Amethyst

a violet variety of quartz (SiO,), Coloured by a trace of manganese-peroxide, supposed by the ancients to be a charm against drunkenne . It occurs in Scotland, but is largely obtained from Brazil. The more valuable oriental amethyst is the similarly-coloured variety of sapphire (A1,0,). Amhara, AmHAric LancuaGe. [A By aS IN I A.] Amherst, JEFrRey, Baron Amherst, was born at Riverhead, Kent, in 1717, Entering the army in 8 1731, and sent ducted in He later to Montreal, succeeded holding to that cour aging Governor-General was ca ock is which of [Ex. solid neutral Picardy of river Northern and the League after mediately Amiens are the The cathedral Amiens. he became aide-de-camp to General Ligonier, served at Dettingen and Fontenoy. He was as Major-General to America it) 1758, and con the siege of Louis burg, On his return home 1763 he was appointed Governor of Virginia, became Governor of Jersey in 1770, and six years was created a baron. In 1795 he was raised the rank of Field-Marshal, and died in 1797. Amherst, WiuLIAM Pitt, Earl Amherst, otf Kent, nephew of the foregoing, whom he in the barony, was born in 1778, After several court: appoint men‘s he was sent out China in 1816 to effect. a commercial treaty with empire. His reception at Pekin was so diathat he returned immediately. He was of India from 1828 to 182%, and created an earl in 1826. He died in 1857, Amianthus. [ASBEsTos.] Amice, an oblong picce of linen worn over the and under the alb, stole, and chasuble. It still worn abroad by Roman Catholic priests.