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* MAIDTJ PEOPLE. 705 MAIJttBOTJBG. naked, lived chietlv upon acorus and pifions, with the raw blossoms of red clover in summer, and built a species of hogan or dugout of boards, with wicker granaries for storing acorns, and large round town houses for public ceremonials. They had a number of dances, the chief of which was the acorn dance, and a peculiar secret so- ciety into which boys were initiated at the age of about twelve years. They constituted a distinct linguistic stock known as the Pujunan. A few are now gathered upon the Round Valley Reser- vation. They are basket-makers, but fashion simpler designs than the neighboring Pomo tribes. MAIGNAN, ma'ny;'^''- -Albert (1844—). A French historical and landscape painter. He was born at Beaumont (Sarthe), December 15, 1844, and studied under Noel and Luminals. He re- ceived a first-class medal at the Salon of 1879, and the cross of the Legion of Honor in 1883. Among his best-known works are: "Dante Meet- ing Countess ilatilda" (1881), in the Luxem- bourg; "Assault on Pope Boniface VIIL at Agani." in the Metropolitan Museum, New York. MAIGRE. A fish. See Meagre. MAIKOFF, mi-k6f', ApoLLOxirs Nikolaie- VITCII (1821-08 1. A Russian poet, born in Mos- cow. He was the son of a painter and was edu- cated at the Saint Petersburg L'niversity. He was made a Government censor of foreign publi- cations and became a Panslavist. He translated Neo-Greek and old Slavonic poems, published a volume of original verse in 1842, and two lyrical dramas. Tri Hmerti (Three Deaths), and Dia Mira (Two Worlds), and such epics as ftavomi- rola. Clermont Cathedral. The Queen's Confession, and The Prineess, which was his best effort. His coni])lete works were published in Saint Peters- burg (.3 vols., 4th ed. 1884). MAIKOP, mi'kop. A town in the territory of Kuban, Caucasia, situated on a tributary of the Kuban. 03 miles southeast of Ekaterinodar, the capital (Map: Russia. F 6). It is a growing town of recent origin and carries on a brisk trade in the agricultural products of the fertile region in which it is situated. Population, in 1897, 34,191. MAILATH, nioi'lat. .JAxcs, Count (1786- 185.5). . Hungarian poet and historian, born at Pesth. He studied at Erlau and Raab, and was for a time chancery councilor at Pesth. This post he lost in 1848, and after seven years of literary labor at Vienna and Munich com- mitted suicide Ijy drowning, with his daugliter. in the Starnberger See. His works include: (lediehte (1824) ; Mayyarisehe Saijen mid Miirehen (1825: 2d ed. 1837) ; a translation of some of Kis- faludy's poems (1829) ; a valuable edition of the Kalocsa Codex, containing several poems in Old High German: and the historical works: Dcr unparische Reiehstag von IS.^O (1831): 6e- sciiichte der Stndt Wien (1832): and the Ge- schiehte der Maiiyaren (1828-31), the most valu- able of his productions, with two supplementary volumes (1S54). MAILDUIT, niiil'doon. The hero of an an- cient Irish romance known as The Votiaqe of Mnil- dtin. It is one of a group of Inirama or voluntary sea expeditions, of which the Voi/age of Saint Brendan (q.v.) is equally well known. Maildim was the son of Ollil Ocar Agar, an illustrious man of the tribe of Owenaght of Ninus. in the Countv of Clare by the sea. Before the hero's birth, his father had been slain by a band of robbers who had come over the sea. When Maildun had grown up, he set forth in a triple-hide curragh (a canoe made of a framework of wood covered with skins) in search of his father's murderer. In his voyage on the western sea for three years and seven months, he visited the island of huge ants, red-hot animals, burning places, the isle of the blest, and other marvelous places. He found his enemy, whom he forgave for the hospitality accorded him after so many perils. ■ The story is beautifully told by Tennyson in the Voyuqe of Maeldune. For a prose translation, consult .Joyce, Old Celtic Romances (2d ed., London, 1894). MAILLART, nia'yar'. Loris Aint (1817- 71). A Freneii composer, born in Montpel- lier. He was a pupil of the Paris Conservatory, and won the Prix de Rome for composition in 1841. His first opera, (Jastibeha (1847), was very successful; his other works include: J^e moulin des tilleuls (1849); La eroix de Marie (1852); Les dragons de Villars (1856); Les pecheurs de Catane (1860): and Lara (1864), all of which were presented in Paris. MAILLET, ma'ya'. .Jacques LfioxARD (1823- 94). . French sculptor, born in Paris. He was a pupil of Pradier. and won the Prix de Rome in 1847. His "Agrippine et Caligula" (1853) was the first of his groups to win recognition. His "Primavera della vita" was at the exposition of 1855. and his other works include: "Agrippine portant les cendres de Germanicus" ( in the Gar- den of the Luxembourg), which was in the Expo- sition of 1807. and "Le satyre et I'amour." shown in the Exposition of 1878. There are decorative groups by him on the New Louvre, the Opera House, and in the churches of Sainte Clotikle. Saint Leu, and Saint Severin in Paris. He also erected a monument to the Bonaparte family at Ajaccin. MAIL-SHELL. A chiton. See Chiton. MAIMANA, nii'ma-nii'. A town of Afghan- istan. Sec Maimexe. MAIMATCHIN, nu'ma-chin'. A trading set- tlement of Chinese Mongolia, situated on the frontier of Siberia, opposite Kiakht.a (q.v.). It is surrounded by a strong palisade and has two fine temples. Its commercial importance has de- creased, together with that of Kiakhta. Only a small part of the population is permanent, most of the inhabitants being Chinese merchants, who come there on business. The current language is a mixture of Chinese and Russian. MAIMBOTJRG-, max'bi5or', Loms (1610-86). A Roman Catholic historian and polemical writer. He was born in Nancy. France, and became a Jesuit in 1626. As he was an earnest Galilean, the Pope in 1682 secured his dismissal from the Jesuit Order. He died in Paris, a pensioner of Louis XIV.. August 13. 1086. His historical works appeared in Paris in twelve volumes in 1686; his polemical works against Protestantism in 1682. English translations were made of The History of the Leaque (1684) : The History of the Holy War (1686); and An Historical Treatise of the Foundation and Prerogatives of the Church of Rome and of Her Bishops (1685). Several of his books are upon the Papal Index. Consult Reusch. Der Index der verboteneti Biicher. vol. ii. (Bonn. 1883-85).