ATE 



tlie ancient peninfula Meroe. Tlie Daveina Arabs, who 

 conilaiitly live in tents, bear a mortal enmity to all who 

 Liliabit villages, and, as occafion ofTered, have laid waflc the 

 jrrcateft part of Atbara. The ftrength of Teawa, fays 

 Bruce, was about twcnty-fivc hoilc, of which about ten 

 were armed with coats cf mail; and they had about a dozen 

 firelocks. The reft of the inhabitants mi;^ht amount to 

 I200 men, naked, miferablc and defpicable Arabs, like the 

 rell of tliofe that live in villages, who are much inferior to 

 the Arabs that dwell in tents. In tl.is dtiert and porr 

 country, it is not to be expeclcd that trade of any kind 

 fhould flourifli; but there is a miftrable manufafture of 

 coarfe vvoclleu cloths, of the fize of largo towels, fufficient 

 to go round the middle, which p^fs current, like fpccie, all 

 over Atl ara: they are called " Dimoor," and are ufed in- 

 ftead of iilver money. The mahalac, a very bad copper 

 coin, piffes for fniallcr matters; fo that the currency of 

 Teawa ilands thus: 



20 mahalac, i crufh, 



12 crnfh, I mttical, 



4 mttical, I vakia. 



Thevakia of gold is worth about forty-five fliillings; but 

 the only commerce of Teawa is canied on by exchange, 

 as fait for grain, camels for fait; the value of goods vaiy- 

 ing according to the Icarcity or plenty of one foit of 

 commodities with refpect to the other. Brucc's Trav. 

 vol. iv. p. 406. 



ATCHAIRSKOI, a fottrefs of Siberia, on the Irtidi, 

 twenty-eight miles fouth-eail of Omflc. 



ATCHAK, one of the Fox iflands, about 800 verfts 

 diftant from the Aleutian ifles ; lying in 56" N. lat. and 

 extending from W. S.W. towards E. N. E. It refembles 

 Copper illand, and has a convenient harbour on the north. 



ATCHE, in Commerce, a fmall iilver coin, current in the 

 ftates of the Grand Seignor, equal to about a third part of 

 the Engliili penny. The atche is the fmallell coin ufed in 

 Turkey; where there is no copper money current, except in 

 the province of Babylon. Some call the atche the little 

 afper: it is llamped like the para, with Arabic charafters. 

 Three or four atches are commonly given in exchange for 

 the para. 



ATCHIEVEMENT, in Heraldry, lignifies the arms, 

 crefts, and fupporters, which a perfon has a lawful right to 

 bear, with all the exterior ornam.ents, as helmet, mantle, 

 motto, &c. &c. See Funeral Alch'iivements. 



ATCHEIN, in Geography. See Acheen. 



ATCHI KouNiPi, a lake of America, in Labrador, 

 ■which conveys its water fouthcrly, through a connected 

 chain of fniall lakes, into the river St. Lawrence. 



ATCHINSK, one of the fix diilricis of the province 

 of Tomfli, in Ruflia, fituate on the river Tchulym, falling 

 into the Ob. The town is 424 miles E.S.E. cf Tobollk. 

 N.lat. 56° 20'. E. long. 124*^ 36'. 



ATE, derived from btki', to hurt, in Mythology, the 

 daughter of Jupiter, and the goddefs of mifchief. She was 

 call dov.u from heaven by Jupiter, who, deceived by Juno 

 in caufing Eurillheus to be born before Hercules, was in- 

 cenfed, and maniftlled his refentment again il yi'.'f, as the 

 caufe of the ofTencc, by precipitating her from heaven, and 

 fwearing that fhe (hould never return thither. Homer, 11. 

 xix. 125. Mythologies explain the fable thus: Ate is 

 the daughter of Jupiter, becaufe evil happens by the 

 permiffion of providence ; and her banilhment from heaven 

 to earth fignifies the dreadful cfTedls of divine juftice among 

 men. 



ATECA, in Geography, a town of Spain, in Arragon, 

 upon the river Xalon, two leagues above Calatiaud: Tup- 



ATE 



pofed by Clufius to be the ancient " Attacum" of the Celtic 

 berians, placed by others at Daroca. 



