Transcriber's notes: (1) Numbers following letters (without space) like C2 were originally printed in subscript. Letter subscripts are preceded by an underscore, like C_n. (2) Characters following a carat (^) were printed in superscript. (3) Side-notes were relocated to function as titles of their respective paragraphs. (4) Macrons and breves above letters and dots below letters were not inserted. (5) [root] stands for the root symbol; [alpha], [beta], etc. for greek letters. (6) The following typographical errors have been corrected: ARTICLE JAMAICA: "The British government awarded them compensation at the rate of £19 per slave, the market value of slaves at the time being £35, but most of this compensation went into the hands of the planters' creditors." 'compensation' amended from 'conpensation'. ARTICLE JAMESON, LEANDER STARR: "They were tried in London under the Foreign Enlistment Act in May 1896, and Dr Jameson was sentenced to fifteen months' imprisonment at Holloway." 'imprisonment' amended from 'inprisonment'. ARTICLE JAPAN: "The pots in which these wonders of patient skill are grown have to be themselves fine specimens of the ceramist's craft, and as much as £200 is sometimes paid for a notably well trained tree." "ceramist's" amended from "keramist's". ARTICLE JAPAN: "... named Iwasa Matahei, had even made a specialty of this class of motive; but so little is known of Matahei and his work that even his period is a matter of dispute ..." 'specialty' amended from 'speciality'. ARTICLE JAPAN: "At the naval cadet academy--originally situated in Tokyo but now at Etajima near Kure--aspirants for service as naval officers receive a 3 years' academical course and 1 year's training at sea ..." 'Tokyo' amended from 'Tkoyo'. ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, LITERATURE AND GENERAL INFORMATION ELEVENTH EDITION VOLUME XV, SLICE II Jacobites to Japan (part) ARTICLES IN THIS SLICE: