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diicliy of Audria, on die confines of Bohemia ; 3^ miles 

 well of V'iouiia. E. long. 13" 52'. N. lat. 48" 3V' 



AIGHENDALE, a liquid iiKafure in Lanealhirc, con- 

 taining fevtn quarts. 



AIGITHALUS, ai~,A3.7.o:, in Omilb^lo^^y, a name by 

 which Ariftotlo, and fome of the old authoii call the p.irus, 



or TITMOUSE. 



AIGLANDE, in Geography, a town of France, -in the 

 department uf the channel, and principal place of a canton, 

 in the dillriiSl *f St. Lo ; four lea j;ues north-eall of Cou- 

 tances. 



AIGEE (I/), Aq^mla, a fmall wiU-bnilt town of 

 France, and capit;J of a dillricl I'ltiiate on the Rllle, in the 

 department of Orae ; ic" leagues north-eail of Alciu;un. 

 Its principal commerce is corn, hai'd-wares and pli:;;. It 

 contains three parifh churches, two convents, and a liofpital ; 

 is furrounded with walls, and has li); gates. E. long. 1 ' 31'. 

 N. lat. 48" 46'. 



AIGJ^E, a town of Switzerland, in a part of the Lower 

 Valais, which belongs to the feipnoiy of Berne, and forms 

 part of a canton. It is fituated on a fmall river, which runs 

 into the Rhone, about a league below it ; 12 leagues eait- 

 north-eall of Geneva. The country about it has rich paf- 

 tures, and good wines and fruit ; but it often fuffers from 

 the inundations occalioned by the high mountains that bound 

 it touardj the north. The fait tliat is coUetlcd from the 

 faline waters in Its vicinity is refined at Aigle. E. long. 6° 

 51'. N. lat. 26" 22'. 



AiCLE, a river of France, which waters part of the go- 

 vernment of Orleanois, lifes near Mce in Bcaufie, and dif- 

 charges itfelf into the Loir, between Chateaudun and 

 Cloye. 



AlGLETTE, in Heraldry. See Eaglet. 



AIGN, in Geography, a town of Germany, in the circle 

 of Bavaria, and archbilliopric of Salt/burg, near which is 

 a medicinal fpring ; two miles fouth-eait of Saltzburg. 



AIGNAN, a town of France, in the department of 

 Gers and diilriA of Nogaro ; feven leagues weil of Audi. 



AIGNEY-LE-DUC, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Cote d'Or, a dillrict of Chatillon ; J^l leagues 

 fouth-fouth-eaft of Chatillon. It is fituated on a fmall 

 mountain, at the foot of which runs a llream of the fame 

 name. Its chief fubfiftencc is derived from bleaching and 

 the commerce of linen cloth. 



AIGRE, a town of France, in the department of the 

 Charente and dillrift of Ruffee ; 5* leagues north of An- 

 goulefme. 



AIGREFEUILLE, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Lower Loire and diilrift of Cliffbn ; 3-1; leagues 

 fonth of Nantes. 



AIGREMONTE, a fmall town of Burgundy in France, 

 in the generality of Diioii. 



AIGRETTE, in Ornith'ilogy, a name given by Buft'on 

 to different fpecies of Ardea, or the Egrets of other 

 authors. 



Aigrette, in Zoologf, a name given by BufFon to the 

 61MIA Aygula. 



AIGUE marine, in Natural Hijlory. See AiiUA 



MARINA. 



AIGUEBELLE, \n Geography, a fmall town of Savoy, 

 on the river Arc, furrounded by high mountains ; five leagues 

 call from Chamberry. The manufacture of this place is 

 iilk. 



AiGUEBELLE is alfo a fmall town of France, in the de- 

 partment of the Drome ; two leagues loulh-eall of Mon- 

 teliiTiart. 



