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QUEENSTADT, a town of Weftphalia, in the prin- 

 cipality of Halberitadt ; three nniles N.E. of Halberlladt. 



QUEENSTOWN, a poll-town of America, in Queen 

 Anne's county, Maryland, on the E. fide of Cliefter river; 

 fix miles S.W. of Centerville, and 65 from Walhington. 



QuEENsTOWN, a town or village of Upper Canada, which 

 lies on the W. fide of tlie (traits of Niagara, near fort Nia- 

 gara, and feven miles below the Falls. It is at the head of 

 navigation for fiiips ; and the portage occafioned by the 

 Falls of Niagara commences here. From the fiidden change 

 in the face of the country in the neighbourhood of Queenf- 

 town, and the equally fudden change in the river with refpeft 

 to its breadth, depth, and current, it has been conjedlured, 

 that the great falls of the river mult originally have been 

 fituated at the fpot where the waves are fo abruptly con- 

 tradled between the hills ; and moreover it is a fadt well 

 afcertained, that the falls have receded very confiderably 

 fince they were firft vifited by Europeans, and that they are 

 ftill receding every year. See Weld's Travels, vol. ii. 

 p. 130. 



QUEE-SAN Islands. See Chusan. 



QUE ESTATE, in Laiv, a plea whereby a man en- 

 titling himfelf to land, &c. faith, that the fame ellate which 

 another had, he now has from him. 



Thus, e. gr. the plaintiff alleges that fuch four perfons 

 were feifed of lands whereunto the advowfon in quellion 

 belonged in fee, and who did prefent it ; and that afterwards 

 the church was vacant ; que ejlate, i. e. luhich eflate he now 

 has ; and, by virtue thereof, he prefents, &c. See Pre- 

 scription. 



QUE EST MEME, a term ufed m adions of trefpafs, 

 &c. for a direft jultification of the very aft complained of 

 by the plaintiff as a wrong. 



Thus, in an aftion upon the cafe, the plaintiff faying the 

 lord threatened his tenants at will in fuch fort, as he forced 

 them to give up their lands ; the loi;d in his defence pleads, 

 that he faicj to them if they would not depart, he would 

 fue them at law. Qiie ejl meme, i. e. this being the fame 

 threatening that he uled, the defence is good. 



QUEGASCA Hakbouu, in Geography, a bay on the 

 S. coaft of Labrador. N. lat. 50° 7'. W. long. 61'^ 22'. 



QUEI, in Natural Hijlory, a name given by the Chinefe 

 to a peculiar earth found in many parts of the Eaft. 



It is of the nature of an mdurated clay, and in fome de- 

 gree approaches to the talcs, as our fleatites and the ga- 

 laftites do. It is very white and ablterfive, ufed by the 

 women of China, to take off fpots from the f]<in, and render 

 it foft and fmooth, as the Italian ladies ufe talc of Venice. 

 They fonietimes ufe the fine powder of this (tone dry, rub- 

 bing it on the hands and face after vvafhing ; fometimes they 

 mix it with pomatum. 



QUEICH, in Geography, a river of France, which paffes 

 by Landau, and runs into the Rhine, near Germcrfheim. 



QUEl-CHUN, a city of China, of the fecond rank, in 

 the province of Quang-fi. N. lat. 23° 22'. E. long. 106" 

 44'. 



QUEIGE, a town of France, in the department of Mont 

 Blanc ; four miles N.E. of Conflans. 



QUEIGNE, a town of Africa, in the kingdom of 

 Bambouk. 



QUEI-LING, a city of China, and capita! of the pro- 

 vince of Quang-fi, derives its name from a flower called 

 " quei," which grows on a tree refembling a laurel ; it ex- 

 hales fo fweet and agreeable an odour, that the whole coun- 

 try around is perfumed with it. This city is fituated on the 

 banks of a river, which throws itfelf into the Ta-ho ; but 

 it flows with fuch rapidity, and amidil narrow vallies, that 



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it is neither navigable nor of any utility to commerce. 

