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 vi CONTENTS PAGE Polypterus. See Gar Fish. Polypus 689 Polysperchon 690 Polyxena 690 Polyzoa 690 Pombal, Marquis of 691 Pomegranate 6!)1 Pomerania 692 Pomeranus. See Bugenhagen. Pomeroy 693 Pomona, an island. See Orkney Isl- ands. Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marchioness de 693 Pompeii 694 Pompey, Cneius Pompeius Magnus. 696 Pompey, Cneius 698 Pompey, Sextus 698 Pomponius Mela. See Mela. Pomptine Marshes. See Pontine Marshes. Poncas 699 Ponce, Pedro 699 Ponce de Leon, Juan 699 Ponce de Leon, Luis 699 Poncelet, Jean Victor 700 Pond, Enoch 700 Pond, John 700 Pondicherry 700 Pond Lily. See Water Lily. Pongo. See Orang Outang. Poniatowski, family of 700 Poniatowski, Stanislaw 701 Poniatowski, Stanislaw August, King 701 Poniatowski, Jozef Antoni, Prince. 701 Poniatowski, Joseph, Prince 701 Pons, Jean Louis 701 Ponsard, Francis 701 Ponson du Terrail, Pierre Alexis de, Viscount 701 Ponta Delgada 701 Pont-a-Mousson 702 Pontchartrain 702 Ponte, Da. See Bassano, and Da Ponte. Ponte Corvo 702 Pontefract '. . . 702 Pontiacco 702 Pontiac, a city 702 Pontiac, an Indian chief 702 Pontifex 703 Pontifical States. See Papal States. Pontigny 703 Pontine Marshes 703 Pontmartin, Armand Augustin Jo- seph Marie de 704 Pontoise 704 Pontoppidan, Erik 704 Pontormo, II ( Jacopo Carrucci) 704 Pontotoc co 704 Pontus 704 Pontus Euxinus. See Black Sea. Poodle 704 Poole 705 Poole, John 705 Poole, Matthew 705 Poole, Paul Falconer 705 Poonah 705 Poor, Daniel 706 Poor. Little Sisters of the. See Sis- terhoods. Popayan 706 Pope co., Ark 706 Pope co., Ill 706 Pope co., Minn ' 706 Pope 706 Pope, Alexander 707 Pope, John 710 Popish Plot. See Gates, Titus. Poplar 711 Popocatepetl 713 Poppig, Eduard 713 Poppy 713 Porbus, Franz 715 Porcelain. See Pottery and Porce- lain. Porcupine 715 Porcupine Ant-Eater 717 Porgy. See Scuppaug. Porisms 718 PAGE Porosity 719 Porphyry, a rock 719 Porphyry, a philosopher 719 Porpoise 719 Porpora, Nicold 720 Porsena, Lars, King 720 Person, Eichard 721 Porta, Baccio della. See Bartolom- meo, Fra. orta, Giambattista della 721 Portaels, Jean Francois 721 Portage co., Ohio 721 Portage co., Wis 722 Portage 722 Portalis, Jean IStienne Marie 722 Portalis, Joseph Marie, Count 722 Port-au-Prince 722 Port Elizabeth 722 Porter. See Brewing. Porter co 722 Porter, David 723 Porter, David Dixon 724 Porter, Ebenezer 724 Porter, Fitz John 724 Porter, Jane 725 Porter, Anna Maria 725 Porter, Noah 725 Porter, Peter Buel 725 Porter, Sir Robert Ker 726 Porteus, Beilby 726 Port Glasgow 726 Port Hope 726 Port Huron 726 Portici 727 Port Jervis 727 Portland, Me 727 St. John. 729 Portland, O Portland, N. Portland, Isle of 730 Port Louis 730 "Port Mahon 730 Portneuf co 730 Porto Alegre 730 Porto Bello 731 Porto Ferrajo 731 Porto Maurizio 731 Porto