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See Nyx. Noy (noi), William. Born, probably in Buryan, Cornwall, 1577: died Aug. 9, 1634. An English jurist. He matriculated at Oxford (Exeter College) April 27, 1593, and studied law at Lincoln's Inn. He sat in Parliament from 1604 until his death. In Oct., 1631, he was appointed attorney-general. After his death were published his "On the Grounds and Maxims of the Laws of this Kingdom" (1641) and "The Compleat Lawyer (1661), etc. Noyades (nwä-yäd'). [F., 'drownings.] In French history, executions practised during the Reign of Terror by the Revolutionary agent Carrier at Nantes toward the close of 1793 and the beginning of 1794. The prisoners, having been bound, were embarked in a ve el with a movable bottom, which was suddenly opened when the ve el reached the middle of the Loire, the condemned persons being thus precipi. tated into the water. Nugent As among the Egyptians, the second toe is longer than the first. Constitutionally the Nubians are delicate, and are peculiarly sensitive to pneumonia. They suffer also from early decay of the teeth, and are not a long-lived race. Sayce, Races of the O. T., р. 51. Nuble (nyö'blā). A province of Chile, intersected by lat. 37° S., bordering on the Argentine Noyes (noiz), George Rapall. Born at New- Republic. Capital, Chillan. Area, 3,556 square buryport. Ma ., March 6, 1798: died at Cam miles. Population (1891), 161,689. bridge, Ma ., June 3, 1868. An American bib- Nuceria. See Nocera . lical scholar. His works are chiefly translations Nuddea. See Nadiya . of various portions of the Scriptures. Noyes, John Humphrey. Born at Brattleboro, Vt., Sept., 1811: died at Niagara Falls, Canada, April 13, 1886. An American perfectionist and communist. He established a society of perfectionists at Putney, Vermont, about 1835, and founded the Oneida Community in Madison County, New York, 1847-48. He wrote a "History of American Socialism," etc. Noyon (nwä-yon'). A town in the department of Oise, France, situated on the Verse 58 miles north-northeast of Paris: the Roman Noviodu- num Veromanduorum. The cathedral is a monument chiefly of the time of transition from Romanesque to Point- ed. Both transepts have semicircular ends, and the west front po e es a triple porch and twin towers. The round and pointed types occur indiscriminately among the arches. The 13th-century chapter-house is of great beauty. Noyon was formerly the seat of a bishopric. It is the place where Charles the Great was crowned, where Hugh Capet was chosen king in 987, and where a treaty was made between Francis I. and Charles V. in 1516. It was the birthplace of Calvin. Population (1891), commune, 6,144. Nozi. See Yanan . Nozze Aldobrandini (not′se äl-dō-brän-dē'nē). [It., 'the Aldobrandini wedding': referring to the owner of the painting.] A celebrated an- cient wall-painting discovered 1606 in an ex- cavation at Rome, and now in the Vatican. The subject is the preparation for a wedding. The bride, crowned with myrtle, is attended by her bridesmaid; the bridegroom is wreathed with ivy; and at one side three women are offering sacrifice for the couple. Nozze di Figaro (not'se de fe gä-rō). [It., 'Marriage of Figaro. An opera by Mozart, produced at Vienna in 1786. The libretto was adapt- ed by Da Ponte from the "Mariage de Figaro" by Beau march a is. It was played at Paris with Beau march a is's words as "Le mariage de Figaro" in 1793, and as "Les noces de Figaro," words by Barbier and Carré, in 1858. Grove. Nuba (nö'bä). A nation of the Nile valley which occupies the stretch between the first and second cataracts, to which place it was brought from Meroe by Diocletian 16 centuries ago. After adopting Christianity, these Nubas or Nubians founded, under Silko, the Christian state of Dongola, which lasted until 651. They adopted Islam only in 1320, and became subjects of the khedive in 1815. Lepsius says they are descendants of the ancient nation of Uaua. In race they are mixed Nigritic and Hamitic. Their language has preserved a Nigritic structure. The Nubas of Djebel Deyer, south of Kordofan, from whom the Dongolan Nubas descend, are still pure negroes. The dialects of Nuba are Mahas or Sukkod, Kenús, Dongola, and Fadisha. See Nuba - Fulah . Nuba-Fulah (nö'bä-föʻlä). A group of African tribes and languages originated by Fried rich Müller and adopted by R. N. Cust, and misunderstood by many Africanists. It is not a race or a family of languages, but a grouping of tribes and languages of mixed type which the present state of knowledge and their mixed nature will not permit to be a igned with certainty to the Hamitic or Negro families. It is made to include the Nuba, Koldaji, Tumale, Konjara, Kwafi, Masai, asal, Berta, Kamamil, Funji, Krej, Nyam-Nyam, Mombuttu, and the Fulahs of western Sudan. As knowledge progre es, these disconnected tribes and languages will be subordi nated to the Hamitic and Negro families. Some tribes be long by race rather to one, and by language rather to the other, family. The Fulahs, the Masai, and the Kwafi are rather Hamitic in race and customs, the Nyam-Nyam and Mombuttu more Nigritic. Nubar Pasha (nöbär pash'a). Born in 1825. An Egyptian statesman and diplomatist. He was amba ador at Vienna in 1854; minister of foreign affairs under Is mail Pasha 1867-76; and premier 1878-79 and 1884-88. He was again appointed premier, April 14, 1894. Nubia (nu'bi-a). A region in Africa, bounded by Halfa, in lat. 21°51′ N.) on the north, the Red Sea Egypt (from about the neighborhood of Wadyon the east, Aby in i a, Sennaar, and Kordofan on the south, and the desert on the west. It is not a political division. The chief portions are the valley of the Nile and Taka. It is nominally an Egyptian po e ion. The chief city is Khartum, at the junction of the White Nile and the Blue Nile. The inhabitants are Nubas (see Nuba ), Arabs, and Ababdeh (Hamitic). It was sub ject to Thothmes III.; was part of the ancient Ethiopia: and was conquered by the forces of Mehemet Ali in 18201822. It fell into the power of the Mahdi in 1883; and it was the scene of English-Egyptian expeditions in 1883-85. The Nubians, in spite of their black skins, are usually cla ed among the handsomest of mankind, just as the negroes are among the ugliest. They are tall, spare, and well-proportioned. The hair is black and fairly straight, and there is very little of it on the body. The nostrils and lips are thin, the eyes dark, the nose somewhat aquiline. The flat feet with which they are credited are not a racial characteristic, but are due to their walking without shoes. Nueces (nwa's es). ['Walnut river.] A river in southwestern Texas which flows by Corpus Christ i Bay into the Gulf of Mexico. Length, about 400 miles. Nueva Andalucía (nwā'vä än-dä-lö-thē'ä). ['New And a lucia.'] 1. The district in northwestern South America ceded to Ojeda in 1508, and later to Heredia. It corresponded to the coast of Colombia from Cape Vela to the Gulf of Darien. Ancient and modern authors frequently confuse this name with Castilla del Oro (which see). 2. A name given to the Amazon region ceded to Orellana in 1544. See Orellana , Francisco de . Nueva España. See New Spain . Nueva Galicia (gä-lē'the-ä). ['New Galicia.'] A primary division of colonial New Spain, or Mexico, long known officially as Reino de Nueva Galicia, Its limits varied at different times, but during the greater part of the 17th and 18th centuries it corresponded nearly to the modern states of Jalisco, Aguas Calientes, and Zacatecas, with a small part of San Luis Potosí at an earlier period it also embraced, for a time, Durango and Sinaloa. It was partly conquered in 1530 by Nuño de Guzman. The audience of Guadalajara, created in 1548, had jurisdiction over Nueva Galicia, subject to appeal to the audience of Mexico. The governor, who was also president of the audience, was appointed by the king, but in military and treasury matters was subordinate to the viceroy of New Spain. In 1786 Nueva Galicia became the in tendency of Guadalajara. After 1792 the Provincias Intern as (Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango, Chihuahua, New Mexico, Coahuila, and Texas) were judicially subordinate to the audience of Guadalajara. Nueva Granada. See New Granada. Nuevas Ordenanzas. See New Law's . Nueva Toledo (to-lā'THO). ['New Toledo.'] The official name of the territory in western South America granted to Diego Almagro in 1534. It corresponded nearly to northern Chile, western Bolivia, and a small part of Peru. Disputes as to its boundary with the territory granted to Pizarro resulted in a war and the death of Almagro. Nueva Valladolid (väl-yä-тнō-lēтн'). The colonial name of Comayagua, Honduras. Nueva Vizcaya (vēth-ki'ä). ['New Biscay.'l A colonial division of New Spain, or Mexico, corresponding (nearly) to the modern states of Durango, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Sonora, and the southern part of Coahuila. It was originally called Copala. Francisco de Ibarra, who conquered a part of it between 1560 and 1570, named it Reino de la Nueva Vizcaya, an appellation which it retained until after the independence. During the 17th and most of the 18th century the governor of Nueva Vizcaya was subordinate to the viceroy of Mexico only in military and treasury affairs. In 1777 this region was included in the Provincias Intern as. Nuevo Leon (la-on'). ['New Leon.'] 1. A division of colonial New Spain, or Mexico, corresponding to the present state of that name together with portions of San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas. It was long known as the Nuevo Reino de Leon. In 1786 it was attached to the in tendency of San Luis Potosí. 2. A state in northeastern Mexico, surrounded by the states of Coahuila, Tamaulipas, and San Luis Potosí. Capital, Monterey. Area, 25,980 square miles. Population (1894), 293,793. Nuevo Santander (sän-tän-dar'). A division of colonial New Spain, or Mexico, corresponding (nearly) to the modern state of Tamaulipas. Officially, until 1786, it was known as a colony. Nüfenen (nü'fen-en) Pa . An Alpine pa between the cantons of Ticino and Valais, Switzerland, connecting the Ticino valley at Airolo with that of the upper Rhone. Nugent (nu'jent), Sir Ge