Cacana

See Calchaquis. Caccamo (käk-kä'mō). A town situated on the northern coast of Sicily 23 miles southeast of Palermo. Population, 8,000. Caccini (kä-chēnē), Giulio. Born at Rome, 1558 (?): died at Florence, 1640. An Italian singer and composer, known as Giulio Romani. He wrote, with Rinuccini and Peri, the musical dramas "Dafne" (1594) and "Euridice" (1600). These first attempts to make music dramatic led directly to the modern opera. He composed a number of other works, among which is "Le Nuove Music he," a collection of madrigals, etc. See Alter at i and Daphne . Cáceres (kä'thā-res). A province in Estremadura, western Spain. Area, 8,013 square miles. Population (1887), 339,793. Cáceres. The capital of the province of Cáceres, Spain, situated in lat. 39° 27′ N., long. 6° 24' W.: the ancient Castra Cæcilia (whence the modern name). It contains Roman and Moorish antiquities, and was the scene of a victory of the Allies (1706). Population (1887), 14,880. Cáceres, Andrés Avelino. Born at Ayacucho, Nov. 11, 1838. A Peruvian general and states man. He was colonel and afterward general in the Chile an war (1879-83), and after the taking of Lima was second vice-president in the provisional Calderon government. Dr. Calderon being seized by the Chileans and the first vice-president driven into Bolivia, General Cáceres became the constitutional chief of Peru, He held out against the Chileans, and refused to acknowledge Iglesias whom they had made president. Attempting to take Lima (Aug., 1884), Cáceres was repulsed after a bloody street fight. Raising a larger force, he entered the city, Dec. 1, 1885, and persuaded Iglesias to refer the presi dential question to a general election. This resulted in favor of Cáceres, who was inaugurated president of Peru June 3, 1886. Succeeded by Bermudez, Aug. 10, 1890, General Cáceres soon after went to Europe as Peruvian minister to France and England. Reëlected president 1894. Cacha (kä'chä). An ancient Peruvian temple situated in the Vilca-Maya valley south of Cuzco. It is believed to antedate the Inca empire, and is connected with some curious legends; though now in ruins, it shows traces of having been built in two stories. Cachar (kä-chär'). A district in A am, British India. Area, 3,750 square miles. Population (1881), 313,858. Cacheo (kä-shā'ö). A Portuguese settlement in Sene gambia, West Africa, situated near the coast in lat. 12° 20′ N., long. 16° 30′ W. cave under the Aventine backward, so that their footsteps would not show the direction in which they had gone; but Hercules found them by their lowing, and slew the thief. Cadalso (kä-däl'sō), or Cadahalso (kä-dä-äl'sō), José de. Born at Cadiz, Spain, Oct. 8, 1741: died at Gibraltar, Spain, Feb. 27, 1782. A Spanish poet, killed at the siege of Gibraltar. His works include a tragedy, "Sancho Garcia" (1771), a satire, "Los eruditos á la violet a" (1772), "Poesías" (1773), "Las cartas marruecas" (1794), etc. Cada Mosto, or Ca Da Mosto (kä dä mos'tō), Alois or Luigi da. Born at Venice about 1432: died at Venice about 1480. An Italian navigator. He explored, in the service of Prince Henry of Portugal, the coast of Africa as far as the Gambia from Verd islands. Author of "El libro de la prima navigazione per oceano a leterre de Nigri de la Ba a Æthiopia" (1507). Caddee (käd-dā'). A name given to a league ("Gotteshaus-Bund") formed in the Grisons, Switzerland, in 1396, to oppose internal misgovernment. Caddo (kä'dō). [From the Caddo Kaede , chief.] A confederacy of the Caddoan stock of North American Indians. It consisted of many tribes, of which the following have been identified: Kado hadacho, Nadaaku, Aienai, Nabaidatu, Nashidosh, Yatasi, Yowani, Nakohodotse, Aish, and Hadai. Its former habitat was northwestern Louisiana and eastern Texas; now, the Quapaw reservation, Indian Territory. See Caddoan . Caddoan (kä'dō-an). A linguistic stock of North