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on Ihe Ih1l lh, a".1hy ~"mfi and CAnlon on Ihe foulh j
I),ing bél"'lrn ZS· ~Iltl JO" of nOlfh 1..liLUde.
liUR .~ , Ihe SANO BOX rRF.G , i" Gow,y, a genlls of
Ihe Illoll~ddl'hia d ais. Thc m31< h~s 00
e>lix j Ihe coroll., confills of (our rwls j il has einhl
IlAR,in. , . nd (our gl ,oulllar bcarded neéldria j Ihe ca·
lix and coroll., o( Ihe (em.,le are Ihe I. me as in Ihe
malej Ihea)' llls is lili(orm ; ,he 1"~n13 i, pellmd i Ihe
capfule has (our vall'es, aQd bUl one leed. TheJ'e is
oolyone (pecies, a oalive o( ~Icxico. .
HURDLES , in (ortihcatioo, Iwigs of willows or oficrs
imerwov<odofe logclher, fuaaiocd by loog ¡lakes, aod
ufually I.den wilh canh .
HU RDLES, io hufbandry, cenain frames, made eilher
o( fplillimber, or of ~azd · rod~, watled logtlher, lO
(erve for gms iDioclofures, 01' lOmake lheep.folds,
(;;c.
HURDS, or HORDs, offln, 01' bnp, lhe co"fer partS
(epAfmd in Ihe drell,ngs from lhe lear or fine Iluff.
See FLAX.
HURLE·1l0NE, ina horfe, a booe nm Ihe middlo of
,be bUltoek, very apI lo go out of ils foekels wilb a
hurt or arain.
HVRON, a van Iake of Nonh Ameriea, fi tualed be·
tlveen 84° and 89° W. long. and belween 43° and
46° N. lat. fromwheDee Ihe eountryeontiguous 10
it is ealled Ihe country of Ihe Hurons, whof< language
is (poken over a great extenl in Ihe fouthern parts of
nono America.
HURRICANE, a furious fi orm of wind, owingto a con·
nariety o( winds See WIND and WHt RLWI SD.
Hurrieanes are frlquent in lhe Weíl.indies, where
Iltey make terrible ravages, by rooling up nees, de·
ílroying houfes and fhipping, and lhe Itke.
HUSBAND, a manjoioed 01' eonuaéted wilh a woman
iDmarriage.
JIUSB .4,NDRY. See ACRtCUL TuRE .
HUSK, the oilh whal botanills eall Ihe e~lix,
occup of a AOlVer. See BnTANY, p. 636, ac.
tlUSO inieh'h)ology. SeeACetPENSF.R.
HUSSARS, a klOd of irregular cavalry armed wilh lhe
fabre and bayonet, are relained in lhe fe"iee o( 10011
pcinces or lhe continent.
They are very refolute parti(.ns, and better in ao
infafion Or hally experiition Ihan 10 a (e, batde.
JjUSSITES, lhe Mciples of John Hufs, a Hohemian,
and curale o( Ihech.pcl u( Bed,lehcm at Prague ; 11'1.0,
aboul ,he yeor t4t4, embraced .od defendtd tbe upi.
nions of Wickl,fl' o( , for which he IVas cited
before th. eoonril of Confl<"e<, and, r<fofing 10 re·
~ounce !tis fo ppeCed errors. he was condemntd 10 be
burot alire, which fentence was aeeordingly exeeuted
upon himal Confilnce.
It is <I',d. nI In whal Ihe prm nded hercfy of John
HUfs ar.n J lr~m 01 Prague, who fuIT«ed wllh him,
conlillcd, (rom lhe anfo'er they lO Ihe eoun"I,
when ,hey lI'ere aJnlontfhed 10 cr nform 'o the fentÍ
ments of the churdl: They"'Cle 101'<r!, Ih,y faid. 01
Ihe holy gofptl. and tlUCdlfclplts oi Chrill d,a, thc
chureh o( Ronte. al'd :dl olher eholches of Ihe ",,"tlri,
"me widcly depatICd froOl the aponohcal tradlli~n j
Il Y A
th.t Ihe c1ergy nn afler pb fllte5 and riehe!, lorded
il over lhe p~ople, alf,éled the hi~hcll fWI at enttr.
lainments, brcd horles and dllgs i and the revenues uf
,lre ehureh, which belongcJ 10 lhe pOOl' mcmbm of
Chrill, wereeonfumed in vanity and wAntonncfs; and
that ,he priells wereignorant o( Ihe commandmenu of
G"d, or, i( Ihey did know Ihem, raid but liltle regard
to them. T he (ollolVcrs of Hufs were alfocalled Ca·
lixlin<, T.berilcs, and Bohemianbrclhren.
