NOSSEN  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, in the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony, pleasantly situated on the Freiberger See also:

• MULDE

Mulde, 51 M . S.E. from See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig by the railway to See also:

• DRESDEN

Dresden via See also:

• DOBELN

Dobeln, and at the junction of a See also:

• LINE

line to Moldau . Pop . (1905), 4879 . It possesses an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle crowning a height above the See also:

• RIVER

river, and has extensive manufactures of boots and shoes, See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather and See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper . In the immediate vicinity are the ruins of the Cistercian monastery of Altenzella, or Altzella, founded in 1145, and a noted school of See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy during the 13th-15th centuries . In the See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel, which was built in 1347 and restored in 1787, See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie the remains of ten margraves of See also:

• MEISSEN

Meissen, members of the See also:

• FAMILY

family of See also:

• WETTIN

Wettin . The See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation was secularized in 1544 . The valuable See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

annals, Chronicon vetere Cellense majus and Chronicon minus, giving a See also:

• HISTORY

history of Saxony during the 13th and 14th centuries, were removed to the university library of Leipzig in 1544 . They are printed in See also:

• BAND

Band xvi. of the Monumenta Germaniae historica. scriptores (1859) . See E . Beyer, Das Cistercienstift and Kloster Alt-See also:

• CELLE

Celle (Dresden, 1855) .

NOSSI-BE, properly Nosy-be, i.e . " See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island," an island about- 8 m. off the N.W See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• MADAGASCAR

Madagascar, in 13° 23' S., 48° 15' E . It is 14 M. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long by 10 broad, and has an See also:

• AREA

area of 13o sq. m . Nossi-be is volcanic, the N. and S. parts of older, the central See also:

• PART

part of more See also:

• MODERN

modern date . Besides a number of true volcanic craters (Lokobe, the highest point, is 1486 ft. above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea) there are numerous See also:

• CRATER

crater-lakes level with the ground (see Nature, See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1877, p . 417) . The i.smate is similar to that of See also:

• MAYOTTE

Mayotte (see See also:

• COMORO

COMORO ISLANDS), and the neighbouring islet of Nossi-komba, about 2000 ft. above the sea, serves for a See also:

• SANATORIUM (a modern Latinism, formed from sanare, to cure, restore to health, sanus, whole, healthy, well; often wrongly spelled sanatarium or sanitarium)

sanatorium . Pop . (1902), 9291 . Hellville, the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief town (so called after De See also:

• HELL (0. Eng. hel, a Teutonic word from a root meaning " to cover," cf. Ger. Holle, Dutch hel)

Hell, See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• REUNION

Reunion at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• ANNEXATION (Lat. ad, to, and nexus, joining)

annexation), is a See also:

• PORT

port of See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call for the Messageries Maritimes and a centre for the See also:

• COASTING

coasting See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade along the western shores of Madagascar . There is excellent anchorage, and a See also:

• PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier 800 ft. long . The See also:

• SOIL

soil is very fertile, and there are forests of palms and bamboos .

The chief products are See also:

• COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee, See also:

• SESAME

sesame, the See also:

• SUGAR

sugar-See also:

• CANE

cane, See also:

• COCOA

cocoa, See also:

• VANILLA

vanilla and See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco . There are numerous sugar factories and See also:

• RUM
• RUM (according to Skeat, a corruption of Malay brum or bram; the adjective " rum," i.e. " queer," being a distinct word, in Gipsy rem)

rum distilleries . In 1837 Tsiomeko, chief tainess of one of the numerous divisions of the western Malagasy known under the See also:

• COMMON

common name of Sakalava, was expelled by the See also:

• HOVA

Hova and fled to Nossi-be and Nossi-komba . Failing assistance from the See also:

• IMAM

imam of See also:

• MUSCAT, MUSKAT

Muscat, she accepted French See also:

• PROTECTION

protection in 184o, ceding such rights as she possessed on the N.W. coast of the mainland . The French took See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession in 1841, and in 1849 an unsuccessful See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt was made to expel them . The See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration was entrusted to a subordinate of the governor of Mayotte until 1896, when Nossi-be was placed under the administration of Madagascar (q.v.) . (J .