lating to its repair at various times are known. See
Ch. Hulsen in Pauly-Wissowa, _Realencyclopadie_, ii. 238 seq.
(Stuttgart, 1896). (T. As.)

FOOTNOTES:

[1] It is important to note how the Romans followed up every victory
with a road.

[2] From Beneventum he followed the older line of the Via Appia to
Trevicum; thence, leaving the main road at Aquilonia, he went to
Ausculum ("quod versu dicere non est"), the mod. Ascoli Satriano, by
a by-road, for the milestones which have been found there, though
they probably belong to the Via Traiana, cannot be in their original
position, but must have been transplanted thither (Th. Mommsen in
_Corp. Inscrip. Lat._, ix. 1883, No. 6016)--and on to Herdoniae (why
Mommsen says that he left Herdoniae on the left, _op. cit._ p. 592,
is not clear), where he joined the line of the later Via Traiana.

APPIN, a coast district of Argyllshire, Scotland, bounded W. by Loch
Linnhe, S. by Loch Creran, E. by the districts of Benderloch and Lorne,
and N. by Loch Leven. It lies north-east to south-west, and measures 14
m. in length by 7 m. in breadth. The scenery of the coast is extremely
beautiful, and inland the country is rugged and mountainous. The
principal hills are the double peaks of Ben Vair (3362 ft. and 3284 ft.)
and Creag Ghorm (2372 ft.) in the north, and Fraochie (2883 ft.), Meall
Ban (2148 ft.) and Ben Mhic na Ceisich (2093 ft.) near the right flank
of Glen Creran. The chief streams are the Coe and Laroch, flowing into
Loch Leven, the Duror and Salachan flowing into Loch Linnhe, and the
lola and Creran flowing into Loch Creran. The leading industries
comprise slate and granite quarries and lead mining. Ballachulish,
Duror, Portnacroish, Appin and Port Appin are the principal villages.
Ballachulish and Port Appin are ports of call for steamers, and the
Caledonian railway company's branch line from Connel Ferry to
Ballachulish runs through the coast land and has stations at Creagan,
Appin, Duror, Kentallen and Ballachulish Ferry. Appin was the country of
a branch of the Stewarts.

APPLAUSE (Lat. _applaudere_, to strike upon, clap), primarily the
expression of approval by clapping of hands, &c.; generally any
expression of approval. The custom of applauding is doubtless as old and
as widespread as humanity, and the variety of its forms is limited only
by the capacity for devising means of making a noise. Among civilized