PALE'S PEAK, a paak of the Rocky Mountains, in the territory of Colorado, Int. 30* 11.. long. 105° w., di vovered by gen. Pike, U. S. army, in 1806. It is made biz different measurements 12,000 14,500 ft. high, and 'commands a view of 100 miles' radius of a rugged. monntainohs country. eontaining many lakes, and the sources of four great rivers—the Platte, Arkansas, Rio Grande. and Colorado of California. In 1858 large deposits of gold were dit,etwered here: and during the first four years after the discovery, there were shipped more than £6.000,000 in gold. It abounds in rich gold-bearing quartz. The milling country is 5,000 feet above the sea, with a dry climate, having a rainy season of only seven weeks. Denver city, capital of the territory, had (1870) a pop. of 4,759.
Lucioperca, a genus of fishes of the perch family, haying two dorsal fins, of which the first has strong spiny rays, but resembling the pike in its elongated form, large mouth, and formidable teeth. The muzzle is not, however, broad and depressed, as in the pike. Several species are known, of which one (L. sandra) is zammon in the Danube, and in most of the rivers and lakes of the n.e. of Europe,
extending westward to the Oder and the Elbe, although not found in Italy, France, er Britain It is highly esteemed for the table, and its introduction into lb itish riven seems particularly desirable. Salted and smoked, it is a considerable article of trade in setue parts of Europe. It is a fish of rapid growth, and attains a weight of 23 or 30 pounds. This fish readily takes the minnow and the artificial Ey. It is called sander, salad, or saadat, in some parts of Germany; nagmaul in Bavaria; and schili at Vienna. Another species (L. Americana), much resembling it, of a greenish-yellow color, is found in the lakes and rivers of North America.
in classical architecture, a square pillar, sometimes standing free, but usually attached to a wall from which it projects s, 4, or other definite proportion of its la eadth. Greek pilasters, or antic, were of the same breadth from top to hottom, null had different capitals and bases from those of the orders with• which they were associated. The Romans gave them a taper like the columns, and the same capitals and Lases.