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to Bjine; eleven miles W.S.W. of Laufanne. Tiie town 

 is iituated near a river of the fame name, on an eminence, 

 with a gentle declivity, at the foot of which the river runs 

 with an impetuous torrent. The form of tiit town is that 

 of an amphitheatre, and in its upper part is a handfome 

 caiUe, from tlietop of which may be ften not only the town 

 and its adjacent fields, but the whole lake of Geneva, 

 and the land that furrounds it. In the calUe of Aubonne, 

 as well as at Thonen in Savoy, which is oppofite to it on the 

 other fide of the lake, is a tower covered with tin, which 

 makes a glittering appearance when the fun fhines upon it. 

 In the balliage of Aubonne are feveral villages, mod of 

 w!)ich lie at the foot of mount Jura; and in one part of this 

 mountain is a deep cave, which forms a natural ice-houfe; 

 and from the bottom of it afcends the noife of a fubter- 

 raneous river, fuppofed to be the river Aubonne, becaufe it 

 firft appears, with feveral fources, about loo paces from the 

 foot of this mountain. 



AUBREY, in Latin Albericus, Johm, in Biography, 

 an eminent Englifh antiquary, was born at Eallon Piercy in 

 Wiltfhire, in 1625 or 1626 ; and after preparatory education 

 at Malmelbury, entered in 1642 as a gentleman commoner 

 of Trinity college at Oxford. Whilll he was at the uni- 

 verfity, he afGfted in compiling materials for the " Mo- 

 nafticon Anglicanum." In 1646, he was admitted a 

 iludcnt in the Middle Temple; but the death of his 

 father, and the derangement of his affairs, devolved upon 

 him much bufinefs and many perplexing law-fuits, which 

 prevented him from profecuting his legal ftudies. How- 

 ever he did not abandon his favourite purfuit, but main- 

 tained a regular correfpondence with the lovers of antiqui- 

 ties, and furnifhed Antony Wood with many valuable ma- 

 terials for his great work. . He alfo prefcrvcd an intimacy 

 with feveral of thofe philofophical friends, who formed the 

 Royal Society, of which he became a member in 1662. 

 His domeftic circumllances were peculiarly diftrefling; for 

 he married unfuitably, and by the total lofs of his patri- 

 mony he was reduced to abfolute indigence. But he had 

 the wifdom and fortitude to adapt his mind to his circum- 

 ftances; and accordincrly he fays of himfelf, " From 1670, 

 I have, I thank God, enjoyed a happy dclitefcency." 

 " This obfcurity, which he calls happy, confided in follow- 

 ing the bent of his genius, w-hile he owed his fubfiftence to 

 the kindnefs of his friends; and in labouring to inform the 

 world, in which he knew not how to live." The principal 

 of thofe who contributed to his fupport was lady Long of 

 Dravcot in Wiltfhire, in whofe houfe he had an apartment 

 till his death, which happened about the year 170c, as he 

 was on a journey to Oxford. Aubrey was a good clalTical 

 fcholar, a tolerable naturalift, and a moll laborious anti- 

 quarian ; but he was credulous, and addifted to fuperilition. 

 His works were numerous, but moll of them were left be- 

 hind him in MS. Thefe are i. " The life of Thomas 

 Hobbes of Malmefbury," never pubhfhed, but having fup- 

 plied materials for Dr. Blackbourne's account of this phi- 

 lofopher. 2. " Milcellanies upon the following fubjctls; 

 viz. Day-fatality, Local-fatality, Ollenta, Omens, Dreams, 

 Apparitions, Voices, &c. &c. Corpfe-candles in Wales, 

 Magic, &c. Second-fighted perfons, &c." This work, the 

 title of which fufficientiy indicates the trifling talle and 

 credulous difpofitiou of tiie author, was printed in 1 696, and 

 Aubrey left correftions and additions for a fecond edition, 

 which was not printed till the year 1721. 3. " A Peram- 

 bulation of the county of Surrey, begun 1673, ended 

 1692 ;" printed in l 719, in 5 vols. 8vo., and often refen-ed to 

 by topographical writers. 4. " The Natural Hillory of the 

 north divifion of Wiltfhire," never pubhfhed. 5. " Menu- 

 nieuta Britannica, or a difcourfc concenung Stonehenge, 



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and RoUrich ftones in Oxfordfliire." M.S. On tlicfe fub- 

 jefts, Aubrey's judgment was held in high cHimstion by 

 Mr. Toland; and it was his opiuion that thcfe remains are 

 druidical, and anterior to the Roman invafion of Britain. 

