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 80 COLMAN" but the vessel in which he sailed was captured by a French privateer, and he was carried to France as a prisoner. Being exchanged soon after, he passed over to England, where he re- mained till 1699, preaching in different places. In that year, having accepted an invitation to become pastor of a society just formed in Brattle street, Boston, he returned to America and entered upon his new duties. Of this so- ciety he remained pastor until his death. In 1724 he was chosen president of Harvard col- lege, which office he however declined, and in 1731 he received the degree of D. D. from the university of Glasgow. He published many sermons, some poems, and a tract in favor of inoculation for the smallpox. COLMA.V. I. George, the elder, an English comic dramatist, born in Florence about 1733, died atPaddington, Aug. 14, 1794. His father was British resident at the court of the grand duke of Tuscany. After receiving his early education at Westminster school, he became a student at Christchurch college, Oxford. He acquired a reputation for wit and talent, and published a weekly periodical called the " Con- noisseur," from January, 1754, to September, 1756, which delineated the manners of the time with admirable humor. He studied law at Lincoln's Inn, and was admitted to the bar, but devoted himself to dramatic pursuits, wri- ting "Polly Honeycomb" and "The Jealous Wife." At the death of his uncle, Lord Bath, he came into possession of a handsome fortune. In 1766 he joined with Garrick in writing "The Clandestine Marriage," and in 1767 he became part owner of Covent Garden theatre, and was acting manager of it for seven years. In 1777 he purchased the Haymarket theatre, which he supplied with pieces either original or translated. He was the author of more than 30 dramatic pieces, a few of which still keep possession of the stage. He was also a classical scholar, and made a translation of the com- edies of Terence, and of Horace's "Art of Poetry." A paralytic stroke in 1790 resulted in his mental derangement, and he was remov- ed to a lunatic asylum at Paddington. His "Dramatic Works" were published in 1777 (4 vols. 8vo), and his "Miscellaneous Works" in 1787 (3 vols. 12mo). II. George, the younger, eon of the preceding, born Oct. 21, 1762, died Oct. 26, 1836. In 1785, in consequence of the illness of his father, he assumed the manage- ment of the Haymarket theatre, and retained it for a long time. In the latter part of his life he held the office of examiner of plays. He was distinguished as a wit, and divided with Sheridan the admiration of the London circles. He wrote "John Bull," " The Iron Chest," and "The Poor Gentleman," which still retain their popularity. He also wrote "Broad Grins," "Poetical Vagaries," &c., and various small poems. ('OLMA.V, Henry, an American clergyman and author, born in Boston, Sept. 12, 1785, died in London, Aug. 14, 1849. He graduated at COLOCOLO Dartmouth college in 1805, and was ordained minister of a Congregational church at Iling- ham, Mass., in 1807, remaining there till 1820. From 1825 to 1831 he officiated as pastor of a Unitarian society in Salem, and afterward re- moved to Deerfield, where he devoted himself to agricultural pursuits. He was appointed agricultural commissioner of the state of Mas- sachusetts, and after passing some time in making a tour of inspection in that state, and in preparing several reports, he spent six years, from 1842 to 1848, in Europe. The results of his observations during this time were publish- ed after his return in his "Agricultural and Rural Economy of France, Belgium, Holland, and Switzerland," "European Agriculture and Rural Economy," and "European Life and Manners, in Letters to Friends." He also pub- lished a report on silk culture and reports on the agriculture of Massachusetts. In 1849 he revisited Europe, for the benefit of his health, but died soon after his arrival in England. COLMAR (under the Franks Columbaria), city of Germany, capital of Upper Alsac^, (formerly of t^e French department of Haut- Rhin), 40 m. S. S. W. of Strasburg ; pop. in 1872, 23,045. It is situated near the foot of the Vosges mountains, on the Lauch and Fecht rivers, both tributaries of the 111, a feeder of the Rhine, and on the railway from Strasburg to Basel. Colmar is one of the chief seats of cotton manufacture in Germany, and possesses also various other manufactures. The principal factory for cotton prints employs about 1,200 persons. It has normal schools for teachers, a gymnasium, a public library with 60,000 volumes, a Bible and a literary so- ciety, a civil and military hospital, a theatre, a Protestant church, several Catholic churches, and Jewish synagogues. The cathedral is a Gothic edifice of the 14th century, containing a remarkable painting of Martin Schon, who was a native of Colmar. Gen. Rapp was also born there, and a monument has been erected to his memory. Colmar was made a free im- perial city in the 13th century, figured con- spicuously in the civil wars under Rudolph of Hapsburg and Adolphus of Nassau, was taken by the Swedes in 1632, and later by the French, returned for a time to Germany, but was re- taken by Louis XIV., and annexed to France in 1697 by the treaty of Ryswick. In 1871 it was ceded with the rest of Alsace to Germany. COLNE, a market town of Lancashire, Eng- land, on the Colne, an affluent of the Calder, 26 m. N. of Manchester ; pop. about 8,000. It is one of the most ancient seats of woolten manufacture in England ; but since the intro- duction of the cotton manufacture, toward the close of last century, the population has been chiefly employed in producing cotton goods for the Manchester market. COLOCOLO (felis ferox), a large cat of the size of the ocelot, living in the northern parts of South America. The color is grayish above, white below, with black longitudinal streaks