American Indians, named after its leading division, Caddo. Its former habitat was in parts 1455 to 1456, in which latter year he discovered the Cape beginning at the north, are as follows: Arikara (a tribe), IMG:content-0297.png:[blocks in formation] Cadmeia (kad-mē'yä). [Gr. Καδμεία .] The citadel or acropolis of Thebes in Bœotia, named from its mythical founder, the hero Cadmus. Two Frankish towers of some importance now stand on the summit of the low hill. The only remains of the ancient fortifications consist of a stretch of ruinous Cyclopean wall on the north side, and fragments of more recent walls on the southeastern slope. Cadmeians (kad-me'yanz). See the extract. The Cadmeians were the Græco-Phœnician race (their name merely signifying "the Easterns") who in the anteTrojan times occupied the country which was afterwards called Bœotia. Hence the Greek tragedians, in plays of which ancient Thebes is the scene, invariably speak of the The bans as Kαδμείοι. Rawlinson , Herod., I. 1. 56, note. Cadmus (kad'mus). [Gr. Κάδμος .] In Greek legend, a son of Agenor, king of Phenic i a, and Telepha a. He was the reputed founder of Thebes in Bœotia, and the introducer of the letters of the Greek alphabet. These "Phœnician letters" were also called the "Cadmean letters," having been introduced, according to a Greek legend, which is repeatedly quoted by Hero dot us, by Cadmus the Tyrian when he sailed for Greece in search of Europa. It is plain that Cadmus and Europa are merely eponymic names, Cadmus meaning in Semitic speech peremes of the west "the man of the East," while Europa is the damsel who Taylor, The Alphabet, II. 19. of North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Arkansas, and Indian Territory, the northern group of the stock having Cadodaquioux. See Kado hadacho . been entirely surrounded by Siouan tribes, and the mid- Cadorna (kä-dor'nä), Raffaele. Born at Milan, dle group by the Siouan and Shoshonean. Its divisions, 1815: died at Turin, Feb. 6, 1897. An Italian Pawnee (the middle group, a confederacy), Kitcai (a tribe), general. He commanded the troops of Victor EmmanWichita (a confederacy), and Caddo (a confederacy). Its uel in the occupation of the States of the Church in 1870. tribes, especially the Pawnee, have been foes to the Da. He occupied Cività Vecchia Sept. 16, and Rome Sept. 20, kota or Sioux for many generations; consequently their men have served as scouts in the United States army the Arikara, are now in the Indian Territory and Okladuring wars against the Dakota. All of this stock, except homa. They number about 2,250. Caddoques. See Kado hadacho . Cade (kād), John, called Jack Cade. Born in Ireland: killed near Heath field, in Su ex, England, July 12, 1450. The leader in "Cade's Rebellion," a rising chiefly of Kentishmen, in May and June, 1450. The rebels defeated the royal forces at Seven Oaks, June 27, and entered London July 2. On July 3 they put Lord Say to death. In a few days the rebellion was suppre ed. Cade is said to have called Mortimer by his followers, and to have been 1870. In 1877 he retired. Cadoudal (kä-dö-däl'), Georges. Born near Auray, Morbihan, France, Jan. 1, 1771: guillotined at Paris, June 25, 1804. A celebrated French Chouan partizan and royalist conspirator, leader of the rising of 1799. He was implicated with Pichegru in 1803. Cads and, or Kadzand (käd-zänd'). A village in Zealand, Netherlands, situated at the mouth of the Schelde, 14 miles northeast of Bruges. Here in 1337 the English defeated the Count of Flanders. Cadwal. See Arviragus , 2. regarded by them as a cousin of the Duke of York. He Cadwalader, George, Gent. A pseudonym of is introduced by Shakspere in the second part of "Henry VI." as a reckle , ferocious, and vulgarly important rebel. Cadell (ka-del'), Robert. Born at Cockenzie, East Lothian, Dec. 16, 1788: died at Edinburgh, Jan. 20, 1849. A Scottish publisher and