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ed, wt may mention his " Ii.fpiration of tlieHoly Writings of 

 tlic Ol.i iiiid New Teiiament, in 1 4 Sermons ;" and " His De- 

 fence of modcMte Nonconformity," in.; parts. Tiie introduc- 

 tion to one of thefe traas, rcprefentiiig the true tlate of tlic 

 contioverfy between the Church and the Dilfenters, was lo 

 much approved by Mr. Locke, thit lie fent a meffage to our 

 jiuthor informing him, that he thought it fuch a defence of 

 nonconformity as could not be anfwcred ; and that, in ad- 

 hering to the' principles thus kid down, he had no occalion 

 to be afraid of any antagonift. After an honourable courfe 

 of profelTional fcrv'ices for whicii he was much ellecmed.and 

 after fudaining a charafter which was much refpefted, not 

 only among dVlTentcrs, but alfo among the moderate mem- 

 bcrs of the ellablilhed church, both clergy and laity, with 

 many of whom he lived in great intimacy ; he clofcd his 

 life June ;, 17:2, in the 60th year of his age. In his fu- 

 neral fermori by Mr. Mayo, his charader is ver)' jullly de- 

 lineated, as " a perfon of found judgment, extenfive learn- 

 ing, fincere piety, of a candid and benevolent temper, and 

 ver^- moderate with regard to differences in points of reli- 

 gion." Biog. Brit. 



CALANDA, in Gengriiphy, a town of Spain m Arra- 

 goii, on the river Guadaloupe ; 3 le?giies W. S. W. of AU 

 ianitz. 



CAL-i^NDRA, in Ornllholozy, a bird of the Alauda, 

 or lark ''enus, called by fome the calandre lark, and which 

 appears to be a general inhabitant of Sardinia, Italy, the 

 South of France, Syria, Ruffia, and Taitary, and alfo of 

 America. This is tlie calandra of old authors. Briffon 

 calh it alauda major (. calsndra : it is the calandra of the 

 arctic zoology, of Aldrovandus, Willughby, and Edwards, 

 ard groffe alouctte ou calandre of BufFon. The length 

 of this bird is about fevcn inches and a quarter. It builds its 

 neff on the ground : finga finely, and imitates the notes of 

 -other birds extremely well. It is fpecifically diftinguiflitd 

 "by having the firft exterior tail feather on each fide white 

 on the outer web ; fecond and third tipt with white : pec- 

 toral band brown. Gmel. &c. Oif. The bill and legs are 

 pale grey : body above varied with brown and grey : chin 

 white : throat with a white crefcent, and beneath that a 

 whitilh band fpotted with black : belly white : quill fea- 

 thers duiky edged with white ; the leffer ones tipt with 

 ivhite : tail black. 



CALANDRE, in h'.ilural Hiftory, a name given by the 

 Trench writers to an infecl that does Tail mifchiefin granar- 

 ies. It is properly of the fcarab clafs. 



The female lays a confidcrable number of eggs, and the 

 increafs of thefe creatures would be very great, but nature 

 has lo ordered it, that while in the egg ftate, and even 

 while in that of the worm, they are fubjeft to be eaten by 

 mites ; thefe little vermin are always very plentiful in gra- 

 naries, and they detlroy the far greater number of thefe 

 larger animals. 



CALANDRO, in Geogrnl>hy, a town of Afiatic Tur- 

 key, in the province of Caramania ; 100 miles S. of Cogni. 



CALANGAY, in Natural Hifiory, a name given by the 

 people of the Philippine iflands to a fpecics of parrot very 

 common there ; it is all over white, and has a creft of white 

 feathers on its head; it is of the Cze of a pigeon, and is 

 ^afily kept tame, and learnt to talk. It is called alfo in 

 fome of the Philippines catalua and abacay. 



CALANNAS, in Geography, a town of Spain, in the 

 county of Seville, near the river Odicl ; 40 miles N. W. of 

 Seville. 



C.'VLANTIGAS, an idand of the Eaft Indian ocean, 

 jiot far from Lingen, which fee. 



