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tha~eM ;

on the

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hy NewGrenada; and on the

foUth

an~

\Vd, hy ¡'''payan.

C.\R,' ''H rA.S

í"

th~

name of Ihe capital of Ihat pro·

"inú'. !i::totcd in

1°

IS'

!.tt.

C:IR

IN>J '1,

a reCnous fubll.toee broughl from New

Spain in11Ide manes rollcd

le.lV

<> uf flags.

rm ly kepl in Ik fhúps, and IS reje/leo by the cata·

lo~ue

of tbe LonJon eollege, Ihough it is nill rm ined

in ¡he

Edinbul ~h.

CAR .~PO,

in ichthyology. lhe Irivial name of a fpeeios

of gvmnolUs. See GntNOTus.

CAR:\VAN,

CAR AVANNE in lhe eafi, fignifies

eompany or :tlTemblyof Iravellers and pilgrims, and

more partieularly

merehanls, who, for lheir grealer

fceurilY, and in order 10 aOin eaeh other, mareh io a

body through the drfam, and olher dangcrous places,

hiehare inl'cfied \Vith Arabs or robbers.

There is a ehier, or aga, \Vho eommaods tbe cara·

\'aO, aod isatteoded by a emaio

nt1mb~r

of janizaries,

orolher militi., aeeordiog10therouOlries fromwheoee

lhe caravaos fet

Out ;

whieh oumber of folJiers mufi

be fullieient tOoefeod themand eondull Ihem \Vilh

fafelY10 Ihe pl.ees for \Vhieh they are defigned, and

00 aoayappointed. Theearavaneoemopsevery eveo–

iog oear fueh wells or

broo~s,

as Iheir guides are ae–

quaioted wilh ; aod Ihere is

firi.'! dife.pline obfmed

~ pon

lhis oecalioo, asioarmies intime of wal'. Their

b,afls of burdeo are partlyhorfes, but mofi eommooly

came!s, who are capable of uodergoing a very great

f'ligue.

CAR.WANSERA, or KAR AVANSERA, a place ap–

poioted for r<eeiviog aod loadiog lhe cam aos.

is eommool)' a large fquare builoing, in the mido

die of which Ihere is a veryfpaeions coun ; .lId undcr

,he _rehes or pinzas thal fu rround it there ruos a

b.ok,

raifed fome

above lhe grouod, where Ihe

merehaols, and thofe who lravel wilh themin aoy

ca·

paeil)', lake uplheir lodgiogs aswell as they can; th,

bean s of burden being lied 10 lhe fOOl of the baok.

Oler the gales, lhal lead imo Ihe court, there are

fomelimes Jiule rooms, whieh lhe keepcrs of Ihe cara–

'·. oferas let OUl at a ver)' high priee

fueh as have a

mind 10 bt private.

The earavanferas in the eafi

are

fomething io the

nature of lhe ioos io Europe, oolylhal you meet with

hale aeeommodation either for Olao or bcan, bUl are

úbliged lOcarry almon every miog \Vilh you: there is

ncv" a eHavaofera Wilhoul a well, or fprior. of water.

Thefe buildiogl arechieflyowing 10 the ehariry of lhe

Mahometaos; lhey are eneemed fm ed dwelliogs,

whm il is oot permitt d

iofuh any perfon, or tO

pdlage aoy of Ihe errells th.t are depofited lhere.

Th<:yeven carry their prccautions fo far, a9 oot to

fuffcr any mao Vlho is no:

mMt i~d

to lodge lhere ;

b,!cau:<they

~re

of o?;oioo, tI" r a mao who has no

lV.k

is mo.e

d.tOgel'on~

than aoolher.

CARAVA;\

ii~R .-\SKIER,

Ihe fleward, or keeper of

CiLrd,\'ar.f. ra.

