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fore-part of the lower furface of the neck nnd brcnfl are 

 covered with a beautiful gorget ot brilhant colours, varying 

 between green, goki green, blue and violet : the upper part 

 of its back and adjacent portion of the neck black, and the 

 plumage of tlie hinder part of the back changes into a 

 tawny-rufous ; but the under-lide of the body, and alio the 

 wings and tail are black, the great feathers which extend on 

 the rump and tail are light a(li-coloured ; and the legs arc 

 grecnifli. The moR charaCterllHc property of thefc birds 

 is the fingular noife, called trumpeting, which they make, as 

 fonie have commonly fuppofed bv the anus, but as others 

 have aicertained, by jneans ot their lungs and the capacity of 

 their membnuious cells. The wind-pipe, before its entrance 

 into the breail, is about the thicknefs of a fwan's quill, bony 

 and cylindrical. In the brealt it is more llendcr and carti- 

 laginous, and divides into two femicircuhir canals, formed of 

 membranes, and capable of extenfion. The air-bag on the 

 right fide defcends to the pelvis, and within the brealt is 

 divided into three or four cells by ti-aufverfe membranovis 

 diaphragms. That on the left fide is much narrower, and 

 terminates in the loins. The common food of tliefe birds is 

 grain ; buttliey alfo eat fmall filh, flelh and bread. In their 

 natural ftate, they inhabit the torells in the warm climates 

 of America, and affociate in large flocks on the mountains ; 

 and they efcape, when furpriied in their haunts, by the 

 fwiftnefs of their feet rather than by the ufe of their wings, 

 as they never rife higher than a few feet. They form a bed 

 for their eggs, of which they lay from loto i6, byfcraping 

 the earth at the roots of large trees, but conftrutl no neil. 

 In their domeilic ftate, they manifeft a wonderful attach- 

 ment to their benefaftors, and are no lefs fond and faithful 

 than dogs. By their intercourfe with men, their inftintts 

 are moulded like thofe of dogs ; and it is faid that they may 

 be trained to tend a flock of fheep. They arejealous of 

 rivals ; fight with dogs, cats and birds of prey, and keep 

 the poultiy in great fubjeftion. They follow perfons through 

 the ilreets and out of town, and it is difficult to get rid of 

 them. Of all the feathered tribes the agami is the moil 

 attached to the fociety of man, and indeed is the only bird 

 that has a loctal turn. In this refpecl it is as eminently dif- 

 tinguifhed above other birds, as the dog is above quadrupeds. 

 Eilffon's Birds, vol. iv. p. 390, &c. Eng. Tranf. 



Agami is alfoafpecies of Ardea, in the Linnsean fyftem 

 by Gmelin, found in Cayenne, about 31 inches long, and 

 having long feathers in the tail. Thefe feathers are of a 

 deep blue ; the under fide of the body is rufous ; the neck 

 is of the fame colour before, but bluilh below, and dark 

 blue above- The head is black, the occiput bluhh and 

 crefted, the temples and the portion above the eyes white. 



AGAMIA, in Ancient Geography, a promontory and port 

 cf Afia Minor, near Troy. Steph. Byz. 



AGAMINA, or Agamana, Kahem, aborough of Mefo- 

 potamia, fituate, according to Ptolemy, on the Euphrates, 

 towards 33" 55' lat. 



AGAMUS, a town of Afia Minor, nearHeraclea. 



AGAMIUlVr, a borough of Italy, belonging to the 

 Infubres. 



AGAN, in Geography, one of the Ladrone iflands. Here 

 Magellan, the famous navigator, was aflaffinated in 152 i. 



AGANAGRA, in yincier.t Geography, a town of India 

 beyond the Ganges, according to Ptolemy. 



AGANGTNvE, a people of Ethiopia. 



AGANIPPE, a fountain of Helicon, facred to the 

 Mufes, whence they derived the appellation of ylga- 

 nippides. Ovid (Fall. 1. v. v. 7.) makes Hippocrene and 

 jigamppe the fame ; but Solinus, and others, diftinguifh them 

 and afcribe their being united to poetic licence. The water 



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of this for.ntain was, to thofe who drank it, the left of tlie 

 furor poeticus. 



