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 HALICORE plete. A female figure, wanting the head, has also been restored, and is one of the finest spe- cimens of art recovered from Halicarnassus. Like all the architectural and sculptural parts of the Mausoleum, it was painted. With the aid of the partial measurements afforded by Pliny, HALIFAX Mr. Newton, and subsequently Mr. Fergusson (see engraving), attempted to reconstruct the Mausoleum. The result is two designs widely differing from each other. Mr. Newton believes that it was a rectangular building surrounded by an Ionic portico of 36 columns, and surmount- Portions of the Friezes of the Mausoleum. ed by a pyramid rising in 24 steps, upon the summit of which was a colossal marble quadriga with a statue of Mausolus. See Newton and Pullan's "History of Discoveries at Halicar- nassus, Cnidus, and Branchida? " (2 vols., Lon- don, 1862) ; James Fergusson's " The Mauso- leum of Halicarnassus, restored in conformity with the Remains recently discovered " (with plates, London, 1862); and Newton's "Travels and Discoveries in the Levant" (2 vols., 1865). HALICORE. See DUGONO. HALIFAX. I. A S. county of Virginia, bor- dering on North Carolina, bounded N. and E. by Staunton river, and intersected by the Dan ; area, 960 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 27,828, of whom 16,266 .were colored. The surface is hilly and the soil fertile ; and there are some minerals, among which is plumbago, of which a rich mine was formerly worked. It is intersected by the Richmond, Danville, and Piedmont rail- road. The chief productions in 1870 were 123,763 bushels of wheat, 387,227 of Indian corn, 168,970 of oats, 5,950 of Irish potatoes, 7,896 of sweet potatoes, and 3,838,284 Ibs. of tobacco. There were 1,939 horses, 987 mules and asses, 2,713 milch cows, 1,207 working oxen, 2,557 other cattle, 3,832 sheep, and 11,- 157 swine ; 4 manufactories of agricultural im- plements, and 5 saw mills. Capital, Banister, or Halifax Court House. II. A N. E. county of North Carolina, bounded N. E. by the Ro- anoke river; area, 680 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 20,408, of whom 13,990 were colored. The surface is diversified and the soil fertile. The Wilmington and Weldon, the Richmond, Fred- ericksburg, and Potomac, the Raleigh and Gas- ton, and the Seaboard and Roanoke railroads traverse it. The chief productions in .1870 were 5,577 bushels of wheat, 353,808 of Indian corn, 25,367 of oats, 3,357 of peas and beans, 8,491 of Irish and 28,169 of sweet potatoes, 2,321 tons of hay, and 11,716 bales of cotton. There were 1,456 horses, 1,473 mules and asses, 2,347 milch cows, 5,300 other cattle, 2,156 sheep, and 16,464 swine. Capital, Halifax. HALIFAX, a county of Nova Scotia, Canada, bordering on the Atlantic, and drained by Shubonacadie, Musquidoboit, and other rivers ; area, 2,450 sq. m. ; pop. in 1871, 56,933, of whom 17,433 were of Irish, 16,409 of English, 9,947 of Scotch, 6,418 of German, 3,044 of French, and 2,188 of African origin or descent. The surface, with the exception of a belt of high broken land, from 20 to 30 m. wide, along the coast, is tolerably level, and is dotted over with lakes. The harbors are exceedingly numerous, and six or seven are spacious enough for ships of the line. A small part of the soil is fertile. Lead and slate are the most valu- able minerals. The county is the most popu- lous in Nova Scotia, and the inhabitants are engaged chiefly in commerce, ship building, and the fisheries. Capital, Halifax. HALIFAX, a city, port of entry, and the cap- ital of Nova Scotia, Canada, and of Halifax co., situated near the middle of the S. E. coast of the province, on the W. side of a deep inlet of the Atlantic called Chebucto bay or Hali- fax harbor ; lat. 44 39' 42" N., Ion. 63 35' 30" W. ; pop. in 1790, 4,000; in 1828, 14,439; in 1861, 25,026 ; in 1871, 29,582. The city is built on the declivity of a hill rising 236 ft. above the level of the harbor, and, including its suburbs, is about 2 m. long and 1 m. wide. Its plan is regular, most of the streets crossing one another at right angles ; many of them are spacious and handsome. The lower part of the city is occupied by wharves and ware- houses, above which rise the dwelling houses and public buildings, while the summit of the eminence is crowned by an edifice in which is fixed the town clock, and by a citadel strongly built of granite. There is little uni- formity in the appearance of the houses, some of them being handsomely built of stone or brick, and others, equally attractive, of wood neatly painted, while many are stuccoed or plastered. The province building, in which are the government offices, the legislative cham- bers, and the city library, is 140 ft. long by 70 ft. broad, with an Ionic colonnade. The government house, admiral's residence, Dal- housie college, military, hospital, lunatic asy- lum, workhouse, jail, penitentiary, city mar- ket, post office, theatre, assembly rooms, court house, exchange, and some of the public