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PUDDING STONE 379 PUFENDORF PUDDING STONE, a name given to certain siliceous conglomerates, notably that of Hertfordshire, England, in which the rounded, jaspery flint pebbles resem- ble the plums in a plum pudding. PUDUKKOTTAI, a State of Madras, southern India, situated between the dis- tricts of MaduiV and Tanjore, mainly rocky and undulating plain, sparsely cultivated. Granite quarries, silk, cotton and perfume works represent the chief industries. Small export trade, chiefly groundnuts and bark of trees. Pop. about 450,000. Capital, Pudukkottai, pop. about 25,000. PUEBLA, the third city of Mexico, capital of the State of the same name; (area, 12,992 square miles; pop. about 1,250,000) ; on a fruitful plain, 7,120 feet above sea-level, and 68 miles S. E. of the city of Mexico. It was founded in 1531, and is one of the handsomest towns in the republic. The city contains nearly 50 churches, theological, medical, art schools and a museum of antiquities dating from 1728. On the great square stands the cathedral, the interior of which is decorated in the most sump- tuous manner with ornaments of gold and silver, paintings, statues, etc. Puebla has a thriving trade. The chief articles produced are cotton, paper, iron, glass, porcelain, leather. Puebla was besieged for two months by the French, and then taken by storm. May 17, 1863. Pop. about 100,000. PUEBLO, a city and county-seat of Pueblo CO., Col.; on the Arkansas river, and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, Missouri Pacific, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, and other railroads; 118 miles S. E. of Denver. Here are the State Hospitals for the Insane, the State Agricultural Society's buildings, etc. There is an extensive park system, ex- cellent schools, public and private, li- braries, county court house. State Min- eral Palace and Park. The city has noted iron and steel plants and large stock-yards. Pop. (1910) 44,395; (1920) 42,908. PUEBLOS (Spanish, pueblo, "vil- lage"), a semi-civilized family of Ameri- can Indians in New Mexico and Arizona, dwelling in large single habitations, which are sometimes capacious enough to contain a whole tribe. In New Mex- ico there are 19 such villages, with over 8,000 occupants, who are skillful agri- culturists, employing irrigation ditches extensively, and rearing horses, cattle, and sheep. Spinning and weaving and the manufacture of pottery also are car- ried on. The Moquis of Arizona are a related tribe, numbering about 1,800, in seven villages built on the summit of iso- lated hills. The Pueblos are under Ro- man Catholic missionaries, and are mak- ing steady progress in civilization and education. They were first visited by the Spaniards about 1530, at which i)er- iod their habits and their habitations were very much the same as today. PUERPERAL FEVER, the low fever of childbed, commencing with rigors and chills. There are three marked varie- ties : the simple inflammatory, the mild epidemic with nervous disturbance, and the putrid or malignant epidemic. It is highly infectious, and even contagious, sometimes associated with erysipelas. PUERTO CABELLO, a seaport of Venezuela, in the State of Carabobo, 78 miles W. of Caracas. It stands on a long, low narrow peninsula on the Carib- bean Sea, 34 miles from Valencia. There is an active foreign trade; the chief exports are coffee, cacao, indigo, cinchona, cotton, sugar, di^^-divi, and copper ore. Pop. about 15,000. PUERTO DE SANTA MARIA, a sea- port of Spain, at the mouth of the Gua- dalete, on the bay of Cadiz, 22 miles N. E. of Cadiz. It is one of the principal ex- port harbors for sherry, and manufac- tures silk, soap, hats, leather, spirits, beer, etc. Pop. about 20,000. PUERTO PLATA, the chief port of the Dominican Republic, on the N. coast of the island of Haiti. It has an open roadstead, and exports a good deal of to- bacco, mahogany, sugar, coffee, cocoa, divi-divi, etc. Pop. (1916) 10,000. PUERTO PRINCIPE, an important inland town in the E. of the island of Cuba, 40 miles S. W. of its port, Nuevitas, with which it is connected by railway. It manufactures cigars. Now known as Camaguey. Pop. (1916) 30,000. PUFENDORF, or PUFFENDORF, SAMUEL, BARON VON, a (German writer on the law of nature and nations; born in 1632. He studied theology and law at Leipsic and Jena, and in 1660 ap- peared his "Elem,ents of General Juris- prudence." In 1661 he became profes- sor of the Law of Nature and of Nations at Heidelberg. In 1667 he published his work "The Commonwealth of Germany," which, from the boldness of its attacks on the constitution of the German Em- pire, caused a profound sensation. In 1670 he went to Sweden, became Profes- sor of Natural Law in the University of Lund, and brought out his chief work, "Natural Law and the Law of Nations." Other famous works are "On the Spir- itual Monarchy of the Pope" (a vindica-