bookseller. He was a partner of Constable from 1811 until the failure of the firm, and a busine a ociate and friend of Sir Walter Scott. He became the publisher of Scott's works in 1826. Cadenabbia (kä-de-näbbe-ä). A small town in northern Italy, situated on the western bank of Lake Como 15 miles northeast of Como. It is a favorite resort. Cadenus (ka-de'nus). The name by which Dean Swift calls himself in his poem "Cade- nus and Vane a" (1726). The name is an anagram of decanus (dean). Cader Idris (kad'er id'ris). A mountain in northwestern Wales, near Dolgelly, noted for its extensive view. Height, 2,898 feet. Caderou e (käd-rös'). A noted character in Dumas's novel "Le Comte de Monte Cristo." Cadesia (ka-dē'zhiä). A place situated near George Bubb Dodington. Cadwalader, or Cad wall a der (kad-wal'a-der), surnamed "The Ble ed." Died probably in 664. A British king. He was the son of Cad wall on, king of Gwynedd, whom he succeeded in 634. He obtained great fame by the heroic exploits which he performed in the defense of Wales against the Saxons, and holds a high place in Welsh tradition and poetry. According to the prophecy of Merlin, he is one day to return to the world to expel the Saxon from the land. He came in time to be regarded as a saint (hence his surname of "The Ble ed"). Cad wall a der (kad-wol'a-der). A character in Foote's play "The Author." This play was stopped by the lord chamberlain at the request of Mr. A price, a friend of Foote, who was imitated and ridiculed in this part, especially in a habit he had of sucking his wrist as he talked. Cad wall a der, Rev. Mr. The rector of Middle march in George Eliot's novel of that name. He exasperates his wife, a clever, keen, epigrammatic woman, by his good temper. He would even speak well of his bishop, "though unnatural in a beneficed clergyman." Cad wall a der. A misanthropic character in Smollett's "Peregrine Pickle." upper Ucayale River. They are very savage, constant D., the Saracens under Sa'd ibn Wakkas de- dian tribe or horde of eastern Peru, on the feated the Persians (120,000) under Rustem. Cadijah. See Kadijah . Cadillac (kä-de-yäk'), Antoine de la Mothe. Died about 1720. A French commander and enemies of the whites and of neighboring tribes, and cannibals: it is said that they eat their own relatives after death, and that they make war to procure human food. Probably the accounts of their ferocity are exaggerated, the tribe being very imperfectly known. They are not numerous. Cachoeira (kä-shö-a'rä). A town in the state of Bahia, Brazil, situated on the river Paragua ú 50 miles northwest of Bahia. Population about 4,000. Cacos (kä'kōs). [Sp., 'pickpockets.'] The nickname given to a political party of Guatemala which originated in 1820. Its members favored complete separation from Spain, and a republican form of government with e ential equality to all. This was the germ of the Servile party of later years. Their oppo Cacos is also the name of a political party in Haiti. nents, called Bacos or Gazistas , were opposed to equality. Cacus (kā'kus). In Roman mythology, a giant and son of Vulcan, living near the spot on which Rome was built. He stole from Hercules some of the cattle of Geryon, dragging them into his He was commander of pioneer in New France. Michilimackinac 1694-97, founded Detroit in 1701, and was governor of Louisiana 1711-17. Cadiuéios (kä-de-wa'yōz), or Cadigués, or Cadi héos. A branch of the Guaycurus Indians (which see). At the present time Brazil i ans walader. Died 634. A British king of Gwynedd, which was probably coextensive with North Wales. He invaded Nor thumb ria in 629, but was repulsed by Eadwine near Morpeth. In 633, in alliance with Penda, king of the Mercians, he totally defeated the Northumbrians at Heath field, near Don caster, Eadwine and his son Osfrid being among the slain. He was defeated by Oswald, the nephew of Eadwine, at the