EVO pay ps 251 
come of 5000 crusades. - The ‘archbishop’s house ad- Euphrates. 
joins the cathedral, and not far from it ate the shambles, “~~” 
_an old Roman building, in which admirably. 
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seagate como ciemenin. Berolini, 1753, ato. 
amine objectionum Cl. Koenigii, contra hoc principium 
iges i infinitorum ac doctrina serierum. 
edition of this work was published in 1787, in 
Sigel, Haig saoeee a ph Kavesangse 1804, in 2 
vols, 4to. 
3 vols, 4to. Another edition, more correct, was pub- 
Opuscula neigtae: P. 1783, 1785, 2 vols. 4to. 
Lettres a une Princesse d’ sur quelques su- 
- jets. de Physique et de Philosophie. Petersburg, 1768, 
of this was publish. 
ed at Berne in 1778, in 3 vols. 8vo. An edition was 
published in Paris, with notes by Condorcet, and ano- 
ther in 1812, by J. B. Lobey. 
noulli, avee des notes 
EVOCATION, is the of a religious ceremony 
which was always observ d by the Romans, when they 
began the ofa town, which they as 
iii. 9.,- w) 
WOLUTES.. See Flexion, 
EVOLUTION. . See the articles Atozsra, and 
ARITHMETIC. © 
EVORA, or Etvora,. Ebora, and the Li- 
houses-are in general small and low. The cathedral 
church is situated in the highest part of the town, and 
, has 25 prebends, each of whom enjoys ay annual in« 
EUP - ~ 
preserved 
Corinthian columns are connected by a plaster) wall. 
These columns, seven in number, are remarkably beau- 
tiful, and a drawing of them has been given by Murphy. 
It is said to be the remains of a templeiof Diana. Be- 
— . wre Ca into the ane it had been 
y oors as a mosque. In the great square, 
and in other parts of the town, there are many other 
remains of Roman architecture. On the north side, 
the aqueduct enters the town. It was begun by Ser- 
torius, but was entirely rebuilt by John III]. When Mr 
Link visited this town, a large and massive edifice was 
building for barracks, which, when finished, will, he 
, be unique in its kind in Portugal. 
Sa was formerly the seat of anuniversity, but it 
has totally fallen into decay since the time of Pombal. 
There are.no manufactures, and no trade .in the town. 
It contains five parish churches and 28 religious houses, 
It is defended by twelve bastions, and two demi-bas- 
tions. ‘On the north side of Evora,” says Mr Link, 
“ the hills rise, being round the town, adorned with 
, and on their summits with evergreen oaks. 
road from hence to Montemor o omnes is 
five leagues distant, . over granite -hills, partly 
covered with corn and partly with fine woods of 
evergreen, oaks, and pastures, which give t variety 
to the,prospech”...Papslation 12,000... West, Loni. 7 
42’, and. North Lat. 38° 30’, See Link’s Travels in 
wily » ATI, (10) 
E PHRATES, or more properly called the Phrat, tts name 
from the Hebrew Phar, or Pharaiz, to spread, and Pha- whence de« 
rah, to prodace fruit or flowers ; a river of Asia, which, Tved- 
with she iets forms the western boundary of the 
Persian empire, 
The Eu 
mountains of Armenia; the first:of these is called Al- 
la, issuing from a mountain in the vicinity of the towns 
of Bayazid and Diadin, and receives in its course the 
tribute of six springs from Shehrian, Malasjird, Khun- 
noos, Chaharbore, Miznajird, and Kague. The second 
is formed by the confluence of many streams from the 
mountains around Erzeroom; and is called the Karasu, 
from the blackness of its water. 
These two streams 
unite near the town of: n, inthe recesses of Mount 
Taurus, when the river inclines to the south-west, and 
passes within afew miles of the walls of Malatea. Recei~ 
ving at Malatea another tributary stream, it approaches 
the Mediterranean, till it is forced into a south-east | 
course by the mountains in the nei of Samo- 
sata. not so rapid,the Eu is a much finer 
river than Tigris; while the latter at Ar, is 
but a little brook, the Euphrates is 100 yore teeth 
at Malatea, and at Ul Der, orthe ancient Thapsacus, 800, 
Ten miles from the village of Lemloon, situated about 
half way between Bussora and Hillah, its waters are 
i over an immense morass, and are again col- 
lected about 21 miles north of Samavat. These marshes 
have been much increased since 1784, when the Great 
Soliman Pasha threw:a bank across the river‘at Delva- 
08 pana Spo Bao gm 5 old chan- 
nel, for the purpose of attacking wi vantage the 
Alghazil Arabs. At Korna, about 130 miles distant 
from its mouth, the Euphrates joins the Tigris; their 
united streams receive the name of the Shat oo) Arab,and 
form one of the noblest rivers im the East. The force 
of the flood-tide prevails so much at Korna, that, from 
has two. principal sources in the is sources. 
a westerly direction, and Its course. 
