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Sand Hopper – Sangrealis

Sand Hopper

in zoölogy: (1), the genus Talitrus, and especially T. locustas (2) The genus Gammarus.

Sand Mole

in zoölogy, the Bathyergus maritimus, a rodent from the Cape of Good Hope. It is about the size of a wild rabbit, with light grayish-brown fur, rather variable in tint in different individuals. The eyes are very small; external ears wanting; tail short.

Sandpaper

an abrading agent made by coating paper or thin cotton cloth with glue and dusting fine sand over it with a sieve. Sandpaper is intermediate between glass paper and emery paper in its action on metals, but is less energetic than glass paper in its action on wood.

Sandusky Bay

a bay in Ohio, pro-

Sandusky River

a river in Ohio, whose source is near the W. border of Crawford co. till it reaches Upper San- Crawford co. till it reaches Upper Sandusky, where it turns N. and traverses the counties of Seneca and Sandusky, and flows into the W. end of Sandusky Bay, at Sandusky. It is 150 miles long.

Sandwich Tern

in ornithology, the Sterna cantiaca, first observed in England at Sandwich (whence its popular name), in 1784, by Boys. is a summer name), in 1784, by Boys. It is a summer back pearl-gray, breast white, head above the eyes black. Length about 15 inches.

San Fernando

a town in the in March, 1644 .

Sanford

a city of Florida in Seminole co. It is on St. John's river, and on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad and is the center of an important truck farming and fruit growing region. Pop. (1910) 3,570; (1920) 5,588.

Sanford

a town of Maine, in York co. It is on the Boston and Maine railroad and is an important industrial center having manufactures of shoes, blankets, yarn, lumber products, etc. It is the seat of the Nasson School for young women. Pop. (1910) 9,049; (1920) 10,691.

San Francisco Cape

a cape in loftiest mountain group in Arizona, its highest summit being Humphrey's Peak,

San Francisco Mountains

the SANGAMON RIVER 12,794 feet above sea-level. This peak is 85 miles N. E. of Prescott. It is near the S. border of the Colorado plateau, and it rises 5,000 feet above the level of this plateau. Near it are volcanic cones long since extinct.

Sangrealis

SANGREAL, or