SET 



fouth end is an entrance down into a fmall cave, which com- 

 municates with the larger one by a fubterraneous paflage, 

 « where the allonilhed vifitant fees, ifluing from a large 

 aperture in the rock, an immenfe cataraft, falling above 

 20 yards in an unbroken (heet, with a noife that ftuns the 

 ear. The water difappears as it falls from the rocks and 

 pebbles, and runs about a mile under ground. The whole 

 cave is filled with the fpray that arifes from the cataraft, 

 and fometimes a fmall vivid rainbow appears, which for 

 colour, fize, and fituation, is fcarcely any where elfe to be 

 equalled." 



But the moft fublime features of this romantic diftrift 

 are the mountains of Ingleborough, Pennigant, and Wharn- 

 fide. The fummit of Ingleborough is level and horizontal, 

 and, from its great elevation, commands extenfive profpefts 

 on all fides. To the eaft, the pifturefque country of Craven 

 prefents a confufed ademblage of hills, gradually diminifh- 

 ing in height till they vanifii in the horizon. Pennigant, at 

 the dillance of four miles, appears to be almoil within a 

 leap ; as do alfo the rocks of Settle and Pendlehill. The 

 northern and north-weftern profpeft exhibits a mafs of 

 mountains. Wharnfide is within the diftance of fix miles, 

 and Snowdon and Crosfell are clearly vifible in the back 

 ?M>und. Towards the weft the flat country of Lancafliire 

 Kes as in a map, and the profpeft extends far into the Irifh 

 fea, the nearett point of which is 24 miles from Ingle- 

 borough. Beauties of England and Wales, vol. xvi. by 

 John Bigland, 8vo. 18 1 3. 



SETTLEMENT, Aa of, in Brltl/h Hiftory, a name 

 given to the ftatute 12 & 13 W. III. cap. 2. by which the 

 crown was limited to his prefent majefty's illuftrious houfe ; 

 and feme new provifions were added, at the fame fortunate 

 era, for better fecuring our religion, laws, and liberties ; 

 which the ftatute declares to be the birth-right of the people 

 of England, according to the ancient doftrine of the com- 

 mon law. See Right of Crowk. 



Settlement, Marriage. See Marriage. 



Settlement «f the Poor. See Poor. 



SETTLING a Deck, at Sea, a term for taking a deck 

 lower than it was at firll. 



Settling the Land, denotes finking it lower, by failing 

 farther out to feaward, and is ufc-d in the fame fenfe with 

 laying the land. 



SETTOREE, in Geography, a town of Bengal; ^6 

 miles N.W. of Burdwan. 



SETTOVITONE, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Dora ; 4 miles N. of Ivrea. 



SETTS, powers made ufe of, where force is required, 

 to bring or unite two or more pieces together. The opera- 

 tion is performed by fcrews, fhores, crofs-fetts, or cleets. 



Setts, Crofs, are made by two fhort pieces of fpars, 

 about four or fix feet in length : one is laid acrofs on tlie 

 upper fide, and the other on the under fide, of any two 

 pieces that are to be brought together, and their ends laflied 

 together on each fide with feveral turns of rope, taken 

 round each end alternately : wedges are then driven in be- 

 tween the upper crofs-piece, and the fide or part of the 

 maft. 



Setts for Saiui, inllruments for fetting their teeth, 

 when out of order. 



SETUNA, in Geography, a town of Africa, on the 

 Grain Coalt. 



SETUVAL, or St. Uhes, a ftrong fca-port town of 

 Portugal, in the province of Eftrcmadvira, fituated in a bay 

 of the Atlantic, at the mouth of the river Sandao, with a 

 good harbour, capable of receiving any ftiips of burden. 

