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POV1NDAH 



consequences. Pound breach, in law, 

 is a misdemeanour consisting in the 

 unauthorised removal of distrained 

 animals or goods from a pound, or 

 in doing damage to the pound itself. 

 The goods, in the caee of distress, 

 being from the first in the custody 

 of the law, and not in that of the 

 distrainor, their forcible recovery 

 was regarded as a serious offence. 

 See Distress. 



Pounds, CHARLES OOURTICE (b. 

 1862). British actor and singer. 

 Born in London, May 30, 1862, 

 and trained at 

 the Royal 

 Academy of 

 Music, he 

 made his first 



Conrtice Pounds, 

 British actor & singer 



Ellit * Walery 



success as 

 Fairfax in The 

 Yeomen of the 

 Guard, at the 

 Savoy The- 

 atre, London, 

 1888. He ap- 

 peared in all 

 the Gilbert and Sullivan operas at 

 that theatre until 1892, and after- 

 wards toured in Australia and 

 America. He appeared in La 

 Poupee, Ulysses, The Duchess of 

 Dantzic, and Chu Chin Chow (q.v. ), 

 in the long run of which, at His 

 Majesty's Theatre, London, Aug. 

 31, 1916 July 22, 1921, he scored 

 an immense success as All Baba. 



Pounds, JOHN (1766-1839). 

 British philanthropist. Born at 

 Portsmouth, June 17, 1766, he was 

 apprenticed to a shipwright, but at 

 the age of 15 was crippled through 

 an accident, and became a shoe- 

 maker. In 1818 he began to interest 



John Pounds, founder of English 

 Ragged Schools 



From a ttaluelle by Minion Broi. 



himself in the poor children of the 

 town, gratuitously teaching them 

 reading and arithmetic, together 

 with the rudiments of useful know- 

 ledge, and thus originating the 

 movement for the institution of 



Nicholas Poussin. The Triumph of Flora, depicting the goddess in her car, 



drawn by Cupids, two of whom are crowning her with flowers ; one of the 



artist's most beautiful classical paintings 



Louvre, Paris 



ragged schools (q.v. ). His influence 

 among the poor was very great, 

 and after his death, Jan. 1, 1839, 

 memorial schools were established 

 in several towns. 



Poupart's Ligament. Liga- 

 ment running along the groin from 

 the bony prominence of the pelvis 

 at the side of the lower part of the 

 abdomen to a bony point near the 

 middle line. See Anatomy ; Man. 



Poupee, LA. ' Comic opera, 

 adapted by Arthur Sturgess from 

 the French, composed by Edmond 

 Audran, and produced at the Prince 

 of Wales' s Theatre, London, Feb. 

 24, 1897. It had a run of 576 per- 

 formances. Stella Gastelle ap- 

 peared in the title-role, and Courtice 

 Pounds played Lancelot. 



Poussin, GASPARD, OR LE 

 GUASPRE (1613-75). French pain- 

 ter, whose real name was Gaspard 

 Dughet. Born at Rome, of French 

 parentage, he studied under his 

 brother-in-law, Nicholas Poussin, 

 who had become a member of the 

 Dughet household, and whose name 

 he adopted. Later he came under 

 the influence of Claude. He ex- 

 celled in landscapes, particularly 

 those with stormy effects. He died 

 at Rome. 



Poussin, NiCHOLAS(1594-1665).~ 

 French painter. Born at Villers, 

 near Les Andelys, Normandy, he 

 studied under 

 QuentinVarin, 

 and at Paris. 

 In 1624 he 

 made his way 

 to Rome, and 

 after a hard 

 struggle ob- 

 tained the 

 patronage of 



Cardinal Bar- Nicholas Pougsin> 

 bermi. Paint- French painter 

 ing historical Self-portrait 



pictures and landscapes in the 

 classical style, he rapidly achieved 

 fame, and in 1640 was in- 

 duced by Richelieu, on behalf of 

 Louis XIII, to come to Paris as 

 the king's painter. In 1643, how- 

 ever, he returned to Rome, ostensi- 

 bly to fetch his wife, the sister of 

 Gaspard Dughet, and never re- 

 turned, dying at Rome, Nov. 19, 

 1665. There are fine specimens of 

 his work in the National Gallery, 

 London, and at Dulwich, and a 

 superb collection in the Louvre. 



Pout (Gadus luscus). Marine 

 fish of the cod family. Nearly re- 

 lated to the whiting, from which, 



Pout. Fish, nearly related to the 



whiting, found around the W. shores 



of Europe 



however, it differs in the possession 

 of a chin barbel and deeper body, 

 it occurs round the W. shores of 

 Europe, and reaches a weight of 5 

 Ib. It is locally known as the bib 

 and brassy, and is to some extent 

 used for the table. See Fish. 



Povindah. Class of Afghan 

 merchants engaged in the caravan 

 trade between India and central 

 Asia. Mostly Ghilzai, they migrate 

 each autumn from their Ghazni 

 homes with their families, flocks, 

 and herds, which they leave behind 

 on reaching the British frontier. 

 Thence, disarmed, they carry Bok- 

 hara and Samarkand produce 

 through Peshawar all over India. 



