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CABLIAU of Strom, sondm, \\\ IcaihyJogy, the com. 

 nion lod-filli, Gadus Morhua of niodcni natuvaliUs. In 

 till.' I.irn. I'll. Siu\: it is c;illii.i Capblia. 



CABLING, ill ^IrchlicUure, tlie figure of a rt;ifF, or 

 reed, cither phiiii or carved, in nft mblnnce of a rope, or a 

 ruih, wherewith a third part of the fiiuinirs of a column 

 are fometiiiies filled up ; iieiicc called ciillvdjliilings. 



There are alio callings in relievo without fintaif;, cfpeci- 

 nlly on certain pilafters, as in the church of Sapicnza at 

 Rome. See Flutis. 



CABLISH, C.d/icia, in the Fore/l I.aiv, denotes hru(h, 

 or browfe wood ; though Spelnrin t.'kvs it mere prupeily 

 to figuify trees, or branches, thrown down by the wind ; 

 from the French <:/;(ji/w, qx l>ois chitUh, which denotes tlic 

 fame. 



CABO, in Geography, a kingdom of Africa, in Nigri- 

 tia, fitnate to the louth of the Rio Grande, and near the 

 fource of the Cafamanka, about I ^o leagues from its mouth. 

 Little is known concerning it; but fume vi:yagcrs afTert that 

 the king is rich and powerful, and that in time of peace lie 

 keeps 7coomen well armed, in order to comm-,'iid due refpeft 

 from liis neighbours. 



Cabo Corfa, or Cape-Coajl, a cr.pe and faflory of 

 Africa, on the Gold coaft. N. lat. r," \i>' . W. long. 

 2° 8'. 



Caio (Je CriiT:,, a bold point of land on the foutli fide of 

 the idand of Cuba. N. lat. 19° 57'. \\ . long. 78" 28'. 



Cabo ds St. yuan, tiie north-eafttrnrr.oit point of the 

 ifland of Porto Rico. N. lat. 18° 30'. 



CABOCHED, Caboshed, or Cabosskd, formed 

 from the obfolete French caboche, from caput., head, in He- 

 raldry, is where the head of a beall is cut off behind the 

 ears, !)y a feftion parallel to the face ; or by a perpendicu- 

 lar feflion : in contradiftinclion to couped, which is done by 

 a horizontal line ; bcfides that it is farther from the cars 

 than cahoffing. The head in this cafe is placed full-faced, 

 or affrontee, fo that no part of the neck is vilible. This 

 bearing is bv fonie called TnwLed. 



CABOCHON, in Conchology, the name given by Ar- 



genville to the Linnsean Patella equestris; which fee. 



CABOCLES, in M'jdern Hi/lory, a name given in the 



Weil Indies by the Poituguefe to thofc produced between 



Americans and Negroes. 



CABOLITjE, in Ancient Geography, a people of AHa, 

 placed by Ptolemy in Paropaniifus. 



CABOMBA, in Botany. See Nectris. 

 CABOT, Sebastian, in Ijio:;rap/}y, an eminent navi- 

 gator, the fon of a Venetian pilot dirtiiiguifhtd by his ilvill 

 in the fame art, and often refident in Enghind, was born 

 at Biiilol about the year 1477, and inftrudttd by his father 

 in thofe branches of mnthcmatical fcicnce which were ne- 

 ceffary for forming a (kilfnl ftaman. Before he had attained 

 the age of 1 7 years, he made mar.y trips to fca ; thus adding 

 an acquaintance with the prafti-al part of navigation to the 

 knowledge of its theory. In Ins tirft voyage of any im- 

 portance, he accompanied his father for tlie difcovtry of 

 unknown lands, and particularly for exploring a north-well 

 p.flage to the Eall Indies. John Cabot, encouraged in 

 this attempt by the dllcoveries of Columbus, who returned 

 from his lirft expedition in 1493, obtained, in 1405, letters 

 patent trom king Henry VII. empowering him and his three 

 fons to dlfcover, concjucr, and lettle lands then ur.known, 

 in recompence of whicli they were to be inverted with many 

 privileges. The king, however, referved to himfelf one- 

 fifth part of the neat profits, and reftrifled them to return 

 from tiieir voyage into the port of Briftol. Accordingly in 

 the following year he prcocreJ for his expedition, and 



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ohtauied tlic king's pcrmlfil-n to take up fix flu'ps of 2I33 

 tons buiden and iindir, in any iiarbour of the realm, and to 

 engage a fufficie-nt number (if manners. His majcfty was 

 at the expenceof fitting one flilp at Briftol, ai.d'thc mer. 

