NAAN, CANAANITES CANTERBURY
CANACHUS CANTHARIDES
CANADA CANTICLES
CANAL CANTILEVER
CANAL DOVER CANTILUPE, THOMAS DE
CANALE ANTONIO CANTILUPE, WALTER DE
CANALIS CANTO
CANANDAIGUA CANTON, JOHN
CANARD CANTON (city of China)
CANARY CANTON (Illinois, U.S.A.)
CANARY ISLANDS CANTON (New York, U.S.A.)
CANCALE CANTON (Ohio, U.S.A.)
CANCEL CANTON (country division)
CANCELLI CANTONMENT
CANCER, LUIS CANTU, CESARE
CANCER (astronomy) CANUSIUM
CANCER (disease) CANUTE
CANCRIN, FRANZ LUDWIG VON CANUTE VI.
CANDELABRUM CANVAS
CANDIA CANVASS
CANDIDATE CANYNGES, WILLIAM
CANDLE CANYON
CANDLEMAS CANZONE
CANDLESTICK CAPE BRETON
CANDLISH, ROBERT SMITH CAPE COAST
CANDOLLE, AUGUSTIN PYRAME DE CAPE COLONY
CANDON

CAMORRA, a secret society of Naples associated with robbery, blackmail
and murder. The origin of the name is doubtful. Probably both the word
and the association were introduced into Naples by Spaniards. There is a
Spanish word _camorra_ (a quarrel), and similar societies seem to have
existed in Spain long before the appearance of the Camorra in Naples. It
was in 1820 that the society first became publicly known. It was
primarily social, not political, and originated in the Neapolitan
prisons then filled with the victims of Bourbon misrule and oppression,
its first purpose being the protection of prisoners. In or about 1830
the Camorra was carried into the city by prisoners who had served their
terms. The members worked the streets in gangs. They had special methods
of communicating with each other. They mewed like cats at the approach
of the patrol, and crowed like cocks when a likely victim approached. A
long sigh gave warning that the latter was not alone, a sneeze meant he
was not "worth powder and shot," and so on. The society rapidly extended
its power, and its operations included smuggling and bl