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A R

A It

TltC

c~rli, ili,'s

Jl1d~h

arc cer.mlly reckoned

f~ur;

Ihe li,"rth .nd

I~II

,,1'

",hich fdl in Ihe ycar

01'

Ihe ",,,rld

undrr Zedektah ; Hnd from Ihis pe–

nad bcgins Ihc 1e,'cnlYye,m CJpli,'il)', forelold oy Jc–

remi.•h.

Since Ihe deflru,qion al' Ihe lemple by Ihe Romans,

Ihe Hebrews bo,l!, Iha! Ihey ho,'e alw.)'s h,d Iheir

heads, al' particular princes, II'hom Ihey call prioces

of Ihe c.plivil)', in Ihe eall anJ well. The princes of

Ihe caplivilY in Ihe eall governed Ihe Jell's II'ho dIVdt

al Ildh)'lon, in Chaldea, Alfyria, and Perr,.; and

the prince of Ihe capti,'ilY in the well govcroed Ihore

who d\Velt in Judea, Eg)'pI, Itoly, and in olher parlS

of the Roman empire. He who rer,ded in Jud:ea,

took uphis abode eommonlyat Tioerias, and afi'uroed

Ihe title al' Rorchabboth, head of the fathers 01' pa–

triarehs. He prer,dcd in alfcmblies, decided in eafes

01' cor.reience, levied taxes for Ihe cXj,ences of his vi–

lils, and had ollicers under him, ",ha IVere difpalcbed

thrnugh the prol'inces, for Ihe execution of his orders,

As 10 the pnnccs al' Ihe caplil'it)' of Habylon, 01' the

eall, lI'e know neilber Ihe original nor fuccenion of

them: it appears only, thal they IVere not in being

befnre the end al' Ihe (econd ecmury,

CAPTURE r,gnifies, pmicubrly, pl izes taken by pri–

V<leers in lime of IVar.

CAPUA, acit)' of Ihe provincc of Lavara, io the king–

dom al' Napb, fitualed on the river Volturno, about

Hleen nulcs nonh·\\en of Ihe city 01' Naples: E. long.

S· ,

and N. lat.

4'·

20'.

is Ihe fee al' an archbiJhop.

CAPyCHlNS, io the church 01' Rome. See FRAN'

C'SCASS.

CAPUT

morl tltllll,

in chemiflr)', that thiek dry matter

whieh rcmains afler dillillation al' any thing, out of

m'nm ls erpeeially. .

CAPY-lltlRtI, in zoology. See Sl'5.

CARAl:llNE, a fire·arm, fhorter than a mulket, ear–

r.ying a ball al' tIVenty.follr in Ihe pound, borne by the

hghl·horfe, h?nging al a bell o,'er Ihe lefl fhoulJer.

. The barrel is two feel and a hall' long, and is fome–

times furrowed fpirally wilhin, whieh is faid tO add tO

the range of the pieee.

CARAIHNEERS, or CARA8 INIERS , regimcnts of

light

h~rfe,

carrying longer earabioes Ihan Ihe ren,

aod 'JreOfomelimes on foot.

C:\RABUS, in

zo~l()gy, ~

genus of infeéls belooging to

Ihe order al' infeHa cnlcoptera. The fcders are

brinly ; Ihe breall is fhaped like a heart, and marei–

oaltd

and Ihe elytra are likewife marginmd. Thcrc

are

fpecies 01' Ihis genus, moflly dillincuifhed by

Iheir eol""r

CARACATY', a large country in lhe nOllh al' Ar,a,

eXlending from tht wall of China

Ihe aneíenl Mo–

~olillan.

CAR ACOL, in Ihe

mcn~ge.

the hall' lurn whieh a horre·

mao makes, eillter

Ihe ,ight or left.

In Ihe army, the hOlfe always OIake a earae"l afler

'ael, difcharge, in oHlcr tO rafs 10 Ihe rcar al' Ihe

j'!"~dron.

VOL .

!l.

No.

31.

CA ueot , in archilcélurc, der.oles a nair-eaCe in a héliK

(¡11t,,1

(film.

