HILO

a seaport, and the’ tn. second in importance of the Sandwich Is., \picturesquely situated on the E.coast of the island of Hawaii. It exports sugar, bor eay arrowroot, and rice. Popi (65745. ‘surgeon; surgeon to Guy’s Hospital, ‘London; pres. of Royal Coll. of Surgeons, 1867. town, N. Holland. Pop. 35,000, | 30’ to 96° E.), the highest’ system of mountains in the world, stretching, in an irregular curve, almost 1500 miles along the N. boundary of India; with a varying breadth of 100 to 160 miles, they divide India from Tibet, and lie roughly between the Indus and’ the Brahmaputra, The H. consist of several ranges of peaks, ‘separated by deep gorges through which rivers flow. Rising steeply from the plain of the Ganges stands a range (some 40005000 ft.), between which and the higher ranges lie the beautiful and fertile valleys of Nepal and Bhutan. The greater system, starting from the Pamir Plateau in the extreme N.W., is divided into two main parallel chains, one lying N. of the other.. The N. chain, forming a watershed between India and Tibet, has been little explored; its only point under 16,000 ft. is called Dra Pa (c. 11,300 ft.), which leads to Kashmir; and the Niti Pa (c. 16,700 ft.) connects India with E. Turkestan. The S. chain, consisting of lofty snowclad peaks, includes many of the highest mountains in the world—many rising over 20,000 ft.; the highest, Mt. Everest (28,000 ft.), is the loftiest peak known in the world; other From this chain flow the Ganges, Indus, Brahmaputra, and many other rivers; on its slopes also stand many sanatoria— are taken advantage of during the hot seasons. There are few lakes; but in E. are Yamdok-cho and Chomto-dong; in W. lie the holy Tibetan lakes of Manasarowar and Rakas Tal (whence flows the Sutlej River), and also Lake Kashmir. There are numerous glaciers, and the snow-line is higher on the Indian side than on the Tibetan; metal ores exist and gold is worked in Tibet. On the Indian side, most of the inhabitants are Hindus, the Tibetans being mostly of Turanian stock. See Ever t, Mount. ancient town, Sicily, modern Thermae pine ruined by Hannibal, 409 pher; studied at Athens, wrote many speeches; his writings suffer from the ever-elaboration fashionable in his day. Lhe Leicestershire, England. Pop. came to court of Louis the Pious, 844; abp., 845; had heresy of Gottschalk conraine for divorcing his queen; had various conflicts with other ecclesiastics and with Pop John VIII. over his metropolitan rights; wrote life of St. Remigitus.