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lion ijy liis dlfcovcrics and exploits, he died in his own conn- 

 try. Nouv. Dirt. Hill. 



Cabr.\l, ill Gt'j_^riip/'y, a town of Spain, in the tenitory 

 of Cordova ; ;; miles N.\V\ ot Lucena. 



CABRE, a town oi the ifland of Cuba ; 30 miles S. of 

 Spiiitn Santo. 



CABRELLA, a town of Portuiral, in the province of 

 Ellrcmadura ; ~-^ leagues E.S.E. of Setnval. 



CABRERA, Lat. Cuprar'm, a fmallilland in the Mediter- 

 ranean, deriving its name from the nnmber of goats upon it. 

 It is moantainon<; and defert ; no part being inhabited ex- 

 cept its port, which is large and faft, and the entrance of 

 which, oppotite to Majorca, is defended by a callle and a 

 fniitU j^Mrrifon. Under the wed end of the ifland there is 

 a good road. Criminals are baniflied into this idaiid ; ^^ 

 leagues S. from Majorca. — Alfo, a fmail ifland near the 

 north coaft of the illand of Sardinia, N. lat. 41° 15', E. 

 ■long. 9° 2'/'. — Alfo, another ifland, named likewifc Capraa, 

 lying about E.N.E. trom Cape Corfe, on the north point of 

 Coriica, nearly N. from the well end of the Elbe Ifland.— 

 Alfo, anotlier ifland E. of the ifland Sapicnza, at the S.W. 

 point of the Morea — Alfo, another ifland in the gulf of 

 Venice, not far from the coall of Italy, and nearly north 

 from moimt St.Angclo, or the gulf of Varennes. 



CABRERA ifland, lies on the fouth coall of Candia 

 ifland, S. of the Archipelago iflands, about twelve leagues 

 E.N.E. from the ifland of Goza. On theeaft of it is a fair Lay, 

 in which is a good road ; and another to the well. 



CABRERES, a town ot France, in the department of 

 the Lot, and dillricl of Cahors; I J miles E.N.E. of it. 



CAB RES, llha lU, or Goat ifland, a fmall ifland belong- 

 ing to Africa, near the coaft of Guinea, at a fmall dillancc 

 from tile ifland of St. Thomas. It is mountainous and co- 

 vered with lemon-trees. 



CABRETA, Ciipe, lies on the coaft of Spain, e, leagues 

 •E. from the ifland TarifTa, and the wellcrnmoll point of the 

 great bay of Gibraltar. 



GABRIEL, a river of Spain which runs into the Xucar, 

 foon after it enters Valencia. 



CABRIERES, a town of France, in the county of Ve- 

 naiflin, the inhabitants of which were ordered to be mafia- 



C.-\BRON, capi; in Geography, the north-caft point of 

 Prelquc ille de Samana, in the ifland of St. Domingo, 2S 

 leagues S.E. by V.. from old cape Francois. N. lat. jy" 35'. 

 W. long. 6.S° 40'. 



CABRUSI, in the Wnl'mgs of the Ariclailr, a word fre- 

 quently ufed to txprefs Cyprian, or coming from the illand 

 ot Cyprus. The ancient Greeks had almoll all their vitri- 

 ols and vitriolic minerals from this ifland ; they therefore 

 fomctimes called thtle cabrufi, without any addition. It h 

 very probable that our word copperas, the common name of 

 green vitriol, is a falle pronunciation of this word cabrufi. 



CABiriA, a Weft Indian fpecics of hemp, produced 

 in the province of Panama, from a plant fomewhat like 

 the chardon or iris ; when ripe, they lay it to ileep in 

 water, and after drying it again, beat it with wooden mallets 

 till nothing but the hemp remains, which they afterwards 

 fpin, and make thread and ropes of it j the former of which 

 is fo hard and tough, that with it they faw iron, by fittinor 

 it on a box, and laying a little fine fand over the metal as the 

 work proceeds. 



