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pans frJm

h~r

hlllbanJ, and co;'.,bill wilh an aduhe·

re¡ ;

in whieh c.(e Ihe hulband is nol obligeJ

aJlow

I'er any alimor.y out of his eflate, nor is hechargeable

for necel!:,ri,s Ivr her of any

km,!.

ELOPS, in ichlhyulogy. a genus of

th~

order of abdo·

minales. The head is (mooth, anú the teeth are ill

Ihe margio of the jaws antl the pJJ.m; thm are thir·

Iy ¡ay, in the

branchiofl~ge

membrane. There is bu¡

one

f~ecies,

vi:.

the faHus , with a túl armed both

above ann belolV.

is a DJtive of Carolina.

ELOQY Ii:NCE, the art of fpeaking \Vell, fo as to affea

and perfuade. .

Cicero defines il, Ihe arl of fpeaking with copiouf.

nefs and embellilhmeot.

Eloquence and rhetoric differ from each other, as

lhe theory fromIhe praélice; rhelOric being Ihe art

which defcribes Ihe rules of eloquence, and eloquence

lhal

which ufes IhemtOadvantage.

EbSlNORE, a port·town of Denmark, about IIVenty·

tlVOmiles north of Copenhagen, antl fi tllaled on the

Sound or the entrance iOlo the Baltic fea.

ELVAS, a eity and biOlOp'S fee of Alentejo, in Portu·

gal, fituated near the frootiers of Spanilh Ellremadu·

ra :

long.

3S',

aotl N. Iat.

38°

is ooe of the flrongell fortre(fes in Portugal.

ELUL, in

anci~nt

chronology, the tlVelfth month of the

Jewilh civil year, aod the Gxth of the eccleGallical:

it con@ed of only tweOlv·nine days, antl an(wereg

preuy nearly to our AlIgull.

ELUTR[ATION, the (eparating the lighter maners

fromthe

mi.xt

ores of metals. by mcans of great quao·

tities of fair water. See CHEM ISTRY.

eity and'bilhop's fee of Cambridgelhire, fituate,1

abOUI

tlVelV~

mlles n?rth of Cambridge: E. long.

15',

and N. lat.

52°

is a county of it(elf,

includin~

the territorya.

round, and has

judge who determines aJl eaufes

civil and criminal wilhin its limits.

ELYMUS , in botany, a geous of lhe tmandria digyoia

clafs. -The involuerum conGrls uf two leaves; and

th~

fpicuhr are double. There are eight (pecies, only one

of whieh,

viz.

the arenarius, or fca Iyme.gra(s, is ana·

tive óf Britain.

ELYSIUM, or ELYSI.\N

FlnDS,

in heathen mytho.

logy, certain plaios abounding with IVoods, fountaios,

verdure, and tvery dclightful objeé!; fuppofed to be

Ihe habitation of heroes and good

m~n

after death.

According to (ome, the fableof ElyGum is of PhlE'

nician extra:!ion, or r' ther

found~d

upon lhe aeeouot

of pmdife delivercd in the Scriptures.

ELYTROIDES, or VAGtNALES, in anatomy. See

Vol

270.

EMANA'OON, the aa of flowiog or

proc~cdiog

from

fome (auTce or origin; or, the tlling that proceeds from

that naion.

EMANCIPATION, in tlle Roman la\\', lhe fetting free

a (on fn,m the (ubjeélioo of his (ather; (o that

wh.lI

ev~r

muve.bles he aequires belong in property tOhim,

2nd not to his fathr.r .s before emancipation.

Emancipation puts the fuo in e.'pacity of maoagiog

his own alfairs, and of mmying wit:lOut his fathds

J~1

cou(ent. thollgh a miour. .Emaocip¡t;nn Jiúw from

nldoumil»o<l, as the l.,tter

\\':.5

tl,e .él of a maOer

favotlr of a O.,re,

\¡

hueas the

form~r

\v' s

th.t of afa·

ther in fal'nu r uf his (oo.

Therc \Vere two kin,ls of emaoeip2tioo; theoneta·

eit, whieh IVas by the (0ns ucing prúnloted ta fome

dig;,il), by hls comini: of age, or by his rr.arryiog,

all wlll.h Cafes he br.came hi, own m!ler of courle.

The other, exprefs;

wh~, e

the (ather declared be·

fore a juJge, that he emanciparcd his (oo. [o pero

forming th,!, lhe father was Grll tu

(.11

his (on imagi·

narily tO another, IVhom they caJled

pal"

fiduáari."

father in trun, of whom beiog oought hack

ag.lO

lhe naturJI father, he manumined him before the

judge by a Yerbal declarat:on.

Emancipation Ilill obtains in Fr20ee with regud to

minors or pupils, who are hereby fet at

lib~rty

mI'

oage their oIVn effeíls, without theadvice or direétioo

of their partnts or tutors.

EMARGINATED, amongn botanins. See Vol.

p. 64

0 .

EIIIASCULAT[ON, the aél of eaflrating or depriviog

a male of thofe

pans

which charaíleri(e his (ex. See

CASTRAT ION.

EMBALMING, is the opening a dead boJy, takiog

OUt the inteflines, and filli ng the place with od?"fer.

ous anu deGeCatire drugs and fpices, tOprerent.1IS pu·

trifYlOg

The Egyptians exeelled all other nauons

the al t of pre(crviog hodies fromcorruption ; forfome

that they have embalmed upwards of IWO thoufand

years ago, remain wholc to this day, aod are ofte.n

brought ioto other eountries as great cUliofities. The,r

maon~r

of embalming lI'as thus I

t!tey

(cooped.out the

brains \Vith 'n iron (coop, out at the noll"ls, aod

th!'ew in me¿icaments to Gil up the vacuum: they al·

(o took out tne entrails, and, haririg fiHed the

b~dr

\Vith myrrh, eaflia, and other (pices. except .frank,,:

een:e, proper to dr)'

the I:umours, thry plckJcd It

in nitre, where it lay (o,kiog for fm nty

da~s.

The

body was then wrapped

<lp

in bandages uf IlOe hnen

and gums,

make it flick I;ke gluc, and. fo .was d.e–

livered to the kindred of the decca(ed, enme tO aH!ts

features, the very h:lÍrs of the eye.lids

b~ing

prerer.

ved. They ufeJ to keep the bodics of the,r anceflor3,

thus embalmed, in little

hou(~s

magoiliceotlyadoroed,

and took grcat pleafure io beholdiog thcm , aleve as !t

IVere, without any ehange in their file, features: or

eomplexion. The Egyptians al(o embalmed birds,

Óc.

The prices for embalming \Vere

differ~nr ; t~e

highefl

IV.IS

talent, the next t\Venty mina:, and

deereaGng to a very fmall mamr: but they who had

not wherewithal tOan(IVcr this expencc,

cont~nte,

them(elves with in(uGng, by means of a ryringe, thro

thefundament, a eertain liquor exuaéled froOl

t~~C~·

tlar, and learing il there

wrapp~d

<lp

the. bodr

;

of nitre: the oil thus preyed upon the InteOlo es ,

that whcn they tc\ok it out, lhe inteOines came

aw~y

with it, dried, and not in the lean putrified: the bo.

being inclofed in nitre, grelV dry, and nothing reman;–

bcGdcs the O(ill glucd upon the boncs.

E:,W,-¡RGO, in CClIlInetee, in arreU on nlir s, bor

md'~'

c an ue,