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15° S. The Marañon (Amazon)st flows northwest between ranges of the Andes, near lat. 5° S., enters Brazil about long. 70° W., and after discharging water through several narrow channels into the Lower To can tins or Pará River, thus cutting off the island of Marajó, flows into the Atlantic near the equator. It is connected on the north with the Orinoco by the Ca i Ambrones scenery. Near it are Rydal Mount, Fox How, Grasmere, etc. It contains Roman antiquities. Population (1891), 2,360. Ambleteuse (on-bl-tėz'). A decayed seaport in the department of Pas-de-Calais, France, 7 miles north of Boulogne. Amboella (am-bwā'lä). A Bantu people living in the interior of Africa, near the head streams of the Zambesi, about lat. 15° S., long. 19° E. Amboim (äm-bwing'). See Mbuiyi . Ambois (on-bwä'), Bu y d'. The principal character in Chapman's play of that name: a self-confident and arrogant adventurer, with some real loftine of character. Ambois, Clermont d'. The brother of Bu y d'Ambois, a scholar and philosopher. He is the central figure in Chapman's play "The Revenge of Bu y d'Ambois." He commits suicide after the death of his patron Guise. Amboise (on-bwäz'). A town in the department of Indre-et-Loire, France, situated on the Loire 14 miles east of Tours. It is famous for its castle, a favorite residence of the Valois kings, occupying a high rock-platform from which rise its 3 cylindrical, cone-roofed towers. Two towers built at the base of the rock, 42 feet in diameter and over 100 feet high, contain spiral pa ages by which horses and vehicles can mount to the platform above. In the gardens is the Chapel of St. Hubert, one of the richest existing examples of the florid Pointed. Here Leonardo da Vinci is buried. It was the scene of the Conspiracy of Amboise in 1560. Later it became a political prison. Abd-el-Kader was confined in it 1847-52. It is now the property of the Comte de Paris. Population (1891), commune, 4,480. Amboise, Conspiracy of. An unsucce ful conspiracy of Huguenots under La Renaudie to seize the king (Francis II.), first at Blois and afterward Amboise in 1560, and remove A division of the Panjab, British India. Area, him from the influence of the Guises. Conde 4,014 square miles. Population (1881), 1,729,043. 1,033,427. Ambala. A district in the division of Ambala, intersected by lat. 30° 30′ N., long. 77° E. Area, 2,754 square miles. Population (1891), Ambala. The capital of the division and district of Ambala, situated in lat. 30° 24' Ν., long. 76° 49′ E., an important station on the Sind, Panjab, and Delhi Railway. Population, including cantonment (1891), 79,294. Ambalema (am-bi-la'mä). A town in the state of Tolima, Colombia, situated on the Magdalen a 55 miles west of Bogotá. It is the center of an extensive tobacco district. Population, 973. 2,200 miles. The width of the main tants). Amazon i a (am-a-zō'ni-ä). A name sometimes given to the valley of the Amazon. Amazons (am'a-zonz). [L. Amazon , Gr. Άμα ζών , a foreign name of unknown meaning; according to Greek writers, from apriv., without, and μαζός , a breast: a popular etymology, accompanied by, and doubtle originating, the statement that the right breast was removed in order that it might not interfere with the use of the bow and javelin.] 1. In Greek legend, a race of women supposed to have dwelt on the coast of the Black Sea and in the Caucasus Mountains. The Amazons and their contests were a favorite theme in Grecian art and story. They were represented as forming a state from which men were excluded, as devoting themselves to war and hunting, and as being often in conflict with the Greeks in the heroic age. was the real chief of the conspirators. Amboise, Edict of. An edict of pacification between the French Catholics and Huguenots, authorizing (1563) the Reformed worship in the houses of the nobility, throughout the domains of the justiciary nobles, and in one city of each bailiwick. It ended the first war between the two parties. Amboise, Georges d'. Born at Chaumont-surLoire, France, 1460: died at Lyons, 1510. A French statesman and cardinal, minister of Louis XII. 1498, and director of his foreign policy. Amboise, League of. See Amboise , Conspir acy of . Amboyna (am-boi'nä). [Malay Ambun .] One of the chief islands of the Moluccas, situated in lat. 3° 41′ S., long. 128° 10' E., consisting of two parts connected by a narrow isthmus. Its chief product is cloves. It was settled by the Portuguese in the 16th century, and was taken by the Dutch, to whom it now belongs, in 1605. Length, 32 miles. Area, 264 square miles. Population, 31,510. Amboyna. A residency of the Dutch East Indies, comprising Amboyna, Ceram, Banda Islands, Timor-Laut, etc. Amboyna. A seaport, capital of the island and residency of Amboyna. Population, about Amber (am'ber). A decayed town near Jey- bo 9,000. pore, India, the former capital of the state of Jeypore. Amberg (äm'berg). A town in the Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, situated on the Vils 32 miles northwest of Ratisbon: the former capital of the Upper Palatinate. It has manufactures of iron, arms, beer, etc. A victory was gained here by the Austrians under the archduke Charles over the French under