cap Horn : at the S. end of South America

,, 11. rancheries : the name given to the villages of frec ludians in Spanish America, from the Spanish rancheria, a place containing a rancho, which means a Company or community of people who eat together.

,, 12. Babylone : a magnificent city, once the capital of the Ghaldean Empire. It is supposed to hâve been founded by Queen Semiramis, who employed two millions of workmeu collected from ail parts of her dominions. The ' Hanging Gardens ' of Semiramis were considered one of the wonders of the world.