AIGUE-PERSE, a fmall town of France, in the de- 



partment of ruY-de-Donic, and late province of Auvergne ; 

 lU miles north of Clermont and 261 fouth of Paris. The 

 cold water of a fountain near it lias the apjiearance of boiling, 

 and is faid to be fatal to the animals that drink it. E. long. 

 3 ' 20'. N. lat. 45'' 50'. 



AKjI^ES, a river of France, which runs into the Rhone, 

 near Orange. 



AICiUESCAUDES, is fituated in the valley of OfTau, 

 in the principality of Bcarn, in France ; and is famous for a 

 fpring of water, foapy and fulphurcous, and fmelling like \ 

 rotten egg, which is deemed iahitun in many inward and 

 outward difonlers. 



AIGUES-MORTES, a town of France, in the de- 

 partment of "lie Gard and dilhict of Nimcs ; 4J league* 

 iouth of Montpelier. The foil in the neighbourhood is 

 landy, and tlie air unwholefonie on account ol the ikagnant 

 waters that lurroundit. It formerly Hood on the fea and had 

 a haiboiir ; but it is now above two leagues up the countrv, 

 and the harbour is filled up. This place is famous for an in- 

 terview which took place in 153^^, between Charles V. and 

 Francis I. after 20 years of open lioiHlity or fecret enmity ; 

 on which occafion they vied wit1i each other in exjuclTioni 

 of refpeet and fricndfliip. E. long. 5° 8'. N. lat. 43" 34'. 



AIGUF.S-Vn'ES, a town of France, in the department 

 of the Gard and dilhi(fl of Sommieres, five leagues north- 

 eaft of Montpelier. 



AIGUILLON, a town of France, in the department 

 of the l^ot and Garonne, and diftrirt of Tonneins ; fix 

 leagues north-weft of Agen. This town carries on a con- 

 liderable trade in wines, brandy and hemp. E. long, o" 22'. 

 N. lat. 44" 25'. 



AIGUINES, a town of France, in the department of 

 the Var and diihift of Barjols ; Jj leagues north-eaft of 

 Barjols. 



AIGUISCE', AiGuissn', or Eguisce', in Heraldry, 

 a term applied to a cross, when its four ends are fnarpcned, 

 but fo as to terminate in obtufe angles. 



The crois a'lgu'ijce diilers from thecrofs eitchf'f, in that 

 the latter goes tapering by degrees to a fliaq) point ; whereas 

 only the ende of the former are tapered. 



Crofles were fo formed by the Chriflians in their pilgrim- 

 ages for the convenience of fixing them in the ground at 

 their devotion. In the Englilli blazon this kind of crofs is 

 called a crofs iinle. 



■ AIGURANDE, or Acurande, in Geography, a town 

 of France, in the department of the Indre, late province of 

 Beny, and dillrict of La Chatre ; 85 leagues fouth of Cha- 

 teauroux. The couiitiy round it furniflies fat cattle. E. 

 long. I " 44'. N. lat. 46'' 27'. 



All, a people of India, placed by Ptolemy on this fide 

 the Ganges. 



AIKES, a town of Tranfylvania, fix leagues north-eaft 

 of Claufenburg. 



AIKIvLVN, William, in Biography, a painter of con- 

 fiderable eminence, the fon of Wilham Aikman, Efq. of 

 Cairney in Scotland, was born Oftober 24th, 1682, and 

 intended by his father, who was an advocate at the Scots 

 bar, for his own profcllion ; but the Ion declined the ftudy 

 of the law, and devoted himleif to the fine aits, and par- 

 ticularly to that of painting. Having piofccutcd his (Indies 

 for fome time in Britain, he removed to Italy in 1707, aiul 

 rcfided for three years at Rome. He then travelled to Con- 

 ftantinople and Smyrna, and in 1712 returned from Rome 

 to his own countrj" ; and in 1 723 he fettled in London, and 

 followed the profefTlon of painting under the palroiiagc of 

 the Duke of Argyle, the Earl of Burlington, Sir Godfrey 

 Kneller, and lome other encouragers of the arts of that 

 4 pericd. 



