. Chambers's encyclopedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people. h was the horrible death within its wallsof the Dukes Eric and Valdemar, who, after beingentrapped by their pusillanimous brother. KingBirger, in 1317, were left to perish of hunger ina dungeon, the keys of which the king threw intothe sea before he left the castle. The horror ofthis deed roused the indignation of the people,who seized upon the castle, sacked it, and demol-ished its keep and donjons. In 1719, the townwas taken and dismantled by the Russians; andsince then it has ceased to be the scene of an
. Chambers's encyclopedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people. h was the horrible death within its wallsof the Dukes Eric and Valdemar, who, after beingentrapped by their pusillanimous brother. KingBirger, in 1317, were left to perish of hunger ina dungeon, the keys of which the king threw intothe sea before he left the castle. The horror ofthis deed roused the indignation of the people,who seized upon the castle, sacked it, and demol-ished its keep and donjons. In 1719, the townwas taken and dismantled by the Russians; andsince then it has ceased to be the scene of anyevents of historical interest. It is noted for thepure Swedish spoken by its inhabitants. NYL-GHAU {Antilope picta, or Portax trago-camelus), a species of antelope, with somewhatox-like head and body, but with long slenderlimbs, and of great activity and fleetness. It isone of the largest of antelopes, and is more thanfour feet high at the shoulder. The horns of themale are about as long as the ears, smooth, black,pointed, slightly curved forwards. The female has. Nyl-Ghau {Antilope picta). no horns. The neck is deep and compressed, notrounded as in most of the antelopes. A slight maneruns along the neck and part of the back, and thebreast is adoraed with a long hanging tuft of back is almost elevated into a hump l)etwcenthe shoulders. The N. inhabits the dense forests ofIndia and Persia, where it has long been regardedas one of the noblest kinds of game. It is oftentoken, like other liu-ge animals, by the enclosing of 16 NYMPH^EACE^—NYSTADT. a large space with nets, and by great numbers ofpeople. It is a spirited animal, and dangerous toa rash assailant. It is capable of domestication,but is said to manifest an irritable and capricioustemper, NYMPHjEACEJE, a natural order of exogenousplants, growing in lakes, ponds, ditches, and slowrivers, where their fleshy rootstocks are prostratein the mud at the bottom; and their large, long-stalked, heart-shaped, or
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