C.~RtlCU Ll,

a kind of metal, al' ",hich the C'aribbces.

or oalives 01' the Lener ilOJilles, m ..ke a

1"'11

of oroa–

menl in Ihe farOl al' a crefeenl, wllleh Ihey alfo e,11I

earaeoli .

T lm metal comes from Ihe

m~in

land;

~nd th~

eommon opioion is, Ji"" il is a compound of r,h'er,

corper, and gold ,

romcJitin~

likc the Cori O/hJ3n bra{s

among the ancienls. Thde mm ls are fa ¡terfeélly

mixed and ineorporated togethcr, Ihat the eompounc!

whieh rerulls from them, it is faid, has

colour Iha!

never allers, hall' long foel'er il remair,s in the fea, or

under ground.

is {omethiog brinle, and lhey who

work at it, are obliged tO mi x a

Ia.ge

proponían of

gold wilh il, 10 make the eompound more to\!gh and

malleahle.

CARACT, CAUT, 01' CURAT, the oame of

t~at

weight wh ch exprelfcs thedtgree of finenefs that golJ

is oi.

The mint·maller, 01' euflom, ha"e r,xed Ihe purily

al' gold at

earaéls; Ihough il is not poiT,ble 1'0 tO

purifyand refineIbt metal. but il wíll IVaOJ ftill about

one founh pall 01' a (Jrdél in abfolu,e purity and per–

feétinn. Tbc

e1.r~él

isdividd

intO ~,

T~'

and

I~'

Thde degrees fefl'e 10 dilbngllilh tite ¡;ream or lelfer

quanlity of alloy Ihmin conta,n, d; fel

i~:!anee,

golJ

al'

ear"qs, is

tlt.lt

IVhich has IIVO plnSal' lilver, or

01' any other n:elal, anel

al'

fin~

gold.

CARACT

is alfo J eemin

w<,~ht

",j,..

h b"ldrmitos and

jewelers ufe whtrewith tO weigh preeio"s r.OClS

~nd

pcarls.

This earatl weighs four grains, bet

f~me:lting

lighl–

el' Ihan the gr"ins al' ollter wei&hls. Each al' Ihefe

grains is Cubdivided into

T' l'

T',.

&c.

CAR.H; ltoUTH, in comnteree. a {ilver-coi n of Ihe

empire, weighing niné draehOls.

gocs at Connan–

linople for t

a(pers. There are fou r {orlS

tltem,

whieh areall equally eurrenl, and (11' Ihe rdOle I'alut.

CAlt AGUATtI, in botdnv. S,e T, LLASD IIA.

CAlt AlTES, in tite eccltr,allical Itillory al' Ihe Jell's,

a rehg'ous feél amoog

tll.lt

pcople, ",ha adhtre clof.! y

to Ihe text and lener of the

IC,

iplUres, rejedlOg ,he

ralblOiell interprmlions, and Ihe eabbala. The Ca–

raites pars for Ihe mon Im ned of the

.I ~",in,

dollors ;

Iheyare chiefly 10 be mel with in Poland,

~I urco.y,

and Ihe eal! : Ihey are bm fewin eomparilon al' Ihe

bllll: of Jite Je"'s, "ha are of the

party

01' tite rabbins :

Ihe lamr Itave fa great an averr,on for dte "r.iles,

that Ihey wi ll have no alli,IOce, nOr e,'cn eonl'a r. uII"

\Vitlt theOl : Ihey 1« :1t them as baflares ; lnJ ir

ca–

raite IVould turo raooini!!, Ihe other Jell'$ 1I'0uld not

rc¡;ti"e him.

CARA~t'1:-¡ lA.

a proyinee of

~atoliA ,

io Ar,a, r,IU–

oted on Ihc McdilCllanean CeIl, oppu'ilc

lite

in.nJ

uf Cyprus.

CAHAMAN ICO, alarge II'cll.penplcd tOlVnof tbe king–

domof

N.tpl~s.

in lite hídter Abruzzo.

C.\!l.'\~l A

TA,

Ihe name

01'

a plov,nee 0f 501l11t

"""'iCd,

ourdcr~d

lhe

nurth by 111: Jill ,i,q 01'

Cu-

tlt,su,. ;