indicate his
wants.

There is a distinct word "coma" (Gr. [Greek: kome], hair), which is used
in astronomy for the envelope of a comet, and in botany for a tuft.

COMA BERENICES ("BERENICE'S HAIR"), in astronomy, a constellation of the
northern hemisphere; it was first mentioned by Callimachus, and
Eratosthenes (3rd century B.C.), but is not included in the 48 asterisms
of Ptolemy. It is said to have been named by Conon, in order to console
Berenice, queen of Ptolemy Euergetes, for the loss of a lock of her
hair, which had been stolen from a temple to Venus. This constellation
is sometimes, but wrongly, attributed to Tycho Brahe. The most
interesting member of this group is _24 Comae_, a fine, wide double
star, consisting of an orange star of magnitude 5-1/2, and a blue star,
magnitude 7.

COMACCHIO, a town of Emilia, Italy, in the province of Ferrara, 30 m.
E.S.E. by road from the town of Ferrara, on the level of the sea, in the
centre of the lagoon of Valli di Comacchio, just N. of the present mouth
of the Reno. Pop. (1901) 7944 (town), 10,745 (commune). It is built on
no less than thirteen different islets, joined by bridges, and its
industries are the fishery, which belongs to the commune, and the
salt-works. The seaport of Magnavacca lies 4 m. to the east. Comacchio
appears as a city in the 6th century, and, owing to its position in the
centre of the lagoons, was an important fortress. It was included in the
"donation of Pippin"; it was taken by the Venetians in 854, but
afterwards came under the government of the archbishops of Ravenna; in
1299 it came under the dominion of the house of Este. In 1508 it became
Venetian, but in 1597 was claimed by Clement VIII. as a vacant fief.

COMANA, a city of Cappadocia [frequently called CHRYSE or AUREA, i.e.
the golden, to distinguish it from Comana in Pontus; mod. _Shahr_],
celebrated in ancient times as the place where the rites of M[=a]-Enyo,
a variety of the great west Asian Nature-goddess, were celebrated with
much solemnity. The service was carried on in a sumptuous temple with
great magnificence by many thousands of _hieroduli_ (temple-servants).
To defray expenses, large estates had been set apart, which yielded a
more than royal revenue. The city, a mere apanage of the temple, was
governed immediately by the chief priest, who was always a member of the
reigning Cappadocian family, and took rank next to the king. The number
of persons engaged in