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A M

Ih!t Achilles an,1Ajax were poned at the ends of Ihe

e, mp

h~fore

Tro)', as bulwarks

0 0

caeh fiJe oí lbe

rell of lhe prince5 ,

Th~

e,:mps 0f Ibe Roman, were general!)' of an

ex–

a<'l fqn,rc lorm. ur elf, ublong ; lho!1gh lhis, wilhout

doubt, was oflen ilecommodd l,d to ¡ile lilll:lli¡,n of li,e

,,1.1ce,

Tbe¡

w~re

always fonificd , ana

a

~ay

cxa{t

difcipline m,inlJincJ in

til~lIl,

in old.,.

lO

prtrcnt h:r–

prifcs frum Ihe el",my,

CA MP i, alfo

u

f,,1 , by lhe Siamefe, and fome

otll~r

na–

tions io the

E

IruJies,

~s

Ihe name of the "uaners

whieh lh'ey aflibo

10

the Í0reigncrs who come

ro

trade

with them.

In thefe camps; every nation forms, as it were, a

panicular towo, where Ihey can y

00

all lheir traae,

OOt ooly I:eeping

,11

Ihei .. warc·nordes ,od Ihops there,

out alfo lire in ¡hefe ca;ups ",ilh their wholc tiunilies,

Thc

¡::urore~ns,

howevcr,

~rt

fo far iodulgcd, t""t at

Gi,m, aod almo!! everv where dfe, they may live ei–

ther in the eities or fuburb!, . s lhey Ihall judgc mol!

eoarenient.

Ci\MP.~GN.'i,

io

geograp~y,

See

C,I"p.~Nr ,

\.

C.1~IPAlGN,

in lhe an of

\\'dr,

denoles lhe

fpl.ee

of

lime thal ao army

k ~eps

the ficld. or is iocallJ!,ed, in

oppeliti!>n

10

qnartln,

CA~'I PANB, ~

eil)' of the hililcr

rrioeip~te

in the kiog–

dom

oi

Napies,

~ttlated

"bu:tl tI,irrl'-:il'e miles foutl,–

eaíl of the Cil)' of Naples :

E,

ioog.

15°

30',

N. lat.

4° 45',

CHtPAS lA , or CAMPAGNA Dr

RO~tA,

a

prol'ioee of

th~

pope's twilories in ¡Ialy, ehlcnding from the city

of ](o1lte fuul h·eali, as far as I:le frontiers of Ihe king–

clom

of Nap:es .

C.iSPAr IFORM, Or C.H'PANULA TED, an appella–

tioo gireo 10 60l\ers refer;;bling a bell.

CAW'AN1:-:I,

a

"Jme giren

10

a marble of Haly,' dug

out

oi

the mouolains of Carrara, becaufe wheo it is

work~d

it

rlfouo~¡

like a bdl.

C,~~IP!;;>.JC

LA, or l:!

I.LL-

l LOWER. io bOI,ny, a geous

01 the pcntaodria Illooog)'oia e1ars.

'rhe eorolla is

campaoiformor bdl-r1a¡ed, tire bntlOl:l of which is clo–

f,d Wilh fire VJlvulo:is ncélari,r; lhe ¡¡igllla is trifid;

aod the capfrde is Gtlow ll,e Ilo-.v..., aod opeos at the

fiJ~I ,

There are forry-ooe

freci~s

01'

car,¡paoula, only

nine of which are oatives of Brilaio,

viz

rlw

rotundi–

f"li.l. or Irlla rouod·leril ed bdl OOl'lel'; tite Inlula, or

fidd bell-Aower ; the uoil"'rd, or mouotaio bell·flnwer;

lhe rapuoeelus, or rarnpiútls ; the Jatifoli"

or giaot

tI'I'Oal-WOrr ; the tracheluo" great lltro:It'lVolI, orCan–

tcrbury bell$; and the clomerata, Id er throat-won,

or

C~nterhury-bdk

CAMPP.ELL-TOVVN, a

parli,m~nt

10lVn of Argyle–

O,ire io Scod,od,

r.tuat~

I on Ihe eanero OlOre of

Kintir~,

about ten mib IVd! of the iflatlJ of :l.rrao :

\'/.Ion~.

SO 10',

.J.

lar.

55°

3~"

C.1i.IPJ)!:.;-{, " tl"trl:et-lowo in Glouee!!erOli re, abont

(ighteeo mill's oorril-eart of

C;lou~dlcr:

W,lsng,

1"

¡O', ,"d

~.I,t.

p 0 .

