Saivas
the name of one of the three great divisions of Hindu sects. The word designates the votaries of Siva, and comprises different special sects which varied in number at different periods of mediæval Hinduism. SAKHALIN (Japanese KARAFUTO), a long island in the North Pacific, separated from Manchuria by the Gulf of Tartary, opposite the mouth of the Amoor; area, about 27,800 square miles.
The center is mountainous. There are three parallel ridges running from N. to S., from 2,000 to 5,000 feet above sea level, and densely covered with conifers.
Climate, flora, and fauna are almost Siberian. The island formerly belonged to the Chinese empire, but early in the 19th century the Japanese took possession. In 1875 the Russians obtained its cession from Japan. The southern half of the island (area, 13,048 square_miles; pop. about 68,000) was ceded to Japan by the treaty of Portsmouth (1905). The Rus- ST. VINCENT DE PAUL. See VIN- sian portion has a population of about CENT DE PAUL, ST. 34,000.
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