Dziggetai

a species of wild a , more horse-like than the others. It is probably the hemionus (“ half-a ”) of Hero dot us and Pliny. It inhabits the elevated steppes of Tartary, extending into the S. of Persia and to the borders of India, The dziggetai lives in small herds, sometimes of several males and several females, sometimes with a single male with about 20 females and foals. It has been partly domesticated, but does not seem to breed in captivity. It is also known by the names of kiang, khur, and SSG ( "di JwWs e, the second vowel and fifth >Nyi letter of the Latin alpha- 1 bet, and of other alphabets, such as the English, German, French, | Italian, | Spanish, etc., derived from it. | Eads, James Buchanan, an ‘American engineer; born in Lawrence burg, Ind., May 23, 1820. He early designed some useful boats for raising sunken steamers, and in 1861, when called to advise the National a ment, constructed within, 1 days eight ironclad steamers for use on the Mi i ippi and its tributaries. He afterward byilt a number of other jronclads and mortar-boats, which were of considerable service to the North. His steel bridge acro the Mi i ippi at St. Louis, with its central arch embracing a clear span of 520 feet, ranks deservedly among the notable bridges of the world; his works for improving the South Pa of the Mi i ippi delta were succe fully, completed in 1875-1879; and his great plan for deepening the river as far as the mouth of the Ohio by means of jetties has been demonstrated to be! entirely practicable. In 1884 he received the Albert Medal of the Society of Arts, being the first American citigen to whom this honor had been awarded. His plans for a ship-trans- Ponting railway acro the isthmus of ehauntepec were made futile by his, death, which occurred at Na au, New Providence, March 8, 1887. D. and 1350 A. D., but common); used to expre any period between 1250 and the close of the 15th cen tury. In architecture, the first of the pointed or Gothic styles of architec. ture used in England.