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Saki – Salivation

Saki

a monkey, called also fox-tailed monkey, belonging to the Cebidæ, genus Pithecia. These animals usually reside in the outskirts of forests, in small societies of 10 or 12 individuals. On the slightest provocation they display a morose and savage temper; and, like the howlers, they utter loud cries before sunrise and after sunset.

Saki

or SAKE, the native beer and common stimulating drink of the Japanese. It is made from rice, and is drunk warm, producing a very speedy but transient intoxication.

Sakmara

a river of Asiatic Russia, rising in the Ural Mountains, and after a S. course of 350 miles, joining the Ural river, 20 miles S. E. of Orenburg. وو

Salal Berry

the fruit of Gaultheria shallon, growing in the valley of the Oregon, about the size of a common grape, of a dark-purple color and of sweet, pleasant flavor.

Salamanca

a village of New York, in Cattaraugus co. It is on the Allegheny river and on the Pennsylvania, the Erie, the Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburgh, and the Western New York and Pennsylvania railroads. It is the center of an important lumber region and has railroad repair shops, manufactures of furniture, lumber, leather, etc. Pop. (1910) 5,792; (1920) 9,276.

Saldanha Bay

a bay of the At- South Africa, 80 miles N. of Cape Town.

It forms a fine natural harbor, with excellent shelter and anchorage at all seasons, but is at present little frequented on account of scarcity of water and fuel.

Salerno

GULF OF, a nearly semicircular indentation, separated from the Bay of Naples by the promontory ending in Point Campanella. On its shores stand Amalfi and Salerno.

Saleyer

or SALAYER, ISLANDS, a group of islands in the Indian Ocean; S. of Celebes, from which Great Saleyer is separated by the Saleyer Strait. They are about 70 in number; pop. about 80,000.

Mohammedan Malays governed by native rajahs under a Netherlands agent. Ebony, tea, indigo, coffee, earth fruits, and cotton, are among the products.

SALIC

Salina Formation

a name given in North America to one of the subdivisions of the Silurian system, which appears to be equivalent to the lower portion of the Ludlow rocks of the British series.

Salinas

a river in California which enters Monterey Bay about 76 miles S.

E. of San Francisco. It is 150 miles long.

Salisbury Plain

in South Wiltshire, England, an undulating tract of chalky down affording splendid pasture for sheep.

Salivation

the act or process of tion and discharge of saliva, generally by the use of mercury; ptyalism; an aband flow of saliva. order Salicaceӕ.

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