CABUL, Cadulistan, or Zabulistan, in Ger,graph\, 

 a country of Afia,on the limits of Hindoftan, and welt of the 

 Indus, which was formerly a province of Pcrlia, afterwards 

 annexed to the Mogul empire, and comprehended again 

 under the Perflan monarchy in 17.59, by Nadir Shah. It is 

 bounded on the north by Kuttore or Caferillan, and the 

 Hindoo-Kho mountains, which latter feparate Cabul from 

 Balk and Badakflian ; on the weft by the fame mountains 

 and Candaliar, on the fouth by Moultan and Lahore, and on 

 the eall by Calhmere. This Soubah, under the Mogul em- 

 perors, comprehended the whole fpace between the Indus 

 and the mountains of Hindoo-Kho, being indimenfions 150 

 cofles (each cofs being about \-^^ ftatute mile,) according to 

 theAyin Acbaree; andthisisitsgreateft extent ; for loocoflTes 

 aie given for itsbreadth between Kunabagh, fituate 1 1 royal 

 coflcs S.W.of Ghizni.andChuganfcraiatthe weftern extremi- 

 ty of Caferiftan. Cabul is conlinedon thenorth bythe continu- 

 ation ofHindoo-Kho ; andonthenorth-eaftby Caferiftan. To- 

 wards the fouth, or the quarter of Bungufli, its e.xtent is not 

 afcertained : but as its greatell breadth is included within 

 the fpace between Kurrabagh and Chuganferai, we may con- 



cred by an arret of parliament in 1545, under the pretext of elude that it cannot extend far beyond the river of Nughx. 

 ' ''^ "^ "^ " We have an ample defcription of Cabul in the Ayin Acba- 



ree; from which, as well as from every other account, it ap- 

 pears to be a country much diverfified by mountains cover- 

 ed with eternal fnow, hills of a moderate height and eafy 

 afccnt, rich plains and ftately forcfts ; and thefe enlivened 

 by innumerable ftreams of water. It produces every article 

 nec<.iiary to human life, together with the moft delicate fruits 

 and flowers. In the Ayin Acbaree Cabul is reckoned a part 

 of the foubah of Caflimere; but it has been fince, with great 

 propriety, regarded as a foubah of itfelf. Cabul, with re- 

 fpecl to its natural geography, is divided into two parts, fc- 

 parated by a ridge of very high mountains, ufually covered 

 with fnow, which runs from weft to eaft from the neighbour- 

 hood of Ghizni to that of Deenkyte on the Indus, belovr 

 Attock. The tra£t lymg to the north of this ridge is named 

 Lumghan, or the Lumghanat ; and that on the fouth Bun- 

 gufh, or the Bungufliat ; each having one or more confidera- 

 ble rivers interfctting their whole length, and difcharging 

 themlelves into the Indus. Each tradl has alfo its proper roads, 

 and itspafles over the Indus, from the diilridlsof Cabul, Canda- 

 liar, and Ghizni, refpettively : but the northern, orLumghanat 

 road, is that in common iife, either to Periia or to Samarcand, 

 notwithftanding its circuitous nature, as it refpefts the former 

 of thefe countries ; for it is both the eaficft and the fafeft. 

 Cabul, as well as Candahar, together with fome diilrids 

 4 N 2 oa 



religion ; 3 leagues N. of Cavaillon 



CABRILLA, in Ichthyology, a fpecies of Pkrca, found 

 in the Mediterranean fea, the body of which is marked with 

 four longitudinal fanguineons bands. Linn. Muf. Ad. Fr. 



CAB RITA iJlLind, in Geography, See Capri A. 



CABROL, Bartholomew, in Biography, a native of 

 Languedoc, received his education in anatomy and furgery, 

 at Montpellier. Returning to his own country, in i^,yi, 

 he was appointed furgeon to the hofpital of St. Andrew, 

 in that city. In I'JJO he was invited by the Univerlity 

 of Montpellier to take the office of demonftrator in anato- 

 mv; an office he filled with credit feveral years. In i •;94 he 

 publifliedan anatomical treatife, under the title of" Alphabet 

 Anatomique," at Tournon, 4t6. reprinted at Geneva in 

 )^i02, and afterwards tranflated into Latin, with the title of 

 " Alphabeton Anatomicum," id eft, " Anatomes Elcnchus 

 accuratiffimus, omnes humani corporis partes, ca qua fecari 

 folent methodo dellneans, accefl'ere ofteologia, obfervationcf- 

 que medicis ac chirurgis perutiles, 1604, Geneva." In this 

 form it has been frequently reprinted; and is valuable, Hal- 

 ler fays, for the number of curious and iiftful obfervalions 

 contained in it. It is inferted in a colleftion of treatifes, enti- 

 tled, " Collegium Anatomicum clariffimorum trium viro- 

 rum, Jalfolini, Seveiini et Cabrolii. Douglas Bibliog. Haller, 

 Bib. Chir. Eloy. Dia. Hift 



