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SEBAKET Bahooil, /. c. thi.- lake of kiiip Baldwin, 

 a narrow lake of Egypt, near the Mediterranean, about 

 fifteen miles long ; 2 miles E. of Catieli. 



SEBALA, a town of Arabia, in the provinct; of Heds- 

 jas ; 27 miles S. of Medina. 



SEBAMA, or Sabama, in Ancient Geography, a town 

 of Paleftine, on the other fide of the Jordan, in the tribe of 

 Reuben, accordincr to the book of Jolhua. 



SEBANZARRO, in Geography, a town of AbyfTuiia ; 

 80 miles E.N.E. of Axum. 



SEBAR, or Ckbak, in the Materia Meilica, a name by 

 which the Arabians call the lignum ii/ois, or /iloe-iuoad, a per- 

 fumed aromatic drug. 



SEBARIMA, in Geography, one of the mouths of the 

 river Oroonoko. 



SEBASTACOOK, a river of America, in the (late of 

 Maine, which rifes in lakes nearly N. from its mouth, and 

 after receiving, in the windings, many tributary ftreams, joins 

 the Kennebeck at Taconnet Fall, where Fort Halifax was 

 erefted, in 1754; the fall is 18 miles from Fort Wefteni, 

 which was conllrmrted in 1752. Its numerous llreams 

 abound with imall fi(h. 



SEBASTE', a miferable defertcd village of Syria, the de- 

 populated remains of Samaria, which acquired its new name 

 in honour of Augultus Casfar ; 34 miles N.N.E. of Jeru- 

 falem. Sec Samaria. 



Sebaste, in Ancient Geography, an ifland and town of 

 Cilicia Propria, on the other fide of tlie promontory of Cory- 

 cus. Strabo fays that this town was called Eleufa, and that 

 Archelaus made it the place of his refidence, when Anguftus 

 gave him Cihcia Trachea. — Alio, a town of Afia Minor, in 

 Phrygia. — Alfo, a town of Afia Minor, in Galatia. 



SEBASTIAN, in Biography, king of Portugal, was the 

 pollhumous fon of the mfant John, by Joanna, daughter of 

 the emperor Charles V. He lucceeded to the crown at three 

 years of age, on the death of his grandfather, John III., in 

 the year 1557. By his education he acquired an extravagant 

 admiration for valourous exploits, and an cnthufiallic zeal 

 againll all the foes of the Chriitian religion. Under the 

 influence of this paffion, he, at the age of twenty, undertook 

 a fudden expedition to Africa, in which, however, lie per- 

 formed nothing of any importance ; hut availing himfelt of 

 the application for aid of Mnlcy Hamct, king of Fez and 

 Morocco, who had been dilpoiieffed of his crown by his uncle 

 Muley Moloch, he refolved to renew the attempt aganill 

 the Moorifh monarch with all the force he could bring 

 together. 



In vain was he diduaded from tlie enterprize : he was in- 

 acceffible to all admonitions. Having llripped his country 

 of its military (Irength, and the flower of the nobility, he 

 fet fail in the fummer of 15 78, and proceeded to Arzilla. 

 There he was met by a much more numerous army, witli 

 Muley Moloch in perfon, who was fo debihtated by ficknefs 

 that he was carried in a litter. In tlie battle that enfued, 

 the onfet of the Portuguele army was fo furious that nothing 

 could withftand them, and Muley, in rallying his men, was 

 fo much exhauded that he died in the attempt. Sebailian, 

 who was not lefs dexterous in the ufe of arms than brave, 

 fought till two horfes were killed under him, and moll of his 

 attendants were flain by his fide. At length, however, he 

 difappearcd, nor was it ever known, with any degree «f cer- 

 tainty, what became of him, though a body, fuppofed to be 

 his, was received as fuch Irom the Moors, and interred at 

 Belem. But in a flaughter fo dreadful, that not more tlian 

 fifty of the Portuguefe army are faid to have efcaped, it is 

 rio wonder that a fingle body, and probably dripped, Ihould 

 not be recogniaed. Such, however, was the attachment of 



the nation to a prince, whofe romantic valour had reviyed 

 in their minds the heroic times of Portugal, that they 

 refufed to give credit to his death, and long entertained the 

 full expeftation of feeing him return from his fuppofed con- 

 cealment. Of this opinion many impoftors availed them- 

 felves, who aflumed his character, and obtained a portion of 

 relpeft due to their favourite iovcrcign : for more than a 

 century it was believed that he would be again feated on hit 

 throne. 



Sebastian, St., in Geography, a town of Spain, and the 

 moll important of the diilrift of Guipufcoa, fituated on the 

 coall of ancient Canlabria, now Bafque, between two arms of 

 the fea, which form a per.infula of it, and at the mouth of the 

 little river Urumea, or Gurumera, which was the Menafcum of 

 the ancients. On the fea-fide there is an eminence which ferves 

 as a dike. This town, flanked with ballions and half-moons, 

 appears defended by a calUe or citadel of little importance, 

 placed upon an almoil circular and tolerably high mountain, 

 which is bare, without trc"s, almoil fmooth, and afcended by 

 a Ipiral road. St. Sebaltian has a fmall harbour inclofed by 

 two moles, that leave a very confined fpace for the paffage of 

 (hips, which are afterwards protected from the winds, on 

 arriving at the bottom of an eminence of rocks which covers 

 this harbour, where there is a large fquare tower ; it holds 

 at mod five and twenty or thirty veffels. The town is very 

 airy ; it contains twenty ilrects, leveral of which are Itraight, 

 long, and broad, and all paved with large fmooth ilones. 

 There are from fix hundred and fifty to feven hundred houfes 

 in it, and many of them are pleafant enough. It is the refi- 

 dence of the governor of the province, who had the title of 

 captain-general until the beginning of the prefent century. 

 It has a governor, a king's lieutenant, a major, an aide-major, 

 a fmall garrilon, and a naval academy ; two pariihes, and a 

 third in the fuburbs, which are very populous ; two con- 

 vents of monks, three convents of nuns, and an hofpital. 

 There are in this town and its fuburbs five manufatlories of 

 hides and leatlier, fome tanning-yards eitablilhed in the 

 faubourg St. Martin, a manufadory of anchors for the royal 

 navy in the faubourg of Sta. Catalina, and rope-walks, 

 where cables are made. 



Saint Sebadian has aKvays carried on a confiderable trade. 

 In 1728, the Philippine company was formed by Philip V., 

 with which that of the Caraccas was afterwards united. This 

 company was very lerviceable, as it procured for Spain 

 a lucrative branch of trade, which was in the hands of the 

 Dutch. In confequence, however, of mal-adminidration, 

 and the lofs of 1,500,000 piadres, which it fudained at the 

 commencement of the war between England and America, 

 this company funk and was fupprefled. However, a trade 

 with the province of Caraccas was continued by private mer- 

 chants from this port, and the cocoa, tobacco, and leather 

 which are from thence imported, form no inconfiderable 

 branch of trade with the interior and the other parts of 

 Spam, and a dill more important one with foreign countries. 

 Hence its harbour is very much frequented by Englifli, 

 Dtttch, French, and other diips. It receives the produce of 

 foreign indudry, and returns, in exchange, iron anchors, 

 cables, leather, wool, and fometimes cotton. This trade 

 attrafts a confiderable population to the town, which is eili- 

 mated at 13,000 inhabitants. 



The port of St. Sebailian, though free, is not what is 

 called abilitjdo. This word means a privilege to fend mer- 

 chandize direftly to America. 



The environs of St. Sebailian are pleafant, though the 

 foil is fandy ; we enjoy at the fame time a view of the fea 

 and of the Pyrenees. Thofe who love the country, take 

 pleafure in vifiting the pleafant valley of Layola. We go 



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