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and 124" 15' W. long. On each point of iIk' haibouv, 

 ciiUfd by Mr. Vancouver Pc/in's cove, was a dcfcrled village, 

 in which were found fcveia! fcptilchrcs in the form ot ccntrj'- 

 boxes, containins; fmull llcLlctons, and fniall bones, which 

 vvcrcfuppofed to be intended by the inhabitants for pointing 

 their arrows, fpear.s, and other weapons. The furrounding 

 country for fevcral miles prefented a delightful profpeA of 

 fpaeioiis meadows, adorned with clumps of trees, of which 

 tilt; oak, in fk^e from four to fix feet in circumference, was 

 the principal. The meadows were well ilocked willi deer. 

 The foil confifted chiefly of a rich black vegetable mould, 

 Ivirig on a fandy or clayey fubftiatum ; the grafs grew to 

 the height of about three feet, and the ferns vvere nearly 

 •twice as high. The natural productions of the country 

 were luxuriant ; and it was not ill fupplied with dreams of 

 water. The number of its inhabitants were ellimated at 

 about 600. Here, on June 4th, 1792, IVIr. Vancouver took 

 poflTeffion of the coall from that part of New Albion, 

 wliich lies in N. lat. 39° 20', and W. long. 123° 34' to the 

 entrance of this inlet of the fea, together with the coaft, 

 iflands, &c. This interior fea was called the Gulf of 

 Georgia ; and the continent binding the f;ud gulf, and ex- 

 tending S. to N. lat. 4J°, was called Netu Georgia, in ho- 

 nour of his prefent Majefty. This branch of Admiralty 

 inlet obtained the name of Pojfejfion Sound ; its weftern arm 

 was denominated Port Gardner, out of refpeft to Sir Alan 

 Gardner, and its fmaller or eaitem one was called Port 

 Siifan. Vancouver's Voyage, vol. i. p. 287, &c. 



Admiralty Iflnnd, an idand fo called by Mr. Van- 

 couver, fituate within George the Third's archipelago, on 

 the north-weft coaft of new Norfolk in America, and between 

 N. lat. 57° and 58°, 30', and W. long. 134'' and 135'. 

 This ifland is about 60 leagues in circuit, affords many con- 

 venient bays, with fine ftreams of fredi water, and produces 

 an uninterrupted foreft of veiy fine timber-trees, chiefly of 

 •the pine tribe. Vane. Voyage, vol. iii. p. 277. 



Admikalty's Ijland, an ifland that lies on the coaft of 

 Nova Zembla, in the northern ocean. N. lat. 75°, 5'. 

 E. long. 52°, 45'. 



Admiralty IJlands, a clufter of between 20 and 30 

 illands lyi.ig to the north of New Britain, in about 2°. 18' 

 S. lat. and 146°, 41' E. long. The largeft of thefe is 

 1 8 leagues in length from eaft to weft. Thefe iflands were 

 rdifcovered by captain Carteret ; and he defcribes them as 

 clothed with a beautiful verdure of woods, lofty and luxu- 

 riant, interfperfed with fpots that have been cleared for 

 plantations, groves of cocoa-nut trees, and ha'oitations of 

 the natives, who feem to be vei-y numerous. He fuppofes 

 that thefe iflands produce fcveral valuable articles of trade, 

 particularly fpices, as they lie in the fame climate and lati- 

 tude as the Moluccas ; but he Was not in a condition to 

 examine them. 



ADMIRATION, in Ethics, is that pafTion which is 

 excited by the contemplation of excellence, that is rare or 

 uncommon, either in kind or degree. The objeclive caufe 

 of this admiration is any thing that indicates a fuperior 

 d.'gree of wifdom, ingenuity, good fenfe, or benevolence. 

 Such are the qualities to which it is properly confined. 

 Power, abftraftedly confidered, is not the objeft of admira- 

 tion ; though the dignified or benevolent exertions of 

 power for the produftion of good, may excite the higheft 

 degree of admiration, and render it a very ftrong emotion. 

