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Mani or Manes is named Thenaoui by the oriental Christians, and the sect of Manicheans they call Al-Thenaouib, or those who hold the doctrines of the two principles. These Tuinians, therefore, of Rubruquis, are probably the Manicheans. Forst. Of Cailac, and the Country of the Naymans.
Whether these wild grapes are found in Newfoundland I know not. The species of vines which grow in North America, are named by Linnaeus, Vitis labrusca, vulpina, and arborea. Forst. The propriety of the names imposed by the Norwegians on their new discoveries is admirable.
It is even possible, that some families among them, of the higher rank, may still possess some books in their ancient language, which would be a very important discovery. Forst. Otherwise called Erdir, Erdil, Atel, Athol, Etilia, and now the Volga or Wolga. Forst. Likewise named Citracan and Astrakhan, Astracan. Forst.
Forst. Hist. of Voy. and Disc. in the North, p. 113. Geographical Notices of the East in the Thirteenth Century, by Haitho. The empire of Kathay is one of the most extensive, most opulent, and most populous in the world, and is entirely situated on the sea coast.
Wineda-land, the land of the Wends, Vandals, or Wendian Scalvi in Mecklenburg and Pomerania; so called from Wanda or Woda, signifying the sea or water. They were likewise called Pomeranians for the same reason, from po moriu, or the people by the sea side. Forst. In this Alfred seems to have committed a mistake, or to have made too great a leap.
Procellaria gigantea, GMEL. perspicillata, GOULD. hasitata, FORST. leucocephala. Solandri, GOULD. Daption Capensis, STEPH. Prion vittata, CUV. Banksii. Turtur. Ariel, GOULD. Puffinus brevicaudus, GOULD. Puffinuria urinatrix, LESS. Thalassidroma Wilsoni. nereis, GOULD. melanogaster, GOULD.
Detailed bibliography. Bodrero, Emilio "Fascism" in Dictatorship on Its Trial, ed. by Otto Forst de Battaglia, London, 1930. A brief, but significant, statement by a former Rector of the University of Padua and a Secretary of State to Mussolini. Borgese, G.A. Goliath, The March of Fascism, N.Y., 1938. Well written from the point of view of an Italian humanist.
But having reached Germany, I shall say nothing of it, as we are now in a manner at home, and in a country with which most people are well acquainted. Forster, Voy. and Disc, in the North p. 165. Called likewise the sea of Zabachi, Ischaback-Denghissi, the Palus Maeotis, and Sea of Asof. Forst. This is explained to signify Deodati, or Given by God. Forst.
Weonodland, or Winodland, extends to the mouth of the Vistula; and is obviously a peculiar and independent country, totally different from Weonothland, belonging to Denmark. Forst. Wisle, or Wisla, is the Sclavonian orthography for the Vistula, called Weichsel by the Germans, and Weissel by the Prussians. Forst. Witland is a district of Samland in Prussia.
That is to the north-east of Old Saxony, where the Angles, confederates of the Saxon conquerors of Britain, and who gave their name to the English nation, and England or Angle-land, formerly resided. But they likewise appear to have occupied some of the islands in the Baltic. Sillend is certainly the Danish island of Zeeland. Dene is Denmark in its most limited sense. Forst.
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