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 WALTON 1778, was wounded at the taking of Savannah, and remained a prisoner until September, 1779. He was twice governor of Georgia, four times a judge of the superior courts, and in 1795 was chosen United States senator for one year. WALTON, I/auk, an English author, born in Stafford, Aug. 9, 1593, died in Winchester, Dec. 15, 1683. He was a sempster or haber- dasher in London, retired from business in 1644 with a moderate competency, and during the remainder of his life, according to Wood, " lived mostly in the families of eminent clergy- men of England, of whom he was much be- loved." While pursuing his business in Lon- don he became an admirer and intimate friend of Dr. Donne, and published a life of him, with an edition of his sermons (1640). In 1651 he edited a collection of Wotton's remains, under the title of " Reliquiaa Wottoniajase," to which was prefixed a life of Wotton. In 1663 he produced his " Compleat Angler, or the Con- templative Man's Recreation," which, apart from its technical value, presents a pleasing picture of the author's cheerful and devout spirit, his enthusiasm for the art of which he treats, his love of nature, and his poetic in- stincts. Walton lived to see his book go through five editions, the last of which (1676) was accompanied by a second part, " being in- structions how to angle for a trout or grayling in a clear stream," written by his intimate friend and adopted son Charles Cotton. Cot- ton's treatise is mainly devoted to fly fishing, and has ever since been printed with that of Walton. Of the many editions of the " Com- plete Angler " since published, the most notice- able are those of Major (8vo, London, 1823 ; 4th ed., with new plates, 1844), remarkable for its numerous admirable woodcuts and engra- vings ; of Sir Harris Nicolas (2 vols. imp. 8vo, London, 1833-'6, reprinted in. 1860), which, besides being profusely illustrated, contains the best life of Walton yet written ; and of Edward Jesse and H. G. Bohn (1861), containing, with others, the notes and plates of Major's editions. An American edition (1847) contains an ex- cellent bibliographical preface and other valu- able matter by the Rev. Dr. Bethune. A fac- simile reprint of the rare first edition was pub- lished by Elliot Stock in London in 1876. Walton's remaining works comprise lives of Richard Hooker (1665), George Herbert (1670), and Bishop Robert Sanderson (1678); and in 1683 he edited with an introduction John Chalkhill's " Thealma and Clearchus." He left a son, Izaak, who took orders; but no descendants of his name are now known. WALWORTH. I. A S. E. county of Wis- consin, bordering on Illinois, and drained by affluents of Pishtaka and Rock rivers; area, 576 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 25,972; in 1875, 26,- 259. The surface is level and diversified with prairie and forest, and the soil highly fertile. Geneva lake, 8 m. long, is in the S. part, and there are several smaller lakes. The county is intersected by the Western Union and other WAMPUM 445 railroads. The chief productions in 1870 were 605,093 bushels of wheat, 41,210 of rye, 830,- 179 of Indian corn, 698,033 of oats, 118,835 of barley, 30,137 of buckwheat, 294,157 of pota- toes, 639,516 Ibs. of butter, 79,327 of cheese, 443,995 of wool, and 52,596 tons of hay. There were 11,244 horses, 9,743 rnilch cows, 11,296 other cattle, 97,324 sheep, and 17,784 swine; 4 manufactories of agricultural implements, 20 of carriages and wagons, 2 of iron castings, 1 of paper, 2 of pumps, and 13 flour mills. Capital, Elkhorn. II. A central county of Dakota, not included in the census of 1870; area, about 900 sq. m. It is bounded W. by the Missouri and watered by several small streams that empty into that river. WALWORTH, Reuben Hyde, an American jurist, born in Bozrah, Conn., Oct. 26, 1789, died in Saratoga, N. Y., Nov. 21, 1867. He was ad- mitted to the bar in Troy, N. Y., in 1809, and settled in Plattsburgh, where as adjutant gen- eral of the state militia he took part in the operations in September, 1814. He removed to Saratoga, and in 1821-'3 was a member of congress, in 1823 was appointed a circuit judge, and from 1828 till the abolition of the court of chancery in 1848 he was chancellor of the state. His published decisions as chancellor are contained in 11 volumes of Paige's reports and 3 of Barbour's (1830-'49). Most of his opinions delivered in the court for the correc- tion of errors, of which he was a member ex officio, were published in Wendell's reports (26 vols.), Hill's (7 vols.), and Denio's (5 vols.). He was author of " Rules and Orders of the New York Court of Chancery" (1829), and " The Hyde Genealogy " (2 vols., 1864). His son MANSFIELD TRACY, born in Saratoga in 1830, graduated at Union college in 1849, and after practising law in Albany devoted him- self to literature, publishing "The Mission of Death" (1853), " Hotspur " (1864), " Stormcliff " (1866), "Warwick" (1869), and other novels. He was shot and instantly killed by his son in the Sturtevant house, New York, June 8, 1873. The chancellor's eldest son CLARENCE graduated at Union college in 1838, became a member of the Roman Catholic order of Paul- ists and is now (1876) a priest in Albany, N. Y. He has published "The Gentle Skeptic" (1863), against Colenso on the Pentateuch. WAMPOI, the common English name for the shell beads used for ornament and as currency among the northern Algonquin and Iroquois tribes of American Indians. They were made chiefly on Long Island and around New York bay. There were two kinds: wampum or wampumpeag, which was white and was made from the conch or periwinkle ; and the suckan- hock, black or rather purple, made from the hard-shell clam, and worth twice as much as the white. The shell was broken in pieces, rubbed smooth on a stone till about the thick- ness of a pipe stem, then cut and pierced with a drill. It was strung or made into belts. As money its use passed to the New England,