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The el'phas, is a

~ind

of elk, with cylin":icJI

ramificJ horns, bcnt l>:!ek w. rds.

IS• Ilatll eof the

northern pans of Europe , nti Afia.

4. The r.lrandlls. 01" rein·deer, is a

nari,·~

of Lap.

land, anu the

nonh~rn

paltS of Europc, Alia, .nti A–

merica. T he horns are large, eylllldrie,I, blanehcJ,

and palmat,d ar the rups. 1"wo of Ihc ur.nches hln!:

over the face.

is about the liu

ot".

a buek, of a

dlfty whi rilh eolnur; rhe hdir, of his Ikin ue thiek

aod (!rong. Th& anim,ls are of grm ufe to rhe

Laplandm; they feed IIpon thei r ReOl; thcyemrloy

rheir fióews in feIVing the b03 rds of fledges

logerh~r,

. nd their mil

,(fords them gnod eheele: Thcy .l,ke.

wif~

make garments of their O,ins. The rein·deer

are aklys emrloyed in dlalVing fledges along the

fnoll'y mounUlns, where horb eannot travd. In

bl.uen rrack, dll·y IVill dl"dg • fl,dge I\\enly-five

miles a day. When rhe animal is tireJ, his maHer

loofes himfromthe fl edgc, . nd ·he immedi.,tcly fCllFes

the foow from the g, ounJ wi:h his feet, and forals

upon a fpeeies of liver.won, ealled

rein·~eer

li"er–

wort, whieh is very plcotiful in thefe eountries. This

is the only nouri!hment they req,:ire.

The dam., or uuck anti doe, a lI'ell known ani–

mal, kept tame in parks; rhe horos are braoched, eom·

prdfed, aod r,lmared ar· the topo

is a native of Eu–

rope. Their Ildh, which goes by rhe Dameof venifon,

is in

hi~h

repute with the lux.rious. See Plate LXlI.1.

6. The capreolus, has ereél, eylindrieal, branched

horns, and forked at the topo

is called by (ome

authors rhe

Br~Glian

goar, aod is a native of Europe

and Afia.

7. The Gnineenfis, is of a greyi(h colour, and

blaek undcrneath.

is a·narive of Guinea. and the

he and figure of its horns have nor beeo hirheno

de(eribed wilh any pncifion.

Cnvus

volanl,

in zoology, a

fynonime.of

a fpecies of

lueanlls. See LUCANUS .

CESARE, among logicians, one of the moces o( the

feeond figure of fyllogifms; rhe minor propofirion of

which is ao un,verf,1 aflirmative, and rhe orher.two

uni.erral

r\cg~tives:

Thus,

CE No immoral uooks ought ro be read :

BUI every ob(eene book is immoral :

Therefore

obfeene book oughr tObe read.

CESSIO

bonorum,

in SeolS law. The name of that

aélion by whieh an infolvenr debtor may-apply for li–

bmrion (rom prifon, uponmaking over his whole real

and per(onal enare to his credilO,.,. See Seo

LAW,

rirle,

Sen/Meel

ond

thdr t.uutiM.

CESTR:UM, in boraoy, a geous of rhe penrandria

010-

nogynia cla(s.. The eoroll. is tunoel·(h'red; .and d;t.

berry is unilocular. There are uvo fpeeies, borh

Da·

tivcs of America.

GESTUS, among aneienr poel'l a fine embroidered gir–

die (,id ro· be woro by Veons, tO whieh Homer

a(eribes.rhe facuhy of eharming and coneiliating love.

CETACEOUS, ao appellation givcn tO filhes ohhe

whale k:nd.

CETE, the name of Linna:us's feventh order uf mam–

malia, cornpflhending the MONODON, BALlENA, .

PH I"SETLR,

and DELPHINUS; fee rhe(c anides.

CETERACH. in borany, rhe trivial naOle of a fpeeies

ofa(plenillm. Scc ASPLENruM.

CETTE, a pon·town o( Languedoe, in Franee, fir ua–

t.d on

b.y

thóMediterranc.IO

, in E.long.

16',

and

lal.

43°

25'-

CETUS, in an rooomy, a connellation of the fourhem

hemi(phere, comprehcnding twcnry-two

11m

in PIOle–

my's cat. I"Ruc, twenty·one in Tyeho's, and in .the

BritaOAic e.'talogue fereory-eighr.

CEU

I"A,

a ciry of the kingdom of Fez, in Arrica,

fi.

naared on the fou rh {¡de of rhe nreights of Gibraltar,

almon oppo(ite ro it:

long. 6°

30',

and N. lal.

35° 50'.

rtrong

fortr~fs,

in the polfeJlion of

rhe Spaniards.

CE YLON . an ifland in the Indian oeean, fitltared ue–

rW<en 78 ° ,nd 82° E. loog. and betw"en 6° and tOO

N. lat.

is aboUl uvo hundrtd and Ij(ry miles long,

and twO hunJred broad. The Duteh, "ho are in

po(fdlion of all the (ea-eoan, monopolize.1I rhe ein–

namon produced in the ifland, rhe king bcing obJiged

k~ep

in rhe centre of rhe i!l,nd, in his capital of

Candy.

CII ABLAIS, a eountry of Savo)', with the ritle of

dllehy.

CIHCO, a large eOllntry of South Ameriea, fituated be–

rIVeen

t9°

and 27 °

lal.

CHjEROPH YLLUM, or CHERVIL, in borany, a" e–

DUSof rhe peorandria digynia cla(s . The

involucr~m

is cooeave and reReéled ; the perals are cordated ; and

tbe fruir is·fmoorh and oblong. The fpecies are (e–

ven, only twO of which are narives of Arilain,

viz.

the fylvel!re, or wild cieely, Or cow.weed; and the

rumulum. or wild cher..il. The leaves of the ehervil

are.gentlyaperient ano diurcrie, and

the f. me time

grateflll to the palare and (Iomach.

CHJETODON, in iehthyology, a gen\lS of fi(hes be–

longing tO the. order of. rhoraei. The teeth are \"ery

nU01erous, thiek, fetaceous, and flexile: The rays of

the gills are lix. The baek-fin ,nd rhe fin ar the a'

nus are flc(hy and (quaOlous. There are twenry.three

(peeies, di(linguiOteJ · fro01 each· other prineipally by

rhe figure of the rail, and rhe number of (pines in the

back·fin~

CHAFF-FINGH, in ornithology, the Engli(h name of

a fpecies of frincilla. See fR,NGILLA.

CHtl.GRE, a fon at rhe momh of a river o( rhe fa me

name, a little fOllth of Porto Bello: W. long. 820,

and N, lar: 9°

50'.

GHAIN, a long pieee of metal eompo(ed of

(em~llioks

or rings, engaged rhe "One in the other. They.are

made of divers metals, (ome round, fome fl at, others

fquare; (oOle fihgle, .fome double; and ferve ro (o

many u(es, rh. t ir would be.tedious tOgive a pmicu–

lar aceount of them all.

eH A I

alfo a kiod of meafure in Franee, in rhe trade

of wood for fuel : Thcre are chains for wood by rale,

for wood by rhe rape, for faggors, (or c1efr wood, am!–

for round (Iicks.

Th~re

are al(o ehains O1ea(uring rhe

(heaves of all (ons

-ot

coro, panieularly with regard

paY!1leDt of rytbes; for meafuring poule. of

hay.