369.

, James, English painter, XXIV. 369;

XXL 441, 444; his defence of beards, III. 464. r, Mrs, founder of the Jesuitesses, xvi.

, Seth, his controversies with

Hobbes, XII. 36.

, William, English engraver, xxiv.

369- WARDA, George, Syriac hymn-writer,

xxii. 855.

WAR-DANCES, vi. 799. WARDHA, district, India, xxiv. 370. WARDLEY, Jane, leader of the Shakers,

xxi. 736.

WARD OF COURT, in law, xin. 2. WARDS AND LIVERIES, Court of, xiv.

115. WARE, town, England, xxiv. 370.