battle of Heven flight. felth, on the Deniseburn, in 635, and was killed in the Cad wall on. The minstrel of Gwenwyn in Scott's novel "The Betrothed." He disguises commonly use this name for the whole tribe. himself as Renault Vidal to prosecute a revenge, for which Cadiz (kā diz; Sp. pron. kä'Theth). [Pg. Ca dix .] A province in And alus i a, Spain. Area, 2,809 square miles. Population (1887), 429,381. Cadiz, former Eng. Cales. A seaport, the capital of the province of Cadiz, Spain, situated on a narrow neck of land, on the Atlantic, in lat. 36° 31′ N., long. 6° 17′ W.: the Greek Gadeira and the Roman Gades. It is an important commercial city, and is noted for its export of sherry. etc. (For early history, see Gades .) It was destroyed It has two cathedrals, a Capuchin convent, a by the Goths, was taken from the Moors in 1262, and he is executed. Cæcilia gens (sē-sil'i-ä jenz). In ancient Rome, a plebeian clan or house whose family names under the republic were Ba us, Denter, Me tell us, Niger, Pinna, and Rufus. Cæcilius (sē-sil'i-us), surnamed Cal act in us (kal-ak-ti'nus) and, erroneously, Callant i an us (ka-lan-ti-ā'nus). A Hellenistic Jew of Calacte in Sicily (whence his surname), named Arch a gath us, naturalized at Rome, where he took the name of his patron, one of the Metelli. He enjoyed a very high repute at Rome in the time of Cicero and August us, but his numerous works are all lost, IMG:content-0298.png:[ocr errors] Cæsar, Don. The father of Olivia in Mrs. Cow- ley's Bold Stroke for a Husband." Cæsar, Sir Julius. Born at Tottenham, Eng- land, 1558: died 1636. An English jurist of Italian extraction, appointed master of the rolls in 1614. ranean in lat. 32° 33′ N., long. 34° 54′ E.: the modern Kaisariyeh. It was erected by Herod I., in the first decennium B. C., on the site of the former Turris Str at on is, on the line of the great road from Tyre to Egypt, between Jaffa and Dora, and named in honor of August us. Its full name was Cæsarea Sebaste, from the name of the harbor. Herod adorned the city with many magnificent buildings. It became the residence of the Roman gover- nors in Palestine, and was mostly inhabited by a foreign population hostile to the Jews. Here broke out the Jewish war under the governor Ge ius Florus. Vespas i an gave it the name of Coloni a prima Flaviana. It is often men- tioned in the New Testament (Acts viii. 40, ix. 30, x. 1, xxi. 9, xxiv. 17, etc.). About 200 A. D. it became the residence of a bishop, and po e ed a Christian school at which Ori- gen taught. It was the birthplace of the church historian Eusebius (died 342). The modern Kaisariyeh is a desolate place of ruins. Cæsarea. In ancient geography, a city in Cap- padocia, Asia Minor, in lat. 38° 41′ N., long. 35° 20′ E.: the modern Kaisariyeh. It was formerly called Mazaca. Population of mod- ern town, about 40,000. phy, a town in northern Palestine, situated at the foot of Mount Hermon. The modern vil- lage is called Banias, formerly Paneas. Cæsar in Egypt. A tragedy by Cibber, pro- duced at Drury Lane Dec. 9, 1724, published It was taken from Mas singer and Fletcher's "The False One" and Corneille's "La Mort de Pompée." Cæsari on (se-zari-on). A son of Cleopatra and (probably) Julius Cæsar. He was exe- d fort.'] The Roman name of Tours. Cæsars, City of the. A mythical South Ameri- can city, reputed of great size and wealth, which report report located near the eastern base of the Andes, somewhere south of lat. 37°. By some it was supposed to have been founded by a man named Cesar who about 1530 left Cabot's fort of Espirito Santo on the Paraná, and never returned. Others con- nected it with the crew of a Spanish ship which was wrecked on the coast of Patagonia. In the 16th and 17th centuries many expeditions were made in search of it, and even to the end of the 18th century the legend was re- garded by many as true. Cæsars, Era of. See Spain , Era of . Caf. See Kaf . Café Procope (ka-fa' prō-kōp'). A coffee-house opposite the Comédie Française, frequented by the wits in the 18th century. Caffa, or Kaffa. See Feodosia . Caffarelli (kä-fä-rel'lē), François Marie Au- guste. Born at Falga, Haute-Garonne, France, Oct. 7, 1766: died at Leschelles, Aisne, France, Jan. 23, 1849. A French general, brother of Caffarelli du Falga. Caffarelli (käf-fä-rel'lē), called Gaetano Ma- jorano. Born in the province of Bari, Italy, April 16, 1703: died at Naples, Nov. 30, 1783. A noted Italian singer. Caffarelli du Falga (kä-fä-rel'le dü fäl-gä'), Louis Marie Joseph Maxim i lien. Born at Falga, Haute-Garonne, France, Feb. 13, 1756: died near Acre, Syria, April 27, 1799. A French general, commander of the engineer corps in the Egyptian campaign. Caffi (käf'fe), Ippolito. Born at Belluno, Italy, 1814: killed in the battle of Li a, July 20, 1866. An Italian painter. Caffraria. See Kaffraria . was captured by pirates in 76; and was made questor in 68, curule edile in 65, pontifex maximus in 63, pretor in Caffristan. See Kafir is tan . rial dignity. It thus became the source of the German Kaiser and the Ru ian Tsar or Czar . After the death of Hadrian the title Cæsar was specifically a igned to those who were designated by the emperors as their succe ors and a ociated with them in the government. See Au gust us . Cagliari (käl-yä'rē). A province in the south- ern part of the island of Sardinia, Italy. Area, 5,204 square miles. Population (1891), 450,820. Cagliari. A seaport, the capital of the island of Sardinia, Italy, situated on the Gulf of Ca- gliari in lat. 39° 13' N., long. 9o 7′ E.: the Roman Caralis or Carales. It contains a cat he- dral, castle, university, museum, Roman amphitheater, and other antiquities. Population (1891), estimated, 42,000. Cagliostro (käl-yōs'trō), Count A le andro di: the a umed name of Giuseppe Balsamo. Born at Palermo, Sicily, June 2, 1743: died at San Leone, in Urbino, Italy, Aug. 26, 1795. An Italian adventurer, notorious for his imposi tions in Ru ia, Paris, the East, and elsewhere. Among other adventures he was involved in the affair of the diamond necklace in Paris, and was imprisoned in the Bastille, but escaped. He visited England, and was there imprisoned in the Fleet. On emerging he went to Rome, living in Gascony and Béarn in France, and in the Basque Provinces in Spain. They are consid- ered a degraded race, and before 1793 were without po- litical and social rights. Cahawba (ka-ha'bä). A river of Alabama which joins the Alabama River 8 miles southwest of Selma. Length, about 200 miles. Cahen (kä-an'), Samuel. Born at Metz, Lor- raine, Aug. 4, 1796: died at Paris, Jan. 8, 1862. A French Hebraist, author of a translation of the Old Testament into French (1841-53). Cahensly Agitation, The. An agitation car- ried on in 1891 in the Roman Catholic Church for the purpose of inducing the Pope to appoint bishops and priests of their own nationality for the Roman Catholic immigrants in the United States: so called from a memorial addre ed by Herr Cahensly and other Europe ans to the Vatican. Caiaphas (ka'ya-fas). [Po ibly from Babylo- nian qépu , watchman.] The surname of Jo- seph, Jewish high priest 27 (187)-36 A. D., noted in New Testament history: son-in-law of Annas. Caicos, or Caycos (kī kōs). Four islands in the Bahama group, situated about lat. 21° 30′- 22° N., long. 71° 30′-72° W. They are under the government of Jamaica. Population (1891), 1,784. Caieta. The ancient name of Gaeta (which see). Callung-Fu Lacelled Caifung-Fu. See Kaifung - Fu 。 Cain (kan). [Heb.; of uncertain origin.] The eldest son of Adam and Eve, and the murderer of his brother Abel, according to the account in Genesis. He was condemned to be a fugitive for his sin. Cain, a Mystery. A dramatic poem by Lord Byron, published in 1821. It was written at Caine (kan), Thomas Henry Hall. Born at Runcorn, Cheshire, England, in 1853. An Eng- lish novelist, known as Hall Caine. Among his works are "Sonnets of Three Centuries" (1882), "Recollec- tions of Ro etti" (1882), "The Shadow of a Crime" (1885), "The Deemster" (1887), "The Manxman" (1893), "The Christian" (1897), “The Eternal City" (1901). "The Deem- ster" was dramatized (as "Ben-ma'-Chree") in 1889, "The Manxman" in 1895, and "The Christian" in 1898. Cainites (kan'itz). A Gnostic sect of the 2d century, which reverenced Cain, Esau, Korah, and Judas Iscariot. Ça ira (sä e-rä'). [F., 'it will go.'] The first popular song which was the offspring of the French Revolution. It was probably first sung in 1789 by the insurgents as they marched to Versailles. ( Grove .) The music was that of a contre-dance which was extremely popular under the name "Carillon national." Ça ira It was composed by a drummer in the orchestra of the opera, named Bécourt, and was a great favorite with Marie Antoinette. The words were suggested by Lafayette to Ladré, a street-singer; he remembered them from hearing Franklin say at various stages of the American Revolution, when asked for news, "Ça ira, Ça ira." There are five verses with different refrains, becoming more ferocious as the Revolution progre ed, one of which was: "Ah! ça ira, ça ira, ça ira! Les aristocrat' à la lanterne; Ah! ça ira, ça ira, ça ira! Les aristocrat' on les pendra!" borders the central court, while on the north there are three ranges, on the south four, and on the east side, which is the sanctuary, six ranges. There are in all 229 columns. The arches are round or keel-shaped, and a few are pointed. Nilometer , a monument for measuring the rise of the Nile, on the island of Roda. The present Nilometer dates from about 860 A. D.; it is a chamber about 18 feet square, origi- nally domed, in each side of which there is a niche covered with a pointed arch, an important example of the early use of this form. In the middle stands a pillar divided into 17 cubits of about 211 inches. Population (1897), 570,062. Cairo (kā'rō). A city in Alexander County, Ill., Caird (kard), Edward. Born 1835. A Scottish situated at the confluence of the Ohio and Mis- 'metaphysician, brother of John Caird. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and became fellow and tutor at Merton in 1864, profe or of moral philosophy at Calancha in 1893. his works are "A Critical Account Philosophy of Kant" (1877), "Hegel" (1883), "Social Philosophy and Religion of Comte" (1885), "The Evolution of Religion" (Gifford Lectures, St. Andrews, 1890-92). Oaird (kard), John. Born at Greenock, Scotland, 1820 (1823): died July 30, 1898. A Scottish clergyman and pulpit orator. He became profe or of divinity in the University of Glasgow in 1862, and principal of the university in 1873. His works in clude "An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion" (1880), "Religions of India: Brahmanism, Buddhism" (1881), "Spinoza" (1880), etc. Cairnes (karnz), John Elliott. Born at Castle Belling ham, CountyLouth, Ireland, Dec. 26,1823: died near London, July 8, 1875. A noted British political economist. He was appointed profe or of political economy in University College, London, in 1866. His works include "Character and Logical Method of Political Economy" (1857), "E ays in Political Economy" (1873), "Political E ays" (1873), "Some Leading Principles of Political Economy Newly Explained" (1874), etc. Cairns (karnz), Hugh MacCalmont, first Earl Cairns. Born at Culdra, Down, Ireland, Dec., 1819: died at Bourne mouth, Hants, England, April 2, 1885. An English statesman. He en tered Parliament in 1852, and was lord chancellor in the Disraeli administration, 1868 and 1874-80. Cairo (ki'rō). [Ar. Maçr - el - Qahira , F. Le Caire . ] The capital of Egypt, situated 1 mile east of the Nile, in lat. 30° 3′ N., long. 31° 16′ E. It has important transit trade, and is the starting-point