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His plays and poems were collected in 1651. Car up a no (kä-röʻpä-no). A seaport in the state of Bermudez, Venezuela, in lat. 10° 40′ N., long. 63° 18' W. Population, 12,000. Carus (kä'rös), Julius Viktor. Born at Leipsic, Aug. 25, 1823: died there, March 10, 1903. A noted German zoölogist. He was custodian of the Museum of Comparative Anatomy at Oxford (1849-51), profe or of comparative anatomy at Leipsic (1853-1903), and Profe or Wyville Thomson's substitute at Edinburgh (1873-74). His works include "Zur nähern Kenntnis des Gene ratio nsw ech sels" (1849), "System der tier is chen Morpho logie" (1853), "Icones zootomicæ" (1857), etc. Carus, Karl Gustav. Born at Leipsic, Jan. German physiologist and psychologist. His The Century Cyclopedia of Names Casabianca (kä-zä-byänʻkä), Louis. Born at Bastia, Corsica, about 1755: killed off Abukir, Egypt, Aug. 1, 1798. A French naval officer. In company with his son (Giacomo Jocante Casabianca) he perished with his ship, L'Orient, at the battle of the Nile. This event is the subject of a poem by Mrs. Hemans. Casa de Contrat a cion de las Indias (kä'sä dā kōn-trä-tä-the-on' da läs ēn'de-äz), or Coun- cil of Seville. [Sp., 'house of commerce with the Indies, Consejo de Sevilla .] An office es- tablished at Seville in 1503 for the regulation of commerce with the Indies. It maintained the strict Spanish monopoly of American commerce which was one of the principal causes of complaint in the colonies. Casa d'oro (kä'sä dō'rō). [It., 'house of gold.'] A Venetian medieval (14th century) palace. It has been marred by restoration. It has three stories, di- vided vertically into two divisions. The left-hand divi- sion has in the lowest story five open arches, the middle one round, and in the two upper ones most rich and graceful foliated arcades set between larger arches. The right-hand division consists of ornamented paneling, also set between decorated arches. Above there is a pictu- resque cresting in marble. To beauty of form this façade adds great and diversified charm of color in its incrusted house.] A ruin of an ancient Pima village on the south bank of the Gila River, in Arizona, 80 miles northwest of Tucson. Its aborigi- nal name is Sivano - Ki (‘house of Sivano'). Casa Guidi (käsä gwēdē) Windows. A poem by Mrs. Browning, published in 1851. Named from the Casa Guidi, a house in Florence where Casale (kä-z'le), or Casale Monferrato (mon-fer-rä'to). A town in the province of plays by Plautus, the "Aulularia" and the “Cap- A le and ria, Italy, situated on the Po 38 miles east of Turin. It was the old capital of the duchy of Monferrato. It has a cathedral, founded in the 8th cen- tury by the Lombards. Population, 17,000. in the province of Cremona, Italy, situated on the Po 22 miles southeast of Cremona. Here Francesco Sforza defeated the Venetians in 1448 . tivi." Caserta (kä-ser'tä). The capital of the prov- ince of Caserta, Italy, 17 miles north-northeast of Naples. It contains a royal palace, begun 1752 in Casamanza (kä-zä-mänʻzä), or Casamance (kä-zä-mons'). A river in Sene gambia, West Africa, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean 60 miles south of the Gambia. Casas (kä'säs), Bartolomé de las. Born at Seville, 1474: died at Madrid, July, 1566. A Spanish Dominican, celebrated as a defender of the Indians against their Spanish conquer- ors. He went to Hispaniola in 1502, accompanied Velas- quez during the conquest of Cuba, and became a curate Cashgar. See Kashgar . there. In 1514 he began to preach against the system of Indian slavery; and in 1515 went to Spain to intercede Cashibos. Same as Cachibos . for the Indians with Ferdinand. By Cardinal Ximenes Cashmere. See Kashmir . Cashel (kash'el). A town in the county of Tip- perary, Ireland, in lat. 52° 31′ N., long. 7° 53′ W. The "rock of Cashel" is a limestone formation, about 300 feet in height. On its summit are the ruins of a Gothic he was named "Protector of the Indians," with consider- able powers, and returned to Hispaniola in 1516. He again visited Spain to urge his views on Charles V.; at- tempted to plant a colony on the coast of Cumaná, which was destroyed by the Indians (1521); took the Domin- ican habit at Santo Domingo (1522), and remained in re- tirement for eight years; and finally returned to Spain. From 1544 to 1547 he was bishop of Chiapa in Mexico. He published "Breui ima relacion de la destruycion de las Indias" ("Destruction of the Indias," Seville, 1552), "Hist or i a de las Indias" (published 1875, but well known before by manuscript copies), etc. Casas Grandes (käʼsäs grän'des). [Sp., 'great houses.'] An extensive ruin in northwestern Sonora, about 120 miles south of the United States boundary line in New Mexico. The set- tlement appears to have been considerable, and to have contained as many as 4,000 souls at least. The edifices were of large adobe with very thick walls and as many as four and perhaps five stories. The pottery accompanying the ruins and all the artifacts show an advance in culture beyond the Indians of New Mexico. Concerning its in habitants nothing is known, except that they had disap- peared long previous to the discovery of the ruins by the Spaniards in 1660. At that time the site was occupied by a tribe called Sumas, which has since disappeared also. A mile south of the ruins there is a village of Mex- ican inhabitants numbering about 1,000 souls. The name Casas Grandes is also given to various similar ruins in Casimir II. Born 1138: died May 4, 1194. King of Poland 1177-94, surnamed "The Just." He organized the Polish senate, which consisted of bishops, palatines, and castellans, and introduced laws protecting the peasants against the nobles. Casimir III. Born 1309: died Nov. 8, 1370. King of Poland 1333-70, surnamed "The Great," son of Vladislav Lokietek. He promul- Italian soldier and African explorer. In 1879 the Italian Society for Commercial Exploration sent him to the basin of the Bahr-el-Ghazal, where he arrived in 1880. After exploring the country of the Nyam-Nyam and the Mon but to, he joined Emin Pasha and Dr. Junker in 1883. In 1886 Kabrega, to whom Emin had sent him on a mi ion, detained him in semi-captivity. Stanley's arrival, in 1889, set him free. His reports were published in "Bolletino dell a Società d'Esplorazione" (1883-88). His "Dieci Anni in Equator i a" appeared in 1891. Casaubon (ka-så bon), Rev. Edward. In George Eliot's "Middlema Dorothea Brooke. She marries him in the belief that his high and noble ideals will raise her into a broad and generous intellectual life, but finds him to be only a timid, self-absorbed pedant. Casaubon (ka-sa bon; F. pron. kä-zō-bôn ́), Isaac. Born at Geneva, Feb. 18, 1559: died at Casimir IV. Born Nov. 29, 1427: died at Grodno, Poland, June 7, 1492. King of Poland 1447-92, brother of Wladislaw III. He carried on a war of fourteen years against the Teutonic knights, which was terminated in 1466 by the peace of Thorn, and which gave Poland po e ion of West Pru ia, with suzerainty over East Pru ia. Casimir-Périer, Jean. See Périer . Casiri (kä-sērē), Michael. Born at Tripoli, Syria, 1710: died at Madrid, March 12, 1791, A Maronite Orientalist. He became chief librarian of the Escorial in Spain in 1763. His chief work is "Biblio- theca arabico-hispana escurialensis" (1760–70). IMG:content-0322.png:[blocks in formation] culminates in the snowy peak of Makmel.