Doorga
the appellation of a giant slain by Doorga, to whom, consequently, his name was transferred. In Hindu mythology the principal wife as well as DOORNBOOM the mother of Siva, one of the gods belonging to the Hindu triad. The name Doorga is her appropriate appellation in Bengal, but in southern and western India she is generally Purwutee, or Parvati. Her great exploit was slaying the giant Doorga.
DOORNBOOM (thorn-tree), a common tree in the wastes of south Africa. The name given to it by the Dutch colonists and the botanical specific name (Acacia horrida) are due to the number and sharpness of its spines. It seldom much exceeds 30 feet in height, but its timber is hard and tough, and is much used for house-carpentry.
DORIA small portions of Limousin, Angoumois, and Saintonge. Area, 3,546 square miles.
The chief minerals are iron, which is abundant, slate, limestone, marble, and other stone. Mining, iron manufacture, etc., are carried on to a considerable extent, and there are a number of vineyards. The climate is mild but somewhat changeable. Pop. about 440,000. The The river DORDOGNE, principal river of the department, rises on the flanks of the Puy-de-Sancy, flows W. S. W., and after a course of 290 miles unites with the Garonne in forming the Gironde.
DORDRECHT. See DORT.
DORÉ (dō-rā), PAUL GUSTAVE, a French draughtsman and painter; born in Strassburg, Jan. 6, 1833. He studied at Paris, contributing, when only 16 DOPPLERITE (named after B. Doppler, the first to bring it to notice), an amorphous mineral occurring in elastic or partly jelly-like masses found in peat-years of age, comic sketches to the "Jourbeds in Styria and Switzerland. When fresh it is brownish-black, with a dull brown streak and greasy subvitreous luster, insoluble in alcohol or ether. Dopplerite is also the name of a variety of hircite, grayish, earthy, and plastic in the fingers when fresh.