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Finnish Protestant and French Catholic mi ions are succe ful among them. Ndongo (ndong'gō). See Ngola . Ndulu (ndö lö), or Ondulu (on-döʻlö). A Bantu tribe of Angola, West Africa, settled northeast of Bailundo: ethnically, linguistically, and politically allied with the Ovimbundu. 153 square miles. in Ulster, Ireland, 13 miles west of Belfast. It is the largest lake in the British Isles. Its outlet is by the Bann into the North Channel. Length, 16 miles. Area, Neal (nel), Daniel. Born at London, Dec. 14, 1678: died at Bath, April 4, 1743. An English historian. He was educated at the Merchant Taylors' School and at the universities of Utrecht and Leyden. In 1706 he settled as an independent clergyman in London. He wrote a "History of New England" (1720), and (his chief work) the "History of the Puritans" (1732-38). Neal, David Dolloff. Born at Lowell, Ma ., Oct. 20, 1837. An American figure-painter. He studied with Ainmüller and at the Royal Academy at Munich, and later with Alexander Wagner and Piloty. He resides principally at Munich. Among his works are "The First Meeting of Mary Stuart and Rizzio" (1876), "Oliver Cromwell visits John Milton" (1883). Neal, John. Born at Portland, Maine, Aug. 25, 1793: died there, June 21, 1876. An American novelist, poet, journalist, and miscellaneous writer. Among his novels are “Seve Seventy-Six" (1823), "Logan" (1823), and “Down-Easters" (1833). Neal, Joseph Clay. Born at Green land, N. H., Feb. 3,1807: died at Philadelphia, July 18, 1847. An American humorist. He edited the "Penn sylvan i an " at Philadelphia 1831-44. His works were collected in "Charcoal Sketches" (1837 and 1849), and "Peter Ploddy and other Oddities" (1844). Neale (nel), John Mason. Born at London, Jan. 24, 1818: died at East Grinstead, England, Aug. 6, 1866. An English hymnologist and ecclesiastical historian. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and became warden of Sackville College, East Grinstead, in 1846. He belonged to the extreme High church party; was inhibited by his bishop for 14 years; and was burned in effigy in 1857. He founded the sisterhood of St. Margaret. His contributions to modern hym nology are notable. He wrote "An Introduction to the History of the Holy Eastern Church" (1847-51), “Mediæval Hymns and Sequences” (1851), "E ays on Liturgiology" (1863), "Mediæval Preachers" (1857), "Hymns of the Eastern Church" (1863), etc. He also translated the medieval hymn "De contemptu mundi," by Bernard of Cluny, in several parts, beginning "Brief life is here our portion," "Jerusalem the Golden," etc. Neander (nē-an'der; G. pron. nā-än'der), Joachim. Born at Bremen about 1650: died there, 1680. A German hymn-writer. Neander, Johann August Wilhelm (originally David Mendel). Born at Göttingen, Jan. 16, 1789: died at Berlin, July 14, 1850. A noted German Protestant church historian and theologian, of Hebrew descent: profe or at Berlin from 1813. His chief work is "All gem eine Geschichte der christ lichen Religion und Kirche" ("General History of the Christian Religion and Church," 6 vols. 1825-52). Among his other works are "Geschichte der Pflanzung und Leitung der Kirche durch die Apostel" (1832-33), and "Das Leben Jesu" ("Life of Jesus," 1837). Neanderthal (nā-än ́der-täl). A valley between Elberfeld and Dü eldorf, in Pru ia. It is noted for the prehistoric skeleton discovered there in 1857. The celebrated Neanderthal skull (index 72), found near Dü eldorf in 1857, is le human and more simian in character than any other known skull, but is, neverthele , cla ed by Hamy and De Quat ref ages as belonging to their Canstadt type. Its precise age is doubtful, and it would be unsafe to regard it as the type of a special race, since its characteristics have been occasionally reproduced in modern times.