Herbivorous Whales

pl. (Zool.) A name ap-1 plied to certain pachyderms, which are whale-like in general appearance, as the manatee and the dugong. Cuvier has grouped them with the cetaceans incorrectly, since their teeth have flat crowns. They frequently leave the water, crawl upon the shore, and feed upon the vegetation. in his cradle, but the child strangled both; he was rearod in all the accomplishments of the age, and was endowed with prodigious strength. At eighteen, single-handed and unarmed, he killed a fierce lion; for this and many other public services he was rewarded by Creon, king of Thebes, with the hand of his daughter. The oracle having told him that he must serve Creon's son for twelve years as servant, he fell into a melancholy, which ended in furious madne ; during which he divorced his wife, and murdered all his children. To expiate this Herb'le , a. Without herbs or vegetation. Herb'let, n. A small herb. Herb'orist, n. Same as HERBALIST, q. v. Herborizaʼtion, n. Act of seeking plants or herbs; crime, the king imposed the celebrated twelve labors, botanical study. Herb'arize, v. a. Same as HERBORIZE, q. v. Her'bart, JOHANN FRIED RICH, a German philosopher, в. at Oldenburg, 1776, was profe or of philosophy at the universities of Königsberg and Göttingen. H. developed peculiar opinions in opposition to most of the existing systems of philosophy, rejecting the method of psychol- ogy, aiming at a science of mind based on mathematics, and maintaining that philosophy is not a science or ex- planation of any one subject, but a certain method of treating any subject, - a development and elaboration of notions or conceptions. But his views are sometimes left in obscurity from the brevity with which he states them. He wrote several works on education in the earlier part of his career, and expounded his philosophi- Abounding with herbs; resembling herbs. cal views in the following, among other publications:- Psycho logie als Wis sens chaft, neu gegründet auf Erfah- rung; Metaphysik und Mathematik ; Einleitung in die Philosophie; All gem eine Metaphysik ; and Kurze Ency- clopädie der Philosophie . D. at Göttingen, 1841. Herb'ary, n. An herb-garden: a cottage-garden. Herb'-bennet, Herb-bennett, n. ( Bot .) See gEUM. See ACTEA. Herbert, the patronymic of a noble family. eminent in the historical annals of England, represented at the present day by the earls of Carnarvon, Pembroke, and Powis, and by Mr. Herbert of Muckro Abbey, Ireland. Of the more distinguished members of this house we mention: