FUGUE

(Lat. fug a, flight), a musical composition of at least two voices in which ‘subject’ (principal melody) and ‘answer’ keep recurring, harmonized by laws of counterpoint. Greatest f. writers:) Bach (instrumental), Handel (vocal). Frente Fugue, 1891 and Fugal Analysis, | 2. 138° 43’ I.), loftiest mountain, Japan, ‘ 12,400 ft.; dormant volcano; place of — pilgrimage. iy and mar. prov. of 8.1. China (23° 38/- sandy soil in valleys, but carefully cultivated and supplying abundant crops; watered by Min R. (M.), Lun Han BR. in §.; tea and timber in deman goes, and persimmons; cotton, indigo, sugar, tobacco, and camphor; lead, silver, tin, gold; molybdenum found but awaits exploitation. Chief ports Foochow and Amoy, original treaty ports; imports mainly from Hong-Kong and Shanghai, Area, 46,332 sq. m.; pop. 18,533,000, (1853), oe soldier and diplomat; attach6 at Berlin for five years; commanded Jap. contingent during Boxer risings in China; knighted by Kdward VII.; on staff of Marshal Oyama_in Ru o-Jap. War; cr. baron, 1906, Has written books relating his diplomatic, travel, and military experiences.