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in the United States. Its shores for the most 

 part are high and wooded, and their water re- 

 flections add to the rare beauty of the locality. 



Connecting Puget Sound with the open sea 

 is the Strait of Juan de Fuca (which see). 

 From the junction of this strait and the Strait 

 of Georgia, Puget Sound extends southward 

 for about thirty-five miles before it divides 

 into two main branches, Admiralty Inlet on 

 the east and Hood's Canal on the west. Port 

 Townsend is situated at the mouth of the 

 Sound, but most of the larger cities are on 

 Admiralty Inlet. Olympia, which is the state 

 capital, is at the southernmost point of the 

 Sound. The largest ships afloat can steam into 

 all parts of the Sound, for the water ranges in 

 depth from 180 to 925 feet and is free from 

 ribnk 



Puget Sound makes seaports of cities which 

 are fifty to seventy-five miles from the Pacific 

 Ocean, and it carries a vast amount of com- 

 merce. It is also noted for the fisheries along 

 its shores. Salmon packing and canning are 

 among the most important industries of the 

 region, and large quantities of halibut and cod 

 from the Alaska fisheries are brought to Puget 

 Sound ports for canning. The shores were 

 once densely forested, and many sections are 

 still covered with fine timber, but the lumber- 

 man has made heavy demands on this great, 

 natural resource. 



PUGSLEY, pugs'li, WILLIAM (1850- ), a 

 Canadian statesman, for many years a leader 

 of the Liberals in New Brunswick, and from 

 1907 to 1911 Minister of Public Works in the 

 Laurier Ministry. After 1911 he continued to 

 serve in the House of Commons as a private 

 member. Pugsley was bora at Sussex, N. B. 

 After his graduation from the University of 

 New Brunswick he studied law, and in 1872 

 was called to the bar. For ten years he was 

 reporter to the supreme court of New Bruns- 

 wick. From 1885 to 1907 he was a member 

 of the provincial assembly, and during this 

 period was at intervals speaker, solicitor-gen- 

 eral, attorney-general and, finally, premier. In 

 1907 he entered the Laurier Ministry, and was 

 elected to the House of Commons. 



PUISNE, pu'nee, a legal term used in Great 

 Britain and various British dependencies to 

 designate associate judges or justices. The 

 term is derived from the old French, and means 

 Its present use, somewhat like that 

 of a "junior lord," is to distinguish an asso- 

 ciate judge from the chief justice. In Great 

 Britain the designation puisne is restricted to 



certain courts, but in Canada it is in general 

 use for all courts. 



PULASKI, pulas' ki, CASIMIR (1748-1779), a 

 Polish soldier who rendered valiant service to 

 the Americans in the Revolutionary War, was 

 bora in Podolia. After serving in the Polish 

 army with the Duke of Courland, he joined 

 his father and 

 brothers in the 

 heroic movement 

 t o liberate his 

 country from 

 Russian power. 

 Accused of at- 

 tempting to cap- 

 ture King Stanis- 

 las at Warsaw, he 

 was exiled. Upon 

 going to France, 

 escaping by way COUNT 



of Turkey, he met Benjamin Franklin and was 

 prevailed on to aid the Americans in the War 

 of Independence. 



Pulaski joined the American army in Phila- 

 delphia as a volunteer in 1777, and after 

 distinguishing himself in the Battle of the 

 Brandywine was promoted to the rank of briga- 

 dier-general. Then he joined the main army at 

 Valley Forge, was commissioned to organize 

 an independent corps of cavalry, which was 

 named Pulaski's Legion, and was sent to South 

 Carolina. He was wounded in the siege of 

 Savannah, where he commanded the French 

 and American cavalry, and died shortly after 

 being taken on board the Wasp, lying in the 

 Savannah harbor. 



PULITZER, pu'litzer, JOSEPH (1847-1911), 

 one of the greatest American journalists, born 

 at Budapest, Hungary. His father was a Jew 

 and his mother a Roman Catholic. He re- 

 ceived but little schooling, and at the age 

 of seventeen emigrated to America, where he 

 immediately entered the Union army, in the 

 War of Secession. After peace was declared 

 he worked as a fireman on a Mississippi steam- 

 boat for nearly two years. Toward the close 

 of 1868 the young man secured a position as 

 reporter for a German newspaper in Saint Louis 

 and was so successful that within four years 

 he was managing editor and part owner. He 

 took an active interest in politics and became 

 such a powerful leader among German voters 

 that he was influential in nominating Horace 

 Greeley for the Presidency in 1872. Three 

 years later, however, Pulitzer became a Demo- 

 crat and sold his share in the Saint Louis pa- 