He heps an aeeoumof all the mcrchaodifes that

ll'

fole uF0r. !l ufi, aod

d~maoos

the payments of lhe

A R

(nms

uu~

10 Ihe merehanls for what has bcen fold in

lhe

eJf."dnf~ra,

00 Ihe feller's

I" ylllg

lWO

/'u "nI.

C '\R.~ WA Y,

inbotany. Sec CHUMo

CAIUJUNCLE, io luttlr." hiHory,

veryclegant geOl ,

who(e erlonr is Jeepred, wilhnn aJntiXlnreof fcarlel.

This

W'OI

WaS h own among lhe ancieots by the

oame of .lllthrax.

is ufnally fouod pure aod

f.uJ¡

lefs, and is of the fame degree of hardncfs with lhe

farphire : it is nalnrally of ao aogular figure, and is

fauno a¿l,eriog, by its bafe, tO

he:lvy amI fmugine–

ous nune uf the cmel'y kino : its ufu.1 fize is ocar

quam rof an inch io kogth, and tlVO Ihirds of that io

dianteler io irs thickdl p.trts : when hcld up agninll

lhe fun, ils IUfes its decp tioge, and becomes exaétly

of the eolour of a bUflling dureual, wheoce the pro·

priely of lhe oame which the aneients gave il.

bcars Ihe [¡re unJl lered, nOl parting wilh its colour,

oor beeoming al all the Pdler by it.

is onll' fonod

in the Eall Intlies, fo far as is yel kOOlVO, aoo there

but veryrarely.

CARBUNC LE, or ANT HRA x, in furgery, ao ion.tmma·

tioo whieh arifes, in lime of the plague, lVilh a veficle

orob!;!ler almofl like thofe produeed by burniog.

C" SUNC LE , io herahlry, a charge or bearing, eonfifi

ing of eighl radii, four whereof makcaeontmoo crofs,

and Ihe olher four

fahier.

Somc eall Ihefe radii bunons, or llares, beeaufc

rouod, and eoriched \Vilh bultoos, or pearled

li~e

pilgtims fiaves, and frequently tippecl or t<rmioated

with flolVer·de·luees ; othm blazoo them, royal fcep–

tres, plaeed io faltier, paJe aod felTe.

CARCH ~ RIAS,

io iehlhyology. See S<lU ;\L us.

CARCASSE, or CHCUSS, in lhe

art

of lVar, ao iron·

eaf., or hollolV eapaeity, aboul the bigoefsof a bomb,

of an O\'al figure, made of ribs of iroo, filled with

combunible maners, as meal·powder, fahpetre, fui·

phur, brokeo glafs, Ihaviogs of horos, lurpentioe,

tallow,

&c. ;

Ihe defignof il is

be lhrown out of

mortar

fet houfes 00 fi re, aod do olher exeeulioo.

has tlVO or three apenures through whieh Ihe 6re

is to bl..ze.

CARCASSONE, a tOIVOof Languedoe, io Franee, fi–

tuated on Ihe river Ande, aboul tlVeoly.five miles wefi

of Narboooe: E. loog. 2°, aod N. Iat. 43° 20'.

is a bintop's fee.

CARCERES, io the aoeient Cireeofiao games, \Vere

inclofures, in the cireus, wherein Ihe horfes were re–

Hrained till the fignal lVas gil'eof0r Ilarting, IVheo, by

ao admirable eontrivaoee, Ihey all at once lIew opeo.

CARCINOMA. See CANKfiR .

CARO, amoog artifieers, an iofirumeot eonfiniog of a

block of 1V00d, befet wilh fharp teelh, ferviog tOaro

range the hairs of wool,

Rax,

heOlp, aod the like :

there are difftrent kiods of lheOl, as haod.eards, Iloek–

eards,

&c.

CAROS, among gameners, linle piem of fi oe thb

paneboard of an obluog figure, of fem al fizcs, but

mofi eommooly in

Eogl~nd

time ioehes aod ao half

loog, and tlVOand ao half broad, on IVhieharr paioled

fevera! poiots aod figurls.

The