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A M

crctes a liquor. Thc)' .re

v<IY

i~:;l:lticnt

of cold ; are

...Iily

t3m~d,

30d" .lrry hurdclls of ahout li fty or fi xty

pouods I'.'cight. " 'heo rdlive, they are pulllcd 00 by

Iqueezíu:: Ih,'ir teHicles. Wheo eo" grd hy thei r ,Iri–

ver, the)' throl'l out (rO'n their lIIouth • liquor IVhich

co,roJes aod OIJkcs t!,C Ikio rire iuto olillrrs. 4. T he

p.ICOS, or IIleep of ehili, has 00 buneh 00 the

hack .

J,

is covereJ \\'i, h • fioe v.h"blc IVool, \Vhieh is of a

t loo,l-re.1 mlour 00 Ihe haek

01'

the

anim~I,

and white

00 the bc:ly.

It

is uofi t fur emyiug hurdeos, .n.1is

kq,t princip.llly for the r,ke of

th~

\1'001, and the

fielh, whiell is execediogly well-tafled.

C,IMER ,I

,Ifollrn,

in oplies, a m.ehioe repr&nting

an artificial eye, " h.:rcio the images of external ob–

jlas

>re

exhihited diOinllly, io their native colou,s,

either inl'erted or e((-él. See O

PT '

e

s.

CAMER:IRL\, in bo¡,lnj, a genus of the pentand ria

monogvoia clars. The lIower of whieh is • pct?1 of

a

fll noel-(orm, with a eyliodrical long tube, "otricore

\)Oth

~,t

the llare

aaJ

top, .od a plaoe limb uivided

i'1I0

C.vc

I.rnceol.ted regOleots: The fruit is eompofed

oi' 11\'0

obloo~

1;,lIiclcs. beot ho,izomally, obture at

both ends. and fcnding out a

I~be

on eaeh (¡de, near

the b,fc ; lhcy h.l'le ooe eell, Wilh one vah'e,

cont.io

ing nllmerO\lS,

o\!ill,

ami imoricatcJ

fet:ds, inferu:d

in

a large o\'al

mcmbr,,"~

:\1

the h.&. Time are tWO

fpeeies , !liz. lhe I:lt,folia, and anguflifoli., bOlh oa–

ti\'cs ol' r\Oll!rica.

CA ~ I E RATED,

.mong builders, the fame \\-ith vault–

ed or >.rched.

CAMERET -Ilt\Y, in the

provir.ce

,l

Britaoy io

f " oee. forms the h",hour of Brcl!. See BREST.

. CAMERIJ:I¡O, a tOWIl of the cecltliaOieal lIate io 1-

taly.

CAMERLlNGO, aecordiog

10

Ducaoge, figoified for–

merly the popc·s or emperor's ma(urer: At prereot,

camcrlingo is nowhere u(ed, out at Ilome, whtre it

nlltcs 111" c,\fdina! who governs ,he ecddi.1lfical flarc,

ami admioiHas juflice. It is the mofl eminent olfiee . t

Ihe elll'l'! of J(omc, bcc' u(e he is at the hrae!

01'

,he

trearury. DllI'iog a ,".catioo of the papal

eh.ir,

the

cardioal camcrlingu publiOres ediéls, coins Olooey, and

excrtS c\'ory other tlrcrugativc

0(.

r",er<ign prince ;

he h,IS ooda him • trcalurer-geoeral, auditor-general,

an,I,wc!VI! prclates call<d cll',ks of the ch.mber.

CAMERON IANS, a pmy o( preíb)teri.lns, whieh

f?rung

tlp

in Scodaod·in ,he reigll of kiog Charles 11.

T hcy .,¡r,rmed lhat ,he king ha, (or(eitc<! his right to

Ihe crowo, by brc.kiog the fokmo Ic.lgue anu co'e–

naot, IVhich \'Ierc the tcrms 00 which I,e reeei\'ed it.

T hey p, etcncl,:d both

10

dClhrone and cxcommuoic:\le

him; aod'Lroke Out illto aoopen reb,llion. Upon the

revolmioo, lhey l'Iere recor,cile,1tO the ki, k, and lhcir

preacl,crs fubnlillcd to the general alfemhly of r-he

chure!. of Sco:I. ".!, in I

G?o.

That reél is nnIV greal–

Jy d<chncd. Tllcy a,e felV io nUlllber, alld (plit into

lOany partiese

CAiII EItY, Of

I'ROV< Cr.,

io horres. See fROUNCE.

