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self. It is said to have been described in a work called Periodus or Periplus.

The motives for his undertaking such long voyages are entirely unknown, but it is generally supposed that the Massilians, a flourishing commercial republic, wishing to extend their mercantile connections, sent him out to explore the unknown regions of the north. In this case however the epithet poor, which Polybius gives to Pytheas, would be ill applied, as his personal poverty would have been no obstacle to his entering upon such bold enterprises. Pytheas also distinguished himself as a mathematician and an astronomer, and among other discoveries ascribed to him, he is said to have been the first who determined the meridian altitude of the sun at the summer solstice at Massilia, by means of a gnomon. (Hipparchus ap. Strab., ii. 5, p. 182, ed. Tauchnitz.)

His merits have been differently judged of by the antients, for while Eratosthenes and others adopted his statements in preference to those of others, Polybius (Reliq., lib. xxxiv., 10), and especially Strabo (in many passages of lib. i. and ii.), treat him with the utmost contempt, though the latter does not despise his accounts of the manners and productions of the countries which he visited. Modern geographers however have discovered reasons for judging more favourably of Pytheas, and have ascertained that he is right in several points for which he is censured by Strabo.

The few fragments of his works were collected and edited in 1824, by Andr. Arw. Arwedson, Upsala. Compare Brückner, Historia Reipublicæ Massiliensium,' Göttingen, 1826, p. 64, &c.; 'Pytheas de Marseille et la Géographie de son Temps; ouvrage publié par Jos. Straszewicz, orné de trois Cartes géographiques, Paris, 1836 (this work has been translated into German by S. F. W. Hoffmann, Leipzig, 1838). See also Ukert, Bemerkungen über Pytheas, Geographie der Griechen und Römer.

PYTHIA. [DELPHI. ]

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PYTHIAN GAMES (Pythia, or Pythici Ludi), one of the four great national festivals of the Greeks, were celebrated near Delphi, in honour of Apollo, originally 'every ninth year, and afterwards every fifth year, in the autumn of the third year of each Olympiad, in the second or third month of the year, according to Clinton. Corsini and others, followed by Boeckh, place them in the spring, in the month Munychion, the tenth of the year. Their origin is assigned by some to Amphictyon, the son of Deucalion, or to the Amphictyonic council: by others to Agamemnon; by Pausanias to Diomed; by Strabo to the Delphians, after the Crissæan war; but most commonly to Apollo, after he had vanquished the serpent Python. (Ovid, Met., i. 445.) There is an account that the gods and heroes contended in the first celebration of these games, when Castor conquered in the horse-race, Pollux in boxing, Calais in the foot-race, Zetes in fighting in armour, Peleus in throwing the quoit, Telamon in wrestling, and Hercules in the pancratium. But the fact seems to be, as stated by Pausanias (x. 7, 2) and Strabo (ix., p. 421), that the contest was originally in music: the songs (voukol vópot) were in honour of Apollo, celebrating his victory over the Python; and the instrument used was the lyre. In the third year of the 48th Olympiad (B.C. 586), at the close of the Cirrhæan war, the Amphictyons added a contest on the flute, which was afterwards discontinued, as the music of the flute was considered too mournful for a joyous festival. In the same year the Amphictyons also introduced athletic contests and races (but not with four-horsed chariots), the foot-race being confined to boys; and the games, according to Strabo, were then for the first time called Pythia; at all events the subsequent Pythia are computed from this year by Pausanias and the Parian marble, though the scholiast on Pindar, and Eusebius, date them from the second celebration, in Ol. 49, 3: Boeckh and Clinton prefer the former date. Chariot-races were added in the time of Cleisthenes, the tyrant of Sicyon. The prize in the Pythian games was originally of silver or gold, or something else of intrinsic value; but afterwards a crown of laurel, or (according to Ovid, Met., i. 449-50) at first, of the bay-oak or beech-tree (@sculus), for which the laurel was afterwards substituted. The ceremonies observed at these games, in common with the three other great festivals, are described urder OLYMPIAN GAMES. (Pausanias, x. 7; Strabo, ix., p. 421; Potter's Archæologia Græca, vol. i., c. 23; achsmuth, Hellenische Alterthumsk., i. 110; ii. 379; rton, Fasti Hellen., i., p. 228; , p. 195; iii., p. 296, 612)

PYTHON, M. Daudin's name for the great constricting serpents of the Old World.