ATEGAR, a weapon among the Saxons, which fcems 

 to have been a hand-dart. The word comes^froin the Saxon 

 aetnn, tnjl'ing, or throiu, ar.d gar, a 'zveapon. 



ATEGUA, in jincieiU Geography, a town of Spain, 

 fituate near the river named " Flumcn Salfum," or " Sal- 

 fufa." Pompey having paifed this river, encamped betwceu 

 Ucubis and Ategua, to oblige Ca:far to raife the fiege of 

 the latter place; but it was taken in his prefence. It oc- 

 curs in the route from Anticnria t(i Hifpalis. 



ATEIA, a town of Afia Minor, in the Palrayrcnc. 

 Ptolen-.y. 



ATELEIA, in Antiquity, denotes an exemption from 

 tribute, taxes, or other burdens. , ^ 



ATAfia ^.tiTfcpyr.pa'iiv, is particularly ufed, in fome Ancient 

 l.atvs, for an exemption from officeo, granted to the Egyptiau 

 clergy by Conftantius. 



ATELLA, in Ancient Geography, a town of Italy, in the 

 Campania, foiuh-weft of Capua. It was iirft declared munici- 

 pal, and afterwards bccaaie a colony. The ruins of this ancient 

 city of the Ofeans may be noxv feen two miles to tlie foutli 

 of Averfa, at a place called " S. Afpino di Atella." 



Atella, in Geography, a town of Italy, in the kingdonj 

 of Naples, at the foot of the Apennines, in the Bafihcata, 

 two leagues from Melphi. 



ATELLANiE, in Antiquity, a kind of comic and fatiric 

 pieces prefented on the Roman theatre; fome what lefs 

 ludicrous than the farces on the Englifli llage, and yet lefs 

 grave and ferious than the Greek and Latin comedies and 

 tragedies. The atellanre, or fabulae atcllanx of the Romans^ 

 anfwered to the fatyrae among the Greeks. They were 

 thus called from Atella, a city of Tufcany, where they were 

 firil reprefented ; and from whence, on account of their 

 mirth and humour, they were introduced into Rome. But 

 they became at length fo licentious and impudent, that the 

 fenate was obliged to fupprefs them. * 



ATELLARA, or Atellari, in Geography, a river of 

 Sicily, which runs into the lea between Syracule and cape 

 PalTaro. 



ATELLUM, in Ancient Geography, a tovvni of Italy, in 

 Magna Grascia, north-weil of Venufia. 



A-TEMPO GIUSTO, in Mufw, implies a fteady, juft 

 time; not very quick, but firm and exaft. A-tempo, after 

 recitative, a paufe, or ralentando, imphes a return to the 

 full time. 



ATENA, in Geography, a fmall town of Italy, in tlie 

 kingdom of Naples, fituate on the river Negro, in the Prin- 

 cipato Citra, ten miles weft of Marfico Novo. 



ATER, in Ancient Geography, a m.ountain of Africa, in 

 the Syrtis Minor, v/hich, according to Pliny, extended 

 itfelf to a confidcrable diftance from the eaft to the weft, 

 and was called by the, Romans, " Mons Ater," becaufe it 

 was fcorched by the heat of the fun. The mountainous 

 tradl, known to the ancients by the name of Mons Ater, • 

 is now denominated the " Black Harutch." 



Ater, in Conchology, a fpecfes of Mvtilus, defcribfd^ 

 in Molin. Hift. Chih, p. 177. and fjiid to be frequent on 

 the iliores of that country. It is fulcated or grooved, with 

 the poftcrior part fcaly. Gmcl. Tiiis flicll is rough like 

 fome fpecies of pinna; ; dull blue ; fifti black, and not eat- 

 able. 



Ater, a fpecies of Strombus found in the boggy parts 

 of the illand of Amboyna. This fliell is fmooth, and has 

 flie lip feparated before and behind. The length is about 

 two inches; colour black, brown, or bay, and white within; 

 very finely flriated traiifverfely ; aperture ovate ; fpire fub- 



ulatCy 



