Volhynia... 5 8 Vosges (mountains)........ a department in France (see Department) "Voss (John Henry). 9 Vossius, or Vos (Gerard John)... (Isaac) "Votiacks (see Finns).. Votive Tables.... "Vouet (Simon). .... 10 Voulgarians (see Bulgaria).. Voussoirs "Vow... 11 Vowel "Voyages of Discovery (see Travels, and North Polar Expeditions). Voyer (see Argenson) "Vries (Hieronymus van).... Vroon (Henry Cornelius) 12 Vulcanists.. 14 Vulgar Era..... Fractions (see Fractions)... 28 Wagram (Battle of)........ 39 "Wagtail Wahabees, Wahabites, Wechabites... 29 Wahlenberg (George). "Wahlstadt Wahoo (see Elm)..... 30 Waifs (see Estrays).. "Wakefield (a town) 66 (Gilbert) or 43 (Mrs. Priscilla)... 44 "Walachia, or Wallachia.... "Walcheren, or Walchern.... 45 "Walckenaer (baron of)..... "Waldeck.. 31 Waldenses ..... Waldis, Burkard (see Burk- 32 Waldstädte "Wales 66 46 47 .... "Walkyrias, or Valkyrias (see Northern Mythology)..... 49 Wall (see Architecture, vol. i, p. 334).. Vulpinite (see Anhydrite)............ Vulture "Vyasa (see Indian Literature).. 34 Wall-Flower Wallace (sir William) 34 Wallenstein (count of)..... 22 Waadtland, or Die Waadt. 35 Waller (sir William) Wach (William Charles). (John "Wad, or Wadding.... "Wad, Black (see Manganese) Wafer Wagenaar (John) "Wagering Policies (see Insurance) 66 Vondel (Joost van der)..... 28 Wages... Vorarlberg ..... Vorstius (Conrad).. .......... 66 "Walmoden (Louis)......... Walnut "Walpole (Robert). ... N " " .......... 57 (Horace) 58 36 "Walrus Walpurga, Walburga, Walpurgis or 59 60 ... "Wagner (Ernest) .......... 38 Walsall................... Wagnerite... Writs of Assistance (see (a river)... Yawl (see Boat) Yawning, or Gaping. Yazoo (a river).. .... 298 Lands (see Georgia) Year.... Yeast... (in physiology).... 239 Writ of Error............. 271 Wonders of the World, Sev- Writing ................. .................. Pens (see Pens, Writing). Fancy Woods.... 243 Wry-Neck (Anthony). (Robert) (Matthew) Woodbine Engraving. (see Honey- suckle) Woodhouselee (see Tytler). Woodstock. 245 Wulfilas (see Ulfilas). Wycliffe (see Wickliff).... 248 X. 252 254 X (letter).. 255 Xagua Bay.. 289 ....... Xalapa " Xalisco (see Guadalaxara). ...... Wootz (see Steel)..... 256 Xanten Worcester (city in England) "Xanthippe............................. (earl of). Xanthus ............... .... Xavier (St. Francis)....... 290 ........... Xenocrates....................................... "Xenophanes de la Frontera........ 258 Xerxes I...... 259 ........ .... II... "Xiphias (see Sword-Fish).. བངཚོ བའབྱི བའཚོངང 260 Xuthus (Minister of Public) 261 Worsted.... Wort (see Brewing, and Wotton (sir Henry). Malt) (William). Wou-wou (see Ape). Y. Y (letter) Yadkin (see Pedee). "Yakoutsk, or Jakutsk.. Yorkinos (see Guerrero)... 304 " ........... ....... 305 "Ypres, or Ypern........ Yriarte ................. 295 Ysenburg (see Isenburg). -Tantalite.... Zamorin (see Calicut).. Zampieri (see Dominichino) Zanetti (count)............ ... Zanni, Zanneschi (see Har- .... Zante... .......... (Francisco Antonio)... Zealand, or Zeeland..... 46 .......... "Zelle, or Celle.. ............. |