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,he people are hut 1'\'Ioy. H~ ados, , hr.1 Ihere are
TJ('l'lfoeS in Africa, bcyol1J the (ol\lllc:rn tropicj anci chat
a r'iver fometimes parts nations. or.e of \V1~i ch is b~ack
and lhe other'only ta\Voy . Or Barriere alt:dó"':s thal
,he gall of negroes is blaek, and bei o!: mixed wilh
theirblood is depofiled b.etweell Iheir fl,i n and fearf·
/kin. However, Dr Milthel of Virgini., in Ihe philó·
fophieal t..nfaaions, d° 476, has endeavoured by m.·
oy l" roed argumenu 'o prov. , that Ihe infiuenee of
lhe (UD in hat conntries, and ' the manner of tife of
their ínhabiunu, are the remote canCes of lhe calour
of negroes, indians, &c. aod indeed il would be a
llro·ng eon6rma,ion of his doarine, if we would fee
any p, ople, originally white, become black and 1V00lly
by tranfplantation . or vi" v:rfa.
Negroes are brought from Gui nea, and oeher coans
of Afri"ca, aod {ent ioto the colonies in America., to
cuhivate tchaceo, fl1gar. índigo, él, and in Mexico-and
})erll, to dig in the mines; and this commerce. which is
fearee defenfible on tpe fool eilher of !eligion or huma·
nity, is now carried 0 0 by all the nations that have
fettlemenlS io the Vi di Indies . Thofe negroes
the ~efi naves who are ófough, from Angola, Sene–
gal, Cape Verd. ,he river Gambia, Ihe kingdoDls of
jololfes, D aniel, Galland, &c.
There are variol\s. ways of procu ring them: fome,
'a avoid famine, fell themfelves, their wives and ebil–
dren, to their princes, oc other great men; others are
made prifoners of war; and great numbers are feized
in el<eurfions made for (ha' ver·y purpofe by the peuy
princes 4pOl\ cne aDolher's territories, in which it i5
nfual 10 fweep away all \Vitbout difiinaion of age or
fex.
NEGROES · lSL AND, ooe of,h e Philippine inands, iD ,be
Indian oceao, fubjea to Spain ; fo called, bee.ufe mofi
of the inhabitants are blacks : E . long. 120°, N.lat.
10° .
NEGROLAND, or NlGR ITIA, a counlry of A f,ica,
"hieh lies belween 18° wdl' and I)~ eatl longitude,
arld betwcen 10° 2nd 20° of north lali tude, lhe great
river N rger running through it. It is bouoded by
Zaara, or the derart, on the north, by unknown
countries on the can, by Guinea on thc fo uth, aod
by .he Atlantie ocean on thc well.
NEGROPONT, ' or EGR'POS, the eopital oflhe ifiand
of !'legropon', anciently ealled Euhoea, fituaied in
the A rehipelago, 00 the well of the iOand; where
the firait is fo r.arrow, that it is joined lOthe comi·
nent by a bridge: E. Ion. 24 ° 30', N . laL 38" 30'.
NEHEMIAH, a canonical book· of Ibe Old Tefiameot
fo ealled from the name of ils al1lhor. N ehemia h
\Vas boro in :Babylon, during the captivity, and fuc·
ceeded Ezra in the gooeroment oi Judah and J eruf.–
lem. He was a Jew, and was promoled 10 Ihe oflice
of eup.bearer to Artaxerxes Longimanu. king of
Perfia; .when lhe opportúnities he had of being daily
in the kiog's prerence, togerher with the favour of
Eflher ,he queen, procured him the favour of being
4lnthorizcd tO rcp:lir and fon ify the city of jerufalem,
in the fame manner as it was before il' dennl~ion by
,he Bdhylcoio os. 00 hi. goiDg 'o J crufalem, he /i-
·N E. l'
nlihed lhe reb uilding of .he w"l!s in Jiíty. tY!o day••
and dedicated lhe gates of the city Wilh Rrctlt rol~moj­
ty . H e then reforroeJ fome abuf.s whieh hao erept
in among his COUf.lrymeo, parti~ularly the: extonion
oflhe uf.rers, by ",hich the 1'0or \Vere fo opp rcfli:d as
to be foreed 10 fell Iheir land. and ehildren fo r fup–
pore : after which he returned tO Pc::diJ, aod caUle
bacl: ..gaio widl a n: w comruíffion, by vinue of which
he regulated every thing relating bOlh·to the flate and
religion of lh: J ews . Tbe hillory of Ibefe traof–
Ihe fubjcél of this book.
N E LLENBURG, a city of Swabia, iD G ermany, e.–
pitalof a ecunly oflhe fame name, fitualed 6fteen miles
nc rth of Conllanee.
NEMlEA, a towo"in the Morea, Ihirty miles fouth of
Corinth, where the aneient Nemreao games werc: .cele ..
brated. ,
NEMJEAN GAMES , were fo ealled from Nem",o, a til–
lage .between Ihe eities of Cleon", and Philus, ".here
they \Vere: celebrated every rhird year. Tile exercifes
were chariol races, and a11 lhe pans of rho: peotath·
lum. Thefe games \Vere iorliluled io memory of 0-
phelles, or Arehemorus , Ihe foo of Euphelcs Bnd
S:reufa, and nurfed by Hypfi pyle ; wh~ leavihg him
In a meadow, whiJe (he weot tO I'hew tbe beliegers of
Thebes a fountain, at her returo found him dead. aDd
a fe rpent twined aboul his neck ; wbeoce the fouo–
tajo , befare: caBed Langia, was named Archemorus ;
and the e'p,ains, 'o comfon H ypfipyle, in(limted Iher.
ga:lles. Others arcribe '.heir' inflitUl109 ro Hercules,
after bis viétory over (he Nemzari lion .
N EMOURS, a eity in Ihe ine of France, forty·two
",iles fouth of,Pa,is : E . loog 2° 45' , N. lat. 48° 17.
NJ;;OMENIA, orNOUMENIA, a feflival oftheancien;
Greeks, at the beglOniog of every lanar monlh, which
was. as tbe Dame impoTts. obferved upon the day of
the ne w mooo, in honour of all lhe gods, bu, efpe–
eially A pollo, who was e.lled Neomenias; becaufe
,he fuo is the founlain of light, aod whatever dimne–
tion of times Bod feafons may be taken from o,her pla–
DCU, l'et they are alJ owing tO him as (he original of
Ihofe borrowed rays by which they fhine .
NEOPHYTE3. m'W plan/r, a name given by ,he an–
eient Chrillians tO thofe he'lhens who had newly em–
braced (he faith; fucn perfons being conlidered as re–
generated, or born anew by bap.ifm. T he term neo–
phyles has becn alfo ufed for ne'" priefl., or thofe
jl1H admiu ed into orders, and fometimes. for lhe no·
vices in 'monaHeries . It is O:ill applied to the converts
made by Ihe miffionaries amoog the in6dels.
NEOTTIA, in botany. See OPH1<Y • .
NEPA, in zoology, a genus of iofeas belooging lo ,he
order of hemiplera . The roflrum is inBeaed ; ,he
antenn3! are {horter thilo the thorax; and the hind·feet
are hai ry, and G!led for fwimming. Tbere are feveo
fpeeies.
NEPENTHES, in bOlany, a plan, of ,he gyoandria
,ctrandria clafs. T he ealix eonfifls nf four fegmenlS ;
ir has no eorull.; aod Ihe e.pfule ha. foul «lis.
There ís but one fpecies, a na\ive of Ceyloo.
NEPER's RODS, or 'ONES, an iprhument ¡meoted
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