The child remained thus in this place one day and one night without shelter

Sometimes he sucked his thumb, sometimes he uttered cries. The little ones of the Simurgh being hungry the mighty bird rose from his nest into the air. He saw a child who needed milk and was crying, he saw the earth that seemed like a surging sea. Thorns formed the cradle of the child, his nurse was the earth, his body was naked, his mouth devoid of milk. Around him was the soil black and burned, above the sun that had become fiery hot. Oh, why were his father and his mother not tigers? He would then perhaps have found a shelter against the sun. God gave to Simurgh an impulse of pity, so that the bird did not think of devouring that child. He came down from the clouds, took him in his talons, and carried him from the burning rock. He bore him swiftly to Mount Alburz, where was the nest of his family. He bore him to his little ones that they might see him, and that his mournful voice might prevent them from devouring him, for God granted him his favors, since he was predestined to enjoy life. The Simurgh and his little ones looked at this child, whose blood was streaming from his two eyes. They surrounded him with marvellous tenderne , they were astonished at the beauty of his countenance. The Simurgh chose the tenderest venison, that his little guest, who had no milk, and whence the law was given to Moses. The identity of the latter is not certain. See Sina itic Peninsula. Sinai, Convent of, or of St. Catherine. A convent on Mount Sinai, consisting of a labyrinth of buildings and courts inclosed by a fortified wall measuring about 209 by 235 feet. The chief interest is in the great Byzantine church, built in the reign of Just in i an, but often altered since. It has narthex, nave, and aisles divided by granite columns, and semi-domed apse with superb mosaics, on gold ground, of the Transfiguration and other subjects. The iconostasis is richly sculptured, and adorned with curious Ru ian icons. See Sinaitic Peninsula. Sing Sing and politician. He was educated at Edinburgh University; became a member of the Faculty of Advocates; and was later called to the English bar. He was a member of Parliament 1784-1811. He developed greatly the resources of Caithne . He wrote a "History of the Public Revenue of the British Empire" (1785-89), "Statistical Account of Scotland" (1791-99), etc. Sind (sind). One of the names of the river Indus. Sind (river in Gwalior). See Sindh . Sind, or Sinde, or Scinde, or Sindh (sind). A province of British India, comprised in the governorship of Bombay. It is bounded by Panjab, Bhawalpur, and Rajputana on the east; the Ran and Cutch on the south; the Indian Ocean on the southwest; and Balu chi stan on the west. It contains the districts Frontier, Shikarpur, Hyderabad, Karachi, Thar, and Par kar. The chief towns are Karachi, Hyderabad, and Shikarpur. The inhabitants are chiefly Sindis and Hindus. It was invaded by Alexander the Great; was conquered by Mahmud of Ghazni; formed part of the Mogul empire and of Nadir Shah's dominions; was governed later 1843, and annexed to British India. Area, 47,789 square miles. Population (1891), 2,871,774. Sindbad (sind'bad) the Sailor. A character in the story of that name in the "Arabian Nights' Entertainments." He is a wealthy citizen of Bagdad, called "the sailor" because of his seven wonderful voyages, in which he discovers a roc's egg and the valley of diamonds, escapes twice from the Anthropophagi, is buried alive, kills the Old Man of the Sea (a monster which got on his back and would not dismount), is the bearer of a letter and gifts from the King of the Indies to Harun-al-Rashid, and is sent back by that monarch with his acknowledgment of the letter. During this last voyage he finds a valley filled with the dead bodies of elephants, from which he obtains much ivory. Sometimes Sinaitic (si-na-it'ik) Peninsula. A peninsula spelled Sinbad . situated between the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Akaba. In the north of the peninsula is the desert Paran (modern et-Tih), a desolate limestone plateau, bounded on the south by the Jebel-et-Tih (4,000 feet high). This is joined in the south by a tract of low sandstone mountains, ravines, and valleys rich in minerals which had been worked as early as 3000 B. C. Then rises the barren, rugged, and majestic triangle of the Sinai Mountain, the Jebel-et-Tur or Tur-Sinai, formed of ma es of granite rock and gnei , intermingled with diorites and porphyries. In this mountain-chain are to be dist in guished the following groups: in the northwest is the Jebel-Serbal (6,731 high), overhanging the coast plain el-Koah and the Wady Feiran, the most fertile spot of the peninsula. From here through the Wady esh-Sheikh in the southeast appears the Jebel-Musa ('mountain of Moses'), or Sinai proper, which embraces the Jebel-Musa itself (7,362 feet high, and in the south the highest point of the peninsula) and the Jebel Katherin ('mountain of St. Catherine') (8,538 feet high). In the southwest rises the third and last group, the Jebel Um-Shomar ('the watch or guard') (over 8,000 feet high), in the neighborhood of el Koah. The Jebel-Musa is generally thought to be the mountain of the law (Lepsius and Ebers claim the distinction for the Serbal), and the plain er-Rahah, north of the Musa group, to be the valley in which the Israeli tes camped during their sojourn at Sinai. The Wady er-Rahah is joined in a right angle from the northeast by the Wady ed-Deir, while to the southeast of the Musa stretches the high plateau Wady es-Sebaiyeh. The western ridge of the Musa is the Jebel el-Humr ('the red mountain'), from which the St. Catherine Mountain in the south rises; the eastern ridge is the Jebel ed-Deir ('mountain of the monastery'). In the Wady Shurib, or Jethro valley, between the Musa and edDeir, the monastery of St. Catherine is situated, with its beautiful gardens. Tradition attributes its foundation to the emperor Just in i an (527-565), and it was originally ded icated to the remembrance of the Transfiguration. Its present name was obtained when the relics of St. Cath. erine were transferred thither. The monastery contains at present only 20-30 monks instead of the 300-400 of former times. It became celebrated in recent years by the discovery of the Codex Sinaiticus (the Greek version of the Old Testament and the Greek New Testament), made in it by Tischendorf in 1844. The Sinaitic peninsula is, as a whole, barren. The mountains are naked, and the valleys are dry river-beds. There are, however, exceptions, as the lovely Wady Feiran and other oases. The present popu lati on of the peninsula consists of about 6,000 Bedouins. Sinaloa, or Cinaloa (se-nä-lo'ä). 1. A state of Mexico, bounded by Sonora on the northwest, Chihuahua and Durango on the northeast, Jalisco on the southeast, and the Pacific and the Gulf of California on the southwest. The chief occupations are agriculture and mining. Capital, Culiacan; chief port, Mazatlan. Area, 28,000 square miles. Population (1894), 223,684. 2. A small town, formerly the capital of Sinaloa, on the river Sinaloa about 230 miles north west of Mazatlan. Sinbad. See Sindbad . Sinchi Roca. See Inca Rocca . Sinclair (sing'kler or sin-klar'), Catherine. Born at Thurso Castle, Caithne , April 17, 1800: died Aug. 6, 1864. A Scottish novelist and miscellaneous writer, daughter of Sir John Sinclair. She was supervisor of a charitable institution for widows of officers of the army and navy, and was active in good works. She wrote "Modern Accomplishments" (1835), "Modern Society" (1836), "Holiday House" (1839), "Modern Flirtations" (1841), "Be at rice" (a "Protestant" novel, over 40,000 copies of which were sold within 16 months of its publication in 1852), etc. Sinclair, Sir John. Born at Thurso Castle, Caithne , Scotland, May 10, 1754: died Dec. 21, 1835. A Scottish agriculturist, financial writer, Well known in Europe as having the history of his voyages incorporated in the You sand and One Nights, but they form in Arabic a distinct work, which Baron Walke naer (in "Nouvelles Annales des Voyages," tome LIII, p. 6) regards as of equal value with those of Soliman and Abu Said. The voyages belong to the 9th century, when the commerce of the Arabs under the khalifs of Baghdad was at its highest activity. In his first voyage Sindbad reaches the country of the maharaja... In Sindbad's second voyage mention is made of the kingdom of Riha (the Malay Peninsula according to some), and the manner of the preparation of camphor, produced in the mountain forests there, accurately described. In the third voyage the island of Silaheth is mentioned. In the fourth he was carried to a country (Malabar) where he found men gathering pepper, and from it he went to the isle of Nacous (the Nicobars?) and on to Kela (Quedah or Keydah?). In the fifth voyage he is shipwrecked on the island (i. e. country) of the Old Man of the Sea, probably somewhere on the Konkan coast. Thence he cro ed the sea to the Maldives, and back again to the pepper country of Malabar, pa ing on to the peninsula of Com or in, where he found the aloes-wood called santy, and afterwards to the pearl-fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar, whence he traveled back to Baghdad. In the sixth voyage he visited an island (i. e. country) where were superb trees of the kinds named santy and comary, and the island of Serendib (Ceylon), which was also the limit of his seventh and last voyage. Balfour , Cyclopædia of India.