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 34 IKi:ZiIAVIN were ill formed and in. Aft-rmarch- U) Scotland, and returning without ac- "hititf nnvthiiiL'. and skirmishing about tered the British troops under Gen. Wills at Prest' 'r an action in which Der- wentwater displayed great bravery, surren- dered on a promise that tluir lives should be spared. I.ord I>erwentwater was impeached and brought to trial in -January, 1716. He pleaded guilty, and threw himself on the mercy of the crown, alleging hi* youth and inexpe- rience as an excuse ; but he was condemned to death as a traitor, and notwithstanding great tain his pardon was beheaded on Tower hill. He died protesting his loyalty to James III., and asserting that "dishonorable terms had Keen proposed to him as the price life, which he had refused to accept." was written by Sydney Gibson. DKU/tmiV Uvrill Komanoritrh, a Russian lyrical poet, born in Kazan in July, 1743, died in July, 1816. He was admitted to the gym- nasium of Kazan in 1758, and attracted the at- tention of the principal, who took him to St. Petersburg. He entered the cavalry, where he distinguished himself, and subsequently the civil service, and was successively governor of Olonetz and Tambov. In 1791 Catharine II. appointed him secretary of state, and a few years later president of the college of commerce. On Paul's accession to the throne he was placed at the head of the council of In 1800 he was imperial treasurer, and in 1802 minister of justice. His princi- pal poems are the odes on the birth of the em- peror Alexander, against irreligion, on the new year 1781, to God, and on God's majesty. Many of them abound with beautiful moral sen- God, which was not only translated into seve- ral European languages, but also into Chinese and Japanese. It is said to have been hung up palace of the emperor of China, printed in gold letters on white satin ; and, according to Golovnin's account, it was placed in the same manner in the temple of Yedo. His com- plete works are in 5 vols. 8vo (St. Petersburg, 1810 '16). DESiGlADEBO (Span., drain). I. A naviga- ble river of Bolivia, the outlet of Lake Titicaca 1 180 m. S. S. E. through the plain named from it, with a descent of about 490 ft., into Lake Aullagas, which has no outlet. Its dth vanes f r. yards, and it is quite The current is very slow. Near Lake J a bridge built by the Ifth mca of Peru for the passage of his army. i immense inter-alpine plain comprised - Cordilleras Oriental and Occi- i-liv.an Audi-, about one third Miainder in Bolivia 400m J on ai >m.wHe, Bare in. the was, the population is nminly made up of the JOT Ws and the Ay lli; ,ras. From U elevation, which averages 13,340 ft. above DESAIX DE VEYGOUX the level of the sea, its extent, and the num- ber and height of the snow-capped peaks by which it is surrounded, it has been called the Thibet of South America. The main element in the formation of the more elevated portions is trachytic conglomerates in various stages of decomposition, especially in the northern parts, which are intersected by isolated hills and low mountain ranges. Corocoro to the north was long celebrated for its rich silver mines ; and both silver and gold have been found in va- rious localities, more particularly in the region contiguous to the Nevada de Illimam, from the base of which a large block of native gold was detached by lightning. The mass was afterward sold at an enormous price, and de- posited in the museum of natural history at Madrid. The tin mines of Oruro are among the richest in the world ; copper is said to be as plentiful in the mountain country as silver has been in the Cerro de Potosi ; and many other minerals are likewise abundant; but, owing to the difficulty of transportation, these sources of wealth still lie unexplored. Of sev- eral thermal springs, those named Urimiri and Mochacamarca are the best known. Notwith- standing the intertropical situation of the yal- ley, its elevation gives it a mild and salubrious climate. The year is divided into two sea- sons : summer, from November to April ; and winter, from May to October. During the for- mer, which is the wet season, almost every day brings rain, and the nights are often chilly, with occasional frost; but during the winter snow and rain are never seen, except at the commencement and end. Not a tree is to be seen. The lower districts are clothed with a beautiful green turf, and in the valleys grows a coarse grass affording excellent pasture. Although the plain is well watered by the great Lake Titicaca, Lake Aullagas, the river Desaguadero connecting these lakes, another smaller lake, and many minor streams, the cereals do not attain maturity. Potatoes are plenty and grow wild ; and the quinoa (chenopo- dium quinoa), often used as a substitute for the potato, is sedulously cultivated. The banks of Lake Titicaca have a luxuriant growth of rushes useful to the Indians for making huts, mats, boats, and other commodities. Remarka- ble among the fauna of the plain are the guanaco and the allied genera of alpacas, llamas, and vicunas, all of which roam in numbers in every direction, yielding abundant fleeces of precious wool. Numerous herds of cattle graze along the banks of the rivers ; horses, asses, and mules are very plentiful ; and there are two rodents, a species of hare, and the viscacha, whose burrowings render travel on horseback dan- gerous in many localities. Some delicious fish are taken in the lakes and rivers. Of the towns, which are few and small, Oruro is the most important. WESAIX DE VEYGOFX, Louis Charles Antoine, a French general, born at St. Hilaire d'Ayat in Auvergne, Aug. 17, 17G8, killed at Marengo,
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