Caaba

or Kaaba, the Mohammedan temple at Mecca, especially a small oratory withiu, adored by Mohammedans as containing the black stone said to have been given by an angel to Abraham on the occasion of building the original caaba. The caaba is at the center of the mosque of Mecea, a building called by the Mohammedans El-Haram, i. e, ‘ The Inviolable.” Caaing Whale, one of the Cetacea in the dolphin family, belonging to a genus common in all seas, and oftener stranded than any other whale. The total length varies from 16 to 24 feet, the maximum girth about 10 feet. The casing whale is very gregarious, and vast shoals of 50 to 100 sometimes impetuously follow their leader ashore when alarmed and surrounded in a - bay or fiord. Exciting scenes of this sort have been frequently witne ed on the Faroe Islands and elsewhere. It is recorded that 1,110 were killed in the winter of 1809-1810 at Hvalfiord, in Iceland. In temper the animals are mild compared’ with some of their allies. They feed chiefly on _ cuttlefishes. Many names are given to these common cetaceans —e. g., pilot-whale, black-fish, social whale, grindhval, ete. The common name is derived from the Scotch word caa, meaning “ to drive.” Cab, a covered “oa earrinve having two or four wheels, and drawn by y” REA one horse. In a hansom cab the driv: er’s seat is behind, not in front. Also the covered part at the rear end of a locomotive which protects the engineer and fireman, and shields the levers, etc.