[Dorset] (194), maritime county in the S. of England, with a deeply indented coast; it consists of a plain between two eastward and westward reaching belts of downs; is mainly a pastoral county; rears sheep and cattle, and produces butter and cheese.
[Dort], or Dordrecht (34), a town on an island in the Maas, in the province of South Holland, 12 m. SE. of Rotterdam; admirably situated for trade, connected as it is with the Rhine as well, on which rafts of wood are sent floating down to it; is famous for a Synod held here in 1618-19, at which the tenets of Arminius were condemned, and the doctrines of Calvin approved of and endorsed as the doctrines of the Reformed Church.
[Dortmund] (89), a town in Westphalia; a great mineral and railway centre, with large iron and steel forges, and a number of breweries.
[Dory, John], the hero of an old ballad.
[Do-the-Boys'-Hall], a scholastic establishment in "Nicholas Nickleby."
[Douay] (31), a town on the Scarpe, in the dep. of Nord, France, 20 m. S. of Lille, and one of the chief military towns of the country; has a college founded in 1568 for the education of Catholic priests intended for England, and is where a version of the Bible in English for the use of Catholics was issued.
[Doubs], a tributary of the Saône, which it falls into below Dôle; gives name to the dep. (303), which it traverses.
[Doubting Castle], a castle belonging to Giant Despair in the "Pilgrim's Progress," which only one key could open, the key Promise.
[Douce, Francis], a learned antiquary, born in London; for a time keeper of MSS. in the British Museum; author of "Illustrations of Shakespeare," and an illustrated volume, "The Dance of Death"; left in the Museum a chest of books and MSS. not to be opened till 1900; was a man of independent means, and a devoted archæologist (1757-1834).