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ANGUS, EARLS OP. Angus was one of the seven original earldoms of the Pictish kingdom of Scotland, said to have been occupied by seven brothers of whom Angus was the eldest. The Critic line ended with Matilda (fl. 1240), countess of Angus in her own right, who ...

ARGUS, in ancient Greek mythology, the son of Inachus, Agenor or Arestor, or, according to others, an earth-born hero (autochthon). He was called Panoptes (all-seeing), from having eyes all over his body. After performing several feats of valour, he was appoin

ANU, a Babylonian deity, who, by virtue of being the first figure in a triad consisting of Anu, Bel and Ea, came to be regarded as the father and king of the gods. Anu is so prominently associated with the city of Erech in southern Babylonia that there are goo

ANUBIS (in Egyptian Anup, written Infrw in hieroglyphs), the name of one of the most important of the Egyptian gods. There were two types of canine divinities in Egypt, their leading representatives being respectively Anubis and Ophois (W p-w'<-u'l, " opener o

AUGURS, in ancient Rome, members of a religious college whose duty it was to observe and interpret the signs (auspices) of approval or disapproval sent by the gods in reference to any proposed undertaking. The augur es were originally called auspices, but, whi

... and salt, manufactured from a lake in the interior, are the principal ANGULATE— ANGUS exports, the market for these bring the neighbouring island of St Thomas.

ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, 5th earl of Angus (c. MSO-C. 1514), the famous " Bell the Cat," was born about 1450 and succeeded his father, George the 4th earl, in 1462 or 1463. In 1481 he was made warden of the east marches, but the next year he joined the league agains ...

... ted with a " commission of fire and sword " against the royalists in Atholl and Angus, which, after succeeding in entrapping the earl of Atholl, he carried out with completeness and some cruelty. It was on this occasion that took place the burning of " the bon ...

... rgyll, appointed admiral of Edward II. 's western fleet; and, under their chief Angus Og, they contributed much to the victory of Bannockburn. The alliance of John, earl of Ross and lord of the Isles, with Edward IV. of England in 1461 led to the breaking of t ...

... nd on the mountains of western and central Europe. A closely allied species (A. angustifolia) , with very narrow leaves, is met with in Arctic Asia and America. The heads of flowers are large, 2 to 25 in. across, orange-yellow in colour, and borne on the summi ...

... le air taken from over the sea showed an extreme variation of 20-940 to 20-850. Angus Smith determined London air to vary in oxygen content from 20-857 to 20'95i the air in parks and open spaces showing the higher percentage; Glasgow air showed similar results ...

PP- 433 , 434) considered her guilty. Angus remained in England till 1542, joining in the attacks upon his countrymen on the border, while James refused all demands from Henry VIII. for his restoration, and kept firm to his policy of suppressing and extirpatin ...

... h near Goodnight, in Armstrong county, where they have been crossed with polled Angus cattle. White-tailed, Sonora, and grey mule-deer (Oaocoileus) are found in the south-western counties;, and there are a few antelope (Antilocapra Americana) in the west. Loui ...

... king of Scotland, and was granted by him in 1184 to his brother David, earl of Angus and Galloway, the grant being confirmed in 1199 by King John of England, who created him earl of Huntingdon. He married Maud, heiress of Hugh, earl of Chester, and his son Jo ...