 It is obvious, fays an ingenious writer, that the range of 

 admiration is from the iimple approbation of the mind up to 

 the moft hvely fenfation, according to our conceptions of 

 the extent of excellence, and alfo the degrees of our intereft 

 in its effeds. It is alfo blended with various other emotions 



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accorduig to different circumftanccs attendant upon the paf- 

 fion. It is freqvicntly introduced by fiirpnjs ; when, for 

 example, the difcovery of thefe excellencies k-. fudden and 

 uuexpetied ; and then it becomes a vivid emotion. It is 

 generally connefled with foine degree of 'wonder ; as we 

 are frequently ignorant of the caufes which enabled any one 

 gi-eatly to excel ourfelve^ oi- others ; but as it is always 

 excited by the rc.il difcoveiy of fome qualities, it is not to 

 be confounded with an emotion thi'.t proceeds from igno- 

 rance and embarrafliiient, previous to the difcovery. When 

 the evidences of wifdom. or goodnefs exceed our utmoit 

 comprehenfion, or proceed far beyond the ufual extent of 

 excellence itfelf, they may excite iifioiii/l},!ient. Cogan's 

 Philofophical Treatife on the Pafiions. 



Adjuration, in Crj.'/zmu;', a note or cliarafter, intimat- 

 ing fotnething worthy to be admired or wondered at. — It is 

 exprefled thus (!). See Character. 



ADMISSION, in t'le Ecclejuijlkal Laiv, an aft whereby 

 a bifliop, upon examinati^>n, u'"-'tis or allows a el.rrk to be 

 alile or competently qualified for the ofBce ; which 13 done 

 by the formula, admillo te hahilem. All perfoi>s are to h'ave 

 cpifcopal ordination before they are admitted to any par- 

 fonage or benefice ; and if any fliall prefume to be admitted, 

 not having fuch ordination, &c. he iliall forfeit too/. Stat. 

 14 Car. II. 



No perfon is to be admitted into a benefice with cure of 30/. 

 per an n. in the king's books, unlefs he is a bachelor in divinity 

 at leaft, or a preacher lawfully allowed by fome bh.np, &c. 



ADMISSIONALES, m Jn-}quUy, officers, whofe bu- 

 finefs it was to introduce perfons to princes or to wealthy 

 citizens. The office belonged to freed men, and was much 

 defired. The principal, that prefided over each of the four 

 decuries into which they were diftributed, was called ma- 

 gifter admiflionum, and deemed highly hoi.jurable. Hif- 

 torians fay, that Vefpafian, Antonine, and Alexander Severus, 

 were fo eafy of accefs, that they needed no admlflionales. 



ADMITTENDO Clerko, is a writ granted to him who 

 hath recovered his right of prefentation againft the bifliop 

 in the common pleas. 



Adm iTTENDO In Socium, is a \\Tit for the aflbciation of cer- 

 tain perfons to justices of assise formerly appointed. 



ADMONITION, in Ecclefiajkal AJfairs, a part of dif- 

 cipline much ufed in the ancient church. It was the firft 

 aft, or ftep, towards the punifliment or expulfion of delin- 

 quents. In cafe of private offences, it was performed ac- 

 cording to the evangelical rule, privately : in cafe of public 

 offence, openly before the church. If either of thefe took 

 effeft, for the recovery of the fallen perfon, all farther pro- 

 ceedings, in the way of cenfure, ceafed : if they did not, re- 

 courfe was had to excommunication. Bingh. Orig. 

 Ecclef. torn. ii. lib. 16. cap. 2. ^6. p. 31. Calv. Inll. 

 lib. iv. cap. 12. ^ 2. 



By the ancient canons, nine monitories, or admonit'ionSf 

 at due diftance, are required before excommunication. 



Admonition is alfo ufed, in writers of the barbarous age, 

 for the citation or fummoning a perfon to appear in a 

 court of juftice. See Summons, &c. 



Admonitio Fujlium, a military punifhment, among the 

 Romans, refembling, in fome refpefts, our whipping, or 

 lafliing, but performed with a vine-branch. Schiterman 

 Diff. de Pcen. Mil. Rom. cap. 12. 



ADMONT, in Geography, a town of Germany in Stiria, 

 on the river Ens ; two leagues north-eaft of Rottenmann. 

 It depends upon the archbilhoprick of Saltzburg, and has a 

 rich abbey of Benediftins in the high mountains. 



ADMORTIZATION, among Feudal Writers, the aft 

 of reduciniT lands to mortmain. 



ADNATA, 



