. Chambers's encyclopedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people. saw with rapturethat she was the mistress of the most handsome ofgods. In her excitement, she let a drop of hot oil fallon the sleepers shoulder, Avho awoke, upbraided herfor her mistrust, and vanished. P. gave way to themost passionate gTief; .she even thought of drowningherself. After Avandering about for some time,she came to the palace of Venus, where she wasseized by the goddess, and kept as a slave. Eros,however, who still loved her, invisibly helped andcomforted the ha])less maiden, reconciled her to hismothe
. Chambers's encyclopedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people. saw with rapturethat she was the mistress of the most handsome ofgods. In her excitement, she let a drop of hot oil fallon the sleepers shoulder, Avho awoke, upbraided herfor her mistrust, and vanished. P. gave way to themost passionate gTief; .she even thought of drowningherself. After Avandering about for some time,she came to the palace of Venus, where she wasseized by the goddess, and kept as a slave. Eros,however, who still loved her, invisibly helped andcomforted the ha])less maiden, reconciled her to hismother, and was finally united to her in immortalwedlock. All critics have agreed to consider thestory an allegory of the j)rogress of the human soulthrough earthly passion and misfortune to purecelestial felicity. PSYCHOLOGY. See Mind. PTARMIGAN (Lagopiis), a genus of TetraonidcB,differing from the true Grouse (q. v.) chiefly inhaving the toes tliickly clothed with short feathersas well as the legs (tard). Hence the name Lagopvs,a name used by Pliny, from the resemblance of the. Common Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus). foot to that of a hare. The Inll is very short, andclothed at the base with feathers. The species arenatives of the northern parts of the world, andeither of elevated or of strictly arctic are not polygamous, like the true grouse, nordt) the males strut with erected and expanded talkMost of the species change colour very much on theapproach of winter, assuming a white, or nearly whiteplumaze ; and the diversities of colour have causedsome confusion and difficulty concerning them. Theyare all much esteemed for the table. The CoiuioN ITERICHTIIYS—PTERODACITL. P., or Gray P. {L. vult/aris, or L. mutus), is a nativeof the most northern jiarts both of the OKI and NewWorlds. It is al)nn(i!iiit in Norway, from wliichgreat nuniliers are annually l)ron«,ht to the Londonmarket. In aixtie countries, the haunts of the P. arenot mountain-tops, hut low valleys and jilains
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