A C II 



A C II 



•rbaflard hibifcus, which is a native of Mexicft and Jamaica, Bochart. (Gtog. Sacr. 1. i. c. 29. Open torn. i. 549, T.A. 

 cultivat'.d here in 1714 by the dutchcfs of Beaufort, and Villcm.) fiippofts, that the name of llic llonc and nvtr ig 

 flowering through tlie greatcft part of the year ; the Mollis, derived from the Punic "Ipy, varied or /potted, referring to 

 or woolly achania, a native of South America and the Weft the varied colours of the ftone. 



India Iflands, found in Jamaica by Houftoun, in 1730, and Achatf.s, in Knlunil Jiifinry, the ftonc called Acatf. 

 introduced in 1780, by B. Bewick, Efq. and flowering in ACHATINA, in A'rt/;//W //y/'^rj, a fpccics of Bi-lla, 

 Augiui and September ; — and \.\\c fdnfa, or hairy achania, in the cl;ifs of ttftaceous worms; with an ovatcd (liell, fan- 

 a n:itive of Jamaica, introduced in 1780 by Mr. G. Alex- guineous, obovated, aperture, and apex, and a truncated 

 ander, and flowering in November. Achania is generally columella. It has varieties ; fucli a* the while with yellow 

 propagated by cuttii:gs, which are planted in pots of light apex ; the yellow or white witli fanguineous columella ; and 

 earth, plunged into a gentle liot-hed, and kept from the air the white with clofc bands, and a pale columella. It is 

 till they take root, when they fliould be gradually inured found in the American ocean. Thi'i is alfo the name of the 



CyfrjEA aniethv/lea in the Linnian fyllem, which is found 

 in Madagafcar. 



ACH BOBBA, in Ornithology, a bird mentioned by 

 Dr. Shaw (Travels, v. ii. p. 449), of which numerous flocks 

 appear near the city of Cairo in Egypt, and feed upon the 

 carrion and filth that are thrown out of the city. The 

 the name of an herb much celebrated in many diftempers ; name, in the Turkilh language, fignifies -while father, and 

 whicn fome have fuppofcd to be what is called in Egypt is given to this bird partly from the reverence they have for 

 Uchove, an herb nearly refembling chamomile, but lower, it, and partly from tlie colour of its plumage. It is about 

 and with broader leaves, approaching to thofe of feverfew, the fize of a large capon. This bird is called by Belon the 

 and of a faint, but not difagreeable fmell. Avicenna feems, Egyptian Sacre, and it is a variety of the y/i^/m- Vu lture, 

 however, to have meant a diff"erent plant by this name, and or Fiihur percnoplerus of Linnxus. It is of a red tawny 

 probably the herb which we call Marvm. Profpcr. Alpin. a(h-colour, with dudiy fpots, and its feet are naked. Belon 

 ACHARACA, in Ancient Gergraphy, a town of Lydia, conceives that it is the Hierax, or Egyptian hawk of Hero- 

 fituate between Tralles and Nyfa ; in which were the dolus, which, like the Ibis, was held in veneration by the 

 temple of Pluto and Juno, and the cave Charonium, where ancient Egyptians, becaufe both of them eat and di.flroy the 

 patients flept in order to obtain a cure, either by the fug- ferpents and other noxious reptiles, which infeil Egypt. 

 geftions of their own minds, or by thofe of others, who, Buffon fuggefts that it may be the fame with the Carrion 



to the open air. They muft be preferved ui wmter m a 

 moderate ftove ; and kept warm in fumnier, they will 

 flower, and fometimes ripen fruit. The achania, in the 

 Linnscan fyftem by Gmelin, is made a fpecies of Malva- 

 Tiscus. Maityn's Mill. Dift. 



ACHAOVA, in the Materia MeJica of the ancients, 



in 



during their fleep, were diretled what effeftual remedies to 

 prefcrlbe. Strabo Geog. vol. ii. p. 960 — I. 



ACHARISTON, from a, luilhont, and xapi,-, value, a 

 denomination under which Galen defcribes fome compofi- 

 tioas of fmgular efficacy, which cured fo quickly, that they 

 Were undervalued. 