In the article Boa will be found much relating to Python: the organization of both is so similar, that a repetition becomes needless. Like the Boa, the Pythons have processes or hooks near the anus, and narrow ventral plates, and indeed the latter can hardly be said to differ from the former except in the double plates beneath the tail. Their head has plates on the end of the muzzle, and there are fossets on their lips.

The powerful dental machinery by which a firm hold is gained as a fulcrum for the constriction; and the adaptation of the bones of the head to the dilatation necessary for swallowing the disproportioned prey, are shown in the following cuts.

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of the vertebræ by shallow ginglymoid joints, which admit of their being moved forwards and backwards on an axis passing through the joints. The ligaments, independent of the articular capsule, are so disposed as to limit the motions of the ribs to these directions: they are two in number, one situated below the joint, which passes from the head of the rib to the transverse process, and thence is continued to the capsule of the intervertebral articulation; the other strengthens the upper part of the joint, and connects the neck of the rib to the transverse process. (Cat. Mus. Coll. Chir.) This illustrates the structure for creeping noticed in the article BOA.

No. 508 A of the same series is the stomach, with part of the esophagus and intestine injected and inverted, of a large African Snake (Python). The esophagus, as in all the Ophidian reptiles, is very capacious, smooth internally, and thin in its coats. The commencement of the stomach may be detected by the more vascular and rugous character of its lining membrane. The larger wrinkles are longitudinal, the interspaces reticulate. The stomach gradually diminishes in size, and there is a constriction, like a pylorus, about one inch and a half from the intestine. A narrow canal of uniform diameter, analogous to that in the shark, conducts to the intestine, which suddenly becomes wider, and is beset internally with small flattened scale-like processes. (Mus. Cat. Coll. Chir.)

With reference to the observations in the article BOA, relating to the mode of its taking its prey, the gradual deglutition of the victim, and the breathing of the serpent during the operation, No. 1093 A of the same series becomes a very interesting preparation. This exhibits the lungs of a Python Tigris. They have been minutely injected, and are laid open to show the extent of the vascular respiratory portion, which is nearly the same in both, but the right lung is principally prolonged to form the reservoir. A part of the trachea, the two pulmonary arteries, and single pulmonary vein, are also preserved in this beautiful preparation by Mr. Owen. (Cat. Mus. Coll. Chir.)

The size to which the Pythons grow is fully equal to that

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attained by the Boa, if it does not exceed it Thus the Ular-Sawa, or Great Python of the Sunda Isles, is said to increase till it is more than thirty feet in length, and stout in proportion. The powers of such a gigantic reptile must be enormous, and it is said that the serpent is able to manage a buffalo. Nor are there wanting horrible instances of man himself having fallen a prey to these monsters, in modern times. The story goes that a Malay prow was anchored for the night under the island of Celebes. One of the crew had gone on shore to search for betel-nut, and is supposed to have fallen asleep upon the beach from weariness on his return. In the dead of the night his companions on board were roused by dreadful screams: they immediately went ashore, but they came too late, the cries had ceased, and the wretched man had breathed his last in the folds of an enormous serpent, which they killed. They cut off the head of the snake and carried it, together with the lifeless body of their comrade, to the vessel. The right wrist of the corpse bore the marks of the serpent's teeth, and the disfigured body showed that the man had been crushed by the constriction of the reptile round the head, neck, breast, and thigh. The picture by Daniell, representing a man seized by one of these monsters, will be familiar to many of our readers.

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Python Natalensis. (Smith)

tiful figure of Python Natalensis; and he states that this snake, or at least one resembling it in size, was formerly an inhabitant of the districts now within the Cape colony, and that the traditions of the older Hottentots abound with instances of its miraculous powers. At present, he says, it is not to be found within hundreds of miles of the boundaries of the colony, and few specimens have been obtained nearer than Port Natal. He informs us that it occasionally attains a very large size, and, according to the natives, individuals have been seen whose circumference was equal to that of the body of a stout man: Dr. Smith himself saw a skin which measured twenty-five feet, though a portion of the tail part was deficient. It feeds,' continues the Dr., ' upon quadrupeds, and for some days after swallowing food, it remains in a torpid state, and may then be easily destroyed. The South Africans however seldom avail themselves of ridding themselves of a reptile they view with horror, as they believe that it has a certain influence over their destinies; and affirm that no person has ever been known to maltreat it without, sooner or later, paying for his audacity.' The following remarks by the same author are well worthy the attention of those who are interested in the natural history of serpents and their geographical distribution. Owing to the difficulty of discriminating between certain species of Python, we are not prepared to maintain this reptile to be distinct from the Indian species (Python bivittatus, Schlegel). The characters which have been assumed as indicative of specific differences do not appear to us to have been of sufficient value; the modifications to which they are liable in different specimens, of whose specific identity no doubt can exist, show that some other characters must be discovered before certainty can be attained. The Indian species is doubtless an inhabitant of Africa, and there are several specimens of it both from India and Western Africa, in the museum at Fort Pitt, Chatham, which are precisely similar. Between these however and Python Natalensis there are several well-marked differences. The scales of Python Natalensis are proportionally smaller than in the individuals above mentioned; their form is also different. The labial fosse are more numerous in young specimens from Western Africa and India, than in those of a similar age from South Africa; in the latter they are two upon each side, in the others, four or five; the plates on the head, also, are differently shaped and differently disposed. The pattern of the markings, when viewed in detail,

