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rsij, nnd fhouM be able to do iiothinp;. Thi;! \vtis toW to 

 Ins Sariliniiii Mnjeliy, wlio was mucli purplcxcd how to 

 trcit fiicli ini;iertincnce. C;i(rardii was not bis f\ibjcft, and 

 h.id been iVnt by the king of Naples, out of ci.niplimciit, 

 0:1 occal'io!! of the WL-diiiiig. But the full nitrht of perform 

 aiice the prince of Savoy, in his nuptial d'vfs, went behind 

 thi.' fcen^s, jiill before the opera beijun, when enteiin?, i.ito 

 converfation with CifTarelii, he told h'ln that hi wa'i glad to 

 fee him there, th JUgh the princefs of Savoy tl'.ought it iiard- 

 ly pofiible that any one fliould fing in fiich a manner as wouid 

 ■ ^ive her pleafure, after Fariiielli. " Now, Caflarelli," fays 

 the prince, capping him on tlie fliouldtr, " exert yourfcif 

 a little, and cure the princefs of this prvjiidicc in favanr of 

 her ma'.ler." Caffarcl.i was penetrated by this cond.fcen- 

 fion IM the prince, and cried ont, " Sir, her hi:;hni.(.. (ball 

 hear two Farinelii's in one, tonij;ht." And be is faid 'o 

 liave fung, en this oecafion, belter than any one ever fiti:g 

 before. The Athua was piqued by his great exertions to 

 ilifplay all her talents, which, Ike tl;e collilion of flint and 

 Heel, only fired thein the more. 



In a letter wh'cli the anthor of this article receivtd from 

 Garrick, during his tonr throsigh Italy, dated Naples, Fe- 

 bruary jth, 17O4, is the following pafTagi' eoncernliig this 

 finger who was then tnrntd uf fixty : " Ycllerday we at- 

 tended tht ceremony of making a nun, ibe was the daughter 

 of a dnke, and the who'e was coiidudltd with great iplen- 

 dor and magnificence. The church was richly ornan-.entcd, 

 and there were two large bands -of mufic of all kind?. T:;e 

 confecraiion was performed witli great folernnity, aid I 

 was very much affcdled ; and to crown the whole the prin- 

 cipal part was fung by the fam lus CafTarelli, who, t! ough 

 old, has pleafed me mere than all tl'S fingers I have hearo. 

 He touched me ; and it was the firil lime I have been 

 touclietl fince I came into Italy." 



In 1770, we heard CafTarelli ourfelves, fing in a room at 

 Naples. He was then fixty-feven ; yet, though bis voice 

 was thin, it was cafy to imagine, from what be was ftill able 

 to do, that his voice and talents had been of the very firllclafs. 

 He had been fo prudent as to provide for old age during 

 you^h; and he was now not only li»irg in eafe and affluence, 

 in a fumptnous houfe of his own building, upon which was 

 this infcnption: " Amphion Tliebas, Ego domurn;" but had 

 purehafvd a dukedom for his nephew after his deeeafe. Caf- 

 farelli died in 178;, at eighty years of age; and the ne- 

 phew, to whom he bequeathed his fortune, is now Duca di 

 tjanti Dorato. 



CAFFER, in Entomology, a fpecies of CrrAMnvx, of a 

 tralTy-grcn colour, with Ip nous ihorax, ti [laceous w ing- 

 cufes, a-id ibort anlennse. Fabricins. Inhabits llic Cape 

 of Good Hop' . 



Cafffr, m.Ziology. Bos Caffer, the Cape Ox an ani- 

 mal o; the Ox genus, with horns that are broad at the bafe, 

 then fpreading doAnwards, next upwards, and curving in- 

 ward- at the tip : mane fliort. Sparnnann. 



It i-, as Dr. Shaw very .properly obfcrvcs, to Dr. Sparr- 

 maiin. Dr. Forllcr, and Mr. MalTon, that we are principally 

 indebted for the panicn'ars r- lative to the dcfcription and 

 natural hillory of lbs n vnA v. hieh, thotigh long a^jo im- 

 perftiSly known, has but lauly bten accurately dtfcribcd. 