 chants of that city ar.d of London added three or four 

 fmall vtdcls, freighted with fuiiablc commodities. With this 

 fleet John Cabot and his fon Seballian fet fail in the Spring 

 of 149-, n::d pnrfucd th-.ir courfe till the 24lh of June, 

 when they difcovritd the ifland of " Baccalaos," fo called 

 from the lllh wliich lliey found iji great abundance on its 

 coall, but now known by the name of Newfoundland. 

 Another adjoining illi-nd they called St. John, probably 

 from the Saint's day on wliich it was difcovered. On this 

 ifiand, as tliey fuppofed it to be, which was the fonth-weft 

 part of Newfoundland, they found inhabitants who were 

 cloathed with the il<ins of hearts, and who ufed bows, ar- 

 rows, pikes, darts, wooden clubs, and flings. Three of 

 thefe natives were brought with them to England. It is 

 fuppofed, however, that Schailian had made fome voyages 

 of difeovery in the reign of Henry V'll. without his father; 

 and that in fome ofihvfehc failedas .''ar north as *'i7°and a half, 

 but was prevented from proceeding i'arther by the mutiny 

 of his fallors. After the difeovery of Ncwfoundlr.nd, 

 Cabot and his fon iailed down to Cape Florida ; and on 

 their return to England they were well received, as they 

 were the lirrt rav-gotors who liad aftrally feen the continent of 

 America; Columbus not having obfervcd it till the following 

 year. During t!;e fn.cceeding period of :o years, there is 

 a chafm in the liidory of Sebaftian's tranfadlions ; nor is it 

 certain when or where his father died, though he probably 

 terminated his life in England, to wliich he appears to have 

 been much attached. In the 8tli vear of the reign of king 

 Henry VIIl. we find that Kebartian Cabot liadVormcd an 

 intimate connexion with Sir Thomas Pert, then vice-admiral 

 of England ; and that he had obtained, by his intercft with 

 the king, a good fliip for the purpofe of profccuting his 

 d:fc()veries. It fecms to have been at this time his intention 

 to have failed by the fonth to the Eaft Indies, and with this 

 view he failed firrt to Brazil ; but difappuinted in his pur- 

 pofe- through the timidity of his coadjutor. Sir Thomas 

 Pert, as Hakluyt afllrtsi he direfted "his courfe .to the 

 iflands of Hifpaniola and Porto Rico, and having trafficked 

 here for fome time, he returned to England. Thus difap- 

 pointcd in his views, he left England and removed to Si)aiii, 

 where he was very refpsftfully received and appointed pilot- 

 major, for the purpofe of reviewing all proitcli of difco- 

 very, which were, at that period, numerous and important. 

 In the year 1524, many opulent merchants entered into a 

 treaty with him, and engaged to defray the charges of an 

 expedition to the Moluccas, or Spice iflands, by the new- 

 found paO'age of Magellan. Accoidingly he fet fail from 

 Cadiz with four (liips, in April 1.S25; aiid proceeded irril 

 to the Canaries, then to the Cape Vetd ifland', and 

 afterwards to Cape St. Augurtine, and to the ifland of 

 Patos, or Geefe. At the bay of All Saints he ivas li- 

 berally fupplied with proviiions, for which he m.ade a very- 

 ungrateful return by forcibly carrying away four fon of the 

 princi;)alpcrfous of the i;).ind. He then 'proceeded to the 

 river La Plata, and landed on a defert ifland Martin Men- 

 dez, his vice-admiral, Captain Francis dc Rojas, and Mi- 

 chael de Rojas, where he left them becaufe they had cen- 

 fured his coudufl. Being prevented by a mutiny among 

 his men and by fcarcity of provilions from profeci'itinn- his 

 voyage to the Spice Iflands, he failed about 30 leagues up 

 the river La Plata, and found an ifland which he called St. 

 Gabriel, about a league in compafs and half a league from 

 the continent towards Brazil ; and having difcovered about 

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