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INDEX TO THE LETTER P.

Padollus, 124

Pádova, province, 124
Pádova, town, 125

Padovanino [Varotari]
Padries [Sumatra].
Padstow (Cornwall]
Padua [Padova]
Paduaníno, 125

Pachy'meres [Byzantine His- Paan, 126

torians, p. 82]

Pachymy'a, 116

Pachy ptila [Laridæ, vol. xiii.,
p. 334; Petrels]
Pachyrynchus [Psariana]
Pachy'stoma, 116
Pachy'tes [Dianchora; Spon-
dylus]
Pachytherium, 116
Pacific Ocean, 116
Pácio, Giulio, 122
Páclites, 122
Pactólians, 122
Pactólus (Lydia]

Pacuvius, 123

Padang [Sumatra]
Paddington [London]
Paddy Bird [Rice Bird]
Paderborn, bishopric, 123
Paderborn, town, 123
Padilla, J. L. de, 123

Padilla, Doña M. P. de, 124

Padilla, L. de, 124

P. C., No. 1189.

VOLUME XVII.

Pæcilópoda [Poecilopoda]
Pædo-Baptists, 126
Pæónia [Macedonia]
Pæónia (botany), 126
Paer, F., 126
Pæstum, 126
Pæstum, Architecture of, 127
Paez, Pedro, 128

Pagan, B. F. Comte de, 129
Pagéllus, 129
Pagóda, 129
Pagúrians, 130
Paimbœuf [Loire Inférieure]
Paine, Thomas, 135
Painswick [Gloucestershire
Painter's Colic, 137

Painting, 137

Painting, House, 145

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Palace, 148

Pala'ades [Trilobites]
Palamon [Shrimps]

Palæmonians [Shrimps]

Palæography, 149
Palæ'omys, 151
Palæoniscus, 151
Palæornis [Psittacida]
Palæosaúrus, 151
Palæothérium, 151
Palæozoic Series,.153
Palæ'phatus, 154
Palæstra, 154
Palamédea, 154
Palate, 155
Palatinate, 156

Palatine Counties, 156
Palatine Mount [Rome]
Palawan [Sulo Archipelago]
Palembang [Sumatra]
Paléncia, 157

Paléncia, Alonso de, 157
Palenque [Mexican States]
Palermo, province, 157
Palermo, city, 158
Palestine, 159

Palestrína, 163

Paley, William, 164

Palibothra [Hindustan, p. 223]
Palighat [Hindustan, p. 204]

Pal-Air [Hindustan, vol. xii., Palimpsest Manuscripts, 165

P 2081

Palinurus, 166

Paliúrus Aculeátus, 168
Pall, 168

Pallacopas [Tigris]
Palladio, 168

Palladium, 169

Palladius, father, 170

Palladius, physician, 170

Pallanza [Novara, Valli di]
Pallas, 171

Pallas, P. S., 171
Pallavicíno, S., 172
Pallavicíno, F., 172
Palléne [Macedonia]
Pallial Impression, 173
Palliobranchiáta, 173
Pállium [Pall]

Pállium (Malacology) [Pailial
Impression]

Palm [Weights and Measures]
Palm-Oil, 173

Palm-Sunday, 173
Palm-Tree [Palms]
Palma, Giacopo, 173

Palma, Giacopo, the Younger
173

Palma [Canaries]

Palma Mallorca]
Palma Christi [Ricinus]
Palma Nova [Udine]
Palmi [Calabria]
Palmic Acid, 174
Palmin, 174

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VOL. XVIl.