 Dr. Spirrmann pubhOiid an accoiupt of th:s animal in the 

 Tranfad>ons of the Stockholm .-\eadcmv for I 779, and Maf- 

 fon in t'\c ^6th volume of the Tranfaclioiis of the Royal 

 Soe fly of L.Midon. By tticle writers ihis animal is dcf.rib- 

 ed as bcinj) about five feet au'l a h;ilf in height, and tar fu- 

 ,p-ri.'r in ftrei'gth ai.d fiirccncfs to the European oxen, 

 whicu renders it a dangerous crtati.re. it encounters men, 



horfes, snd ritber cxen ■with lerocily, ti-nmpl'ii7 and cnifh- 

 ing them to dealh with its feet, a^id is fo Iwift thai m run- 

 ning up hll it is not eafiiy overlak n by a horfe. 



'I'iiis fpecies ndiabits the ir li nor parts of Africa, rortli 

 of the Cape of Good Hope, where it is iourd in Lr^t herds 

 in the more defcrt patts, retiiiug by day into the thick fo- 

 rells, and appearing chk-fiy towards the evening and morn- 

 ing. It io aflirmed ol tliis creature, that it «il! often lliip 

 off the fi^in of Inch animal-? as if kills, by licking them witn 

 its roi-'h tongue, as recorded by lome aucient ■Bulhors 

 of the Biioti. The fl:in is exciifivcly llrong, and is on this 

 account in high ellimation with the crlonills at the Cape, 

 for its fnperijr cxceilcncc in nukini; harne!'es, and other 

 ufeful articles, in which the droiigctl and moil duiable kir.d 

 of le;ither is nqnired. 



The l.'ody of the Cape Ox is of a black or darkifn colour, 

 and the face is covered with long harfli hair : the horns arc 

 thick and bhck, and lie fljt upon the head, diverging {o 

 widely, that the tips of the two lioins are fomitimes five feet 

 nfunder: the ears are pendulous, and not uiifrequeutly a 

 fo.it long : tail fliort, tufted, and bh'.ck at the tip. Tae flelh 

 is coarfe, and has the flavour of venilon. 



CAFFETANS, are long veds of gold or fiiver brocade, 

 flowered l^ith filk, which are preftntcd by the grand figniar 

 and the vifier, to tbofe to whom they give audience : by 

 the grand fi-Tnior befure, and by the vifier after audience. 

 The calfttrins of the attendants are more ordiuary. 



CAFFiLA, a company of merehai.ts or travellers, or 

 both together, who join company, in order to g;o evith more 

 fecunty through the domiuiuns of the Great Mogul ; and 

 through other countric-v on the continent of the Eall Indies. 

 In P-iTia, the calEla differs from a caraviin ; as the former 

 properly belongs to fome fovereign, or to feme powerful 

 company in Europe ; whereas, ihe latter coiififts of a com- 

 pany of particular merchants, each of whom trades on his 

 own account. There are alfo fuch cafnlas, which crofs 

 fome parts of the defcrts of Africa, particularly what is 

 called the fea of fand, which lies between Irlorocco, and 

 the kingdoms of Tombut and Gago. This i, a journey of 

 four hundred leagues, and takes up two months in going, 

 a-'d as many in coming back ; the caffila travelling only 

 by night, becaufe of the excelfive heat of the countr;-. 

 The chief merchandize they bring back confifts iu gold- 

 dull. 



The caffila is properly what Is called caravan in the do- 

 niinions ol the grand fignior, and in other parts of the Eall. 

 See Caravan. 



On the coaft of Gnzerat, or Cambaya, it fignifies a finall 

 fleet of merchant fhps. 



CAFFRA, in Entomology, a fpecies of Aris, that in- 

 habits til'- Cape of Good Hope. Fabricius dcicnbes it as 

 being hirlule, black, with the poftcrior part of the thorax, 

 and anterior part of the abelomen, yellow. 



Caffra, in Orn'uLoloi^y, a fpecies of Certhia, of a fnf- 

 cous colour, with the breafl and abdomen pale, and the 

 m d He tail feathers longell. Inhabits the C.ipe of Good 

 H..pe. 



CAIFRARIA, or la'd of the Caffhrs, or Kaffers, 

 m Geography, an undefined diftrift in the I'Uth-callerii p^irt 

 of ,-\tnca; deriving its na ■ e from the Cafres, Caffers or 

 K fT'jrs, who inhabit it. The app-Jlation is d.rued from 

 the Arabic word Ciifir, which figrifies an IrJiJel, and is ap. 

 pb d by the A'abs, as .1 term of reproach, to all thofe who 

 do not profefs the Mahometan religion. The Fortui^nefe 

 taki-g the name in a tj'.ore- gr-neral fcnfe, have denomin .ted 

 all thole aauons of Atnca Ctijfres, who have, or feem 10 



have 



