he repaired to Cashmere, and finally to Kedarnath, 



t $? Himalayas, where he died at the early age 



of thirty-two. His principal works, which exer 



cised a great influence on the religions history of 



India, are his commentary on the Vedanta Sutras 



and his commentaries on the Bhagavad-gita and 



the principal Upanishads. His learnim- and 



ersonal eminence were so great that iTe was 



joked upon as an incarnation of the god Siva 



and was fabled to have worked several astounding 



miracles. 



Sankey, IRA DAVID. See MOODY. 



SAllkhya is the name of one of the three great 

 systems of orthodox Hindu philosophy See SAVS 

 KRIT LITERATURE. 



Sanliicar de Barrameda, a seaport of 

 .Spain, stands lo miles N. by W. of Cadiz, on the 



t hank of the Guadalquivir, and at the mouth of 

 that river ; it exports wines. Pop. 22,667. 



San Luis', a west-central province of the 

 Argentine Republic, with an area of 29 304 so 

 m and a pop. (1896) of 76,500. It is mountainous 

 le north and a series of dry and sterile plains 



the south. Its mineral wealth, though un- 

 questionably great, has as yet scarcely been tapped 

 and agriculture requires constant irrigation. The 



itol, San Luis, founded in 1597, is on the trans- 

 ntmenta railway, 480 miles W. by N. of Buenos 



and a normal 



SAN SALVADOR 149 



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P ' (1886) 7840; 



M "?, asine for J an- 1891, and works 

 (2 vole. Milan, 1804), Bruc (Paris 187ftl 

 Jonas (Vienna, 1878), and Cazeneive (ParisTlSsY) '' 

 San Miguel', a town of Salvador, at the foot of 

 the active volcano (7775 feet) of San Miguel is 

 famous for a great annual fair. Pop. 10,00a 



San Miguel Alende, a town in the Mexican 

 state of Guanajuato, built on the side of a hi"h 

 lull overlooking the Rio de la Lara 253 mileg g 



rail NW. of Mexico city. It has manufactures of 



San Luis Potosf, capital of the Mexican 

 Jt the same name, stands on the edge of a 



Vvvv' l 4 ^ fe ? 1 al>ove tlle sea ' 1>v rail S 62 n les 

 .11 5?2? CIty and 275 W - <>f Tampico. 

 It is well built, though with steep streets, and con- 

 ! a handsome cathedral, a seminary railway 

 orkshoDs a cotton-factory, and great smelting. 

 There are silver-mines near by. Founded 

 6, the city has taken a prominent part in the 

 country s civil wars, and in 1863 was the seat of 

 Juarez government. Pop. (1895) 69,051 1. The 

 nland state of San Luis Potosi, largely mountain- 

 ous and so far healthy, has an area of 27,503 sq 

 m. and a poo. (1895) of 570,814. Some districts 

 in- very fertile and much gold and silver is mined 

 salt and other minerals. 



la Sa ." Marco in Lamis a town of South Italy 

 . nules inland from the Gulf of Manfredonia anc 

 8 N. of Foggia. Pop. 15,345. 



San Marino, the smallest independent state 

 Knrope and a republic (Monaco, though smaller 

 a protectorate of France), lies among the eastern 

 purs of the Apennines, 9 miles SW. of Rimini on 

 e Adriatic. It has an area of 33 sq. m and 

 comprises a town of the same name (pop 1600) 

 and some villages. The town is built onTmoun- 

 am frag, and is accessible only by one road ; the 

 s are steep and narrow. Agriculture and 

 e-breedmg are the principal occupations. In 

 3th century the little community of San 

 rtanno cast in its lot with the house of Urbino 

 >n the annexation of this duchy to the Papal 

 s in 1631 its independence was recognised by 

 pope, and it has been maintained down to the 

 day. Its constitution is that of a republic ; 

 it it acknowledges the king of Italy as its friend 

 i protector the real governing body is the 

 Council of sixty life-members, self-elected 

 'f whom one third are nobles. From this number 

 > selected the Council of Twelve, who super- 

 tend agriculture, and, with the assistance of two 

 reign lawyers, form the supreme court of the 

 ite. Ine executive is committed to two cao- 

 -ent, who are chosen, the one from the 

 es, the other from the bourgeoisie. They each 

 Hold office for six months. The militia of the 



Min , ia ,* a citv of Central Italy, 22 miles 

 by S. of Horence, has a cathedral with fine 

 sculpture^ It is the original seat of the Bonaparte 

 family. Pop. 2147. 



Sannazaro, JACOPO, an Italian poet of 



janish descent, was born at Naples, July 28 



rOS. He attached himself closely to the court of 



JNaples, and accompanied King Frederick III. when 



le took refuge in France ( 1501-4). It was during 



his absence that he published the Arcadia, a medley 



of prose and verse, which was greatly admired, and 



it through numerous editions (one at Turin in 



W). It has given its author the reputation of 



an Italian classic. Sannazaro died at Naples on 



27th April 1530. Other works are Sonetti e Vanzoni 



and De Partu Virginia Libri III., mostly written 



in Latin verse. See Tiraboschi's Storia della 



Letterat. Ital., and Life by Corniani (1806). 



San Nicandro Garganico, a town of 

 Southern Italy, 26 miles N. of Foggia. Pop. 8257. 



San Nicolas de los Arroyos, the second 

 Buenos Ayres province, in Argentina, stands 

 on the Parana, 150 miles by rail NW. of Buenos 

 has a busy river trade, a large meat- 

 freezing establishment, steam-mills, soap-factories, 

 and slaughter and salting houses. Pop. 12,000. 

 Sanpo. See BRAHMAPUTRA and TIBET. 

 San<|llhar, a town of Dumfriesshire, on the 

 Nith, 26 miles NNW. of Dumfries. It has a ruined 



******* ico. i L 1 1 <to a, ruincQ. 



caste was the birthplace of the 'Admirable' 

 ^ricntpn, and has many Covenanting memories- 

 including the affixing to the cross of the two 

 Sanquhar Declarations, by Richard Cameron in 

 ) and by Renwick in 1685. The Corda of 

 Ptolemy, Sanquhar was made a royal burgh in 

 598 and with Dumfries, &c. returns one member. 

 ( Dumf r s uSlL*" Brown ' s Histor y f Sanquhar 



San Remo, a city of Northern Italy, stands on 

 a bay of the Gulf of Genoa, 26 miles by rail ENE 

 of Mee and 84 SW. of Genoa. It is built on rising 

 ground, and is sheltered by hills behind. This 

 combined with its delightful climate, makes it one 

 of the favourite winter-resorts of the Riviera (q v ) 

 especially for Englishmen and Germans. It is also 

 much frequented during the summer. There are 

 two quarters, an old town of steep, narrow streets 

 and a new town of handsome streets and picturesque 

 villas, hotels, and palaces. Its little harbour 

 serves a brisk trade in olive-oil, palms, and lemons. 



* Op. 1 L , ^oO. 



San Roqne, a town of Spain, 8 miles N. by 

 W. of Gibraltar. Pop. 8793. 



San Salvador', or BANZA CONGO the former 

 being the Portuguese and the latter tire native 

 name a town of Africa, in the Portuguese pro- 

 vince of Angola, 170 miles E. by S. from the mouth 



the Congo. A ruined fort and ruins of several 

 churches are the only signs of what was an im- 

 portant town during the 16th and 17th centuries 



