HOBBEM A 



its head. The plumage is olive 

 with white markings above and 

 reddish below, and there is a 

 naked patch on the breast. 



Hoax. Deceptive story, trick, 

 or practical joke. Among famous 

 hoaxes are the Great Berners 

 Street Hoax of 1809, perpetrated 

 by Theodore Hook (?.v.); the 

 Moon Hoax ; and the Dread- 

 nought Hoax of 1910. The Moon 

 Hoax was perpetrated in The New 

 York Sun, which published an 

 announcement that the moon was 

 inhabited. In 1910, officers wore 

 hoaxed into showing a party of 

 sham Abyssinian princes over the 

 battleship Dreadnought. The word 

 is derived from hocus-pocus, the 

 talk of conjurors, mountebanks, 

 etc. See Imposture. 



Hobart. Capital and second 

 oldest city in Tasmania. It is 

 situated on the S. side of the island 

 at the foot of 

 Mt. Wellington, 

 on the Derwent, 

 12 m. from its 

 mouth. It is a 

 port of call for 

 European mail 

 steamers and for 

 Australian inter- 

 state steamship 

 liners, and is the 

 rly. centre for 

 Tasmania. Its 

 beautif u 1 h a r - 

 bour, deep and 

 well sheltered, 

 gives a fine set- 

 ting to the city 

 and its govern- 

 ment house, par- 

 liament, univer- 

 sity, and other 

 fine public build- 

 ings. Industries 

 include tanneries, Hobart. Plan of 



Hobart. The town and harbour of the Tasmanian capital 



foundries, saw-mills, breweries, 

 flour-mills, and fruit-preserving 

 factories, and the principal exports 



are apples, gold, ^ 



tin, and copper. 

 Its climate, com- 

 parable to that of 

 the south of Eng- 

 land, and fine 

 scenery, attract 

 visitors from the 

 northern states. 

 Pop. 37,000. 



Hobart arms 



the city with the harbour on the Derwent 



Hobbema. The Avenue, Middelharnis, Holland, an example of the Dutch 

 painter's landscapes, painted in 1689 



National Gallery, London 



Hobart-Hampden, AUGUSTUS 

 CHARLES (1822-86). British sailor, 

 commonly known as Hobart Pasha. 

 The third son of the 6th earl of 

 Buckinghamshire, he was born 

 April 1, 1822. and entered the 



navy in 1835. 



In the Russian 1 

 war he served I 

 in the Baltic I 

 and at the siege 1 

 of Bomarsund, I 

 1854. 



Captain in 1 

 18(53, he retired \ . % 

 on half- pay 

 and, being a 

 keen partisan 

 of the Seces- 

 sionists in the American Civil War, 

 obtained the command of a block- 

 ade runner. In 1867 he became 

 naval adviser to the sultan of 

 Turkey, was promoted admiral 

 and pasha in 1869, and reorganized 

 the Turkish navy. He died at 

 Milan, June 19, 1886. 



Hobbema, MEINDERT (1638- 

 1709). Dutchpainter. Thefriendand 

 possibly the pupil of Salomon and 

 Jacob Ruisdael, he died in poverty 

 at his birthplace in Amsterdam. 

 Little appreciated by the patrons 

 of his day, he had no lack of 

 artistic friends, Philip Wouver- 

 man, Lingelbach, and the van de 



