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grandson of Atlas : and, 5. From kings 

 v.nd founders of nations, as Ilomulidse, 

 /. e. the Romans, from their founder, 

 King- Romulus. 



PAVEMENT, a layer of stone, or 

 other matter, serving- to cover and 

 strengthen the ground of divers -places 

 for the more commodious walking on. 

 Jn London the pavement for coach-ways 

 is chiefly a kind of granite from Scot- 

 land : and on the footpath Yorkshire 

 paving is used ; courts, stables, kitchens, 

 halls, churches, &c, are paved usually 

 with tiles, bricks, flags, or fire-stones; 

 and sometimes with a kind of free-stone 

 and rag-stone. In France, the public 

 roads, streets, courts, &c. are paved with 

 gres, a kind of free-stone. In Venice, 

 the streets, &c. are paved with brick ; 

 churches sometimes with marble, and 

 sometimes with Mosaic work. In Am- 

 sterdam, and the chief cities of Holland, 

 they call their brick pavement the bur- 

 gomaster's pavement, to distinguish it 

 from the stone or flint pavement, which 

 is usually in the middle of the street, 

 serving for the passage of their horses, 

 carts, coaches, and other carriages ; the 

 brick borders being designed for the pas- 

 sage of people on foot. Pavements of 

 free-stone, flints, and flags, in streets, 

 Sec. are laid dry, that is, are retained in a 

 bed of sand ; those of courts, stables, 

 ground-rooms, &c. are laid in mortar of 

 lime and sand, or in lime and cement, es- 

 pecially if there be vaults or cellars un- 

 derneath. Some masons, after laying a 

 floor dry, especially of brick, spread a 

 thin mortar over it, sweeping it back- 

 wards and forwards, to fill up the joints. 

 Thirty-two statute bricks, laid flat, pave 

 a yard square ; sixty -four edgewise. The 

 square tiles used in paving, called paving 

 bricks, are of various sizes, from six to 

 twelve inches square. Pavements of 

 churches, &c. frequently consist of stones 

 of different colours, chiefly black and 

 white, and of several forms, but chiefly 

 square and lozenges, artfully disposed. 



PAVEMENT of terrace, is that which 

 serves for the covering of a platform, 

 whether it be over a vault, or on a wood- 

 en floor. Those over vaults are usually 

 stones squared, and bedded in lead. 

 Those on wood are either stones with 

 beds, for bridges; tiles, for ceilings in 

 rooms ; or lays of mortar, made of ce- 

 ment and lime, with flints or bricks laid 

 flat, as is still practised by people in the 

 east and south, on the tops of their 

 houses. 



PAVETTA, in botany, a genus of the 



Tetrandria Monogynia class and order. 

 Natural order of Stellatx. Rubiacese, 

 Jussieu. Essential character: corolla one- 

 petalled, funnel-form, superior; stigma 

 curved; berry Iwo-seeded. There are 

 seven species. 



PAVILION is sometimes applied to 

 flags, colours, ensigns, standards, ban- 

 ners, &.c. See FLAG, &c. 



PAVILION, in heraldry, denotes a co- 

 vering in form of a tent, which invests 

 or wraps up the armories of divers kings 

 and sovereigns, depending only on God 

 and their sword. The pavilion consists 

 of two parts; the top, which is the cha- 

 peau, or coronet; and the curtin, which 

 makes the mantle. None but sovereign 

 monarchs, according to the French he- 

 ralds, may bear the pavilion entire, and 

 in all its parts. Those who are elective, 

 or have any dependance, say the heralds, 

 must take oft' the head, and retain no- 

 thing but the cm-tins. 



PAULLINIA, in botany, a genus of the 

 Octandria Trigynia class and order. Na- 

 tural order of Trihilatae. Sapindi, Jussieu. 

 Essential character: calyx five-leaved; 

 petals four; nectary four- leaved, unequal; 

 capsules three, compressed, membrana- 

 ceous, connate. There are seventeen 

 species, all natives of warm climates. 



PAVO, the peacock, in natural history, 

 a genus of birds of the order Gallina. 

 Generic character: bill convex and strong; 

 head covered with turned-back feathers ; 

 nostrils large, feathers of the tail long, 

 broad, expansile, and adorned with 

 rich eye-like spots. There, are four 

 species. The P. cristatus, or crest- 

 ed peacock, was originally brought 

 from India, where it is found in its wild 

 state, and exhibits all its maturity of 

 growth, and glow of colouring. It was 

 an article of importation from that coun- 

 try to Palestine, in the reign of Solomon, 

 in" those fleets which conveyed once in 

 three years, to the court of that magnifi- 

 cent monarch, invaluable treasures of art 

 and nature. In this country, peacocks 

 do not attain their full and brilliant plu- 

 mage till their third year. The female 

 lays five eggs, and is particularly solici- 

 tous to conceal them from the male, 

 which not (infrequently destroys them. 

 These birds feed almost solely on insects 

 and grain. They prefer elevated situa- 

 tions for roosting, choosing the tops of 

 houses and the highest trees for this pur- 

 pose. They were considered as luxuries 

 for the table by the Romans, and the 

 young ones are now regarded as a deli- 

 cacy. Their voice is harsh and dissonant. 



