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Swamp Deer – Sylvanite

Swamp Deer

in zoölogy, the Rucervus duvaucelli, from India and Assam. It is about 4 feet in height, rich light yellow in color, and congregates in large herds in moist situations. The antlers are large, with a long beam, which branches into an anterior continuation of the main portion, and a smaller posterior tyne which is bifurcated.

Swan River

a river in Western Australia, which colony was originally mouth.

Perth, the capital of the colony, is on the Swan river, and Fremantle is at its soft, thick, woolen cloth; or more com- SWANSDOWN, the name for a fine, monly for a thick cotton cloth with a soft

Swarthmore College

a coeducational institution for higher education, founded in 1864, by the Society of Friends of Swarthmore, Pa. In 1919 there were 487 students and 45 instructors. President, Joseph Swain.

Swat

or SUWAT, a region in Central Asia, W. of the upper Indus river. It is but little known. Its ruler is a chief, called the Akhoond.

Sweet

BENJAMIN JEFFREY, an land, N. Y., April 24, 1832; settled with his parents in Stockbridge, Wis., in 1838; attended Appleton College for a year, SWEDENBORGIANS. See NEW JERU- and later spent his leisure in the study SALEM, CHURCH OF THE.

Swedish Beamtree

in botany, the Pyrus intermedia, a sub-species of P. aria. It has oblong, rather distinctlylobed leaves, ashy-white below, with 5 to 8 nerves on each side.

Swett

SOPHIA MIRIAM, American writer; born in Brewer, Me., in 186-. She published: "The Lollipops' Vacation"; "Captain Polly"; "Flying Hill Farm"; "The Mate of the Mary Ann"; "Cap'n Thistletop"; "The Ponkarty Branch Road"; "The Boy from Beaver Hollow" (1900); etc.

Sweyn

a king of Denmark, father of Canute the Great. He died in 1014, after SWEYN having established himself in England, though without being crowned there. See DENMARK and ETHELRED II.

Swift

EBEN, an American military officer, born at Fort Chadbourne, Tex.,

Swordbill

a popular name for any individual of the humming bird genus, Docimastes. The bill, which exceeds in length the body of the bird, is a character SWORDBILL by which this humming bird may be dístinguished at the first glance. One species is known, D. ensiferus, an inhabitant of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Sydney

a city of Nova Scotia, Canada, and capital of Cape Breton co., on Sydney Harbor and the Inter-Colonial and the Sydney and Louisbourg railways, about 257 miles N. E. of Halifax. Steamship connections are maintained with Montreal, Quebec, Halifax and Newfoundland. The manufacturing enterprises of the city are of importance, especially the steel works. Population about 20,000.

Sylvanite

an ore of tellurium; Cyc-Vol. IX SYLVANITE ring in distinct crystals, but in an aggregation resembling writing characters; hardness, 1.5-2; sp. gr. 7.9-8.33; luster, metallic; color and streak, steelgray, sometimes brass-yellow. Composition: Tellurium, 55.8; gold 28.5; silver, 15.7 = 100, which corresponds to the formula (AgAu) 3Te. Occurs usually associated with gold.