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 SPRINGBOK by an assistant. His works, chiefly courses of sermons and lectures, are: "Essays on the Distinguishing Traits of Christian Character " (1818) ; " Fragments from the Study of a Pas- tor" (1838); "Obligations of the World to the Bible" (1844); "The Attraction of the Cross " (1845) ; " The Bible not of Man " (1847) ; "Discourses to Seamen" (1847); "The Pow- er of the Pulpit" (1848); "The Mercy Seat" (1849); "First Things" (2 vols. 8vo, 1851); " The Glory of Christ " (2 vols., 1852) ; " Con- trast between Good and Bad Men " (2 vols., 1855); " Pulpit Ministrations " (2 vols., 1864) ; and " Personal Reminiscences of the Life and Times of Gardiner Spring " (2 vols., 1866). SPRINGBOK (antidorcas euchore), a true an- telope of the fields, coming near the gazelles in size and habits, so named from the extra- ordinary leaps of 7 to 10 ft. in height which it makes when alarmed. They wander in search of food in immense herds over the vast open plains of S. Africa, an easy prey to man and the carnivora. The general color is cinnamon brown above, white below, with Springbok (Antidorcas euchorc). long white hairs on the croup very conspicuous when jumping; its flesh and skin are much esteemed. The horns in the adult are lyrate. SPRINGFIELD, a city and the shire town of Hampden co., Massachusetts, on the E. bank of Connecticut river, opposite the town of "West Springfield, with which it is connected by a railroad and a highway bridge and by ferry 80 m. W. by S. of Boston, and 120 m. N. N. E. of New York; pop. in 1850, 11,766; in 1860 15,199 ; in 1870, 26,703, of whom 6,930 were foreigners ; in 1875, 31,053. It is noted for the great variety of its skilled industries, mostly dependent on steam power, and for the richness of its churches, of which five are built of stone and are of considerable architectural merit. Portions of the city are elevated and hilly, but along the river it is level. It is well built, and has wide streets shaded with elms and maples. The city hall is a noble building in the Roman- snae style, and has a large public hall which will accommodate 2,700 persons. There are several other public halls, of which the music hall, seating 1,200, is the largest. The court SPRINGFIELD house is a fine granite building, which cost $200,000. The city library contains 36,500 volumes. The new library building is one of the handsomest public edifices in the city. It is of brick, with facings of granite and Ohio stone, and cost with land about $100,000. Be- sides the library it contains a museum of nat- ural history and antiquities. The new high school building is a fine structure of pressed brick, with trimmings of gray Ohio sandstone, three stories above the basement. Hampden park, on the bank of the Connecticut, contains 60 acres, with a costly dike to protect it from the spring freshets, and has a celebrated race course. The Springfield cemetery contains about 40 acres, with a great variety of shade trees and fountains. Springfield is an impor- tant railroad centre, four lines meeting in one large depot, each having extensive connections, viz. : the Boston and Albany, the New Haven, Hartford, and Springfield, the Connecticut Riv- er, and the Springfield, Athol, and Northeast- ern. The United States armory employs from 500 to 700 men, chiefly in the manufacture of rifles and carbines. During the civil war about 3,000 men were employed. The arsenal, offices, storehouses, and principal shops occupy nearly the highest ground in the city, on State street, and command a fine view of the Connecticut- valley. The grounds (72 acres) are enclosed with an iron fence and beautifully laid out with trees, shrubbery, and flowers. The arsenal contains about 275,000 stand of arms. The heavier work is done at the shops on Mill river. The germ of the armory existed during the revolution, but it was not formally established til] 1794. Among the more important private manufactories are one of railroad cars, one of sporting arms, one of revolvers, several of steam engines, boilers, &c., two of gold chains, one of gold leaf, one of gold rings, three of buttons, two of card and glazed paper, one of blankets, one of cartridges, two of desks and counters, three of elevators, four of envelopes, one of corrugated iron, one of filters, several of furniture, three of hand stamps, four of hard- ware, one of gas machines, one of gilt mould- ing, several of harness, saddlery, and trunks, one of levels, two of mattresses, one of sewing machine needles, one of paint, three of paper boxes, one of collar paper, three of paper col- lars, two of rubber goods, one of sieves, two of show cases, one of skates, two of slippers, one of spectacles and thimbles, two of steam pumps, one of watches, one of woollens, five of' brick, and one of boots and shoes, two cotton mills, and two brass founderies. The Morgan enve- lope company also manufacture fancy station- ery and writing materials, and print the postal cards for the government. There are five book- publishing houses; eight national banks, with an aggregate capital of $2,950,000 ; three savings banks, with deposits to the amount of $8,500,- 000 ; and three insurance companies (two fire and one life). The city is divided into eight wards, and is governed by a mayor, a board of