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475

XlCAQUES, Indian tribe, Honduras,

xii. 131. XiMENES,or Jimenes, Francisco, Spanish

cardinal and statesman, xin. 693, 94;

xx. 324; xxii. 327. XIMENEZ, Francesch, Catalan writer,

xxii. 364.

XIPE-TOTEC, Mexican deity, xvi. 212. XIPHIAS, genus of fishes, xxii. 804. XIPHIUM, genus of plants, xill. 276. XlSUTHRUS, legendary king of Babylon,

vn. 54.

XONOLITE, mineral, XVI. 420. XYLARIA, genus of Fungi, xvn. 75. XYLEM, or Wood, in vegetable histology,

xn. 1 8.

XYLENE, benzol, xxm. 59. XYLOGRAPHY, or Block-Printing, xxm.

682.

XYSTUS (Sixtus I.), pope, xxii. 103. X. Y. Z. MISSION, to France from

United States, XXlii. 755.

V7&quot; the twenty-fifth letter of the

&amp;gt; alphabet, xxiv. 722. YAAKOB of Orleans, Jewish writer,

xxm. 40. B. MEIR B. SHEMUEL, Rabbinic

scholar, xxm. 39. YABLONOVOI MOUNTAINS, Siberia,

xxm. 509.

YABU, Afghan breed of horses, I. 233. YACHOW-Fu, town, China, xxiv. 722. YACHT, YACHTING, xxiv. 722; xxi. 594. YADZVINGS, tribe, Lithuania, xiv. 702. YAFA (Joppa), town, Palestine, XIII. 746. YAFFIL, or Yaffle, bird, xxiv. 651. YAGHANS, tribe, Tierra del Fuego, xxm.

384- YAGUAR-COCHA, lake, Ecuador, vn.

646. YAHYA B. KHALID, prime minister of

Haroun al Raschid, XI. 488. YAJNAVALKYA, in Sanskrit literature,

xxi. 288. YAJUR-VEDA, Sanskrit sacred writing,

xxi. 278.

YAK, ungulate mammal, xxiv. 725. YAKHSU, river, Turkestan, xvm. 103. YAKIMA PASS AND RIVER, Washington

Territory, U.S.A., xxiv. 385. YAKOBA, town, Sokoto, Africa, xxii.

248, 279.

YAKUB, shah of Persia, xvm. 633. ALMANSOR, Moorish prince in

Spain, XXII. 317. BEG (the Atalik Ghazi), amir of

Kashgar, xiv. 7. BEN LAITH, founder of SafFarid

Moslem dynasty, xvi. 586. YAKUBI, Arab historian, xxm. 3. YAKUTS, people, Siberia, xxii. 8; xxm.

608, 661; xxiv. 726. YAKUTSK, province, Siberia, xxiv. 725;

town, xxiv. 727. YALE COLLEGE, New Haven, Con

necticut, U.S.A., xvn. 394; xxm.

857; library, xiv. 534; observatory,

XVII. 715.

YALE LOCK, xiv. 751. YALKUT, Midrash, xvi. 287. YALTA, town, Crimea, Russia, vi. 587;

xxm. 83.

YA-LU-KlANG, river, Corea, vi. 391. YALUTOROVSK, town, Siberia, xxm.

43- YAM, plant, xxiv. 727; xn. 289; in

Polynesia, xix. 419. YAMA, Hindu divinity, iv. 208. YAMA-MAI WORM, silkworm, xxii. 60. YAMAN-TAU, mountain, Russia, xxiv.

4-

YAMBO, town, Arabia, xxiv. 727; xx.

316.

YAMBURG, town, Russia, xxi. 190. YAMDENA, island, Timor Laut group,

Indian Archipelago, XXIII. 398. YAMPAIS, American Indians, xn. 827. YAMPOL, town, Russia, xix. 254. RAPIDS, Dniester river, Russia,

vn. 306. YA MURA, mountain, Sumatra, xxii.

638.

YANA, river, Siberia, xxiv. 726. YANAON, French settlement, India,

xxiv. 727. YANBO (Yambo), town, Arabia, xxiv.

