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MACEDONIUS, (3)

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MACEDONIUS, (3) See also:bishop of See also:Constantinople (ft. 510), a strict Chalcedonian who vainly opposed the fanaticism of the monophysite See also:Severus and was deposed in 513. MACEI& or MACAYO, a See also:city and See also:port of See also:Brazil and See also:capital of the See also:state of See also:Alagoas, about 125 M. S.S.W. of See also:Pernambuco, in See also:lat. g° 39` 35° S., See also:long. 35° 44' 36" W. Pop. including a large rural See also:district and several villages (189o), 31,498; (1908, estimate), 33,000. The city stands at the See also:foot of See also:low bluffs, about a mile from the See also:shore See also:line. The See also:water-See also:side See also:village of Jaragua, the port of Macei6, is practically a suburb of the city. See also:South of the port is the shallow entrance to the Lagoa do Norte, of Lagoa Mnndah{, a See also:salt-water See also:lake extending inland for some See also:miles. Macei6 is attractively situated in the midst of large plantations of See also:coca-See also:nut and dende palms, though the broad sandy See also:beach in front and the open See also:sun-burned See also:plain behind give a barren See also:character to its surroundings. The See also:heat is moderated by the S.E. See also:trade winds, and the city is considered healthful. The public buildings are mostly constructed of broken See also:stone and See also:mortar, plastered outside and covered with red tiles, but the See also:common dwellings are generally constructed of tapiarough trellis-See also:work walls filled in with mud.

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light See also:tramway connects the city and port, and a railway—the Alagoas Central —connects the two with various interior towns. The port is formed by a stone See also:reef See also:running parallel with and a See also:half-mile from the shore line, within which vessels of light draft find a safe anchorage, except from southerly See also:gales. Ocean-going steamers See also:anchor outside the reef. The exports consist principally of See also:sugar, See also:cotton, and See also:rum (aguardiente). Maceio See also:dates from 1815 when a small See also:settlement there was created a " See also:villa." In 1839 it became ' the provincial capital and was made a city by the provincial See also:assembly. McENTEE, JERVIS (1828-1891), See also:American artist; was See also:born at Rondout, New See also:York, on the 14th of See also:July 1828, and was a See also:pupil of See also:Frederick E., See also:Church. He was made an See also:associate of the See also:National See also:Academy of See also:Design, New York, in 186o, and a full academician in' 1861. In 1869 he visited See also:Europe, See also:painting much in See also:Italy. He was identified with the See also:Hudson See also:River School, and excelled in pictures of autumn scenery. He died at Rondout,N.Y., on the 27th of See also:January 1891.

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