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hich it certainly 



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lest the water should become *alt, 

 doe* when the holn are left open. 



Pnieoor, or Pmtger, which is remarkable for iu 

 date*, U a .mall, fertile, and well peopled district. It 

 lie* at the distance of about ten day* journey, in a di- 

 rection north north-ea*t from Kej, the capital of Me- 

 kran. the whole of the mountainou* tract* to the west- 

 ward forming the southern boundary of the *andy de- 

 pert, and on the parallel of Pnnjgoor. It ha* obtained 

 the general name of Wtk*tee, or Merck. Nooshky 



M _~._ l l& MM ll? 1 1 S nt JMMMM^HMVA aft mw* t^i 



at smart aantiy Darren oisinct, occupyww an am 

 : 96 sqoare miles, whose inhabitant* *ub*i*t chiefly 

 irmsyl i* also a very email but extreme- 

 istrict, and is about five day* journey to the 

 \ooshky. It i* a narrow strip, in earne 

 place* frequently not exceeding half a mile in breadth, 

 and being flanked on both sides with I 



hy plunder 

 ly fertile > 

 north-writ 



high batik*, it re- 

 It derive* iti extraor- 



being fl 

 amble* the dry bed of a river. 

 ilhuij fertility from the annual 



of the districts in thi* province are 



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Maoftre- 



i are deaeribed a* a 



hill*, extending in length about 350 mile*. 

 varying considerably in breadth ; and the mall 

 e of La* i* bounded on three aide* by one stupen- 

 dous ffn*tt In Western Mekran, the mountain* ran 

 peralM with the shore, at the distance of eight or ton 

 mile*. At Chobar. however, and Cape Jask. they ap- 

 prottcn tn*f oo*rt- Tlus dUDO rttmvnM its gmtMt twvA 

 DOB *t Sorku, tlw ttrwiaM on MnB MCW awwinj 



t m t V^ufJukMem f* **\f awn**! uWjhmn* JmV ftth*B aWMif ri fat 



VwaVlaV Uaw IwaTamHl VvWUa flBB VDQ^V Mi Haw *Ml w 



The riven in 



dry . The Mvurmf arc the principal of which we 

 have received any account : The Nearn Khor, or salt 

 river, which rail* into the *ea at Tic. The Cajoo river. 

 which rise* in the hill* M Suroo, and joins the ocean 

 thirty mile* west of Chobar. between Aoecmi and 7W. 

 The Bmnpoor rirer, whose coarse i* (torn east to weak 

 After it* confluence with another stream which tra- 

 vertes the fertile plain* of I.ushar. it low* itself in the 

 and* about forty mile* to the weatwanl of the town of 

 JhMMor. When vishad by Capt. Grant in the 

 of February, it wa* 90 yard* wide 



X5.00O men. Lead and iron are produced in the moon. 

 > to the south of Kelafc Some gold *nd silver have 



Nal. Copper, tin, 

 marble are all* 



ELANCtHOV riutir. 

 coadjutor of Luther, waa born in Bretten, a town of 

 on February 10, 1497. Hi* father. George 

 ' (which wa* the German family name,) 



and was dis- 

 military 



well a* by the stric turns of hi* piety 

 of his moral*. ThccanofMelanctW* 

 eonaiqaiiiu of his rather** public en- 

 ) was entrusted to his maternal grandfather, 

 Renter, who long filled the office of mayor in 

 Me wa* at first atnt to a public school in hi* 

 mtive town, but, contagion* diMase having sppearcd 



MEL 



the scholars, be wa* soon placed under private 

 tuition. He was instructed in the Latin language by 

 John Hungarus, (who afterward* became a Protestant 

 preacher ;) and gave early indication* of hi* great na- 

 tural capacity. He studied the Greek language with 

 equal diligence and success at Pforabeim, under (leorge 

 Simleru* ; and during the course of hi* studies in this 

 place, bad frequent opportunities of receiving the 

 friendly advice* of John Reuchlin, or Capnio, as he is 

 more generally called, who was one of the principal 

 restorer* of learning in Germany, and who wa* greatly 

 by the promising talent* and studious habit* 

 Mdanethon. At the age of twelve he wrote 

 i in Lathi verse, and in the following year 

 humorous comedy, which he dedicated 

 to Capnio, from whom be received, on that occasion, 

 the name of Mdanethon, which signifies in Greek what 

 Schwartserd doea in German, namely " black earth." 

 After a laaidauca of two year* at Pforeehn, he wa* 

 ant to the university of Heidelberg, where he soon be> 

 eama distinguished by his talent*, application, and 

 anwahl* dJanositiane. He wrote moit of thr public ha- 

 rangue* dafivered at the nniver>itr. during his attend- 

 ance than ; and waa ent mated with the education of 

 the two sons of Count Leonstein. The situation of 

 to be unfavourable to hi* feeble 



Melinc- 

 Ihon. 



body, and his mind being chagrined by 

 the lafliml of a higher literary degree, on account of 

 hi* youth, ha left that university after a residence of 

 three yuan, and removed to that of Tubingen, which 

 id for it* eminent profcasu** in every 

 and theology. Then he devoted 



gic. medicine, and theology, and, at' the age of even, 

 art*. He soon afterward* became a public lecturer in 



the university, and excitoi 

 Mlfcaiul knowledge and 



general admiration by hi* 

 knowledge and n*gant taato in the Latin 

 Bfarm He wa* at this period the restorer of Te- 

 rence, who** poetical composition had hitherto ap- 

 peared in a prosaic form ; and be speedily attracted the 

 attention of the gieataat scholars of the age. He was 

 particularly euloj 

 by the r 



to the eminence of Melanc- 



ngiaed. when only a youth of eighteen, 

 Erasmus, whose work* abound in the 



C..MI . 



aad to the excellence of hi* charac- 



The history of hi* religion* principle* cannot be de. 

 tailed with the same precision M that of hi* literary 

 program; and the principal fact, illustrative of this 

 point, i* the gift of a small Bible from his friend Cap. 

 nio, upon which he wa* nrnatmiiiil to note such ex- 

 planatory hint* at occurred to hi* own mind, or a* 

 pleased him in the work* of other*, and which be 

 made hi* constant companion, particularly during the 

 atrvioe of public worship. After remaining six yean 

 at Tubingen, be removed to the University of Wittem- 

 berg, where be wa* appoint*! to the Greek arofaaam . 

 hip ; and where be attracted each number* of *tu 

 dents, that he is mid to have aomrthne* bad an au. 

 dience of 1 500 persona. Hera be MOB became the in. 

 timate friend and invaluable associate of Luther, by 



whom be wa* consulted on all occasion*, and to who** 

 great cause be rendered the most essential service by 

 hi* literary reaaurtm and temperate counsels. He 

 took a leading place in the improvement of philoeophj. 

 cal studies, uniting the study of the Aristotelian me. 

 thod, with all that was valuable in the writing* of the 

 Stoic* and 1'laUmisU, and thui farming kind of 