727; xx. 316.

YANDOON, town, Burmah, xxm. 330. YANEZ, Rodrigo, Spanish chronicler,

xxii. 354. YANG-CHOW Fu, town, China, xxiv.

728. YANG-CHU, Chinese philosopher, xvi.

4-

YANGHI-HISSAR, town, Turkestan, xxm. 639; xxiv. 728.

YANGI SHAHR (Kashgar), town, Turke stan, xiv. 7; xxm. 639.

YANG KEEN, emperor of China, v. 645.

YANG-TSZE-KEANG, river, China, v. 631; xvm. 117.

YANG-TUNY, mountain, Russia, xxiv.

4- YANINA (Janina), town, Albania, Turkey,

xni. 565; xxm. 653. YANKTON, town, Dakota, U.S.A., xxiv.

728; vi. 773. YAO, or Yaou, Chinese emperor, II. 745;

v. 643.

YAOU- JIN, Chinese tribe, xvi. 224. YAP, island, Carolines, Pacific Ocean, v.

126.

YAPOCK, marsupial mammal, xvil. 796. YAQUI,Pico del, mountain, San Domingo,

XI. 544.

YARANSK, town, Russia, xxiv. 303. YARDS, of ships, xxi. 153. YARE, river, England, xvn. 536. YARENSK, town, Russia, xxiv. 283. YARIBA, country, West Africa, xxiv.

754-

YARKAND, or Yarkend, town, Turkestan,

xxiv. 728; xxm. 638, 639. YARMOUTH, town, Norfolk, England,

xxiv. 728., town, Isle of Wight, England,

xxiv. 562. YARN, spun fibre, xxiv. 730; cotton,

vi. 488; linen, xiv. 666; woollen,

xxiv. 658. YAROSLAFF, early Russian prince, xxi.

89.

, prince of Suzdal, Russia, xxi. 90.

YAROSLAVL, government, Russia, xxiv.

731; town, xxiv. 732. YARO-TSANPO, river, Tibet, xxm. 340. YARRA, river, Victoria, Australia, xv.

835; xxiv. 216. FLATS, plains, Victoria, Australia,

xxiv. 216. YARRELL, William, English naturalist,

xxiv. 732; on Britisli birds, xvm.

1 8, 29, 49.

YARROW, river, Scotland, xxi. 638. YARWHELP, bird, x. 720. YASA, mountain, Nepal, XVIL 340. YASHIL-KUL, lake, Central Asia, xvm.

104. YASNA, part of Zend-Avesta, xxiv.

775- YASSIN, state and river, Kashmir, x.

597- YATAGHAN, hand-weapon, xxii. 800,

802. YATUTOROVSK, town, Russia in Asia,

XXII. II.

YATVYAGS, tribe, Lithuania, xiv. 702. YAVIPAIS, American Indians, xn. 827. YAVORSKI, Stephen, Russian writer,

xxi. 105.

YAWNING, xx. 480. YAWRY BAY, Sierra Leone, West Africa,

xxii. 44.

YAWS, disease, xxiv. 732. YAYUL, district, Tibet, xxm. 340. YAZD, town, Persia, xxiv. 733; xvm.

627, 628. YAZDAGIRD, or Yezdegird, Era of, v.

717; xvm. 326. YAZDEGERD I., king of Persia, xvm.

610.

II., of Persia, xvm. 611.

III., of Persia, xvm. 615.

YAZID I., caliph, xvi. 567. II., caliph, xvi. 575.

III., caliph, xvi. 576.

YAZIDADH, Syriac writer, xxii. 830.

YAZIJI-OGHLU, Ottoman poet and his torian, xxm. 656.

YAZOO, river, Mississippi State, U.S.A., xvi. 521.

YCA, town, Peru, xii. 611; xvm. 674.

Y-CHANG, town, China, XII. 628.

YEADON, town, England, xxiv. 733.

YEAR, division of time, iv. 666; v. 712; solar, n. 770; Sabbatical, xxi. 126.

YEARNING (Rennet), for cheese-making, vi. 771.