C.\MP~A C [JY,

or CAMPECHY, a towo of

lh~

pro–

I

ir,ce of

Jue~tan,

00

lhe bay or gulr

01

Mo:i

o:

W.

long.

Y3 ",

.

In ,

19°.

'5

e

A M

CA'HEACH Y' WOOD,

io botan)'.

See

Il n:~1ATo-

x

Yl.tJM.

CA~H'EN,

a pon·towo, in the provioe of Orerylfcl,

io the united Nethtr laods, oca. the moulh of the ri–

v'~r

IIr.:I,

~bout

fort Y-lWO miles oonh·eatl of Am–

Ilerdam:

E,

long,

40"

aod N, lat.

12° 35',

CAM I'HOR, or CHIPHI RF., a folid concrcte juiee

eXlra,qed froOl the wood and ,oots of the laurus cam–

I'ho,a, which grolVs in Japan, T he camphor is ex–

traélcd in the faOle way by which we extraél

elf~otiai

oi ls, As it firel fublirnes fmm the wooa, ir appears

brownilh, compofed of femipellueia gra ios mixed with

dir¡,

lo th:s

!lare

it is exponed by the Dmch, aod

pnrifi~d

by a fecood fublimation; after which it is re–

duc~d

10

loaves, prooaoly

hy

fufioo io cloft l'eITe!s,

aod in this form it is fold to us.

Pure eamphor js

rery white, pellncid. fomewha t unéluous tOthe lonch ;

of a billerifh , aromali:, aerid lafle, yet accompaoied

with a feofe of

coob~fs ,

II has a fr"gratlt fmell ,

fomew¡'~t

like that of mfemary. bU I rnuch ftrooger,

It

is totally volati le,od inllamOt.,hle ; folublc io vinous

fpirils , oi ls, aod rnioc;al acids

i

bm oot io IValer, al–

kalioe liGuors, or the vegelahle aeids. CalOphor

is

eH~eOlcd

one of the mol! ellicaci0us Jiaphorcrics, and

has long be:o celebrated in

f~r'frS,

maligoant

~nd

epi–

demic:.!

di~lmpers.

la deliri,l,

II'I:er~

opiates fail of

proeuriog Ocep, ¡his medicine freGueotly fneceeJs,

Arli,licilll

C.\IoIPHOR

js preparcd with gUOt.f:rndarach

aud

II'hite I'rnegar diflillea, kept tll'eol)' dal's io horfe–

duog, and afterrvards expofed a month to lhc fuo

10

dry. at the eod of which the eamphor is fouod io

formof the cruf! of

~

white loaf.

This is alfo called

juoiper-gum, and maine:

CAMPftOR- TREE,

See LAURUS.

CAJ\l PHORATA, io botany.

See POLY CNEMUM.

C'\.f;IPION', io botaoy, See LY CIINtS .

CA~I POIDES,

in hotany, See SCOI\ P' u,us.

CM IPREDON, a tOlln of Catalooia, io Spain, abollt

f¡fty mi les oonh of

Barcclon~:

E,

loag,

2°,

aod

N•.

lal ,

4~"

:0',

CAMPUS

MA' I,

in ancient CUflO:llS, ao aooi'le,fary af–

fembly of our aocellors helJ

00

May-dal', whto Ihey

coofederalcd together fur defeoce of lhe kingJotll

;r–

r..linH all its enemies,

CA " PUS

~t HT l U3,

,mong the Romao" a field, bj' llte

fid~

of lhe Tiber, wltere the youll! exercifed lh<m–

fdrcs io

w~r1ike

eXfrei b ,

lt

\Vas lo

c"lI~d.

on ac–

etttlOl of a temple ¡har nood

00

it, confeeraterl

10

the

goJ

Mars ,

The coufttls Bruttts aod ColI,tiotts

l1l:lde

ir

,I

le place for holding tbe comitia·or alírmhlies of

the people, and io afler-times ir was adoroled IVitlr

a

great

Gu~otity

of fioe

llames.

~A!l I US,

a

p~rfon

Wilh

a

low n:lt nofe, holloll'eJ in

the middle.

The Tartars

ar~

great adorirers of c;;mu! beamies.

RI~bru9tti3

o¡,ftrl'cs, titat the wifc of lite grc;.t Jcn-,

¡:hrs h,IO, a cde!Jtaterl beatlt)', l,ad only tlVO holes

for

a

oofe,

C:\ N, itt the fca- Iaoguage, as can-pllmp, a reITcI. whne–

\Vith feameo pe>!rr water ioto the pttmp lO Olake it

go,

CAN-UUO

y

I

a

larg~r

fize ofbuoy, l.r,d to dilCol'er

J"tl–

gc:rou:¡