ACHARNA, in Ancient Geography, a town of Attica, 

 pear Cecropia ; the largeft of thofe towns, according to 

 Thucydidcs, (1. ii. c. 19- p. III. Ed. Dukeri) which were 



Vidture. 



ACHE, or AcH, a painful ailment in any part of the 

 body. Aches may be either fcorbutic, or rheumatic, owing 

 to violent pains, or the like. See Headach. 



Ache, in old authors, a name given to the plant called 

 Apittm palujlre, or paludapium, in Englirti, Smallagf. 



ACHEEN, Ache, or Achen, in Geography, a kingdom 

 of Sumatra, lying on the N. W. part of the ifland. Its 

 capital, of the fame name, is fituated on a river which 



called Jn/noi, or villages. Pindar (Nem. Od. ii. v. 25, p. 333, empties ilfelf near the N. W. point, or y^f/wn-head, about 



Ed. Weft and Wclfted) fays, it had been famous for brave two miles from the mouth. N. lat. 5° 22'. E.long. 95° 40'. 



men ; and it was particularly celebrated as the birth-place The town lies in a valley, formed like an amphitheatre by 



of Themiftocles. Corn. Nep. c. i. two lofty ranges of hills. The river difcharges itfelf into 



ACHARON, in Entomology, a fpecies of sphinx, of an the fca by feveral channels, and is veiy fhallow at the bar. 



azure colour, with brown wings, and red anus ; found in The houfes, of which there are about 800, are built of 



New Holland. b.imboo and rough timber, and they are raifed by means of 



ACH ASA, in Ancient Geography, a country of Scythia pillars to fome height above the ground, in order to pre- 



beyond the mountain Imaus. ierve them from inundation and damps in the rainy fealon. 



ACHAT, in our Lsiiu French, fignifies a contraft, or In the centre of the town, which has neither wall nor moat, 



bargain; efpccially in the v;ay of purcliafe. Purveyors were is the king's palace, v.'hich is a large though rude edifice, 



by aft of parliiment 34 Edw. III. ordained to be thence- and encompafled by a deep moat and ftrong walls. Though 



forth called Achnton. this place is no longer the mart of eaftern commodities, it 



ACHATES, in Biography, the companion and faithful carries on a confiderable trade with the nations of that part 



friend of jEneas, who is celebrated by Virgil, and fo called, of the coaft of Hindoftan called Telinga ; by whom they 



fays Servius, either in reference to fome properties of the are fupplied with the cotton goods of the country, and who 



achates or agate mentioned by Pliny, or from ax"-., the receive in return gold-duft, Japan wood, betel-nut, pepper, 



concern he felt on account of iEneas. Virgil, by Mafvic. fulphur, camphor, and benzoin. The European traders 



T. i. p. 336, n. 178. fupply the country with Bengal opium, iron, and other 



ACHATES, in ^n/omo/ooj;, a fpecies of Pa pi lid, with articles of merchandize. The inhabitants manufaAure a 



black wings, red at their bafe, and the hinder marked with confiderable quantity of a thick kind of cotton-cloth, and of 



a white fpot ; found in China. lUitf for the (liort drawers woni by the Malays and Achenefe. 



Achates, m Ancient Geography, a river of Sicily, now They alfo weave pieces of filk, of a particular form, for the 



the Drillo, which runs from N. to S. near, and almoft pa- 

 rallel to, the Gela. Silius records it, (1. xiv. v. 229) " Et 

 perlucentem fplendenti gurgitc Achaten," and Phny, 



Malayan drefs. Acheen is deemed, comparatively, healthy, 

 being lefs fubjctl to complaints arifiiig from woods and 

 fwamps than other parts of the ifland ; and the foil is light 



(H. N. 1. xxxvii. c. 10. p. 786, Ed. Hard. J fays, that the and fertile, producing rice and cotton, and a variety of i x- 

 achatcs or agate was firfl found on the banks of this river. ccUent fruits. The raw Clk of the country is of inferior 



quality. 



