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 AGUA AGUILAR his ashes, and was met everywhere on the way with manifestations of sympathy and respect, and at Rome with unparalleled honors. But she was an object of hatred to the emperor Ti- herius, and in A. D. 30 he banished her to the island of Pandataria, where she died, as is sup- posed, by voluntary starvation. She was the mother of nine children, one of whom was the emperor Caligula. Her sons Nero and Drusus fell victims to the tyranny of Tiberius and the jealousy of Sejanus. II. Daughter of the pre- ce'ding, born at Cologne (hence called Colonia Agrippina) between A. D. 13 and 17, died in 59. She was gifted and beautiful, but is one of the vilest characters in history. She was first married to Cn. Domitius Ahenobar- bus, and after his death to Crispus Passienus, whom she was accused of poisoning. Her brother Caligula banished her and her sister Drusilla to the island of Pontia in 39, but they were released by Claudius on his accession in 41. After the murder of Messalina she suc- ceeded in inducing her uncle Claudius to marry her (49), the act being legalized by the senate, and to adopt her son Nero by Ahenobarbus as his successor, to the exclusion of his own son Britannicus. She then proceeded to remove all rivals and enemies by poison, and finally Clau- dius himself (54), his fate being hastened by an incautious threat uttered by him. After Nero's accession, having alienated him by domestic intrigues, she resorted to the most revolting means for regaining his affection; but her efforts failed, and she was assassinated by his orders in her villa on the Lucrine lake, after the failure of an attempt to drown her in a vessel purposely contrived to break to pieces at sea. She left commentaries on her own and her family's history, which were used by Tacitus. ., AGUi (Sp., water), Volean de, a mountain in Guatemala, Central America, 25 m. 8. W. of the capital, New Guatemala. In form it is a graceful cone, its base extending over nearly all the western part of the valley of Guatemala. The traveller Stephens estimates its altitude at 14,450 feet above the level of the sea. Culti- vated fields surround the base, and a belt of forest and verdure extends to the summit. The crater-like hollow on the top measures 140 by 120 yards. Its name is derived from the fact that occasionally torrents of cold water flow out of its northern side. The volcanic moun- tain of Pacaya lies to the S. E., and that of Guatemala to the N. "W. AGUADO, Alexandra Marie, a Parisian banker, born at Seville, June 29, 1784, died April 14, 1842. In early life he joined the Napoleonic party in Spain, held a commission in the French army, and fought for Napoleon up to the battle of Leipsic, when he quitted the army, engaged in trade and banking, and in 1823 was appoint- ed banker for the Spanish government at Paris. He was created a Spanish marquis by Ferdinand VII., and received from Otho of Greece the order of the Redeemer. He lived in great 15 VOL. i. 15 splendor, and died worth $12,000,000. He had a gallery of very fine pictures, which were en- graved and published as the Galerie Aguado (Paris, 1837-'42). AGUAS CALIENTES. I. The smallest state of the Mexican republic, nearly enclosed by Zaca- tecas, and bounded S. by Jalisco; area, 2,216 sq. m. ; pop. in 1869, 160,630. The eastern dis- tricts consist of elevated table lands, averaging 5,000 to 6,000 feet above the sea, and the west- ern of broken mountain ranges, including the sierras of Laurel and Final, spurs of the Sierra Madre or Cordillera. The table lands produce abundant crops of cereals and a variety of fruits, of which olives, figs, grapes, and pears are the principal. There are a few unimpor- tant silver and other mines within the state. It is divided into the four districts of Aguas Calientes, Rincon de Romos, Asientos, and Cal- villo. II. The capital of tLe preceding state, situated upon a plain 6,000 feet above the sea, 270 N. W. of Mexico ; pop. 22,534. It takes its name from two warm mineral springs in its neighborhood. The great road from Mexico to Durango and Sonora and that from San Luis Potosi to Guadalajara meet at Aguas Calientes. It is surrounded by rich gardens, abounding in olives, figs, vines, and pears, and contains churches, convents, and a hospital. AGUE, a word denoting tremor, which has been used by medical writers in the sense of chill or rigor. Fever and ague is a popular name for intermittent fever. (See FEVERS.) Cases of intermittent fever, lacking the usual chill or cold stage, and in other respects latent, are sometimes distinguished as cases of "dumb ague." The name "ague cake" is applied to enlargement of the spleen occurring not very infrequently in the course of intermittent fever. AGUESSEAU, Henri Francois d', a French jurist, born at Limoges, Nov. 27, 1668, died Feb. 9, 1751. In 1690, when only 22 years old, Louis XIV. appointed him advocate general, and in 1700 he became procureur general. He resisted the registration of the papal bull Unigenitus, on the ground that it encroached on the rights of the monarchy. In 1717 he was made chan- cellor by the regent Orleans. Almost alone he opposed Law's schemes for making the nation suddenly rich, and was dismissed, but recalled in 1720, on the bursting of the bubble. In 1722, Cardinal Dubois being appointed presi- dent of the council, D'Aguesseau retired, to be reappointed in 1737, finally resigning hi 1750, at the age of 82. He endeavored to reduce the incongruous laws of France to uniformity, had an extensive acquaintance with literature, and was versed in many European languages. His writings have been published in several editions, the most complete in 16 vols. 8vo (Paris, 1819- '20) ; and his Lettres inedites appeared in 1823 (2 vols. 8vo). AGUILAR, or Agnilar de la Frontera, a town of Spain, in the province and 22 m. S. by E. of Cordova, on the Cabra; pop. about 12,000. It has a trade in corn and wine, and is remarka-