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See Gorboduc. Porrima (por'i-ma). [L. Porrima or Postvorta , a Roman godde , one of the Camene.] The Popocatepetl (po-po-kä-ta-pet'l). ['Smoking third-magnitude binary star y Virgin is. Mountain.'] A volcano (in the solfatara stage) in Mexico, 40 miles southeast of the city of Mexico. It is surmounted by a crater 2,000 feet in width, and is one of the highest peaks of North America (17,550 feet). Poppæa Sabina (po-pē'a sa-bi'nä). Died 65 A. D. Wife of Otho, and mistre , and subsequently wife, of Nero. She was divorced from the former and married the latter in 62. Pöppig, or Poeppig (pep'pic), Eduard Fried- rich. Born at Plauen im Vogtland, Saxony, July 16, 1798: died at Leipsic, Sept. 4, 1868. A Pru ian naturalist and explorer. He traveled in North America and Cuba 1822-25, Chile 1820-29, and Peru 1830-32, finally descending the Amazon on his way to Europe. His collections of South American plants were very important. From 1833 he was profe or of zoology at Leipsic. He published "Reise in Chile, Peru und auf dem Amazonenstrom" (2 vols. and atlas, 1835) Nova genera turgeschichte des Thierreichs" (4 vols. 1851), etc. ac plant arum" vols. 1835-45), "Illustrierte Populists. See People's Party. Popul Vuh (po-pöl vö). The sacred or national book of the Quiche Indians of Guatemala. It was originally written in hieroglyphics, but has come down to us in a copy in the Quiché language, with a translation into Spanish by a Dominican mi ionary, Fran- cisco Ximenez, who wrote about 1721. "This, according to Father Ximenez himself, and according to internal evi dence, is a translation of a literal copy of an original book, written by one or more Quichés, in the Quiché language, in Roman letters, after Christians had occupied Gua- temala and after the real original Popal Vuh had been manuscript of Ximenez is preserved at Guatemala. The lost or destroyed." ( Bancroft , Indian Tribes, III. 42.) The Spanish text was first published by Dr. Scherzer in 1857, and in 1861 Bra eur de Bourbourg published a French trans- lati on founded on a careful study of the Quiche text. The substantial authenticity of the Popul Vuh is generally ad- mitted. The book is divided into two parts, the first con- taining the Quiché cosmogony and mythology, and the second dealing with the early history of the tribe. Also written Popol Vuh . Por bandar (por-bun'där), or Pore bandar, or Poorbunder (pör-bun'der). A seaport in the peninsula of Kathiawar, India, situated on the Arabian Sea in lat. 21° 37′ N., long. 69° 36′ E. Population (1891), 18,805. Porcia (por's hiä). Died 42 в. с. Daughter of Cato Uticensis, and wife of Bibulus. She mar- ried Brutus 45 в. с. Porco (por'kō). A village of Bolivia, 22 miles southwest of Potosí. Near it were the most produc- tive silver-mines or the Incas, and they were worked with immense profit by the Spaniards for a long time after the richer deposits at Potosí. conquest. Some of the Porco miners discovered the still Porcupine (pôr kū-pin), Peter. A pseudonym of William Cobbett. Porkopolis (põrk-op'ō-lis). A nickname often given to Cincinnati and also to Chicago, both noted pork-packing centers. Pornic (pōr-nek'). A sea-bathing resort in the department of Loire-Inférieure, France, 28 miles west of Nantes. Por sanger Fjord (por'säng-er fyôrd). An inlet of the Arctic Ocean, penetrating Norway from near the North Cape. Length, about 75 miles. Porsena (pôr'se-na), or Porsenna (pôr-sen'ni), Lars. In Roman legend, a king of Clusium in Etruria, famous in the legends of Tarquin, Horatius Cocles, etc. Porson (por's on), Richard. Born at East Ruston, Norfolk, Dec. 25, 1759: died at London, Sept. 25, 1808. An English cla ical scholar, famous for his knowledge of Greek. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge (B. A. 1782), and was fellow of Trinity, and (1792) profe or of Greek at Cambridge. Porta Porta, Baccio dell a. See Bartolommeo , Fra . Porta (por'tä), Giambattista dell a. Born at Naples about 1543: died at Naples, 1615. An Italian natural philosopher. He founded the Academy "Secretorum Nature" at Naples, and was a member of the Academy "Dei Lincei" at Rome. His chief work is "Magia natural is" (1569). Port Adelaide (port ad'e-lad). The port of the city of Adelaide, South Australia, situated on the Gulf of St. Vincent in lat. 34° 47′ S., long. 138°31′ E. Population (1891), 5,005 (with Semaphore, 12,164). Port a down (port-a-doun'). A town in the county of Armagh, Ireland, situated on the Bann 24 miles southwest of Belfast. Population (1891), 8,430. Portaels (por-täls'), Jean François. Born at Vilvorde, Belgium, May 1. 1818: died at Bru els, Feb. 9, 1895. A Belgian painter, from 1878 director of the academy at Bru els. Portage, or Portage City (por'tāj sit'i). A city, capital of Columbia County, Wisconsin, situated on the Wisconsin River and on the caral joining the Wisconsin and Fox rivers, 87 miles west-northwest of Milwaukee. Population (1890), 5,143. Portage Falls. A cascade 110 feet in height, in the middle course of the Gene see River. Portage Lake. A lake in the upper peninsula of Michigan, 65 miles northwest of Marquette, connected with Keweenaw Bay. Portalegre (por-tä-lā'gre). 1. A district in the province of Alemtejo, Portugal. Population (1890), 113,727.-2. A town in the district of Portalegre, 101 miles east-northeast of Lisbon. Population (1878), 8,699. Portales (por-tä'lās), Diego José Victor. Born at Santiago, June 26, 1793: died at Val para i so,