CALAME, kw1ciue, ALEXANDRE ( 1810-64 ) . A Swiss landscape painter. Ile was born in Vevey, and studied in Geneva with Diday, whose suc cessor as head-master of the art school he afterwards became. In 1842 he exhibited in Paris the pictures entitled, "Mont Blanc;" "Jungfrau;" "Lake of Brienz;" and "Pass of Monte Rosa" (now in the Leipzig Gallery). He settled in Geneva, where he lived until 1S63. and where a monument was dedicated to his memory, April 3, 1880. He was one of the best landscape painters of his clay, and the best de picter of Alpine scenery. Besides the pictures already mentioned, and his numerous time litho graphs and etchings, Calame produced the follow ing works,: "Bernese Oberland" (Leipzig Gal lery) ; "Pass of Monte Cervino" (ib.) ; "Ruins of Paestum(" (ib.) ; "Sehreckhorn" (Basel Museum) ; "Wetterhorn" (ib.) ; "Waterfall Near 5-leiringen" (Berne Gallery) ; "Lake of Lucerne" (Berlin Mu seum) ; "The Four Seasons" ( Geneva Mtnsemn) ; "The Four Divisions of the Day" (Basel Mu seum) ; "Lake of the Four Cantons" (ib.).
ka-lirmA-5.'nbs. A group of islands in the western part of the Philippine Archipelago, in latitude 12° N. and longitude 120° E., situated between the islands of Min doro (from which it is separated by Mindoro Strait) and Palawan (flap: Philippine Islands, D 7). The principal islands are Busuanga and Calamian. They are all hilly more or less, lint have a very fertile soil, yielding tropical fruits in abundance. There are some gold and iron de posits. The climate is hot and unhealthful. Dur ing the Spanish nsgime the Calm mianes, together with the Cuyos group and the northern part of Palawan. formed the Province of Calamianes, with an area of 340 square miles and a popula tion of 20,000.