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His material was published in "K. K. v. der Decken's Reisen in Ost-Afrika" (1869-79). His collections were given to the National Museum of Berlin. Decker, Jeremias de. See Dekker . Decker, Thomas. See Dekker . Declaration of Independence. The public act by which the Continental Congre on July 4, 1776, declared the American colonies to be free and independent of Great Britain. A resolution of independence was offered by R. H. Lee, June 7, 1776. s is the committee appointed to draft the dee Roger Shernist and R. R. Livings ton, and the document was written for the most part by Jefferson. It was signed by 56 members. Declaration of Independence, Mecklenburg. See Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence . Declaration of Right. An affirmation of the ancient constitutional rights of the English nation, prepared by the convention of the Commons, a ented to by the Lords, and by William and Mary (who thereupon were declared king and queen, Feb. 13), in Feb., 1689. It was confirmed by Parliament as the Bill of Rights in Dec., 1689. Dècle (dakl), Lionel. A French traveler and ethnological collector. Accompanied by Ph. de Lalaing, he started in July, 1891, from Mafeking. Bechuanaland, and visited Palapye, Shesheke, failed to enter the Ba-rotse country, returned to Matebele and Mashona Land, where explored the subterranean lakes of Sinoya, and again reached the Zambesi on his way to Nya a, 1892. Thence he proceeded up the Shire to Lakes Nya a and Tanganyika (1893), intending to come out by Zanzibar. Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. A celebrated history by Edward Gibbon, published 1776-88. De consol at i one philosophiæ (dē kon-so-lā Dedlock, Sir Leicester. An extremely ceremonious and stately old baronet in Dickens's novel "Bleak House." He is perfectly honorable, but prejudiced to the most unreasonable degree, with a genuine affection and admiration for Lady Dedlock. Dee (de). [L. Deva (which see).] 1. A river in North Wales and Cheshire, flowing past Chester into the Irish Sea northwest of Chester. Length. 90 miles.-2. A river in Kin car dines hire and Aberdeen shire, Scotland, flowing into the North Sea at Aberdeen. Length, 87 miles.-3. A river in Kirkeudbrightshire, Scotland, which flows into the Solway Firth at Kirkeudbright Bay. Length, 48 miles. Dee, John. Born at London, July 13, 1527: died in Dec., 1608. An English mathematician and astrologer. He took the degree of B. A. at Cambridge in 1545; was appointed one of the foundation fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1546; lectured on the Ele ments of Euclid at Paris about 1550; returned to England in 1551; was prosecuted on the charge of magic about 1555; gave exhibitions of magic at the courts of various princes in Poland and Bohemia 1583-88; and was appointed warden of Manchester College in 1595. He was patronized by Queen Elizabeth, who received instruction from him in astrology in 1564. According to the "Athensæ Cant abri gien ses" he wrote 79 works, most of which have never been printed. His most notable work is "Monas Hieroglyphic a" (1564). Deeg, or Dig (deg). A fortified place in British India, in lat. 27° 25′ N., long. 77° 15′ E. It was captured by the British in 1804. It contains a palace built by Suraj Mull toward the middle of the 18th century. The portion completed is about 700 feet square, and is traversed by a garden with beautiful architectural adornment. The north pavilion contains a fine audience hall, 77 by 544 feet, divided by a central range of arches. An adjoining side of the court is occupied by a great hall 108 by 87 feet, open on two sides and including four ranges of columns with arcades edged with sharply cut cusps. The cornices are particularly noteworthy: they are wide spreading, often double, and supported by very richly sculptured brackets. Deems (dēmz), Charles Force. Born at Baltimore, Md., Dec. 4, 1820: died at New York shi-o'në fil-o-so'fi-é). [L., 'on the consol a city, Nov. 18, 1893. An American clergyman tion of philosophy.'] A celebrated Latin work and writer, pastor of the Church of the Stran in prose and verse, written by Boethius about 525 A. D. It was translated into Anglo-Saxon by Alfred can Institute of Christian Philosophy in 1881. the Great. Chaucer translated it into English prose before 1382. Caxton published it in 1480. See Boethius .