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* DROBISCH. 470 DROMEDARY. W'itz- iind Karrikalurcii-.Mafiaziii, and pub- lished the following contributions to humorous literature: Amarilleii und ISurliiclkcii (1S57); Humoristische Liedcrtafcl (IStiS); liuiite Ulasu- rcn (ISlio); and Honiiaclie Vortriige (5th ed. 1892). . DROBISCH, MoRiTZ WiuiELM (1S020C). A Genuan jiliilosopher and nuulieniatieiau. He was born and educated at heipzij;. and in lS2li became professor of niatheniatics at the Uni- versity in that city. In lS-12 his title was enlarged so as to include also the professorship of philosophy. He be^an his literary career as a disciple of Herbart, and though in his later philosophical works he showed decided inde- pendence of thought, he remained Herbartian in Ins general attitude. He was also distinguished as a mathematician and psychologist, and was especially interested in the application of mathe- matical laws to psycliic phenomena. His philo- sophical writings include: Uritriipe ziir Orient i- rung iiher Ilerbart's l^iixlcin der Philusophie (1834) ; ypiip Darstelliing dcr Lotjik nach ihrcn cinfaclisten Verliiiltnissen (5th ed. 1S87) ; Grand- leliren dcr Religionsi>hilosophie (1S40); Einpi- rischc Psychologic nach natuncissenschaftjichcr Methodc (1S42); Erste Grundlinicn dcr mathe- malischen Psijchologie (1S.50): Hants Dinge an sich mill XI ill Erfahrniigshcgriff (1SS5). DROGHEDA, droc'eda (Olr. Droirheadatha, bridge of the ford). A seajmrt. municipal bor- ough, and civic county on the borders of Meath and I.outh. Ireland, situated on both sides, but chiefly north, of the Boyne, four miles from its mouth, and 31 miles north of Dublin (Map: Ireland, K 3). The Dublin and Belfast Railway crosses the Boyne here by a viaduct 05 feet high. There are linen and cotton manufactures, tanneries, breweries, and an iron foundry. It has a considerable trade, chiefly with Liver- pool, principally in corn. meal, flour, cattle, pro- visions, linen, hides, and butter. Great quanti- ties of ale are exported. Each census since 1S41 shows a falling oil in the population. At that date it contained 17.300 inliabitants. while in 1891 the population numbered 13.708: in 1901, 12,765. Drogheda was a political and ecclesi- astical centre as early as the twelfth century. Us antiquarian remains include 8aint Marj-'s Abbej-, the Magdalen tower of the Dominican priorv where the Irish chieftains surrendered to Richard II., the Tholsel' or town hall, and the ruined West Gate and perfect Saint Laurence (Jate of the ancient fortified walls. The two divisions of the town were tniited by a char- ter fnim Henry IV. in 1412. Po-ning's Laws were enacted in 1404 by a Parliament as- sembled here. In 1049 Cromwell stormed the town and slaughtered its inhabitants. It surren- dered to William III. after the battle of the Boyne, fought some two miles from the town. Consult Barnard, The fiiege of Drogheda (Dub- lin. 17.30). DROGIO, driVi*-r>. The name given by the fnurtecnth-centurv Venetian traveler Antonio Zeno to a vast country southwest of Estotiland (Labrador?). The land is probably mythical. DROHOBYCZ, dr^.'hA.b^^ch. A town of Oali- oia, Au->tria, situated near the left bank of the Tysmienica, a tributary of the Dniester. It is about forty miles south-southwest of Lemberg (Map: Austria, H 2). Its only public buildings ol note are the castle, surrounded by extensive grounds, and the handsome Gothic parish church. ■Jhe chief industry is the preparation of salt, obtained from mines in the vicinity. There is also a brisk trade in grain, cattle, leather, and petroleum. I'opulatlnn. in 1890 (commune), 17,000: in 1000, 19,14(. DROIT D'ATJBAINE, drwU dAbftn' (Fr., alien's law, Lat. nlibi nali. A harsh rule of French law whereby all the property, real and personal, of an alien dying in France was con- liscated to the Crown. The rule was limited to pro|)erty found within the jurisdiction of the Crown, and to foreigners who were domiciled within the territories of the French King. It had no application to travelers, foreign mer- chants trading in France but not residing there, nor to the reiiresentatives of foreign powers. A few foreign nationalities, as the Swiss, Savoyards, Scotch, and Portuguese, were also exempted. It survived until 1810, when it was finally abolished. For the status of aliens generally, see Alien; Citizen ; Sidject. DROITWICH, droitleh (OF.. Fr. droit, right, customs duty + Eng. iriV/i, trick, salt-s])ring, Iccl. rile, creek, Lat. salinw, salt-springs). A municipal borough in Worcestersliire, England, seven miles north-northeast of Worcester, in the narrow valley of the Salwar])e, and on a canal connected with the Severn, which admits vessels of 60 tons (.Map: England, D 4). It has direct communication, also, liy means of other canals, with Birmingliam and London and the inter- mediate district. Its chief trade is salt, for which it has bt^n famous from remote times. In the middle of the town, rising from a depth of 200 feet through beds of new red sandstone and gypsum, are the celebrated wyches, or brine- springs, containing between 35 and 40 per cent, of pure salt, and yielding annually over 100.000 tons of salt, a large part of which is exported to foreign countries. The saline baths are nuich frequented. Population, in 1801, 4021; in 1901, 4103. The remains of a Roman villa, with tes- sellate<l pavements, etc., were found here. DROME, drfim. A southeastern department of France, bounded on the west by the Rhone (Ma)): France, M 7). Area. 2500 square miles: population, in 1896, .300,213; in 1901, 294,704. Toward the east the surface is hilly, a spur of the Alps traversing the eastern limits, and s<'nd- ing olfshoots of about 3500 feet in average height westward across almost the entire area of Drome, These heights, covered with forests of pine, oak, and beech, afl'ord excellent pasturage in siunmer and autumn. The general direction of the rivers is westward, toward the Rhone; the most notable are the Dnlme, from which the department takes its name, and the Istre. Vines and mulberry, chestnut, walnut, and olive trees are extensively grown. In the product inn of mulberry leaves and in silkworm culture. Drome is one of the leading departments of France. The manufactures consist chiefly of woolen elolh, silk, hosiery, serge, and cotton yarn. Capital, Valence. DROMEDARY, drfim'^dft-rl (OF. drome- iliiin. l.nt. ilriimrdarius. from Lat. dromns. Gk. Jpo^uit, dronins, a running, from ipaiuiv, drnmrin, lorin). A name sometimes given to the Arabian