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CAHERAH, or AL'CA HERAH, Ihe

caril.ll

of Egypl,

which wc eall

G' ~nd, Cairo.

Sce CA lRO .

CAH

~O,

Ihe name

whieh fuOIc c,,1I ,he lupus pif.

ds or \\'oll·lilh.

C.~HORS,

Ihe capilal of Ihe ,crrilory of

~erci,

in d,e

prol'inee of Guienne in Franee, lillt.llcd aboll' fOrly'

li"e nules nOrlh of Tholoufe: E. long.

In,

N. lat.

44' 25' ·

is thc

f~c

of a biOlOp, and has an univerGty.

CAHY S, a dry me.fure ior eorn, ufed in fome part! of

'Spain, panicul,rly at Seville and

C.diz.

is near

a buOd of our meafure.

CAj .~N.'\BURG,

th'e capital of the province of Caja.

nia, or eafi Bothnia in SlVeden, Gtuated on the nOrlh ·

eafi parl of IhelakeCaj. ni., about th,ee hllndred miles

nonh·eafi of Abo; E. long. 27' , N. I,t. 63 '

50'.

CAjAZZO, a tOlVn of the prol'ince of Lal'oro in the

kingdom of Naples. fitu m d about fixteen miles nonh·

eal! of thc eity of Naples : E. long.

15' ,

N. lat.

1' I(

CAjEPUT, an oil brought from the E. Indies, which

refembles that of eardamoms.

CAIFUM, a city of China, fitulted in Ihe prol'ince of

Honan,

o~ th~

rivcr Croeeeus, d1lee hundred and fifty

miles nonh·wen of Nanking : E. long.

11 , '

30', and

N. lat.

35'.

CAIM r\C.~N,

or CA'MACHI, in the TurkiOl altairs,

a dignity in the Onoman empile, anflVering tOlieute·

nant, or rather deputy, among us.

There are ufually tlVO

caimac.ns,

one refiding at

Conll.ntinople, as governor thereof; the other anend·

ing the grand rizir, in quality of his lieutenant, fe·

erctary of fiate, and firfi miniller of his eouncil; and

~il'es

audience to amb. frJdors. Somelimes there is a

third caim.can, who mends the fultan; whom he

acquaints with any public dinurbanees, and reeeil'es

his orders eoneerning thom . .

CAlMAN, or CA,MAN·,SLANO S, cenain American

iflands Iying fouth of Cuba, and nonh.lVen of Ja·

maica, bellVeen

81'

aad

86°

long. aod in

21?

of N. lat.

1'hey are mofi

·rem~rkable

on aceount of the GOlcry

of tono¡(e,. which Ihe people of Jamdica e. tch here,

and carry home alive, keeping themin pros for food,

and I-illing themas Ihey IV.lnt (hcm.

CAlNI

t.NS

, or e,..AINITES, in church.hiflory. CllIi·

llian heretics, that fprung

about the year

1, 0,

,nd

took their name fromCain, ",hom they looked upon

their head and fa:her: 1'hey f,id Ihat he ",as

fnrmtd by a ccldli.1aná almighty power, anc! Ih,t.A–

be!

WaI

made but by a

w~ak

one.

This feé! ,copted all that was impure in ,hc herefy

of the

~nonies,

.nd other hcretics of Ihc,(e times:

'n~y

acknowledged a power f"perior to that of the

Creat~r ;

the former Ihey called

IVifdolll,

Ihc laner,

1nftri.,. Virlnt:

They h.d a panicular I',nna\lon f(1C

K.orah. Abiram, Efau, Lot. the

Sodoml\~~,

and e·

fpcml!y Judas, becau!c his treachery vc".IGnntJ the

death of Jefus Chri(l : Thcy cI'en made ufe of a go·

fpel, whieh bore that falfe arofUe's name.

CAINITO, in.botany. Sce

CHRYSO¡ IIH LU~I.