AGANLY river, a branch of Kuban river, which falls 

 into the fea of Afoph from the ffiuth. 



AGANZAVA, a town of Afia, in the interior part of 

 Media, fituate, according to Ptolemy, in long. 89° and 

 lat. 39"^ 30'. 



A G AP/E, or Aga r r s, formed of the Greek afarn, h-oe, 

 in Church HtJ}rir\', a kind ot religious feilival, celebrated, in the 

 ancient church, tu keep up a harmony and concord among its 

 members. To thefe agapai, we have a reference by St. Judr, 

 V. 12. and alfo by St. Peter (2d EpilUe c. ii. v. 13.) if with 

 the Alexandrian copy, vulgar Latin and Arabic verfions, 

 we read o.yx.mA; tor aTxIai,-. Ttrtullian is the firft author 

 who has particularlj- defciibed thefe fealls. Apolog. c. xxxlx. 

 Oper. p. 35. Ed. Rigalt. Having taken notice of fome 

 luxurious luppcrs among the Heathens, he adds, " the 

 nature of our fupper is indicated by its name ; it is called 

 by a word, which, in the Greek language, fignifies love. 

 We arc not anxious about the expencc of the entertainment ; 

 fince we regard that as gain which is expended with a pi<nu 

 purpole, in the rchef and rcfrcfhment of all among us that: 

 are indigent. — The occafion of our entertainment being fa 

 honourable, you may judge of the manner of its being con- 

 ducted ; it confills in the difcharge of religious duties ; it 

 admits nothing vile, nothing immodcft. Before we fit down, 

 prayer is made to God. The hungry cat as much as they 

 defire, and every one drinks as much as can be ufeful to fober 

 men. We fo feaft, as men, who have their minds impreffed 

 with the idea of fpending the night in the worlhip of God ; 

 we fo converfe, as men, who are confeious that the Lord 

 heareth them. — Prayer alfo concludes the feaft ; and every- 

 one departs to his own concerns, &c." Pliny alfo (Ep. 

 xcvii. cited by Tertullian, Apolog. c. ii. uli fupra p. 3.) 

 evidently refers to thefe feafts, when he informs Trajan, that 

 the whole fault or error of the Chriftians was this, that it 

 was their cuftom, on a ftated day, to hold their alTemblies 

 before the morning-light, and to bind themfelves by a facra- 

 ment (or oath) to do no wickednefs, &c. ; which things 

 being performed they departed, and came again to partake 

 of a common and innocent meal ; from which however they 

 defifted, after I publifiied my edicl againft clubs or affemblies. 

 Lucian (de Morte Peregrini (J xii. Oper. t. ill. p. 335. Ed. 

 Reitzli) fays, that when Peregrinus, a Cluiilian, was in 

 prilon, various fuppers were brought in and their facred dif- 

 courfcs were delivered. Thefe fuppers feem to have been the 

 agapas of the ancient Chriftians. It appears, therefore, that 

 they were of early original, and had been long in ufe ; but 

 they were not confidcred as an inllitution of the Gofpel, or 

 obferved in obedience to a divine command. If this had 

 been the cafe, they would not have been difcontinued in con- 

 fequence of the editt of a Heathen magiftrate, or difufed 

 in future times. They were conducted with decorum, and 

 afforded opportunities for the exercife of devotion and cha- 

 rity ; and therefore do not warrant the reproach infinuated 

 by a celebrated hiftorian,who,in his ufual farcaltic manner,fays 

 (Gibb. Hift. vol. ii. p. 346. Svo.) that " the feafts of love or 

 agap3e, conftituted a very pleafing part of the public worfliip." 

 The ingenious Mr. Hallett in his difcourfe on the agapae 

 (Notes on feveral texts of fcripture, &c. vol. lii. p. 235, &c.) 

 maintains, in oppofition to fome other writers, that thefe 

 agapse, being fuppers, were not concomitants, or appendarres 

 of the ciirharill. They were entirely diftincl and inde- 

 pendent things, celebrated about twelve hours after the 

 eucharift, which was celebrated in the morning. To which, 

 jnay be added the tcftimony of Jviftin Martyr, who, in his 

 account oi the public worlhip of the chuich, and partlcu- 



