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ACCA, a eily and bintOp's fee of Amgon, iD Spaio,

fixly miles nonh of Saragolfa : W. loo. SÓ, aod

N. lal.

42°

SO.

JACEA. See CENTAURIA.

JACK, in meehanies, awell·koowo io(lrumeot of

e~m

mon uCe for raifing very great weighls of any kind.

The eommon kilehen·jaek is a eompound engine

",here the weight is Ihe power applied 10 overeome the

friaion of Ihe pans, and Ihe weight wilh whieh Ihe

fpit is eharged; aod

neady and uniform motion is ob-

tained by means of Ihe

j AeK .FLAG, in a fhip, Ihat hoined up ato the fprit Cail

10p'

mo(l

head-. Sec FLAG .

jACK·DAW, inornilhology. See CORVUS.

j ACKALL, in zoology. See CANIS.

j ACOBJEA, in bOlany. See SENEC IO.

j ACOBITES, a lerm of reproaeh bellowed 00 the per-

foos, who, vindiealing Ihe doé!nnes of pa(live ob'edienee

aod noo·refillanee with reCpeé! 10 the arbitraty pro–

ceedings of princes, diCallow of the late revolutioo,

and illert Ihe CuppoCed righls and adhere 10 the iOle–

rells of Ihe lale ahdiemd king j ames aod his family_

]ACOBITES, in church·hillory, afeé! of Chrinians in

Syria and MeCopclamia; fo called eilher from j acob,

Syrian, who lived iD Ihe reign of Ihe emperor Mau–

rieius; or from ooe Jaeob, a mook, who flourifhed in

tbe year

So.

The jaeobile, are of IWO feas, fome following Ihe

riles of Ihe Latio ehureh; and olhm eontinuing Cepa_o

raled from the church of Rome. There is alCo at

preCeol a divifioo among tbe lalter, who have tWO ri–

val patriarehs, one of whom refides al Caramit, and

Ihe other ai Oerzapharan. As 10 their belief, Ihey

hold but ooe nalure iD jeCus Chrin; with reCpeé! 10

purgalory and prayen for Ihe dead, Ihey are of the

fame opinion as the Greeks aod olher eanero Chri·

nians : Ihey conCecrale unleaveoed bread al Ihe eucha–

ri(l, and are again(l e9nfe(lion, believing Ihal it is not

of divioe io(lilulion.

jACOBUS, an aoeient gold coin worth twenty.6veOlil–

lings

JAFFA, aneienlly called JO"A , is a port·town of

Pale(line In Afiatic Turky, filualed Ihirty miles north–

well of jeruCalem: E. loo.

36°,

lat.

32° 20'.

j AFNAPATAN, a pon·tOwn allhe north eod of ¡he

inand of Ceylon. in Ihe Ea(l Iodiel; Cubjeé! 10 the

O'lIch: E.loo.

79°,

lal.

•

) AGENDORF, • eily of Silefia, ¡welve miles ,north–

we(l of Tropaw : E. Ion

17° 6'

N. lat.

50° S . .

) AGO, Ihe ehief of the Cape Verd iOands, in Afri–

ca,

300

miles \Ve(l of Capc Verd; fubjca 10Ponu-

e,l: W. lon

24 °,

lal. ISO.

SI.

JAGO, Ihe "pilal of Ihe iOand of Cuba,

100

miles

oorth,weOof jam,iea: W. Ion.

76°,30',

N.lal.

20°,

VOL.

Numb. 61 .

11[

SI.

]AGO, Ihe capitalof the provinee ofChili, in Couth

America, Cuualed fix miles wen of the mounlains of

Andes, and eightcen ea(l of Ihe Pacilic ocean:

100. 77°,

S. lat.

34°.

JAG O DE LA VEGA, or Spaoilh lowo, ¡he eapilal of

jamaica, fituated at,ihe Couth-ea(l pan of Ihe iOand,

about Ceven miles ftonl"lVen of Pon Palfage and Ihe

bay of Pon Royal: ·E. loo.

76°

,o', N. lat.

2Ó.

j ALAP, io bonny. See MnABILIS.

JAMAICA, ao iOand of America, fituated in the At–

lanlic oeean, betIVcen

76°

and

79°

of lOen longilude,

and between 1,° and ISO odd minutes nonh I¡¡ilude,

near

5000

miles Couth·we(l of Eogland,

100

miles

foulh of the iOand of Cuba, and

350

miles nonh of

Tma Firma. The iOand lies ea(l aod \Ven, and is

aboul

140

miles long, and

broad. The -wind Cet$

on Ihe fhore almon alJ the day io every part of the

iOand, aod off the fhore io the night ; it Comelimes

hails, but the people there never fee fron or fnoIV.

The produce of the inand is chiefly Cugar ; but Ihere

are plantations of eoffee, of the coeoa or chocolate

Iree, of indigo, tobaeco, pepper, eOllon, woods for

dying, aod Ihe mahogaoy and machineeJ IVood, gin–

ger, medicinal drugs aod gums. The common diCeaCes

of Ihe country are fevers, flux." aod Ihe dry gripes.

j AMANA, the chief 10WOof a provineeof Arabia, alCG

ofthe Came oame: E. Ion.

47°

lS',

N. lat

2So.

JAMBA, a city of the hither Iodia, and the eapilalof

the provioce of Ihe Came oame, filutea

220

miles

nonh ea(l of Delli : E. lon.lbo,

lat.

10.

j AMBOLIFERA, io botaoy. a genus of the oélandria

monogyoia glafs. The calix has four t<eth, and the

corolla four funoel.fhaped pelals; and the Iligma is

fimple. There is bUI ooe Cpecies. alIative of India,

IAMBUS, in aocient POetry, a fimple foot coofiniog of

a fhort aod a long Cyllable, as

pi'l.

JAMBY, a tOIVO on the ea(l fide of Ihe ifland of Suma–

io the Eall ¡odies, filuated iD

101°

Ion. amI.

1°

30'

lat.

J AMES, or

lnighll DI

JAMES,

military order iD

Spain, fir(l in(liluted about Ihe ycar

11 70,

by Ferdi–

nand 11. kiog of Leoo and Galicia. T he greate(l dig–

nily belonging toIhis order isgraod maner, whieh has

becn uoited to Ihe crOWDof Spain The koighls are

obliged 10 make proof of Iheir deCeeOl from families

Iha¡ have been noble for four generations, on bOlh

fid es; they mun alCo make ilappear Ihat Iheir Caid an–

ceOors have oei,her beeojews, Saraeens, oorBeretics ;

nor have ever been calJed into queflion by Ih. ioquifi–

lion. The novices ar.

obli~ed

10 Cerve

f:x

months in

Ihe galle)'s, and tO live a mOOlh in

mooaOery ; ,hey

obCerve Ihe rules of SI Aullin,

makin~

no vows bUI of

poven)',

~bedieoee,

aod eonjugal fid;liIY.

jAM E~' S

D.H, a fcfii\'al of Ihe Chriílian chureh, ob–

S Y

Cemd