Palmína, 174
Palmípedes, 174

Palmípora [Madreporea]
Palms, 174

Palmulária [Polypiaria]
Palmyra, 175
Palmy'ra, 176

Palmyra (Zoology), 176
Palmyra (Botany), 176
Palo de Vaca [Cow-Tree]
Palomino y Velasco, 176
Palos, 176

Palsy [Paralysis]
Paludína [Peristomnians]
Paly/thoa [Zoantharia
Pamiers, 176
Pampas [Plains]

Pampelúna, or Pamplóna
varra]

Pámphilus, painter, 176
Pamphilus, bishop, 177
Pamphy'lia, 177
Pan, 178

Pan [Piper Betle]

Pananus, 178

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Pandect [Justinian's Legisla-
tion]

Pandion [Bald Buzzard]

Pandóra (Malacology) [Pylo-
rideans]

Pandus [Mahabharatam]

Panegyric, 185

Panel, 186

Pangolins, 186

Panicle, 189

Pánicum, 189

Panini, 190

Paníni, Paolo, 190

Paradise, 224

Paradísea [Bird of Paradise]
Paradísi, Count A., 224
Páradox, 225

Paraffin [Hydrogen (Carbu-
rets)]
Paraguay, 225

Paraguay Tea [Tea, Paraguay]
Paraiba, 227

Parallactic Instrument, 227
Parallax, 227

Parallax of the Fixed Stars, 229
Parallax, Annual, 231

Parallax (Optics), 231

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| Parr, Samuel, 286
Parra [Rallida]
Parral [Mexican States]
Parrhásius, 286
Parrot [Psittacidæ]
Parsees [Persia]
Parsley, 287
Parsnip, 287

Parson [Benefice, p. 219]
Parthenay [Sèvres]

Parallel Roads of Glen Roy, 231 Parthénius, 288

Parthenon, 288

Parthenope [Parthenopians}
Parthenópians, 289
Párthia, 291
Participle, 292

Parallelogram, 235

Parallelopiped, 235

Parallels, 235

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Particle, 292

Parameter, 240

Partition [Parceners]

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Paramicippa [Maiidæ, vol. xiv., Partition Treaties, 292

Partnership, 293

Partridge [Perdicidæ]

Paramithrax [Maiidæ, vol. xiv., Partridge Wood, 297

Pangutaran [Sulo Archipelago] Paramórphia, 240

Paniónium [Ionia]

Panjab [Hindustan, p. 220]

Pannah [Hindustan, p. 215]
Pannónia, 190

Panópticon [Bentham; Prison]

Panormus [Palermo]

Panoráma, 191

Pansa Antonius]

Pansy, 191

Pantelaría [Sicily]

Panthéon, 192

Paramount [Title]

Parana, River [Plata, La

Parapet, 241

Paraphernália, 241

Paraphrase, 241

Paraplégia [Paralysis]

Parasang, 241

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Pártula, 297

Parus [Titmouse]
Parúta, Paolo, 297
Pas de Calais, 297

Pasárgadæ, 300
Pascal, Blaise, 300
Pascagoula, River [Mississippi,
River]

Paschal I., II., III., 301
Paschále Chrónicon [Byzantine
Historians, p. 82]
Pasha, or Basha, 302

Parceners, or Coparceners, 242 Pasíthea, 302

Parchment, 243

Pardalótus [Piprinæ]

Pardon, 243

Paré, Ambrose, 244

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Parhélion, 248

Paria, Gulf of, 248
Parian Chronicle, 248
Parias [Hindustan, p. 232]
Parietal Bones [Skeleton]
Parime Mountains, 249
Paring and Burning, 250
Paríni, G., 252
Paris, 252

Paris, Basin of [Seine, De-
partment of]
Paris, Abbé [Jansenists]
Paris, Matthew, 263
Paris (son of Priam), 263
Parish, 264
Park, 265
Paik, Mungo, 265
Park of Artillery, 268
Parker, Matthew, 268
Parker, Samuel, 268
Parkhurst, John, 269
Párkia, 269

Pasitígris [Tigris]

Páspalum, 302

Pasque Flower, 302
Pasquiér, Etienne, 302
Pasquin, 302

Passamaquoddy Bay
Brunswick]

Passau, 303
Passerella, 303

Passeríta, 303

Passeróni, G. C., 303

Passiflóra, 303

Passionéi, D., 304

Patron [Benefice; Parish]
Patrónus, 318

Patrónymic, 319
Patterns, 319
Patti [Messina]

Patuxent [Maryland]

