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biruobertHart, 

 British administrator 



supervision of the customs in 1859, 

 Hart resigned from the British 

 consular service and by his organi- 

 zation largely 

 created the 

 Chinese impe- 

 rial maritime 

 customs ser- 

 vice, of which 

 he became in- 

 spector-general 

 in 1863. Only 



11 tw cca : 

 sions, 1800 and 

 1878, did he 

 revisit Europe before his retire- 

 ment from office in 1908. 



His thorough knowledge of the 

 Chinese language, his absorption of 

 the Chinese" point of view, and his 

 resolute administration for the 

 benefit of China, won the confi- 

 dence of the Chinese government, 

 and the success of his department 

 brought him the additional charge 

 of the lighting of the coast and 

 inland waterways and of the 

 imperial post. In 1906 the Chinese 

 government placed the customs 

 service under a board of Chinese 

 officials, and in Jan., 1908, Hart, 

 nominally president of the board, 

 received formal leave of absence 

 and returned to England. He was 

 created a baronet in 1893, and died 

 near Great Marlow, Sept, 20, 1911. 



Hart Dyke, SIR WILLIAM (b. 

 1837). British politician. The son 

 of a Kentish baronet with a title 

 dating from 

 1679, he was 

 born Aug. 7, 

 1837. Edu- 

 cated at Har- 

 row and Christ 

 Church, Ox- 

 ford, h e en- 

 tered the 

 House of Com- 

 mons as a Con- 

 servative for 

 West Kent in 

 1865. Returned for Mid Kent in 

 1868, he represented that constitu- 

 ency until 1885 ; from then until his 

 retirement in 1906 he sat for the 

 Dartford division. From 1868-74 

 Dyke was a junior whip, and 

 when the Conservatives were in 

 power, 1874-80, he was their chief 

 whip. He was chief secretary for 

 Ireland 1885-86, and from 1887-92 

 was vice president of the council, 

 i.e. minister in charge of education. 

 He succeeded to the baronetcy in 

 1875. He was for some years chair- 

 man of the L.C. & D. Rly. 



Harte, FRANCIS BRET (1839- 

 1902). American novelist and 

 poet. Bom Aug. 25, 1839, he went 

 at the age of 15 to California, 

 where he spent three years as a 

 gold-miner and schoolmaster. He 

 became editor of The Weekly Cali- 



bir W. Hart i>yke, 

 British politician 



Russell 



fornian, in which he published his 



admirable parodies, the Condensed 



Novels. From 1868-70 he edited 



The Overland 



Monthly, for 



which he wrote 



the inimitable 



verses on The 



Heathen 



Chinee and 



many of his 



most famous 



stories, includ- fg. 



ing The Luck of Roaring Camp, 

 The Outcasts of Poker Flat.Miggles, 

 and Tennessee's Partner. 



From 1878-85 he held consular 

 appointments at Crefeld in Ger- 

 many, and at Glasgow. From 1885 

 onwards he resided near London, 

 producing many novels and short 

 stories, but none quite equal to his 

 early studies. He died at Camberley, 

 May 5, 1902. See Lives, T. E. Pem- 

 berton,1903 ; H. W. Boynton, 1905. 



Hartebeest (Bubalis). Genus of 

 large antelopes, found in S. Africa. 

 The name is Dutch and is derived 

 from the supposed resemblance of 

 the animal to a stag. The harte- 

 beest is one of the swiftest of the 

 antelopes ; is about 4 ft. high at 

 the withers ; is reddish brown or 

 bay in colour, and has ringed horns 

 which first diverge from the fore- 

 head like a V and then turn back- 

 wards at right angles. There are 

 probably four species, with various 

 local races. See Animal ; Antelope. 



Hart Fell. Mountain in Scot- 

 land. On the borders of Dumfries- 

 shire and Peeblesshire, it is 6 ra. 

 N.E. of Moffat. Its height is 2,650ft. 



Hartford. City of Connecticut, 

 U.S.A. Capital of the state and co. 

 seat of Hartford co., it stands on 



the Connecticut river at the head 

 of navigation for large ships, 1 25 m. 

 W.S.W. of Boston, and is served 

 by the New York, New Haven, and 

 Hartford and other rlys. Among a 

 number of imposing buildings are 

 the fine white marble slate capitol, 

 the municipal buildings, the city 

 hall, built in 1796, which served as 

 the capitol until 1879, the state 

 arsenal, the Wadsworth Athe- 

 naeum, the Colt Memorial, and the 

 Morgan art gallery. The churches 

 include S. Joseph's Cathedral (Ro- 

 man Catholic) and the Church of 

 the Good Shepherd. The prin 

 cipal educational establishments 

 are Trinity College and Hartford 

 Theological Seminary. 



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Hartford, U.S.A. The municipal 

 buildings 



Hartford is a port of entry, but 

 is chiefly important as an insurance 

 centre. Its manufactures consist of 

 typewriters, steam-engines, print- 

 ing machinery, motor vehicles, 

 sewing- macliines, 

 furniture, rubber, 

 and hosiery. 



Settled in 1633 

 by Dutch colonists, 

 from 16J4 to 1701 

 Hartford was the 

 capital, when New 

 Haven became joint 

 capital, but since 

 1875 Hartford has 

 been the sole seat 

 of government. It 

 received a city 

 charter in 1704. 

 Among a number of 

 eminent writers who 

 have lived here are 

 Harriet B e e c h e r 

 Stow e, Whittier, 

 Joel Barlow, C. D. 

 Warner, and Mark 



Hartebeest. 



Specimen o! feubalis caama, a large South 

 African antelope 



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