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* HAIMO. 450 HAIPHONG. HAIMO, or HAYMO, hi'm6 (C.77S-853). An Anglo-Saxon eec-lesiastii.', Bishop of Halberstadt. He was a friend and fellow student of Hrabanus Maunis, who dedicated his Dc Vnivcrso to hiiu. A monk at Fulda, Haimo taught at Hersfeld, and in 840 became Bisliop of Halberstadt. He was scholarly and spiritual, fond of allegory and mysticism. His works are published under the designation "Haj-mon Halberstatensis," in vols, cxvi.-cxviii. of Migne, Patrologia Latina V Paris, 1844). HAIMONSKINDEB, hi'm6ns-kin'der. A popular German romance which appeared at Cologne in 1004 under the title Eiii schonc und liisttgc Histori von den vier Ecymonskindern. It was largely an adaptation of a version current ii> the Netherlands and based on a French orig- inal. A previous German adaptation (1535) was based directly on the prose romance Lcs quatre fih Ai/mon. See Aymo.x. HAIM'SUCKEN, or HAMESUCKEN(from AS. ham, Goth, haims, OHG. hcim, Ger. Hcim, home + AS. sacii, contention, guilt, lawsuit, from AS.. Goth, sacan, OHG. sahhan, to contend). A Scotch law term, denoting the offense of feloni- ously assaulting a man in his own house or lodgings.- This was an aggravation of the ordi- nary offense of assault. It was not so in Eng- land, where there is no peculiar name to dis- tinguish this from otlier assaults. The term ■was. however, employed in English law to de- scribe the offenses comprehended under the term housebreaking. See Burglary. HAINAN, hi-nan'. A large island in the China Sea, situated south of China and forming a department of the Cliinese Province of Kwang- tnng (Jlap: China, D 8). Its area is esti- mated at 13,600 square miles. It is separated from the mainland by Hainan Strait. 10 miles wide. There are several densely wooded moun- tain chains in the interior. The coasts are level and well watered, and the chief rivers are navigable for flat boats. The flora is very rich, and includes the areca-palm. cocoanut-tree, the banana-tree, and various other tropical plants. Among the fauna are the tiger, the rhinoce- ros, and several species of monkey. The climate is hot, but somewhat tempered on the coast by the wind. The chief products are sugar-cane, cotton, tobacco, cocoanuts, and cocoanut products. The population of the island is estimated at • 2.500,000. consisting partly of Chinese who im- migrated to the island during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the aborigines. The latter resemble somewhat the Malays, and are of small stature, and far from prepossessing in appearance. They are mostly savage in their mode of life, and have retained some independ- ence. The capital is the treaty port of Kiung- chow (q.v.). HAINAULT, or HAINAUT, S'nA' (Flem. lUncgourven ). A western province of Belgium, lying southeast of Planders (Map: Belgium, B 4). Its area is 1437 square miles. The prov- ince may be said to belong to the region of the Ardennes, and is well watered by the Scheldt, the Sambre, and their tributaries. The canals are numerous. The soil is very fer- tile, and agriculture flourishes. Wheat, flax, and fruits are principally grown. Horse-breed- ing is an important industry. Hainault is very rich in coal deposits, yielding about three- fourths of the total output of Belgium. Over 06.000 people are employed in the coal-mines. Iron, marble, and plaster are also exported, and the production of pig iron, steel, and glass is extensive. The textile manufactures are like- wise well developed. Nearly one-half of the population are occupied industrially. The in- habitants numbered 807.407 in 1895, and 1,I4G,- 040 in 1900. The capital is Mons. Hainault was a county in the latter part of the Middle Ages. Together with the Cimnty of Holland, it was made over to Burgundy by Countess Jacque- line in 1433. Subsequently it shared the for- tunes of the Belgian Xetherlands. Portions of it were annexed to France in the seventeenth century. HAINBTJRG, hIn'booirK, or HAIMBTTRG. An ancient town in Lower Austria, situated on the right bank of the Danube. 26 miles east- southeast of Vienna (Map: Austria, E 2). It is surrounded by old walls, and abomids in Roman antiquities. It is supplied with water by an ancient aqueduct, and the Rathaus con- tains a Roman altar. The old ruined castle is identified with the Castle of Heimburc, men- tioned in the yibehingen as the border fortress of the Huns. Outside of the town lie the ruins of the Castle of Rottenstein. Hainburg has one of the largest State tobacco-factories of Aus- tiia and a needle-factory. It lies near the site of the ancient Carnuntum. The town was de- stroyed by Matthias Corvinus in 1482. and by the Turks in 1683, when most of the inhabitants were killed. Population, in 1900, 6225. HAINES, or HAYNES, Joseph (?-1701). An English actor and writer. After completing his studies at Queen's College, Oxford, he was, for a time, secretary to one of the ministers of State, but was soon dismissed because of his indiscretion, and then became a dancer on the stage. He played Benito in the Assignation, a part which it is supposed Dryden wrote ex- pressly for him, but his fame rests principally upon his ability in reciting prologues and epi- logues, many of which were from his own pen. HAIPHONG, hi'fong'. The chief port of Tong- king, opened in 1876 to foreign residence and trade under a treaty made by the French with the King of Annam (Jlap: French Indo-China. E :i). It is situated on the right bank of the Kua-Kam, a branch of the Songkoi or 'Red River,' at a point where a canal leads out of it at right angles toward the Songkoi. It is the port of Hanoi, the capital of Tongking, distant 145 miles by water, but only 60 in a direct line. The town lies on both sides of the canal, in the midst of a rice-swamp. The native town consists of houses of nnid. bamboo, or matting. Previous to the arrival of the French there was scarcely a hut. On the other side of the canal is the 'Concession,' or French settlement, with fine wide streets lined on both sides with trees and lighted with electricity, a fine boulevard, good houses, spacious warehouses, extensive shops, many pleasant bun- galows, and a hotel, all erected on swampy land filled in with mud dug from the creek which surroiuids it. The city is connected with Saigon by cable. Haiphonfr is the highest point to which vessels drawing 14 feet can ascend. In 1897 the population was 18.400, including 5500 Chi- nese and 900 Europeans. Most of the trade.