Hsuan T'Ung
a Chinese emperor and the last of the Manchu line. Selected by the famous Dowager Empress because of his youth so that she could continue her dominance. The Empress died, however, Nov. 15, 1908-the day on which Hsuan T'ung succeeded to the throne, his father being appointed regent. A policy of liberal measures was inaugurated calculated to check the revolt against the dynasty, but it was too late. On Feb. 12, 1912, the emperor was compelled to abdicate, receiving a palace and a pension for life from the new government.
HUALLAGA (wäl-yä'gä), a river of Peru, rising near the Cerro de Pasco, over 14,000 feet above the sea, flowing N. on the E. side of the Central Cordilleras, breaking through the range at the gorge of Chasuta, and entering the Marañon. Its total length is about 650 miles; it is navigable as far as Yurimaguas, above which are falls and rapids. HUAMALIES (wä-mä-lēs'), or GUA- MALIES (gwä-), a province of Peru, department of Junin, on the W. side of the central ridge of the Andes; area, about 3,870 square miles. Minerals, mercury and silver. There are ruins of fortresses.
HUAMANGA (wä-män'gä), or GUA- MANGA (gwä-), a city of Peru, capital of a province of its own name and of the ince of its own name and of the department of Ayacucho, on a tributary of the Apurimac, about 140 miles N. N.
W. of Cuzco. This city was founded by Pizarro in 1539, and in this vicinity, in 1824, Sucre defeated the Spaniards and thereby ended their rule in South America.
HUAMANTLA (wä-mänt'lä), a town of Mexico, State of Tlascala. It was the scene of an engagement, Oct. 9, 1847, between the Mexicans under Santa Ana, and a small force of Americans, in which the former were defeated with considerable loss.
NACO (gwä-näkō), a species of the HUANACA (wä-nä'kä), or GUAalpaca, of which some naturalists sup same genus with the llama, vicuña, and found not only on the Andes, but pose it to be the wild original. It is throughout great part of Patagonia. It is of a reddish-brown color, the ears and hind legs gray.
HUANCAVELICA (wän-kä-vā-lēkā), a department of Peru, entirely within the Cordilleras; area 8,710 square miles; and raw on the mountains, where sheep, pop. about 225,000. The climate is cold cattle, and llamas are herded, and hot in the deep valleys, where sugar is grown. The chief riches are in the mines, especially of silver and quicksilver. The capital, Huancavelica, pop. about 6,500, is a mining town in the Sierras. Most of the inhabitants work in the famous quicksilver mines close by.
HUANUCO (wä'nö-kō), a department of Peru; area 23,000 square miles; pop. about 150,000. Mining and agriculture are the chief industries. The capital, Huanuco, lies in a valley on the Hualsugar. Pop. about 7,500. laga, amid plantations of coffee and