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Skelligs – Smith's Island

Skelligs

THE, three rocky islets off the the S. W. coast of Ireland, W. of Bolus Head, county Kerry. There are here two lighthouses, visible 18 miles.

Skopelos

an island, one of the northern Sporades, in the Grecian Archipelago, about 11 miles long and 5 miles broad. The town of Skopelos, on its S.

E. shore, is a Greek see and has a number of churches and convents.

Skowhegan

a city of Maine, the county-seat of Somerset co. It is on the Kennebec river. Its manufactures include woolen and worsted goods, canned corn, foundry and machine shop products, etc. It is the center of an important dairying region. Its public buildings include a public library, a court house, and a hospital. Pop. (1910) 5,341; (1920) 5,981.

Skunk River

a whose source is in Hamilton co.

Slave Coast

a maritime strip on the W. of Africa, on the Guinea coast, extending between the Volta and Akinga, a stretch of about 240 miles. It consists mainly of long narrow islands. The principal towns on the coast are Badagry and Whydah. A large traffic in slaves was formerly carried on at the ports of this region, hence its name.

Slavonia

or SCLAVONIA, formerly a province of Austro-Hungary, forming, with Croatia, a kingdom united with that of Hungary, now a province of JUGOSLAVIA (q. v.), bounded N. and E. by Hungary, W. by Croatia, and S. by Turkey; area, of Croatia and Slavonia, 16,423 square miles; pop. about 2,650,000.

Principal towns, Eszék (the capital), Peterwardin, Carlovitz, Semlin, Mitrovitz, and Brod.

Sleep

that natural state or condition of unconsciousness in animals which alternates with a period of activity. In this state the involuntary functions, such as those of nutrition, secretion, etc., go on as usual, but the voluntary powers are quiescent.

Smelting Furnace

a furnace for disengaging the metal from its gangue or the non-metalliferous portions of the ore.

The furnaces differ much, according to the metals to be treated. See BLAST FUR- NACE: REVERBERATORY FURNACE.

Smith

SAMUEL FRANCIS, American clergyman and religious poet; born in Boston, Mass., Oct. 21, 1808. He was the author of numerous hymns, including "America," which was written in 1832; and published for young readers and others: "Knights and Sea Kings," "Mythology and Early Greek History," and "Poor Boys Who Became Great." He died in Boston, Nov. 16, 1895.

Smith

WILLIAM, the "father of English geology"; born in Churchill, Ox-

Smith College

an educational non-sectarian institution for women in Northampton, Mass.; founded in 1875; reported at the close of 1919: Professors president, W. A. Neilson, LL.D. and instructors, 123; students, 2,103;

Smith's Island

a small island of North Carolina, off the coast of New Hanover co., and at the mouth of Cape Fear river; 20 miles S. of Wilmington.

Its most S. point is Cape Fear. It has a lighthouse.