CAIRO, or GRANO CAl RO , Ihe capilal of Egypt,

(¡.

tuatcd in a plain at Ihe fool of a monnlain, about

111'0

miles can of the Nile, and

100

miles fOlllh of Ihe

moulh of that rirer: E. long.

FO,

!al.

~o'.

The townis ten miles in eirc"mfm nce, and fuI! of

inhabltants . The cafilc Hands on the f"nunit of a

hill, at the fomh end of the IOlI'n, and is three miles

rOllnd.

Th~

BritiO. and olher European nates have

their confuls aod f.é!ors hm, for tite prqteélion of

trade.

CAIIWAN, a town of the kiogdom of Tunis in A·

frica, filuated on the rirer Magrida, about eighty

Otiles fouth of Tunis : E. long. 9' , N. I,t. 36

Ct\INS, a·name gil'en

th eGreeks in thc illeof Crete,

who m'oh from the Tllrks

Ihe Venelians.

CAlSSON, in the Otilitary an, a wooden e!te(l, into

which feveral bombs are pUt, and fOllletimes only fil·

Icd wilh

glln'powd~r :

This is buricrl under fome work

whereof the enemy intenJs to

pofl~ fs

themfelvls, aod,

whentheyare maners of il, is lired, in order tO blow

them "p.

CAI SS ON is alfo ufed fnr a \Vooden frame or chen, ufed

in hying the fOllndalions of the piers of a bridge.

CAITH ESS. See CAT HNE SS.

CAKILE, in bOlany. See BUNIAS.

CAL.~BA ,

in botany. See CALO PH 'fLLO'1

CA LABASH·lm , in bOI.tny. Sec CR ES CHTI A

CALAIlRrA, the mon foulh(rly pan of the kingdom

of N.ples, {¡tuatcd over againfi Sicily.

There are two prol'inces of Calabria called the Hi·

ther and Fanher Calabria, wilh refpeé!

Ihe city

of Naples ;

Cofenz~

being the capital of the former,

and Rhcggio of Ihe btter,

CALt\DE, in the mcnage, the defcent or flopinC decli·

vity of a rifing O1cnage ground, being a fmal! eminence

upon wltich ,"e ride dOlVn a horfe leveral tilOes, pm·

ting him

a fl,on gallop, ",illt his fore·hams in Ihe

air, tOmakc hiin Itarn

"Jy Or bend his h. unchcs,

and (orm his Ilop IIpon the aids

01'

the calve, uf the

legs, the na)' of Ihe bridle, and the carefonfeafonabljl

given.

CALAHORRA, a eiry of Old Caflile in Spaio, {¡llIalcd

on the ri"cr Ebro, n¡:ar the confines o( Navarre, a'

bo, t lixty miles Donh·well of Saragofla;

long.

2°,

N. lat

42 '

1d.

GALMS, a porl·lown of Picardy in France, filllatrn

on the Englinl eh. nnd, aoom tlVcnly·two miles fouth–

eafi o( Dover: E long.

z',

N. lat. 51 '.

C:'\LAMANCO, a fort of IVoolen n,,1F

manuf'~lIred

England anel in Brabant.

has a fine glvfs, and i8

chequmo in the warp. whenee Ihe check, appl'ar on·

Ir on the right fidc,

Sorne c,lamaDcos

ar~

quite

"Iún,

olhers have bruad firipcs adorned IVi,h flo\Vcls;

fomc ",i dl pldin bro.d firipes, fome wid. DmolV nripes,

alld others wa'cred.

C.~L.\MINARIS,

or LArl s C.'L,'>l INARIS, in na–

tur.,1hifiory, a kind of fullil, the gcneral ore o( zinc,

o( a fpllngy f"bll anee and a lax and cavcrnDOStex·

rUle, yet eonGderably heavy.

is of no determinate fltape or fiLe, but is foond

in ntall'cs of a vely various aod irregular figure.

I ~ is,

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