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poifonous qualities of the Mczereoii tribe ; though in a mild 

 degree, as Rumphius fpcaks of the flavour of Icvcral parts 

 of the plant, without mention of any very hurtful proper- 

 ties. Even the kernels of our European Daphnes arc highly 

 acrimonious. 



QUISQUISANA, in Geography, a town of Peru, in 

 the dioccfe of Cufco ; 32 miles S.S.E. of Cufco. 



QUISSAC, a townof France, in the department of the 

 Gard, and chief place of a canton, in the diftriiS of Le 

 Viffan, having a mineral fpring ; 20 miles N. of Mont- 

 pelier. The place contains 1 3 10, and the canton 3884 

 inhabitants, on a territory of 160 kiliometres, in 12 con - 

 munes. 



QUISTELEO, a town of luly, in the department of 

 the Mincio ; 15 miles S.S.E. of Mantua. 



QUISTORP, John, in Biography, a German Lutheran 

 divine and profcflbr, was born at Roftock in the year 1584. 

 He purfued his academical iludies at his native city, at 

 Berlin, and at Franckfort on the Oder ; and afterwards 

 travelled through Holland, Brabant, and Flanders, in the 

 capacity of governor to the fon of a patrician of Lubec. 

 In 1614, his learning and abilities pointed him out as a fit 

 perfon to fill the divinity chair at Roftock ; but before he 

 entered upon the duties of his office, he was created dodlor 

 of divinity. He obtained other preferments in the church, 

 particularly the archdeaconry of St. Mary's at Roftock. 

 In 1645 he was appointed pallor of the fame church, and 

 fuperintendant of the churches in the diitrift of that city. 

 He had the felicity of rendering important fervices to the 

 celebrated Hugo Grotius, during his lall fatal illnefs at 

 Roftock. Upon the death of that great man, he wrote a 

 Latin letter to Calovius, containing an account of his fick- 

 nefs and laft fentiments, which is inferted in the " Bibho- 

 theque Choilie" of Colomies ; and in the " Vindicias Gro- 

 tianae," under the title of " Grotii Manes." Quiftorp died 

 in 1648, at the age of 64. He was the author of " An- 

 notationes in omnes Libros Biblicos," " Commentarius in 

 Epiftolas Sanfti Pauh," and feveral other works. He left 

 a fon of the fame name, who was born at Roftock in 1 624, 

 and died in 1 669. He became paftor, profefTor of divinity, 

 and reftor of the univerfity in that city. 



QUISTRUM, in Geography, a town of Sweden, in the 

 province of Weft Gothland ; 9 miles N.W. of Uddevalla. 



QUITANGONE, a river of Africa, which runs into 

 the Indian fea, 15 miles N. of Mozambique, S. lat. 14° 40'. 



QUITAPABILLA, a river of America, being a 

 . branch of the Swetara, which falls into the Sufquehannah 

 at Middleton. 



QUITAPORA, a town of the ftate of Georgia. N. 

 lat. 33° 27'. W. long. 89° 58'. 



QUITCH, in j4griciilture, a name frequently applied, in 

 many diftrifts, to a very troublefome fet of plants of the 

 weed kind ; for though it properly belongs to the couch- 

 grafs plant only, it is much ufed to fignify others of the 

 creeping perennial rooted fort, as the bent, creeping, foft, 

 and tall oat-grafs, as well as fome others, which are only 

 capable of being deftroyed by repeated fummer ploughings, 

 or forking them out and burning them on the ground. See 

 Couch. 



QviTcn-Grafs, tiie common name given in fome places 

 to a very troublefome fort of weed, found in many diltrifts, 

 and which requires great exertion to eradicate it out of tlw 

 land. See Couch. 