 Quei-ling is a large city, and the whole of it is built almoll 

 after the model of our ancient fortrell'es ; but it is mucli in- 

 ferior to mod of the capitals of the other provinces. Birds 

 are found in great numbers in the territories belonging to it, 

 the colours of which are fo bright and variegated, that the 

 artifts of this country, in order to give additional liillre to 

 their filks, interweave with them fome of their feathers, 

 which have a iplendour and beauty that cannot be imitated. 

 Quei-ling has under its jurifdiftion two cities of the fecond 

 clafs, and feven of the third. N. lat. 25° 12'. E. long. 

 109° 51'. 



QUEIOS, a river of Spain, in Navarre, which runs into 

 the Ebro, near Tudella. 



QUEIRA, a town of Africa, in Ludamar ; eight miles 

 S. of Benowm. 



QUEIS, a river of Silefia, which rifes in the principality 

 of Jauer, pafles by Friedberg, Grieffenberg, &c. and joins 

 the Bober, between Sprottau and Sagan. 



QUEI-TE, a city of China, of the fecond rank, in 

 Quang-fi. N. lat. 23° 18'. E. long. 107° 4'. 



QUELAINES, a town of France, in the department 

 of the Mayeiine ; eight miles S. of Laval. 



QUELEA, in Ornithology, ^ [pecies o{ £mieriz,a; which 

 fee. 



QUELINES, in Geography, mountains of Mexico, be- 

 tween the provinces of Guaxaca and Chiapa. 



QUELLINUS, Erasmus, in Biography, called the Old, 

 born at Antwerp in 1607, was a pupil of Rubens, and be- 

 came a painter of hiltory of very confiderable reputation. 

 He lived to the age of 71, and left a fon John Erafmus 

 Quelhnus, who alfo became a painter, but who left the 

 Flemifh for the Venetian ftyle of art, which he praftifed at 

 Antwerp, his native city, till he arrived at the advanced age 

 of 85, having been born in 1630. 



QUELPAERT, in Geography, an ifland in the fea of 

 Corea, on which a Dutch vefi'el, called the Sparrow-hawk, 

 was wrecked in the year 1635, then fubjeft to the king of 

 Corea. No ifland prefents a finer afpeft ; the middle of the 

 ifland is occupied by a peak of about 800 toifes, vifible at 

 the diftance of about 18 or 20 leagues, and the land gra- 

 dually flopes towards the fea, fo tliat the habitations re- 

 femble an amphitheatre. The foil to a great height feems 

 to be well cultivated. It belongs, however, to a people 

 who are forbidden to hold any intercourfe with flrangers, 

 and who detain in flavery unfortunate perfons who are 

 wrecked on the coalls. Some Dutchmen of the Sparrow- 

 hawk, after a captivity of eighteen years, during which they 

 received many baftinadoes, found means to take away a 

 bark, and to crofs to Japan, from which they arrived at 

 Batavia. N. lat. of the fouth point 33^ 14'. E. long. 

 126^ 35'. 



QUELUSIA, in Botany, a name given by Vandelli to 

 the beautiful Fuchfia coccinea, now fo common in gardens. 

 The author fuppofed it a new genus, and meant thus to 

 honour a royal villa near Lifbon, called Quelus, where he 

 firft faw this plant m bloom. 



QUEM reddhum reddlt, in Law, an old writ which lay 

 where a rent-charcre, or other rent, which was not rent- 

 fervice, was granted by fine holding of the grantor. If the 

 tenant would not attorn, then the grantee might have had 

 this writ. 



QUEMARY, in Geography, a town of Bootan ; 20 

 miles E. of Beyhar. 



QUEMENES, a finall ifland in the Englifh channel, 

 near the coalt of France. N. lat. 48^ 22'. W. long. 4° 48'. 



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