Patzcuaro Mexican States)
Pau, 320

Paul, St., 320

Paul, St.,Cathedral of [London]
Paul of Samósata, 322

Paul the Deacon, 322
Paul the Silentiary, 322
Paul I., II., III., IV., V.
(popes), 322

Paul I. (of Russia), 323
Paul, Father, 324

Paul Veronese [Cagliari]
Paulicians [Manichæans]
Paulínus, St. (of Nola), 325
Paulíuus, St. (of Aquileia), 325
Paulínus (J. P. Werdin), 325
Paulinus Suetonius [Boadicea;
Britannia]

Paulo, S. [Paolo, S.]
Paulus Æginéta, 326
Paulus, Július, 327
Paulus Æmilius [Æmilii]
Paumben [Hindustan, vol. xii.,
p. 203]

Paun-Air [Hindustan, p. 208]
Pauperism and Poor-Laws, 327
Pausanias, general, 330
Pausanias, geographer, 330
Pausias, 331

Pause [Oratory; Punctuation]
Paússidæ, 331

Pauw, Cornelius, 332

Pauxi [Cracidæ, vol. viii., 129]
Pavement [Roads]

New Pavía, province. 332
Pavía, town, 332
Pávia (Botany), 333
Paving [Reads]
Pavo, constellation, 333
Pavónidæ, 333
Pawn [Pledge]

Passive Voice [Middle Voice]
Passover, 304
Passport, 304

Pastes [Glass, p. 256]
Pasto [Granada, New]

Pastor (Ornithology) [Stur-
nida]

| Pastoral, 305

Pasture Land, 305
Pasy'thea [Polypiaria]
Patagonia, 306

Patan [Hindustan, vol. xii., p.
215]

Patapsco [Maryland]
Patean [Sulo Archipelago]
Patel, 311

Patella [Skeleton]

Patella Cervicobranchiata]
Patent, 311

Patent [Patterns]

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Peat, 352

Péccary [Suida]

Pécchio, Giuseppe, 353
Peck, 354

Peck, Francis, 354

Pécora, 354
Pecquet, J., 354
Pecten [Pectinide]

Pectic Acid, Pectin, 354
Pectinária, 355

Pectinibranchiáta, 355
Pectínidæ, 355

Pectúnculus [Polyodonta]

Peculiar [Will]

Pedal, 365

Pedal-Base, 365

Pedaliáceæ, 365

Pedee, River [Carolina, South]
Pedestal [Column]

Pedétes [Muridæ, vol. xv., p.
513]

Pedicel [Peduncle]
Pediculus, 366
Pedigree, 366

Pediment [Civil Architecture]
Pédipes, 366

Pedlar, 367
Pedometer, 367

Pedum [Pectinidæ]

Peduncle, 368
Peeblesshire, 368
Peele [Man, Isle of]
Peers of the Realm, 369
Peewit [Plovers]
Péganum, 371

Pegásia [Pulmograda]
Pégasus, 371
Pegu, 371

Peine forte et dure, 372
Peipus, Lake [Russia]
Peiresc, N. C. F. de, 373
Pékea, 373

Peking, 374
Pelagia, 375

Pelagia [Pulmograda]
Pelagianism, Pelagius, Remon-
strants, and Semi-Pelagians,
375

Pelagius I., II., 377

Pélagus, 377

Pélamys. 377

Pelargonium, 377

Pelasgi, 377

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Pellórneum [Merulidæ]
Pelokonite, 388
Pelópidas, 388

Peloponnesian War, 389
Peloponnésus, 391
Pelops (Peloponnesus]
Peloris [Pectinidæ]
Peloronta [Neritida]
Pelórus, 39]

INDEX.

Pelvis [Man: Skeleton]
Pelusium [Egypt]
Pemberton, Henry, 391
Pembroke College, Oxford, 391
Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, 392
Pembrokeshire, 392
Pémphigus, 397
Pen, 397

Penæus [Shrimps]
Penalty, 399
Penance, 399

Penang, Pulo, 399
Penátes, 401

Pencil, 402

Pencil, in Optics, 402

Pendennis Castle [Falmouth]
Pendent, 402
Pendentive, 402
Péndulum, 402

Penélope (Ornithology) [Cra
cidæ, vol. viii., p. 130]
Penéroplis, 410
Peneus [Thessaly]
Penguins, 410
Penicillus [Pseudozoaria]
Penicillus [Aspergillum; Tu
bicolida]
Penitentiaries [Prisons]
Penitents [Penance]
Penjab, or Panjab [Hindustan]
Penkridge [Staffordshire]
Penmaen Mawr [Caernarvon
shire]