(:!\.;\llLI.l ,

,,"d

CAl~'LL"',

io Ro""o nnli9l1it)', a cel'–

t.io

Cll:UOCr of bl'ls

a.:¡~

firls, who ;¡lIincd in

th~

[;-

e

A

JI¡[

crir:CC9

;0

the gOl'S, lJllt more efpeci. lly attend"d the

llamen dialis.

CAMIS, or

KA"" .

in the Japoncfe :LlTai", deoote

th~

dcified rouls of illullrious pdoo.ges, bdic-:eJ to io–

terdl thcmrdl'es in the

\1

elfare of their eouol r) men :

In IVhich (rnfe they aor..er tp thc dcified heroes of ao–

ti'IOi ty.

~ee

HlRo.

CA~llSi\RDS,

• n:rlllc' gil'cn Ly thc f

rer.ch

to the

Cal"ioilts of the CCl'cnn", who forn,ed

:r

Icague, a,iJ

took up arms in lheir own dereoce, io

,688.

CAMLET INE, a night

11

u

ff,

m.de

of hair and coalr,

fi lk, in the manner of camblet.

!t

is now out uf fa–

O,ion.

CA~!MIN,

a POrt-tOIVOof Brandeoburg-Pomerania in

GerOJ.llly,

fit~.ted

on the enflero OIOllth of lhe river

Ocle" .bout thirty miles north of St,tin: E. long.

H

O

,

N.

lato

54°.

CA

MI',

the grollnd upoo which ari 3rmy piteh their tems.

It

is marked

o.ut

by the quancr-maíle, general, \lho

appoints everyregiment their srouod.

The ehief adv:rOlages t<l be minued io ehufing a

camp (Ol' nn army, are, to h,lve it nrar Ihe ,,"ter, in

a

COUUIr)' of forage, where the

roldi.rs

Ola)' fiod lI'oud

f~r

drelling their "iaual! ; that it hnve a free commu–

oieation wilh garri(ons, aon with a coumry (rom

wlreoee it may be (upplied wilh provir.oos; and, if

pollible, thal it be !i",ated oo . rifiog gro.:nd, in a

dry gravelly

foi]~

Heficles,

th~ ~dvanrages

of the

g' OllOtl ought

-r

be eonfidercJ, as marO,es, woods,

ri';crs, ar.d inclofures; and if lhe calllp be nrar the

en::rly, with 00 ri"er or marlh to cOl'e, it, the army

o\\~ht

10

be inlrenehed.

ti

o army .I",ays cneámps

f, ootiQg the encmy; and gentrally in tIVO lincs, run–

nio;; para 11el about

C.ve

huodred yards diltaoce; thc

horfe aod dragoons, on the wings, and the (oot io

th~

eeotre: Some,imes nbody of tIVO, three, or (our

6,

i–

gades is eocampcd behind the tIVO lio<s, aod is called

,he bouy

01'

rtrem. T he artillrry .nd bread-wag–

goos are genaally eocamred in the ,rear of the tl\'O

lines. A ball,lion of (oet is .1I0Il'e,d eighty or ao hlll'–

clred paces (or ils eamp; and Ihirty Or fony for ;¡n

imer".1bet\\'ixt one

battali~n

and .nether. A fqua–

droo of horre is allowed

thirry

for its camp, allu thirt

y

fo, an imerl'.I, .od more if lhe ground \ViII .1I0w it.

T he difpofition o( the lIebrew roeampment was at

firfl laid out by Cod himft!f. Their c3mp IVas o( a

qua<lraoglllar (0rm, furrounded IVith an inclofure of

the heigill of ten h. ocls·bre:rdth.

!t

mace a fqu,,;c

of tweh'e milel io eompafs about the tahcrnacle: 2nd

wilbio this IVas anolher, caIlcd ,he Le"iles

e~mp.

1'h: Greeks had

-alf~

their camps, (ortified withgate3

aod ditches. 'fhe Lacedemoniaos made their cJmp

of. round

fi~ure,

]" ol.ing "poo that as the mon pcr-·

fe,q anddefeolible ef aOi' form: \\'eare oot, hOlVeltr,

to imagioe, that they thought this form fo eITcmia l

10

a camp, as oeve, tO be tii(pe"rd ",ilh , heo lhe

circumflance of the

pl.ee

requir

ti

it. Of the rdl of

the Grecrnn call1ps, it may be ob(ened, th. t ,he

rn~il

I'aliam of Ihe roldiers \Vere pl.ced at the cxtremilles,

the r n

in

t!te UlidJle. Tlrus II'r

Ic.

m from 11en'< r,

t.h

t