MAN 



M A NTUA 



i. where ke died In I83S, 



work ever 



result of an accident, be panoed'hi* studies with 

 ahatedwU. He hesiieathed Us geologica] draw 



- MoMwn in 1838 for 3000. Mantells prin 

 . work* are FomiU of lite SoirfA fJonu ( I KM) 



Ftt ^i3f S* f ' arr " (l8a6): KiAr, y 



-lam perhaps the utwt popular geological 

 r written by an BngUshftSnTiuS 1*32. 

 , ,,>*. or Finl &SSMMU in Gtolom (1844). 

 -a very voluminous writer, no less than sixty 

 even works and memoirs of his being enumerate! 



-i/ an.) Si li.-k land's It. U, Mem Zoologue et 

 ti'tuluffitt. His chums to a permanent place in tin 

 hUlonr of science rest mainly on his lals.iious 

 instigations into the fossils of the W.-ald.-n 

 To him we owe the discovery and description of 

 the four great Dinosanrian reptile*, the ;,.,.,. 

 //jr/,ru*ir4, /WcruviwrN*. and Jleyxotnunu. 



Ml**, a town in Uie Krench dei-artim-m ,,f 

 Seine-et-Obw. on the left bwik of the Sein... :i 

 miles b* rail WNW. of Paris, It has a striking 

 tower (1344) ami a beautiful church, a mliicnl 

 copy of Notre Dame at Paris. The ancient 

 Mtdtmta, a town of the Celts, Mantes in 1083 was 

 sacked by William the Con.im-ror, ho here 

 received the injury that caused his death : and 

 "J Henry I V. was converted from Protestant- 

 ism. Pop. 0607. 



tl;iNi-iiHH. KAMI.. I'IJKIHKRK 



I 'rnsslin general and administrator. a~ l,rn, 

 of an old Pomeranian noble family, at Dresden 

 on 4th February 1809. Ent.-ring' the Prussian 

 gnanls in 1827. he rose to be colonel by 1854, and 

 three yean later was nominated head of tin- 

 military bnraan at Merlin, a { st which h.- held 

 until IHBS. Having lieen amiointed commander of 

 the PruMtan t,..,,- in Sleswick, he protested 

 agaJn*t the sunnnoning of the llolstein estates by 

 marrhing bis men into that duchy June 7, 1866). 

 On the outbreak of h,tiliii.-. Manteaflel com- 

 | division of Uie army of the Main, which 

 *[*" *"! l *? wl " rt *winst the south Cerman 

 mi. He i-..k |>art in the Uttle of 

 June |, which brought aUut the 



rapiinl.tiii.il 

 Jiilv 



, n- 



of tin- Hanoverian uniiy, ,,n,l on 19th 

 - " 



shrill fs,- wnilllM 



rtn.-l ol the Main anny. and by wmnii,,. tin 

 flrh. Taul^rhnihofch ' 





llelli|s|,,,|| 

 olln-l. Ill- li 



sfnl issue. 



'inn. in. ]IT of the 



,-, IMNI promoted to the command 



i army, which fought sucremfully at 



- the command of the army of '"he "'"MI,* 



oo,ralin|t against Ihrnrbaki. Manteuffel assaih.l 



tie enemy-, rear near ,,n.l drove MI.UNI 

 nssn across the froaUei 



be distinguished by tli<- loii jirothorax iin.l the 

 enlarged front }<*, which aix- htt^l for >;r.-]iiii^. 

 itirely camivoroui in huKit, Inn do not 

 m-iivcly Mtme their prey : the insect waite patiently 

 until a fly OOIIICK witlnn rearli, an<l then rapidly 

 seizes it with its fore-limbs (see the illustration', 





.-. 



frtMitier int., Sit/.. r laii.l. \ 

 WM prodainml be wa. ,.Ure,l at the head of 

 TL , ^T* 1 ?" '" Fnu>or - "' '" l7 w 



. 

 inr. Hi. lulminiMrali,,,, 



* ""- heii. ,. 



,ti ( 



1 7th 



. 



i ancirnt city of Areadin, in the 



11 oai * t ' 1 ' ihu " '- 



, - '- 



plain. Here K,min.Hs* fell in 

 victory over the Spartans. 



fa W M 



is^ct order Orthopur*. They ar chiefly to 



Mantis religion*. 



The attitude adopUHl while waiting for insects to 

 come within reach hns j^veii to one species, plenti- 

 ful in the south of Kur|>e, the name of 'pni\in 

 mantis ' (M. rtJigiota). This creature, in 

 with Mipci natural atlrihiites, li^uies prominent ly 

 m Buxhin.m mythology and folklore. One of t In- 

 most remarkable forms of mantis U the Indi.in 

 ffMMMMH bicornu ; it has a flower-like shape and 

 a pink colour. The ap|iarent petals are the much- 

 Hattened joints of mime of the limbs as it reste 

 quietly among foliage. It is Huppoeed that the 

 rcwmhlance to an orchid. like flower may delude 

 Kinaller iMMta into approaching near enough for 

 lie mantis to take advantage of ita 'allurinc' 

 colours and shape. 



Manning. See HERALDRY. 

 Mnn-lrps engines for the terrifying of tres- 

 s and poachers ( formerly often in.li.-.-ued l, v 

 le warning notice ' man traps' mid siiring-gnns >et 

 ), resembled gigantic rat -trajw four feet long 

 hey may be seen in museums ; it K ^i| 1 ce ivj';. 

 Hegal to Hct them ave indoors between sunset and 

 unnse, as a defence against burglars. 



Mantua (Ital. Man'tova), a fortified city of 

 Northern Italy, formerly capital of the duchy oh he 

 iw.ne mime. :tH mil^ by rail N. of Modemi and -.V, S. 

 W. .,1 \.-ron :1 .,HTii|,iestoi.l, U id ; <f 1 inn^l l,\ the 

 rifio, and Stand! in the mid-1 of ,-i marshy district 

 Inch, coml.imM with it artili.-ial fortifications; 

 mke it |-rha|.- tin- Mrongot fortress in | |H | V 

 the same time it. si lll: ,,i,, M makes it liable 

 otnalana. It forms one of the four fortresses of 

 t ^mulnlatenil (,,.,-.). The streets are ^, i,,,,s 



NjiiRrw. numerous, and the imputation ronn 

 ti.-l.v small. -...s.<s in ISsI : Mo'that for this reason 



hecauw of the numerous massive i lieal 



Imildmgs, the town has a lifeless and K l,H,,,,y 



p|Hninc,. ( In.-f nlll( ,ngst the buildings are tin- 



-of the l.on/agns, erected in 139-140<j, and 



rued With painting! by Mantegna ; close l.y is the 



ucal palace, lH-g m , j,, } MKi , v |, i( .|, ,.,,,, 1;IU1 , .- |IK , 



ins. iimnyof them ornamented with |,;,i,iliM-s and 



ri" of Ginlio Romano; the I'ala/./.o Te. oiitsid.- 



h-rily wall son the son. h. , he Creates, ,,,., 



11 " f ';" U"mano as architect, paint,-,. 



ami sculpt^ : tl,,,,,,!,,..,,,,! .,, Snl , ,.;,.,, ^, <)r( . ( , 



igns l,y (.. I'.omaiio: and the chinch of San 

 a, one of the lim-st Hen,,i ,,,,.)., j,, 



, ,hose 1 ,upils 