CALANUS, in Biography, a bracbmaA or Indian phi- 



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lofophcr, who followed Alexander the Great, in his expe- 

 dition to India. Having pafTed 83 years without ficknefs, 

 a fit of the colic made hmi impatient of life, and he rcfolv- 

 ed to render his exit as oftentatious as pofliblc. Accord- 

 ingly, having obtained permifl'ion of Alexander to burn 

 himfclf, a funeral pile was ereClcd and llrcwed with per- 

 fumes ; and the whole army was arranged round it in battle 

 array : upon which, Calanus, magnificently drclTcd, afcend- 

 ed the pile with a compofed air, and faw the flame applied 

 witliout emotion. Whtn he was aflced if he had any mef- 

 fage to Alexander, he only replied, " I ihall foon fee him 

 again at Babylon ;" which declaration fome have interpret- 

 ed as prcfignificative of his death ;ii that city ; and the lad 

 words he uttered were, " Hapoy hour of departure from 

 life, in which, after the mortal body is confumtd, the foul 

 fiiall go forth into light." This event took place on the 

 frontiers of Sufiana, B. C.325. See Alexandeh. 



CALAO, in Ornithology., fynonymous with the modern 

 'L's.V.n Bitceros, and /I'sn/i/// of the Englilh. Petiver called 

 the Philippine hornbill (Buorrih Linn.) Calao, and fince 

 that period, the French have adopted the expreflion as a 

 generical name for the other fpeciesof the fame tribe. Thus, 

 Buffon has calao d'Abyflinie, calao d'Afriqucj calao de Ma- 

 labar, calao a cafque rond, calao a btc rouge de Senegal, 

 &c. all which refer to the correfponding lynonyms, Abyf- 

 finian hornbill, African hornbill, Malabar hornbill. Helmet 

 horubill, red-billed hornbill, &c. 



CALAON, in ^Indent Geography, a river of Afia Mi- 

 nor, in Ionia, near the town of Colophon. 



CALAPADA, ill Geography, a cape on the north fide 

 of the ifle of Candia, to die eaft of cape Meleche, and 

 about one-fourth part of the length of the ifland from the 

 weil end. 



CALAPIS, in Ancient Geography, a colony of Afia Mi- 

 nor, in Bithynia ; eltablifhed, according to Stiabo, by the 

 inhabitants of Heraciea. 



CALAPIZZATI, in Geography, a town of Naples, in 

 the province of Calabria Citra ; eight miles N.W. of Ca- 

 riati. 



CALAPPA, in Botany, Rumph. See Cocos nudfera. 



Calappa, \n Entomology, a fpccies of Cancer that in- 

 habits Anurica. The thorax is crenulatcd, with the pof- 

 terior angles dilated, and very entire ; hand-claws creikd. 

 Fabiicius. 



CALASCIO, in Geography, a town of Naples, in the 

 province of Abruzzo LTltra ; eight miles E. of Aquila. 



C.-\LASCIONE, a muficnl inflrument much in ufe by 

 ftrolhng and Itrect Muficians throughout the kingdom of 

 Naples. It is a fpccies of guitar, with only two Urings, 

 tuned 5th to each other. It has a very long neck, which i> 

 fretted. See 1 ret. The Turks have an iiirtrument of the 

 like kind, with three ilrings, called in Arabic, dambura. 

 Sometimes the Ilrings are ftruck with a pleftrum, and fomC- 

 times with a quiIl. See Plectrum. The tone is rough 

 and coarfe ; the neck is fometimea fix feet long. The frets 

 amount to 15 or 16. But the Neapolitans have a fmaller fort 

 called calafdoncina. See Muf. PI. of mod. iiiitr. 



CAI.,ASH, or Calesh, a fmall light kind of chariot, 

 or chair, with very low wheels, ul'ed chiefly for taking the 

 air in parks and gardens. 



The word is French, caleche, which Menage derives from 

 the Latin, carrus, carri, carifcus, carri/ca, carrefca, calejca, 

 caleche. 



The calafh is for the mod part richly decorated, and 

 open on all fides, for the conveniency of the air, and prof, 

 pctt ; or at moll enclofed with light mantlet* of waxed 

 cloth, to be opened or Ihut at pieafure. 



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