HU STI, CS, aeou lI held in Guildh,1I be(ore Ihe lord–
mayor and aldt rmenof London, And reckoned Ihe fu·
prcme coun of Ihecity. Hercdeeds may be inrolled,
recoveriC! parTed, oUI·lawrics fucd OUI, .nc replevlOl
and wrrts of error det'elmined. In Ihis coun alfo il
thee1eélion o( aldermen, o( Ihe four mernbers of par.
liament (01 lhe city, Oc.
This coun is veryancienl, as appearsby Ihe lawsof
Edward Ihe Conferror.
Some o,her cilies have likelVife had a court bearing
Ihe fame name, as \Vincheller, YOlk,6e.
HUSUM, a port·lowno( Sle(wie Or fou,hJodand, (¡IU'
md onIhe German fea i fubjeél tOthe duke of Hol·
aeio Goltorp : E. long. 8° 30', N. lat. 54° 40.
HUTHERFI ELD, • markel·tOwn in the well riding
o( Yorkfhire: W. long. (°14', N. lat 53° 37'.
HU Y, a flrong towo in ,he bifhopric .( Liege, filumd
on the Mm , fixteen mIles north·call of Namur: E.
long SO(S, N. lat. 50° 3s'.
HY ~ CINTH, in botany. See HVA CI NT HU S.
HYACINTH . iD natural hillory. a geous of pellurid
gems, whofe colour is red wllh ao admixlure of ye!.
luw.
The hyacinlh, Ihough lefs llriking to Ihe eyé Ihao
any other red gems, is not wllhout its beauty in lhe
finen (peeimens. It is found o( varioos (¡us, from
that of a pin's head tOthe third of an ineh in diameter.
Like commoncryfial, il is fomeumes (oond co~mnal,
and fometimes in a pebble.(orm; and is always harden
and brightcll in Ihe latger marres.
!ts coloor is a dull or de,dtO, red, wilh an adOlix·
IUre o( ydlow in it ; and lhls mixed eolour is found io
.11 the v"iety of tinls that a prevaleoce o( the red or
of the yellow iD dilf<reot degrees is eapable of giving
it. .
Our jewclm allow all Ihofe gems tO be hyaeinths or
j' cinlhs, that are of • due !taldnels ~ilh ,hls mixed
colour j and as they are o( very dlffmnl beauly and
. aloe in lheir f<vecal drgrees and mixlure o( eoloorl,
Ihey dIvide them inlO (our krnJs; three o( whieh they
eall hyaeinlhs, but Ihe lounh, very impropetly, 1
ruby. l . \Vhen Ihe 1I0ne is in its m~1I per(célll, lc,
and o( a rure and bnghl Oame·colour, neuher Ibe red
nor the ytllow n~. In IIIIS 11m they,,1I il
byacrntha l. btlle 2. When il h,¡s an ol'er proror.
,ion of lhe red and thal 01 d dull.icr col" ur than tke
fine 11I~h red lO ,he (01 m", and Ihe ~ lit". th 11 'r'
reMS in a (.inl dlglee In 11 IS nOl a ':0<, t'" gltl. and
dcar. bUl" c1"o.y bro\l "iO ·'ClI"•• tI'ln 11:1 ) c.,1I il
Ih,' I, ITron h).lCinlh , S"d, ilune! J< 'fl u( aJntl
wlllt'O, ydl"o', Wlllt ~ l''') fm.,1I prol·,·n",nQf red 10
Ihun, they CJII aQ}bll·h¡a~\llIlts. AnJ, 4, \\'hln
the