The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . l in behalf of Mr. Par-nell before the Parnellcommission; appointedqueens counsel in 1890;appeared for the defensein the Baccarat trial in1891. He was appointedhome secretary in Mr.(iladstones cabinet formed in 1892, retiring withthe defeated Roseberv ministry in 1895. He tooka prominent part in the labor disputes of 1893 and1S94, his course being gene rally api)roved of. He hassince attached himself to the Imperialist Liberals. ASS,\B, a bay on the Red Sea, near the Strait ofBab-el-Mandeb, in lat. 13° N.,
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . l in behalf of Mr. Par-nell before the Parnellcommission; appointedqueens counsel in 1890;appeared for the defensein the Baccarat trial in1891. He was appointedhome secretary in Mr.(iladstones cabinet formed in 1892, retiring withthe defeated Roseberv ministry in 1895. He tooka prominent part in the labor disputes of 1893 and1S94, his course being gene rally api)roved of. He hassince attached himself to the Imperialist Liberals. ASS,\B, a bay on the Red Sea, near the Strait ofBab-el-Mandeb, in lat. 13° N., long. 42° 50 name is also applied to a town and its sur-rounding territory located on the bay. The bay,which is full of islands, is 16 miles long by 5wide. The town is located near the mouth ofthe bay, and contains, with its adjacent territory,6,800 inhabitants. An Italian steamship companybought the town and bay in 1S70 from the nativechieftains, and used it for a coaling-station until1880, when the Italian government assumed controland included it in the colonv of HERBERT HENRY ASQUITH. 274 ASSAL —ASSETS ASSAL, an important salt lake in the east ofAfrica, 25 miles of Tajurrah, the chief seaporton theGulf of Aden, lat. 11 ^ 40 N., long. 42 40 E.;760 feet below sea-level; eight miles in length, fourmiles in breadth. Abyssinian caravans resort to itfor the purpose of carrying off the salt which in-crusts its shores, like ice, sometimes to the depth ofhalf a foot. ASSASSINATION is the crime of murder, com-mitted without immediate provocation, and with-out resistance from the person upon whom thecrime is committed. It is a murder committedtreacherously, without warning or notice, and isusually committed for hire or revenge, or is theresult of mental aberration. A person guilty ofthis crime is termed an assassin. See Assassins,Vol. II, p. 722. ASSATEAGUE, a bay and island, the southernpart being included in Accomac County, Virginia,the remainder of both bei
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