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878 ployed on a mission to the capital of the Wahabees, Central Arabia, in 1865. He paid several visits to the Chaab Arabs and Arab tribes of the littoral of the Gulfs of Persia and Oman from 1865 to 1871; and negotiated conventions with the littoral Arab chiefs and with the Sultan of Muscat for anti- slavery and telegraphic purposes. After confirming previous Treaties with the Seyyid of Zanzibar in 1861, he was associated with Sir Bartle Frere on an anti-slavery Mission to the East Coast of Africa and Arabia in 1872 and 1873. He was appointed agent to the Governor-General and Chief Commissioner for the States of Rajpootana in 1873, and having been sent as Special Commissioner to Baroda, arrested the Guicowar, and took charge of the State in 1871. He was on special duty with the Government of India in 1876, and finally Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for Afghan Affairs. In May, 1874, he was created K.C.S.I.,and in Aug., 1877, a K.C.B. He has received the medal and clasp for the Persian Expedition. He is a member of the Council of the Royal Geographical Society and of the Asiatic Society. He has published a pamphlet on "Our North-West Frontier," 1858; "Views and Opinions of General Jacob;" and "The Miracle Play of Hasan and Husein, collected from oral tradition," 1879.

 PENGELLY,, F.R.S., F.G.S., was born at East Looe, in Cornwall, Jan. 12, 1812. He is the author of several memoirs and papers on Rainfall, the Devonian and Triassic rocks of Devonshire, the ossiferous caverns and the submerged forests of the same county, and (conjointly with Dr. Heer, of Zürich) of a monograph on "The Lignite Formation of Bovey Tracey, Devonshire," published in 1863. He collected and arranged the Devonian Fossils, which, under the name of the "Pengelly Collection," were lodged in the Oxford University Museum by the Baroness Burdett-Coutts, in connection with the Burdett-Coutts Geological Scholarships. In 1837 Mr. Pengelly reestablished the Torquay Mechanics' Institute; in 1844 he originated the Torquay Natural History Society, and in 1862 the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature, and Art. He has always taken an active part in the management of these institutions.

 PENNELL,, eldest son of Sir Charles Henry Pennell, was born in 1836. He entered the public service about 1853, and after serving in various departments of the Admiralty, Whitehall, was appointed one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Fisheries in 1866. In Jan., 1875, he was selected by the English Government, at the request of the Khedive of Egypt, to assist as "Chief of the Department of Internal Commerce" in the reforms contemplated by that Sovereign. Mr. Pennell made his first mark in literature in "Puck on Pegasus," 1861—a book which attracted considerable notice, and has since gone through many editions. His other poetical works are "Crescent," 1866; "Modern Babylon," 1873; and "The Muses of Mayfair," 1874. During 1864–65 he edited the Fisherman's Magazine and Review, and has since contributed to the literature and practice of angling several successful books, of which the most important are "The Angler-Naturalist," 1864 "The Book of the Pike," 1866 "Fishing Gossip," 1867; and the "Modern Practical Angler," 1873. Mr. Pennell is also the author of several works on subjects of more general literary interest, and was at one time an occasional contributor to Punch, and more recently to Temple Bar, and other periodicals.

 PENZANCE, fourth son of Edward 