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* HTJGUES. 301 HULL. cess with a bas-relief of Homer, in 1875. His works have frequently appeared in the Salon, such as "Le bapteme du Christ" (1878) ; "CEdipe a Colone" (1882); and "Jeune Romaine" (1889); and he contributed "L'Asie" (1886) to the decoration of the Paris Hotel de Ville. HXTHNE, hi.i'ne, Bebxhard (1547-1011). A German iiavijiator in the service of Spain. He was born in Heidelberg, and by 1599 was head pilot of the Spanish colonies of Xorth America, whence he embarked on the Pacific with .Tuan Fernandez (1600), to discover an outlet into Bering Sea, as California was then considered an island. The first voyage resulted merely in strife with the aborigines, but the following year Hilhne set out alone, and though he did not find the mythical wealthy city of Anlan, which Philip III. had bidden him seek, he explored the Gulf of California, and made charts of it most u-ipful to later navigators. HiriA (hoo'ya) BIRD (Maori name). A re- markable bird of New Zealand {Heterolocha Gouldi), now considered one of the starling fam- ily, and approaching extinction, because it is BEADS OF BCIA. A, female; #, male. confined to the limited forests of certain moun- tain ranges, and is constantly pursued as a cage- bird or as a curiosity, and also by the natives, who regard its tail-feathers as a proper badge of mourning. It is about the size of an American thrush, and both sexes are glossy green-black, excepting a white terminal band upon the tail and the large rounded wattles at the gape, which are orange-red. Their ivory-white bills, however, differ to a degree unknown elsewhere among birds. That of the female is long, slender, curved, and hoopoe-like; that of the male only half as long and much straighter and shorter. Sir William Buller has described the species very fully (Birds of Xeic Zealand, London, 2d ed. 1888). He says its favorite food is the grub of a large, timber-boring beetle. The male bird, with bis short, stout bill, attacks the more de- cayed portions of the wood and chisels out his prey, while the female, with her long, slender bill, probes the holes in the sounder part, the hardness of which resists the male's weapon; and elsewhere she obtains for him grubs beyond his reach. It is not surprising to learn, in view of this cooperative work, that the pairs are de- voted companions, and when one has been cap- tured the other is easily taken. These birds nest in hollow tree'^. HOlCHOL, wf-ch61' fa corruption of the na- tive name, signifying prophet, doctor). A wild tribe of the remote Nahuatlan stock, occupy- ing si-V villages in the rough mountain region of northwestern Jalisco, Mexico. Despite former missionary efforts and long continued contact with Spanish civilization, they are said to be living in the same state of barbarism as when Cortes first put foot on the -Mexican soil. Their culture is that of the well-known Pueblo type, displaying a number of ceremonial rites, espe- cially in connection with the Peyote (q.v.), which they call Hikuli. They number 4000. Con- sult Lumholtz. Symbolism of the Huichol In- dians (Xew York). HTJI-SHEN, hwe'shto'. A Buddhist monk and traveler, of the fifth century. See HwEl- Saxc. HtriSMAN, hois'man, Roelof. See Agbi- COI.A, KODOI.PIIUS. HUITFELDT, hut'felt. Abild (1.540-1609). A Danish historian and statesman. After study- ing in Germany and France he entered the dip- lomatic service, and finally became Chancellor of the Kingdom. He published a long series of volumes on the history of the Kings of Denmark to the death of Christian III. These were after- wards issued under the title, Denmarks Riges Kronike (1650-52). The work is slovenly in stj'le and uncritical in its judgments, but pre- serves many valuable documents. HXTLAKXT KHAN, hoU-lii'koo Kan. See Mon- gol Dynasties. HULTJA. In the mythology of Northern Germany, a spiritual being corresponding to the Berchta of Southern Germany and Switzerland, and the Frigga of Scandinavian mythologj'. As goddess of death, she goes at the head of the troops of ghosts. To her the souls of dying chil- dren betake themselves. She flies through the air with her attendants, bringing fortune to the good and misfortune to the evil. She sometimes has witches among her followers. See Bebchta; Fretj. and Fbigga. HULEH. See Mebosi, Watebs of. HULL. The capital of Ottawa County, Que- bec, Can., on the Ottawa River, opposite the city of Ottawa, with which it is connected by a suspension bridge (Map: Ontario, H 2). Lum- ber industries and large pulp and paper mills occupy the inhabitants, who are mostly French Canadians. Iron is mined in the neighborhood. The town was almost totally destroyed by fire in 1900, which also wrought considerable de- struction in Ottawa. 3000 buildings in all being ■burned. It has been rebuilt. Population, in 1891, 11.264; in 1901, 13,988. HULL, also known as KiNGSTON-tjpoN-HrLL. A seaport. Parliamentary and municipal bor- ough, and civic county in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, at the confluence of the Hull with the estuarj' of the Humber, 20 miles from the Xorth Sea, and 41 '-j miles east-southeast of York by rail (Map: England, F 3). The town stands on a level plain amid uninteresting sur- roundings. The modern portion has spacious, regular, and well-paved streets, while the old quarter, which serves as the business section, has narrow crooked lanes, and is very crowded, form- ing an irregular peninsula. Among noteworthy public buildings are Trinity Church, founded 1412. a decorated and perpendicular building, one of the finest parish chvirches in England ; the town hall, the new exchange, corn exchange, and