 6. " Architcftonica Sacra, a dilfertation concerning the 

 manner of our church-building in England." MS. 7. " The 

 idea of univerfal education," and fe\tral letters on natural 

 philofophy, and other curious topics, publifhcd in " Ray's 

 Letters," by Derliam, and other Cilleclions. Among hi» 

 MSS. at Oxford, there is one wliich is an account of 

 Englifh wiiters, efpecially poets, with many of whom the 

 author was well acquainted. This MS. " was lent to 

 Wood, wliilc he was drawing up his " Athcni;" but 

 Wood greatly cafliated the MS. while it was in his pof- 

 feffion. Wood's account of Milton, the firll that cvi-r ap- 

 peared in print, and which has fincc furnifhed the fubflance 

 of all the materials riow extant of Milton's life, was literally 

 taken fromthis MS." See Warton's Life of Dr. R. BathurA, 

 p.151 — 153. Biog. Brit. 



AUBURG, in GiO^rapliy, a town of Germany, in tli« 

 circle of Wcllphaha, and county of Diepholz, fix miles call 

 of Diepholz. 



AUBURN, or AuEOURN, is a fmall town in Wilt-Tiire, 

 76 miles well from London. It is feated on a branch of the 

 river Kennet, and has a fmall market on Tu<.fdays. Its in- 

 habitants are principally employed in the manufacture of 

 fuflians, a confidcrable quantity of which is annually fent to 

 the metropolis. The foil of Auburn and its vicinity i< 

 chiefly gravel, with a fubftratum of chalk. About one mik 

 from the town is a very extenfive rabbit warren, whence 

 many hundred couple of rabbits are fent to London dur- 

 ing t!ie proper feafon. Aubum fuffercd materially in its 

 trade and buildings by a furious fire that occurred here on 

 the twelfth of September 1 7^)0, when feventy-two houfes, 

 and other property, to the eftimated amount of 20.000I., 

 were confumed. By means of a pubhc fubfcription, the 

 dillreffed inhabitants obtained fome remuneration for their 

 loffes ; but the town has never recovered the ferious injury it 

 then fuflained. 



AUBUSSON, a town of France, and chief place of a 

 dillricl in the department of the Creufc, fourteen leagues 

 wefl of Clermont. Its manufaclure of tapcllr)- renders the 

 town populous. N. lat. 45° 58'. E. long. 2° 15'. 



AUC.A., a town of Afia, in the kingdom of Candahar, 

 forty-five leagues north-eafl of Zareng. 



AUCAGUERELE, a town of Africa, in the country 

 of Adel. N. lat. 9° 10'. E. long. 44° 25'. 



AUCAS, the name of a warlike and independcM tribe 

 in South America, occupying the fame parts of Paraguay 

 with the Adiponians, and refcmbhng them in their dilpoC- 

 tion and manners. 



AUCH, a oity of France, and capital of the department 

 of Gers. Before the revolution it was the capital of Ar- 

 magnac, and the fee of an archbifliop, who had the. title of 

 primate of Aquitaine; and it «-as the metropolis of Gaf- 

 cogny. It is feated near the Ger?, on the decli\ ity of a 

 hill. Some of the ftreats are ftraight, well paved, and full 

 of neat buildings. The cathedral is a larcjc and beautiful 

 building, adorned with painted windows, wliofe colourings 

 are bright and fuperior to mofl of the kind. The number 

 of inhabitants has been eflimated at 6oco. The country 

 round Auch cjiififls ^f high limellone hills, with narrow 

 vallies, in which are many vines, and in the vinc)-ards arcailo 

 fig-trees. N. lat. 43" 40'. E. long, o' 40'. 



AUCHA, in McierA Geography, a river, upon which was 

 feated the town of Galtis. r i^ c 



AUCHASES, in GfO!^raph\; the name of a inbe of 



mount Caucafus, called alfo Abafes, or Abafgcs, who dwell 



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