PONZ. 240 POOLE. city, and studied in JIadrid and (l,ol-GO) in Home. Upon his return to Spain he was ordered to paint portraits of Spanish authors for the Eseurial. His other paintintjs are mostly copies of Caliari and Reni. About 1770 he was sent on his <»ieat tour of Spain to collect paintings ana statSarv from the convents which the Jesuits had iust been forced to leave. His chief work is the description of this mission. MiKje de Esinuui (1771-94; completed bv his nephew), which, be- sides art criticism, gives a complete account of social conditions of the times. Ponz wrote, on his travels in Krance and England, a T lage fucra de Espaila (17«5) . His criticism of architecture is particularly valuable. PONZA (pon'tsa) ISLANDS. A group of small islands, of volcanic ciri.i;in. belonging to Italv, situated west of Naples, in the Jlediter- ranca'n Sea, in about longitude 13° E. (Map: Italv G 7). There are in fact two groups. The western and larger belongs to the Province ot Caserta, the eastern to the Province of Naples. They are used as penal settlements. To the former collection belongs Ponza. the largest island, with 4.->iin inhabitants in 1001. The latter o-roup'consists of two inlands, with a population of 18.59 in 1901. The islands served the Roman Emperors as a place of banishment. POOD iRuss. pudu, from Lat. poiidus, weiaht ) . A Russian weight equal to 40 Russian pounds or 30.112 pounds avoirdupois. POODLE (Gcr. Ptideh from Ger. pudcht. to splash in water; connected with LGer. piidcln, puddebi, to waddle, Eng. puddle, pudgy person). A breed of long-haired domestic dogs now kept chiefly as pets. " The poodle has long been known and appreciated; his quaintly clipped and shaven bodv is found depicted on Roman sculntures From Italv he was introduced into Spain and France, and thence into England. He is not only naturally a good retriever or water-dog. but has the nose "and sudden stop of both the pointer and setter; indeed, so keen is his nose that even the inferior kinds, or patched dogs, are emploved bv the poor natives of Hampshire and Wiltshire in England to hunt for and point out truffles— a faintlv smelling fungus formerly much afTected as a relish. His remarkable general intelligence is indicated by his predominance in everv band of trick and performing dogs in the world. Three varieties are recognized — the red, the white, and the black; and two classes of covering— 'corded' and 'curly.' Their weight is divided? for competitive purposes, into three grades: Large size, over 40 pounds: medium, 20 lo 40 pounds: small, 20 pounds or under; and the last grade are sometimes called 'barbets.' The oeneral appearance is that of a strong, active? stvlish. playful, and intelligent dog. well built anil covered with thick, close curls of a silky texture, or with strong, hanging, rope-like cords sometimes measuring 25 inches long, as in the ease of the recent champion 'Nero.' The poodle has a long, capacious skull, the parts over the eves well arclied: good level teeth: a strong neck; muscular, straight fore legs and hmd legs with hocks well let down; strong, well-propor- tioned and well-padded feet : and a tail carried well up The ears are long, well set, and lie close to the cheek; and the eves black and vivacious. The little white-coated, short-haired, curly poodle, with whose covering the least liberties have been taken, is the widest known of the three varieties, although not the most poi)ular on the show bench. These are essentially family pet.s, and their quizzical, whiskered faces are in evi- dence in ever>- country from California round the world eastward to' China, where tliis bleed is still used in his ancient hunting capacity as •a water-dug.' See Plate of Docs. PooiUes are usually clipiied over the larger part of the body, leaving the cords or curls here and there after"a pattern dictated by the caijrice of the master. A favorite style has ahvavs been to leave the head and foreshoulders unshorn, and this stvle niav have had a reasonable origin in the imi)rovement of the dog for sjiort by freeing his liodv from the long coat. That the fasliion of clipping has been long continued is evident from this dog's appearance in the pictures of a long range of artists from Van Eyck, Albert Diirer, and Hogarth down. POOH BAH. A comic opera character created by V. S. (Jilliert in The Mikado, who has become proverbial for the many offices he tills. POOL, The. The upper portion of the harbor of London: the part of the Thames just below London Bridge, which forms the limit of naviga- tion for sea-going vessels. , POOL, 1LBIA Louise (1845-98). An Ameri- can writer, born in Rockland, Mass. She re- moved to Brooklvn. N. Y.. in 1870, where she wrote first for a" Philadelphia paper and after- wards for the Eieiihui I'ost and the Tnhunc of New York. Later she resided in renthani, ilass. It was not until 1887 that she became independentlv known through her A 1 ocatwn m a liuijun- Her literary work, which consists of .sketches, chiellv of New England life, and much of which appea'red in the periodicals, was issued in book form as follows: Tenting at Htomj Beach (1888): Dolly (1891): Kouemj m Boston (1892); Mrs. Keats Bradford (1892); hatha^ vine Sorth (1893): The Tuo Salomes (1893); Out of Step (1894); Against Binnan yalure (1895) • Mrs. (lerald (189G) ; In the First Per- son (1898); Boss and Other Dogs (1898); A (ioldeu Sorrow (1898); and The Matron Farm (1809). POOLE. The chief seaport of Dorsetshire, En"land. on the east coast of the county, five mifes west of Bournemouth (Map: England. E 0). Hs harbor is tidal and has a quayage of 2000 feet. Poole is an ancient town and a municipal countv. The town owns much cor- porate propertv. has built an esplanade and shore drive, carried out harbor improvements, and established a free library. It has manutactures of sailcloth, tiles, ropes, etc., and a considerable coasting trade, and exports Purbeck clay and <rrain ' The town is named after the pool or bay Sn which it stands, and which at high tide covers an area seven miles long by four and one-half broad. Population, in 1891, 1.5.400; in 1901, 10..500. POOLE, JoHX (c.1786-1872). -
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writer, the author of several popular farces. | He also wrote novels, essays, and character sketches, some of which were repuldished in the United States. He is best known for his plays Paul Pr,, (1825). Deaf as a Post (1823), and Tuirt the Cup and the Lip (1826), and for liis satire. Little Pedlingtnn and the Pcdlingtonians ( 1839) . His other publications include: Phtneas