Qvncn-Drag, that fort of tifeful tool of the drag-kind, 

 which is employed in the dragging out and removing this 

 fort of weed from ploughed lands. It is made in feveral 

 differen,t iriethods, according to circumftances ; but has 



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moftly fomething of the long triangular form in the beam 

 part, into which the teeth or tines are fixed. Thefe are 

 feldom made fo large in tiiis as in the heavy forts of drags ; 

 but they are moftly a little hooked, or bent forward, to- 

 wards the points or lower ends. Tlie frame-{)art is fome- 

 times fet with two rows of tines, or more. 



It is a fort of tool which is frequently made ufe of for 

 rendering arable ground perfeflly clear of root weeds, being 

 had recourfe to before the laft ploughings. Where the' 

 land has been crofs-ploughed, this kmd of drag may be 

 employed with great advantage in brmging it into proper 

 order. It has fome other names in different countiea. See 

 CovtM-Drag, and Drag. 



QuiTcii-Z^a/f, a name given in many diftriftsto the rake 

 employed in colle£ting the weed called couch, from the fur- 

 face of ploughed ground, as well as fome other forts in-par- 

 ticular cafes. The head of this tool, into which the teeth 

 or tines are fattened, is ufually about five feet in length ; 

 the tines are made in a round form, having a projeftion 

 of about eighteen inches below the head, each being gra- 

 dually turned or crooked forward about two inches ; the 

 diftance from each other alfo about two inches. There is 

 commonly a fmall beam made to faften in the middle with 

 two pieces of wood, which come from euch corner of the 

 rake-head, into which the tines are fattened by means of a 

 pin that goes through the beam, and keeps the rake fleady. 

 In working, tliis implement may be put on the carriage-part 

 of a two-wheeled plough, to be drawn by one horfe ; a man 

 going behind to occafionally lift up the rake when full, in 

 order to leave the couch and other weeds in rows, for the 

 purpofe of burning them. In this manner, a great deal of 

 weeds and trumpery may be coUefted together in the courfe' 

 of a day. See CoiCH-^ra/} Rake. 



QUIT-CLAIM, a rele.afe, or quitting one's claim or 

 pretenfions to a thing. 



QUITE RVA, in Geography. See Sofala: 



QUITEVA, or KiTEA, a town of Africa, in the 

 country of Darah, defended by a caftle ; 75 miles S.E. of 

 Morocco. N. lat. 28'' 6'. W. long. 5^ 26'. 



QUITO, an extenfive province of South America, 

 which was fubjefted to the Peruvian empire, by Huana 

 Capac, about the year 1526, at the time when the Spaniards 

 firlt viflted the coaft of Peru. Huana prevailed on his legiti- 

 mate and eldeft fon Huafcar to allow one of his natural chil- 

 dren, Atahualpa,by the daughter of the laft king of Quito, to 

 hold this kingdom as a fief of the empire. Atahualpa, how- 

 ever, rebelled, feized the empire, imprifoned his brother, and 

 foon after put him to a violent death. His profperity was 

 of fhort duration ; for in the year 1533 he fuffered the fame 

 fate, by order of Don Francifco Pizarro, who had deputed 

 Sebaftian de Benalcazar to conquer the kingdom of Quito. 

 Having by a feries of viftories made himfelf mafter of the 

 kingdom, he proceeded in the year 1534 to rfebuild the 

 capital, which had fuifered much from internal commotions, 

 and called it " San Francifco de Quito," a name which it 

 ftill retains, though it was not till feven years after this date 

 that it obtained the title of city. The province, which the 

 Spaniards found annexed to the kingdoi\i of Peru, con- 

 tinued in that ftate all the year 17 18, when it was difmem- 

 bered from Peru, and attached to tije viceroyalty of New 

 Granada. At the fanie tinx- the audience of Quito was 

 fuppreffed, together with that of Panama, in the kingdom 

 of Terra Firma : though the latter continued dependent on 

 the viceroys of Lima. See Ne'iu Granada and Peru. 



This province is bounded on the north by tliat of Santa 

 Fe de Bogota, and includes part of the government of Po- 

 payan ; on the fouth it is limited by the governments of 



Peru 