for tours to neighboring pyramids, the sites of Memphis and Helio polis (in the vicinity), and the upper Nile. Its chief suburb is Bulak. It was founded by the Fatimite califs about 970, and made the capital. It was taken by the Turks in 1517, was held by the French 1798-1801, and was occupied by the British in 1882. It was the scene of the ma acre of the Mamelukes in 1811. It contains a number of noted mosques: Mosque of Akbar , a square, picturesquely ornamented building surmounted by a pointed dome covered with arabesques, now appropriated to the dances of the howling dervishes. The square minaret over one angle rises in re ce ed stages, and the entrance-porch is formed by a high trifoliate arch. The whole interior is colored in dark and light horizontal bands. Mosque of El - Azhar , founded in 970, but for the most part rebuilt at various subsequent times. It has six minarets. It is remarkable as the chief existing Mohammedan university. The divisions of the interior surround a large central court encircled by pointed arcades. The siwan, or sanctuary, used for in struct i on, consists of nine aisles formed by 380 columns of ancient and Christian provenience. Several subordinate mosques or chapels are included in the main foundation. Mosque of El-Gouri, one of the most picturesque monuments in the city. It was built about 1513. Mosque of Sultan Ha an , ranking as one of the chief monuments of Mohammedan architecture. It was completed in 1360 A. D. The exterior, built of stones taken from the Pyramids, consists of a ma ive wall about 113 feet high, inclosing an area of irregular form, and surmounted by two lofty minarets and the pointed brick dome of the sultan's mausoleum. The top of the wall is corbeled out about 6 feet in succe ive ranges of dentils, forming a cornice, and its face is diversified by panels, arches, and Ajimez windows, all used sparingly. The great minaret is 280 feet high. The interior court measures 105 by 117 feet, and contains two fountain-pavilions. In the middle of each side of the court opens a magnificent pointed arch. That on the east, 90 feet high and deep and 69 in span, is the largest. At the back of this rece are the mimbar (pulpit) and mihrab (place of direction of prayer), and from it opens the mausoleum. The entrance-porch is a large archway curiously angered in by corbeling out the sides for part of its rise, and then throwing a small pointed arch over the opening; its piers are ornamented with rich vertical bands and angle-columns, and with paneling. Tomb - Mosque of Kait Bey , built about 1470, one of the finest pieces of architec. the Circa ian Mamelukes, a number of comparatively small mosque-tombs of the 15th century, grouped together about the Tomb-Mosque of Kait Bey. They are important [Probably from the Tupí Caá , forest, and eté , real, true, i. e. true forest-dwellers.'] A tribe of Brazilian Indians, of the Tupí race, which in the 16th century occupied much of the eastern coast region north of the São Francisco, in Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte, Parahyba, and Ceará. They were very powerful and warlike, and were cannibals. They dwelt in fixed villages, practised a little agriculture, and were skilful hus compte murdered the son of Bein and companions, who shipwrecked on their coasts, and they long carried on war with the colonists. As a tribe they are now extinct. Calabar (kal-a-bär' or, more correctly, kä-läbär'), Old. A country situated between the Cro and Rio del Rey rivers, in the British Oil Rivers Protectorate, West Africa, named after the Old Calabar River. The importance and wealth of this district are due to the palm-oil which is produced on the banks of the river. The Cro River is navigable for some distance. Duke town, the residence of the British consul, has about 10,000 population, the neighboring Creek town about 5,000, all belonging to the Efik tribe.