DUFF 



1875 



DUGONG 



District of Columbia in 1839, and after the 

 War of Secession stringent laws were passed 

 against it by the various states. 



Except for mimic duels between German 

 students and an occasional more or less ridic- 

 ulous encounter in France, the practice of duel- 

 ing has been entirely abolished. In all civil- 

 ized countries a man who would now kill his 

 opponent in a duel would be regarded as 

 neither more nor less than a murderer. 



DUFF, LYMAN POORE (1865- ), a Cana- 

 dian jurist, since 1906 puisne (junior) judge of 

 the Supreme Court of the Dominion of Canada. 

 He was born in Meaford, Ontario, was grad- 

 uated from the University of Toronto with 

 honors in mathematics and metaphysics in 

 1887, and two years later was graduated in law. 

 After a brief experience as a teacher in the 

 Barrie (Ontario) Collegiate Institute he prac- 

 ticed law, first in Ontario and after 1895 in 

 British Columbia. He was counsel in many 

 notable cases, and was associated with Edward 

 Blake in the presentation of Canada's claims 

 before the Alaska Boundary Tribunal in 1903. 

 From 1904 to 1906 he sat as puisne judge of the 

 supreme court of British Columbia. 



DUFFERIN, duf'jurin, AND AVA, FRED- 

 ERICK TEMPLE BLACKWOOD, Marquis of (1826- 

 1902), a British diplomat, statesman and 

 colonial administrator, Governor-General of 

 Canada from 1872 to 1878, one of the most 

 honored public 

 men of his day. 

 He was not a 

 great statesman, 

 but he had a re- 

 markable gift for 

 diplomacy. Both 

 in public and pri- 

 vate life he was 

 what is best de- 

 scribed as a 

 "great gentle- 

 man" always 

 courteous and 

 tactful, with a 

 charming dignity 

 and courtly manner which no difficult situation 

 could ruffle. 



Though Lord Dufferin was born in Florence, 

 Italy, he was of Irish parentage. His father, 

 Price Blackwood, Baron Dufferin, was a naval 

 officer and the owner of rich estates in Ireland. 

 His mother, one of the most famous women 

 of her time, was Helen Sheridan, granddaughter 

 of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the orator and 



DUFFERIN AND AVA 



dramatist. She and her sisters, Georgina and 

 Carolina, were known to society in the days of 

 George IV as "the Three Graces." As Lady 

 Dufferin said, "Georgey's the beauty, and 

 Carry's the wit, and I ought to be the gooo. 

 one, but I'm not." 



Beginning life with every advantage, with 

 talent, wealth and social position, young Fred- 

 erick Bteckwood was sent to Eton and to 

 Christ Church, Oxford, and when he was only 

 twenty-three years old was already a favorite 

 at court. Politically he became attached to 

 the Liberal party, under the leadership of Lord 

 John Russell, through whose influence he was 

 sent on several important foreign missions. Be- 

 tween 1864 and 1872 he held various offices in 

 the Russell and Palmerston ministries. In 1850 

 he was given a seat in the House of Lords as 

 Baron Clandeboye, and in 1871 was created 

 Earl of Dufferin. 



It was as Earl of Dufferin that he took the 

 position of Governor-General of the Dominion 

 of Canada. He was one of the most popular 

 men who have ever made their home at Rideau 

 Hall, and at a time when a weak or tactless 

 Governor-General might have lessened the 

 bonds between Canada and the Empire he un- 

 questionably strengthened them. After re- 

 signing as Governor-General, Dufferin held a 

 number of other important posts; he was am- 

 bassador to Russia from 1879 to 1881, then 

 ambassador to Turkey for three years, viceroy 

 of India from 1884 to 1888, ambassador to 

 Italy until 1891 and then ambassador to France 

 until 1896. Queen Victoria created him Mar- 

 quis of Dufferin and Ava in 1888. 



Lord Dufferin received many other honors. 

 He was at one time president of the Royal 

 Geographical Society, and in 1891 was elected 

 lord rector of Glasgow University. Oxford and 

 other universities gave him honorary degrees. 

 He wrote a number of books popular in their 

 day, including several of autobiographical char- 

 acter. G.H.L. 



DUGONG, doo'gong, a marine animal some- 

 what resembling the whale, found in large num- 

 bers in the Indian Ocean and on the Australian 

 coasts. The body is long and tapering, ending 

 in a forked or crescent-shaped tail. The paws 

 or flippers are entirely destitute of nails and 

 are quite useless for any purpose except for 

 swimming. The animal varies considerably in 

 size. The largest are said to attain a length of 

 twenty feet, but usually do not exceed eight 

 or ten feet. The skin is thick, smooth, of a 

 bluish color above and white underneath. The 