 This town was founded on the ruins of the ancient Cedo- 



S E V 



briga, vphich vra« deftroyed by the Moors. The environs 

 abound in corn, wine, and oil. Befides the old walls and 

 towers, it is ftrengthened with eleven whole and two demi- 

 baftions, with feveral other out-works. It has likewife a 

 ttrong citadel, called " St. Phihp," in which is a fpring of 

 excellent water; and the ftrong fort of Outao, near the 

 harbour, which alfo ferves for a light.houfe, exclufive of 

 which it has two fmaller forts. It contains four churches, 

 two hofpitals, ten convents, an acidemia problcmatica, 

 founded by John V., and about 10,000 fouls. In 1796, 

 the number of veflels which entered this harbour was 558 ; 

 and the fame number failed from it ; 15 miles S.S.E. of 

 Li/bon. N. lat. 38° 29'. E. long. 8^ J3'. 



SETWELL, in Botany, a name fometimes ufed for a 

 fpecies of valerian. 



SETZINI, in Geography, a town of Poland, in the pa- 

 latinate of Sandomirz : near it are fome filver mines, and 

 fome lapis-lazuli ; 16 miles W. of Malogocz. 



SEV, a river of Ruflia, which runs into the Defna, near 

 Trubchevfli, in the government of Orlov. 



SEU, a river of Malacca, which runs into the Chinefe 

 fea, N. lat. 6° 45'. E. long. 10° 19'. 



SEVAJEE, in Biography, a diftinguifhed perfon in the 

 hiftory of Hindooftan, the founder of the modern Mahratts 

 empire, was the fon of Shawjee, who, from an humble fitua- 

 tion, had raifed himfelf by his talents to be guardian to a 

 minor of the houfe of Ni/.am Shah. On a Mogul invafion 

 of the country, being clofely purfued by the troops of his 

 father-in-law, Jadoo Row, with whom he was at enmity, 

 Shawjee efcaped with an infant fon, and left his pregnant 

 wife to fall into the hands of her father. She was kindly 

 received, and was delivered of her fecond fon, Sevajee, the 

 fubjeft of this article, in the month of May 1626, and 

 finally feparated from her hufband. 



Sevajee, at the age of 17, placed himfelf at the head of a 

 body of banditti, who pillaged all the neighbouring dif- 

 tridls, which fo affefted the perfon who had been entrufted 

 with the care of his education, that he put an end to his 

 life. Upon this, Sevajee took polTeffion of the property 

 accumulated from his father's eftate, and increafed the 

 number of his followers, fo as to become a moft formidable 

 free-booter. His exploits foon rendered him dangerous to 

 the government of Vifiapour, which fent a powerful army 

 againft him, and brought him to fubniiflion. Sevajee aiked 

 pardon for his offences, and, by the humility of his deport- 

 ment, threw the general, fent againft him, off his guard, 

 till he found an opportunity to ftab him to tiie heart with a 

 concealed dagger : in confoquence of which the army dif- 

 perfed. Shawjee, the father of this dcfpcrate young man, 

 was now high in office at Vifiapour, and though he pre- 

 tended entirely to have renounced his fon, a correfpondence 

 between them was fufpefted, and a plan was formed for 

 fcizing his perfon, and putting him to death. He was, 

 however, faved by the intcrccffion of a patron, and at length 

 reftored to office. But he was refolved to have ample re- 

 venge for the affront, and caufcd Sevajee to murder the 

 chief who had feized him, and his whole family. After 

 this Shawjee paid a vifit to his fon at Poona in great ftate, 

 and manifcfted much afteftion and refpcft for him. 



Sevajee now proceeded in a career of luccefsful predatory 

 war, and in 1664 pillaged the rich city of Surat. Having, 

 in 1672, laid the king of Golconda midcr a heavy contri- 

 bution, he afterwards entered into an alliance with a poten- 

 tate againft the Mogul and the king of Vifiapour, the 

 objedl of which was the expulfion of all the Mahometan 

 powers from the Deccan ; and marching with a great army, 

 ill 1677, towards Golconda, he took pollcdion of many 

 4 fortrcflct, 



