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* UCCELLO. 609 UDDEVALLA. Florence, where he frescoed scenes from Genesis in Santa Maria Novella (144l)-48). There is also in the t'thzi a battle scene, one of four painted for the Bartolini. In Paris there are portraits by him of Brunelleschi, Donatello, Giotto, ila- netti, and himself. In tlie Metropolitan Mu- seum of New York City there is a portrait of a lady, attributed to him. TJCHARD, n'shiir'. IMario (1824-03). A Frencli playwright and novelist, born in Paris. After followiiif; for some time the business of a stockbroker, lie married in 1853 Madeleine Brohan (q.v.) of the Th&ltre Frangais, where he pro- duced the drama La FianiDiina (1857), which was very successful. His other plays attracted much less attention, but his novels won much favor. They include: Raymond (18G1); Le mariage de Gertrude (1862); La comtesse Di<ine (1864); Vne demiere passion (1866); Mon oncle liarbasson (1876); /jies Parker (1880); Antoinette ma cousine (1891); and others. UCHATIXJS, ouG-ii'tse-oos, Fraxz, Baron (1811-81). An Austrian general of artillery and inventor, born at Theresienfeld. Entering the Second Regiment of artillery in 1829, he became commandant of tlie ordnance works in the arsenal at Vienna in 1871, was made a major-general in 1874, and lieutenant-fleldmarshal in 1870. He introduced an improved process of manufacturing steel in 1856. constructed several ballistic ap- paratus, especially one for measuring the pres- sure of gas in gun-barrels, invented the so-called steel-bronze ( Uchatius metal), now exclusively used for the equipment of the Austro-Hungarian field-artillery, and in 1875 constructed the ring- grenades, adopted since then by nearly all artil- leries. He died by his own hand, in Vienna. TJ'CHEE, or YITCHI. An interesting tribe, constituting a distinct linguistic stock, formerly centring on the middle Savannah River, in Georgia and South Carolina, but afterwards incor- porated with the Creek confederacy. Very little is known of them as a distinct people, but all the evidence tends to substantiate their own claim that they were the autochthones of eastern Georgia and the adjacent region, antedating its occupation by the Muskhogean tribes (see MusK- HOGEAN Stock) by many years. They call them- selves children of the sun, w-hich, according to one of their sacred myths, was their mother, and was worshiped with elaborate ceremonies. In 1739 Governor Oglethorpe concluded a treaty with the Uchee at what was then their principal town, situated on the Savannah River about 30 miles above Savannah. Before the end of the century they had all removed to the Creek coun- try, where in 1799 they had four towns with about 250 warriors, or, perhaps, 800 souls. Their main town was on the western (Alabama) side of the Chattahoochee, a few miles below the pres- ent Columbus. They participated in the treaties. wars, and reverses of their Creek allies, and re- moved with them in 1835 to the Indian Territory, where they still constitute a distinct town, the largest in the Creek Nation. In physique they are smaller than the Creeks, but more wiry and athletic, as well as extremely pugnacious. Their language is remarkable for the number of ar- rested sounds, which give their conversation a jerky effect. The older ones adhere to their an- cient religion and are greatly under the influence of their priests. UCHTOMSKY, i.iK-tftm'ske, Ksper Espero- vircii. Prince (18(!1— ). A Russian author and poet, born near Oranicnl)ainM, of an old princely race descended from Kurik. Frequenting the University of Saint Petersburg, he gave his at- tention chielly to philosophy and literature and in 1884 was appointed to a "position in the Min- istry of the Interior. He made tliree journeys to the East, the last in 1890-91, acconipanying the present Czar, then heir apparent, which he described in Oricnttit Trip of the Grand Duke Xicliolds Atrxiinilroritfli of h'usfiia (18i)3-97), a splendidly illustrated work, published also in English. French, and German. Itesides many lyrie poems, he contributed book-reviews and critical and historical essays to various periodi- cals, and in 1896 assumed the editorship of the Sankt petcrburgskija Viedomo.fti. in which he advocates particularly an energetic policy of Rus- sia in Eastern Asia. TJDAIPUR, oTJ'dlpoor', or ODEYPORE, called also Mewar, or Meywar. A native State of India, under British protection, in Rajputana (Map: India, B 4). Area, 12,861 square miles. Population, in 1891. 1.844,360: in 1901, 1.021.664. The capital, Cdaipur, situated 120 miles south- east of Jodhpore at an altitude of 2064 feet, had 45,595 inhabitants in 1901. Here is an imposing royal palace of marble and granite. Just south of the city is the fortified hill Ekiingarh. The roads leading to the city are guariled by a series of fortresses, but these have fallen into a state of decay. UDALL, u'd(/!. N1CI10LA.S (1.505-56). An English schoolmaster and playwright. He was born in Hampshire. In 1524 he was graduated from Corpus Christi College. Oxford, and elected a fellow. He took an early and active part in the Reformation, but he trimmed his sails in the reign of JIary. From 1534 to 1541 he was head master of Eton, and from 1554 to 1556 head mas- ter of Westminster School. The fame of his various translations, pamphlets, and Latin and English verse has been eclijised by his Ralph Roister Doistrr. an English comedy on the Roman model. It seems to have been composed for the boys at Eton before 1551, though, so far as is known, it was not published until 1566. It is the earliest English comedy now extant. Consult the reprint by E. A. Arber (London. 1869) ; and A. W. Ward's Enfilish Dramntie Literature (vol. i., rev. ed., ib., 1899). See Gammee Gurton's Needle. TJDAL RIGHT. I'nder the old Scotch law. a species of freeliold interest or title to land, inde- pendent of the ordinary feudal dues, and cor- responding somew-hat to an allodial title to real property in England. It was not acquired by a charter or deed, but by continuous possession for a long number of years, which fact could be estab- lished by the testimony of witnesses. TJDDEVALLA, ood'df-viil'Ia. A port of Sweden, situated at the head of the Byfjord, 48 miles north of Guteborg (Map: Sweden, D 7). It has a school of navigation, and manufactures cot- ton goods and furniture. There are also sugar refineries, wood pulp mills, and granite quarries. Population, in 1901, 9442.