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MACEDONIUS (3) See also: bishop of Constantinople (ft
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510), a strict Chalcedonian who vainly opposed the fanaticism of the monophysite Severus and was deposed in 513
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MACEI& or MACAYO, a city and See also: port of See also: Brazil and capital of the See also: state of See also: Alagoas, about 125 M
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S.S.W. of See also: Pernambuco, in See also: lat. g° 39` 35° S., long
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35° 44' 36" W
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Pop. including a large rural See also: district and several villages (189o), 31,498; (1908, estimate), 33,000
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The city stands at the See also: foot of low bluffs, about a mile from the See also: shore See also: line
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The See also: water-See also: side See also: village of Jaragua, the port of Macei6, is practically a suburb of the city
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See also: South of the port is the shallow entrance to the Lagoa do Norte, of Lagoa Mnndah{, a See also: salt-water lake extending inland for some See also: miles
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Macei6 is attractively situated in the midst of large plantations of See also: coca-See also: nut and dende palms, though the broad sandy See also: beach in front and the open See also: sun-burned plain behind give a barren character to its surroundings
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The heat is moderated by the S.E. See also: trade winds, and the city is considered healthful
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The public buildings are mostly constructed of broken See also: stone and
See also: mortar, plastered outside and covered with red tiles, but the See also: common dwellings are generally constructed of tapiarough trellis-See also: work walls filled in with mud
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A See also: light See also: tramway connects the city and port, and a railway—the Alagoas Central —connects the two with various interior towns
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The port is formed by a stone See also: reef See also: running parallel with and a See also: half-mile from the shore line, within which vessels of light draft find a safe anchorage, except from southerly See also: gales
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Ocean-going steamers anchor outside the reef
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The exports consist principally of See also: sugar, See also: cotton, and See also: rum (aguardiente)
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Maceio See also: dates from 1815 when a small See also: settlement there was created a " See also: villa." In 1839 it became ' the provincial capital and was made a city by the provincial See also: assembly
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McENTEE, JERVIS (1828-1891), See also: American artist; was See also: born at Rondout, New See also: York, on the 14th of See also: July 1828, and was a pupil of See also: Frederick E., See also: Church
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He was made an associate of the
See also: National See also: Academy of Design, New York, in 186o, and a full academician in' 1861
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In 1869 he visited See also: Europe, See also: painting much in See also: Italy
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He was identified with the Hudson See also: River School, and excelled in pictures of autumn scenery
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He died at Rondout,N.Y., on the 27th of See also: January 1891
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