Plata. See Puerto Plata. Porto Eico 731 Porto Santo 732 Port Royal 732 Port Said 734 Portsmouth, N. H 784 Portsmouth, Va 735 Portsmouth, Ohio 735 Portsmouth, Eng 735 Portugal 736 Portugal, Language and Literature of 741 Portugal, Wines of 745 Portuguese Man-of-War. See Jelly Fish. Portulaca. See Purslane. Porus 746 Poseidon. See Neptune. Posen 747 Poseyco 747 Posey, Thomas 747 Posidonius 747 Positivism. See Comte. Post 747 Postage Stamps 756 Potash 756 Potassium 758 Potato 764 Potato, Sweet 767 Potato Bug 768 Potato Fly. See Cantharides. Potato Rot 771 Potato Worm. See Hawk Moth. Potemkin, Grigori Alexandrovitch, Prince 772 Potenza 773 Pothier, Eobert Joseph 773 Pott...: 773 Potocki, Stanislaw Felix, Count ... 773 Potocki, Ignacy, Count 773 Potocki, Stanislaw Kostka, Count. 773 Potocki, Jan, Count 773 Potomac 778 Potosi 774 Potsdam, N. Y 774 Potsdam, Prussia 774 PAOK Pott, August Friedrich 775 Pott, Percival 775 Pottawattamie co., Iowa 775 Pottawattamie co., Kansas 775 Pottawattamies 775 Potter co 776 Potter, Alonzo 776 Potter, Horatio 777 Potter, Hazard Arnold 777 Potter, John 777 Potter, Louis Joseph Antoine de. . . 777 Potter, Paul 777 Potters 1 Clay. See Clay. Pottery and Porcelain 777 Pottinger, Sir Henry. 792 Potto 792 Pottstown 793 Pottsville 798 Pouched Eat. See Gopher. Pouchet, Felix Archimede 793 Pouchet, Georges 793 Poughkeepsie 793 Pouillet, Claude Gervais Mathias.. 794 Poujoulat, Jean Joseph Francois.. 794 Poujoulat, Baptistin 794 Poulpe. See Octopus. Pound, a weight 794 Pound, in law 794 Pound Sterling 794 Poupart, Francois 794 Poussin, Nicolas 795 Poussin, Gaspar 795 Powell co 795 Powell, Baden 795 Powell, John Wesley 796 Power 796 Power, Tyrone 796 Powers, Hiram 797 Powers, Mechanical. See Mechan- ics. Poweshiek co 797 Powhatan co 797 Powhatan 797 Pownall. Thomas 797 Pozzo di Borgo, Carlo Andrea, Count 798 Pozzuolana 798 Pozzuoli 798 Pradier, Jean Jacques 799 Pradt, Dominique Dufour, Abbe de 799 Praed, Winthrop Mackworth 799 Prsenestc 799 Pra'tor 800 Praetorians 800 Praga 800 Pragmatic Sanction 800 Prague 801 Prairie 802 Prairie co 802 Prairie Dog 802 Prairie du Chien 803 Prairie Hen. See Grouse, vol. viii., p. 271. Prairie Squirrel 808 Prairie Wolf. See Wolf. Prakrit. See India, Eaces and Lan- guages of, vol. ix., p. 216. Pram, Christian Henriksen 804 Praslin, Cesar Gabriel, Duke de. . . 804 Praslin, Charles Laure Hugues Theobald, Duke de 804 Prati, Giovanni 804 Pratincole 804 Prato 805 Pratt co., Kansas 805 Pratt co., Dakota 808 Pratt, Charles. See Camden, Earl. Prawn 805 Praxiteles 805 Preault, Antoine Augustin 806 Prebend 606 Preble co 806 Preble, Edward 806 Preble, George Henry 807 Precession of the Equinoxes 807 Pregnancy. See Medical Jurispru- dence, and Obstetrics. Prehistoric Eemains. See Ameri- can Antiquities, Archaeology, Bone Caves, Finds, and Lake Dwell- ings.