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The eoehineal inrcél m2y, in rome eireumflanctS,

be eompared 10 lhe fil k

wor~l,

I'aniclllarly in lhe

manncr of depofiling ilS cegs. The inreéls denined

for lhis par;iclllar are laken al a

prop~r

lime of lheir

growlh. and pUl iOlO a uox well c1ofed, and lined Wilh

a coarre clOlh li,al none of the", he 1011: and in this

eonfinement they lay their eggs ano die. The box

is kcpt clofe O,ut till the time of placing the eggs on

the nopal, when, if any motion i. pcrccived, it is a

fu flicient indicalion lhal lhe animalcule has li fe, tho'

lhe egg is fo minute as hardly 10 ue pereeived; and

Ihis is lhe feed placed on lhe foliage of lhe nopal, and

lhe quanlily eontained in lhe fhell of a h<n's egg is

fuAicient for eovering a whole plant.

is remarkable

thal this infeél does not, or al lean in any vifible

manner, injure the plant, bUl extraéls ilS nourifhment

fromthe moll fucculent juice, which it fucks by means

of its prouofcis lhrough the fine teguments of the

Icaves.

The principal countries whcre the cochineal infcéls

are bred, are Oaxaea, Flafcala, Chulula, Nueva Gal–

licia. and Chiapa, in the

kin~dom

pf New Spain;

and Hambato, Loja, and Tucuman in Peru : bm it

is ollly iq Oaxaca, that they are galhered in large

quanlilies, and forro a branch of commerce, lhe eul–

tivation of lhefe li!tle creatures being there the chief

employment of lhe Indians.

COCCOTHRAUSTES, in ornilhology, the trivial

name of a fpeeies of loxia. See Lox lA .

COCCULUS INDI CUS, lhe name of a poifonous

berry, too frequently ufed by brewers in order

rtnder lheir malt tiquors intoxieating.

is the fruit

of lhe menifpermum eoceulus. See MEN IS PER MUM.

COCCUS, in zoology, a genus belongillg to Ihe order

of hemiptera. The ro(trum proeeeds from lhe brean;

the belly is brifily behind; the wings of Ihe male are

ereél ; and lhe female has no wings. The fpeeies are

twentY-lwo, denominaled prineipally from Ihe plants

¡hey frequent.

COCCYG.iEUS MuseULUS, in anatomy. See VoL!.

2~O.

COCCYX, or Coervcl s os, in anltomy. See Vol. !.

COCHIN, a pon-town of India, on lhe Malabar.eoall,

ahoul on hundred miles fOUlh of Calicut :

long.

¡o,

and N. lat. 9° 30'. Here lhe Duteh have a fac·

¡ory, and a very !Irollg fort.

COC HN t lllNoI, a kingdom of India, fimated belween

10.1° an') 109°

long. and uetween lp

and ' 7° N.

LIt. beill;¡ boundrd by the kingdom of Tonquin on lhe

llunh , Lv lhe Indian

oce~.n

on the eall and fOU lh, and

by lhe k'ingdomof Cambodia on the \Vell : it is "P–

"',,,ds of four hllnured miles long, and one hllndred

ancllifly broad, producinr, cloieAyfilk and rice.

COCIII lEAL. See eoee INELLA .

COCHLEA, lhc SNA IL' SIIELL, in zooloey. Sec

LI "·AY. .

CnCIIl.eA,

~ootomy.

See Vol.

p 297.

CUCHLEi\ RI.\,

SeIlRVY'CRASS,

LOl~n)', ~

r,'nlls

of tl'oo letr:'.dyr,aOlia fi liculnfa

cI.fs

. Thc p',d is :

01:;1'–

ginmd,

l~rGi¿,

and reabrous

and lhe vah'ls are ob-

¡ure and

gi~bous.

T he fpeeies are eight, fix of which

are natives of Rrilain,

viz.

lhe ollieinalis, or common

fcurvy.grafs, lhe Ical'es of IVhichare famous for curing

the fcurl'y; the groenlandica,

01'

Groeol,nd fcul'l')'–

grars ; the anglica, or common fea feuryy grafs; the

danica,

01'

Daoifh fcurvl'-grafs; tbe coronopus,

01'

fIVine·crelfes; and lhe armoracia, or horfe·radifh.

COCHLlTES, in n,Hural hillorl', an appellalion giren

to lhe pmified fltells of lhe eochle:!!, or fnails.

COCK, in zoology, the Englifh oame uf the males of

gallinaeeous birds,

hU!

more efpeeially ufed for the

commondunghill .cock. See PHAs rA NUS.

COCK 'S-COMB, in botany. See PHI N'A NTHUS.

COCK -prT, a fon of theatre upon whieh game.coeks

figh!.

CO CK -PIT, in aman of IVar, a place

the lower flonr,

or dcek, abaft ¡he main.eapnain, lying betlYecn the

plalformand lhe lIeward's room, where are partilions

for lhe purfer, furgeon, and his males.

CO CK -S\vAlN, or COXON, an ollieer on board a' man

of \Var, \Vho has the care of the barge and all lhings

belonging la it, and mun be alfo ready \Vith his creIV

to man lhe boat on all occafions: he [¡ISat the nero

of the boal, and aeers.

COCKERMOUTH, 'a borough-tolVn of Cumberland,

filualed on the river DerIVent, near the IriOt fea, a–

bout lwenty·five miles foulh well of CarliOe :

Ion.

10', and N.lat.

54° 3í'.

[ends ¡wo members

to parliament.

COCKET

a feal belonging to the king'seullom·houfe,

or rather a [eroll of parchment fcaled and delivered by

lhe ollicers of lhe culloms lOmerchants, as awarrant

lhat their merchandifes are eullomed.

is alfo ufed for lhe ollice where goods tranrpon–

ed were firn enlered, and raid Iheir cuaom, and h,d

a cockct or cenificate of difcharge.

COCOA, Or CACAO, in botany. See THEOBROMA.

COCOr. in oroilhology.

S~e

ARCTEA.

COCONATO, a town ofhaly in the prol'ince of Pied-

monl, about lWenty miles ean of Turin; il is raid

be the binh·plaec of lhe famous Columbus, \Vho dif–

covered Ameriea: E. long.

8°,

and

lat.

44° 50'.

COCTION, a general term for all alteralions made in

bodies by lhe applieation of fire or heat.

COD, in ichlhyology. See GADUS .

Con is alfo a lermured, in fome partS of lhe kingdom,

for a pod o Sce PODo

Con 'CAPE, in geography, a promonlOry on lhe coall of

New England, neal' the elltraoce of Bollon harbour :

W. long. 6

\0',

and N Irtt.

42°.

CODDY·MODDY, lhe EngliOI

n.me

of a fpecies of

lanl9. Sce LA "tI

CODE, a eolleél;"n of rhe lall's and r.onnittllions of Ihe

Roman emperors, made by olda o( Jullinian. See

LAIV.

CO DI~ X,

in antiquil)', uenoles a book or lablel, on

",hieh lhe anelcnlS wrOle.

\Yas uf lhe b"k of a

trer, uf ivol

01'

rarehmem, or of papero

CODIII , among hOlanias, fignifies lhe hcatl of any

planl , bU! mure I'ani.:u1., Iyapopp)' head, wh nce

il~

f)'rul' is CJllcu Ji,lcoJium.

CODICIL,