Penn, Sir William, 415
Penn, William, 415

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Penzance, 427

Peony [Pæonia]
Pepagómenus, 427
Pepin d'Heristal, 428
Pepin, king of France, 428
Pepin, king of Aquitania, 428
Pepin, Lake[Mississippi, River]
Pepo, 428

Pepper [Piper: Pimento]
Peppermint [Mentha Piperita]
Pepusch, J. Č., 428
Pepys, Samuel, 429
Pepysian Library [Magdalen
College, Cambridge]
Peræa [Palestine]
Perambulátor, 429
Perameles, 430
Perception, 430
Perch, or Pole, 431
Perche, Le, 431
Pércidæ, 431

Percival, Thomas, 433
Percnópterus [Vulturida]
Percussion, Centre of, 433
Percussion, in Medicine, 433
Percy, Family of, 434
Percy, Thomas, 435
Perdiccas, 435

Perdiccas [Macedonia]
Perdícidæ, 435

Perdicín [Perdicida]
Perdix [Perdicida]

Perdix [Entomostomata, vol.
ix., p. 456]
Perdu, Mount [Pyrenees]
Perecop [Crimea]
Perennibranchiáta [Amphibia;
Axolotl; Proteus; Reptiles]
Perez, Antonio, 433

Pérgamos, or Pergamum, 444

Penn-air [Hindustan, vol. xii., Perge [Pamphylia]

p. 208]

Pennant, Thomas, 416
Pennâtula [Pennatularia]
Pennatulária, 417
Penni, G. F., 418
Pennsylvánia, 418
Penny [Coin]

Pennyroyal Mentha Pulegium]
Penobscot [Maine]
Penrith [Cumberland]

Pelasgian Architecture [Pe- Penryn, 423

Pelecanóides [Petrels]
Pelecánopus [Terns]
Pelecanus [Pelecanida]
Pelew Islands, 38€
Pelican [Pelecanida]
Pelidna Tringidæ]

Pensa, 423

Pensacola [Florida]

Pension, 423

Pensionary, Grand, 425
Pentachord, 425
Pentácrinus Encrinites]
Pentadesmis Butyracea, 426
Pentalásmis [Cirripeda, vol.
viii., p. 207]

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VOL. XVII.

Periodic Functions, 447
Periods of Revolution, 448
Pericci, 452

Periosteum [Bone]

Perióstracum, 452

Peripatétics, 452

Periphery, 453

Peripneumony [Lungs, Dis-
eases of]

Iple]

Peripteral, or Peripteros [Tem-

Períscii, 453

Peristera [Columbidæ, vol. vii.,
P. 375]
Peristerinæ

[Columbidæ, vol

vii., p. 374]
Peristómians, 453
Peristomium, 458
Peritonéum, 458

Peritonitis, 458

Periwinkle, 459

Perizónius, J. V., 459

Perjury, 459

Perm, 460

Permutations [Combinations]

Perna [Malleacea, vol. xiv.,
Pernambuco, 461

Pernau [Livonia}

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Pernis [Falconidæ, vol. x., P
184]

Perodicticus, 461

Perónia [Cyclobranchiata, vol.
viii., p. 249; Limax, vol.
xiii., p. 486]

Peronne [Somme]

Perouse, J. F. G. de la, 462

Perpendicular, 462

Perpetual Motion [Motion]

Perpetuation of Testimony, 462

Perpetuity, 463

Perpetuity (Law) [Settlement]

Perpignan, 463

Perrault, Claude, 463

Perrault, Charles, 463

Perrault d'Armacourt, 463
Perrot, N. [Ablancourt]
Perséa Gratíssima, 463
Perséphona, 464
Persépolis, 464

Persepolitan Architecture, 464
Perseus, 465

Perseus (constellation), 466

Pershore [Worcestershire]
Persia, 467

Persian Gulf, 486

Pérsica [Peach]
Persicária, 487
Persícola, 487
Persimon, 487

Pérsius, A. F., 487

Personal Actions [Actions}
Personalty and Personal Pro

perty [Chattels]

Perspective, 488
Perspicilla, 503

Perspiration, Cutaneous [Skin]
Perth [Perthshire]

Perthshire, 503
Pértinax, P. H., 509
Perturbations [Gravitation]

Pertussis [Hooping-Cough]

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