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HOWTH. 278 HXJAMBISA. broad, and terminates in a clilT 563 feet high, at the foot of which is Howth village, an important fishing station. HOY. One of the Orkney Islands (q.v.), in latitude 58° 50' N., longitude 3° 20' W., two miles southwest of Mainland (Map: Scotland. 1" 2). it is 14 miles long and 6 miles broad, and rises abruptly from the sea. with precipitous cliffs 1000 feet in lieight fronting the west. Ward Hill, 1555 feet high, commands a fine panoramic view of the islands. Population, in 1891, 1320. HOY (Flem. hut. Butch heu, hcude, of uncer- tain etymologj'). A small vessel, usually sloop- rigged, formerly used in large harbors and rivers and to some extent as,a coaster. The term is now obsolete except as applied to poicdcrhoi/s. nnchor- hoys, and similar heavy-built barges (sailing or steam) used for carrj-ing ammunition, anchors, or other hea'}- weights. HOYDEN, Miss. The lively, romping daugh- ter of Sir Tunbelly Clumsy, in Vanbrugh's come- dy Thr f'elnpse. The rAle, a great favorite, has been played by Mrs. Clive, Mrs. .Jordan, and Miss Nellie Farren. In Sheridan's Trip to /S'car- torouqh, she is married to Tom Fashion, who passes himself off as I^ord Toppington. Robert Buchanan adapted The Rrlapur, rechristening it, after the personality of this character. Hiss Toinboy (ISitO). HOYT-AND NETHER. A manufacturing town in the West Riding of Yorkshire. England, three and one-half miles south-southeast of Barnslev (Map: Encrland. E 3). Population, in 1891. li.OOO: in 1901, 12.500. HOYLE, Edmond (1672-1709). An English writer on games. Of his early life nothing is definitely known, although it is asserted that he was educated for the law. For many years he lived in London, writing upon, and giving in- BtrucLion in. games; and in 1742 he publi.shed the Short Treatise on Whist, which reached n thirteenth edition in 1763. and became the world's authority. See WuiST. HOYT, Alhert Harrison (1826—). An American editor and author, born in Sandwich, N. H. After completing his law studies in Portsmouth, X. H.. he b«'j;an to practice there, and held various civil oniees. He was a pay- master of the army during the Civil War. rose to be lieutenant-colonel, and after the peace was editor of the .Veic Enfjlnnd Historical and Grnea- logical Register (1868-70), and of Memorial Kioqraphies. vol. iv. (1885). His other works include: Tiecrolofiit of the yew Enrfland Colleges (1869-70); Captain Francis Uoelet's Tisit to Hoslon. etc.. in 11 'I't-oO (1870) ; Letters of Sir William Fepperrell. Bart. (1874); and The Kame Columbia (1886). HOYT, Charles Hale (1860-1900). An American dramatist, horn in Concord. X. H. He studied law, was connected for a time with the Saint .lhans (Vt.) Advertiser, became musical and dramatic critic of the Boston Post, turned playwright, and wrote a series of farcical come- dies, which netted the author a fortune, and contain some character-studies of more or less cleverness. The greatest success of thfse was called .1 Trip to Chinatoien (1890). .1 ifidnipht Bell (1887) was his one serious attempt. He was twice a member of the New Hampshire Legislature. HOYT, .loiirf Wesley (1831 — ). An Ameri- can educator and administrator, born near Worth- ington, Ohio. He graduated at Ohio Weslcyan Lniversity (1849), and studied law and medicine. In 1857 he removed to .Madison, Wis., and there edited and published the Wisconsin Farmer. In 1802 lloyt was appointed State Commissioner to the Lon(lon Exposition, and he was L'nited States Commissioner at the Paris Exposition of 1867. To the Vienna Exposition of 1873 he was sent as executive commissioner, and was president of the international jury for education and science. In 1873-74. as chairman of the Wisconsin State Board of Ii,ailway Commissioners, he was instrumental in settling the <!ranger War. He was special representative for foreign affairs at the Colum- bian Exposition of 1893. lloyt reorganized the University of Wisconsin ; suggested and framed a bill for the establishment of a national univer- sity, and was appointed chairman of a committee of four hundred thereon, and from 1878 to 1883 was Governor of the Territory of Wyoming. He was president of Wyoming University from 1887 to 1891. In 1897, acting as a commissioner of the king of Korea, he procured the adnii'<si(m of that country to the Universal Postal Union. His publications include: Universiti/ Progress (1809): Of Appointment and Removal (1885); and ni.storii i,( Ciiivcrsili/ Education (1903). HRABANXTS MATTETJS, ri-bii'nCos mou'- rous. Spc l;AnA.Nt-.s Maiki's. HRDLICKA, dllch'kii. Ales (1809—). An American anthropologist, born at Humpoletz. in Bohemia. After he had finished his .secondary and academic studies he went to New York City, where he studied at the Eclectic College and the Homteopathic College. Hrdlicka made special stud- ies of the insane; accompanied anthropological ex- peditions to Mexico and the Sonthweslem States (1898-1900). and in 1899 became director of the anthropological section of the Hyde Expedition. He became connected with the .merican Museum of Natural History in New York, and wrote: Report on Anthropological Work in the fUnte Institution for Fechle-M indcd Children, Syracuse, y. Y. (1898) ; Anthropological Investigation on One Thousand White and Colored Children (1899): besides contributions to periodicals. HRODBERT, r6d'bdrt. Saint. See Rupert, Saint. HROLF, nr ROLF, rolf. Tub Ganger. The conqueror of Normandy. See RoLLO. HROSWITHA, hrns'v,' t;'i. See RoswiTnA. HUACA, iiwii'k:!. or GTJACA. See Pebu- VIAN" .NTlglITIES. HITAINA CAPAC, wii-e'ni kS'pik. A Peru- vian llUM. See Hl'AYNA CaPAC. HUALAPAI, wii'la-pi. An Indian tribe in Arizona. Scp Wal.vpi. HTTALLAGA. w.i-lyii'ga. See Amazon. HUAMBISA, wjlm-be'sa. A savage tribe of the .Tivarn.Tn linguistic stock dwellin? about the junction of the Santiago and Marafion-.mazon rivers, at the head of Amazon navigation, on the Peni-Ecimdor boundary. They joined the ■Jivard (q.v.) proup in their revolt against the Spanish authority in 1599, and took part in the sack of Sevilla del Oro. when seven thousand Spanish women were carried off by the victors.