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OCEANA large quantities in the north. It is intersected by the New Jersey Southern railroad and the Toms River hranch, and the Tuckerton and Oamden and Amboy railroads. The chief pro- ductions in 1870 were 9,273 bushels of wheat, 13,768 of rye, 106,969 of Indian corn, 10,228 of oats, 52,719 of Irish and 8,760 of sweet po- tatoes, 75,926 Ibs. of butter, and 7,348 tons of hay. There were 982 horses, 1,755 milch cows, 1,348 other cattle, 1,470 sheep, and 2,387 swine ; 4 manufactories of brick, 1 of stone and earthen ware, 1 of jute bagging, 1 iron foundery, 5 flour mills, and 10 saw mills. Capital, Toms River. OCEANA, a W. county of Michigan, on Lake Michigan, drained by White and Marquette rivers and other streams ; area, 780 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 7,222. It has an undulating sur- face and a good soil. The chief productions in 1870 were 20,149 bushels of wheat, 40,397 of Indian corn, 11,011 of oats, 73,007 of potatoes, and 2,369 tons of hay. There were 433 horses, 663 milch cows, 1,133 other cattle, 526 sheep, and 1,603 swine. Capital, Hart. OCEANIA, or Oeeanica, a name applied by geog- raphers to a fifth division of the globe, com- prising Australia and almost all the islands lying between the Indian ocean and the China sea, on the west, and the American continent, on the east. It is subdivided into Malaysia, embracing the Sunda islands, Borneo, Celebes, the Moluccas, and the Philippines ; Australa- sia, embracing Australia, Papua, New Zealand, &c. ; and Polynesia, embracing all the islands N. E. and E. of Malaysia and Australasia. Some geographers apply the name Micronesia to the northern division of Polynesia, and Melanesia to the northeastern division or the whole of Australasia. OCEAMS, in ancient mythology, the god of the water (the river Oceanus) which was believed to encircle the earth. According to Hesiod, he was the son of Uranus and Gaea (Heaven and Earth), and was the eldest of the Titans. He was said to have 3,000 daughters by Tethys (the Oceanids), and as many sons. OCELLUS LUCAMS, a Greek Pythagorean phi- losopher, born in Lucania in Italy, and supposed to have flourished in the 5th century B. C. The works attributed to him were " On Law," " On Kingly Rule and Piety," and " On the Nature of the Whole" (of Things). In the last, which is the only one that has come down to us, it is argued that the whole (r6 nav or 6 /c<te/zof) had no beginning, and will have no end. Tennemann pronounces it apocryphal. The best editions are by A. F. W. Rudolphi (Leipsic, 1801-'8), and Mullach (Berlin, 1846). Ocellus was translated into English by Thomas Taylor in 1831. OCELOT, an American group of medium-sized cats, of slender and elegant proportions, with- out tufts to the ears, and with more or less elongated and connected spots diverging in longitudinal rows backward and downward from the shoulders, of a yellowish color bor- OCELOT 573 dered with black. The common ocelot (felis pardalis. Linn.) is about 3 ft. long to the base of the tail, the latter being about 15 in. addi- tional j the general color is grayish, with large Common Ocelot (Felis pardalis). fawn-colored, black-bordered spots, forming oblique bands on the flanks ; ears black, with a white spot below ; chin and throat white, with a black bar beneath the former and another under the neck ; two black lines on the side of the forehead and two behind each eye ; under surface white, with irregular black patches ; tail above black, with narrow bands of white. Specimens vary much in their markings, in the tinge of the tawny spots, in the chain-like character of the streaks, and in the spots and blotches on the legs. It is found in Brazil and Guiana, and in Mexico and the south- western United States. The head is short, the neck long and thin, the body slender, tail mod- erate, and hair soft and not very thick. It is called leopard and tiger cat in Texas and Mexi- co, is rather nocturnal in habit, and climbs trees in pursuit of small animals and birds; though active and muscular, it is easily tamed, Margay (Felis tigrina). and is gentle and playful in captivity, unless fed on raw meat exclusively ; it is very grace- ful and quick in its movements, and when pur- sued takes to a tree ; it is seldom seen on the