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S H E 



of Moultan ; 70 miles N.E. of Moultan. N. lat. 30" 40'. 

 E. long. 77'^ 38'. 



SHAWPOUR, a town of Bengal ; 42 miles S.E. of 

 Moorfhcdabad. — Alfo, a town of Bengal ; 30 miles S. of 



Calcutta. N. lat. 22° 5'. E. long. 88° 26' Alfo, a 



town of Hindooftan, in the circar of Surgooja ; 28 miles 



N. of Surgooja. N. lat. 23° 35'. E. long. 83° 25' 



Alfo, a town of Hindooftan, in Berar ; 45 miles N.W. of 

 Maltoy. 



SHAWR, a town of Syria, in the pachalic of Aleppo, 

 fituated in a romantic country, where the river Orontes 

 winds majettically through the plain. The town is po- 

 pulous, and has a good caravanferai. Adjacent to it is a 

 good ftone bridge of feven arches. Thefe conveniencies 

 have been originally provided for the caravan, which refts 

 here in its route from Conftantinople to Mecca. 



SHAWROWAH, a town of Hindooftan, in the circar 

 of Chanderee ; 4^ miles W. of Chanderee. 



SHAWSHEEN, a confiderable ftream of America, in 

 Maflachufetts, whicli rifes in Bedford county, Middlefcx, 

 and pafling through Billerica, Tewkfbury, and Andover, 

 difchgrges itfelf into Merrimack river. 



SHAYE, a town of Hindooftan, in Guzerat ; 33 miles 

 N.E. of .lunagur. 



SHAYSHAR, a town of Syria, anciently called La- 

 njfa, on the Orontes ; 10 miles N. of Hamah. 



SHAZADABAD, a town of Hindooftan, in Allaha- 

 bad, on the right bank of the Ganges ; 30 miles N.W. of 

 Allahabad. N. lat. 25° 42'. E. long. 81° 43'. 



SHAZADPOUR, a town of Hindooftan, in Bengal; 

 25 miles S.E. of Nattore. N. lat. 24° 12'. E. long. 



«9' 43'- 



SHEADING, a riding, tything, or divifion, in the Ifle 

 of Man ; the whole idand beuig divided into fix (headings, 

 in every one of which is a coroner, or chief conftable, 

 appointed by the delivery of a rod at the annual con- 

 vention. 



SHEAF, in Agriculture, a bundle of corn, as bound up 

 in the field. Sheafs are made of very different iizes in dif- 

 ferent places, but they are beft when not made too lai-ge. 

 See Hahvest. 



SuEW-Ccrn, fuch grain as is in the ftate of ear in the 

 ilraw before being threfhed out. It is fometimes employed 

 in this ftate as fodder for different forts of live-flock. 



Shkaf of Arrows, a bundle confifting of 24 in number. 



SHEAGUR, in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, in 

 Myfore ; 4 miles W.N.W. of Vaniambaddy. 



SHEALLINGS, in Rural Economy, the portions of 

 rich grafs-land in the more hilly and mountainous parts of 

 the country, which were fixed upon, and taken poflelTion 

 of, by the farming inhabitants at an early period of fociety, 

 for the purpofe of retiring to, and grazing their cattle- 

 rtock upon, at certain feafons of the year. Some fnug 

 well-fheltered fpot in fuch hilly ranges was always fixed 

 on ill this intention, which was removed from one to an- 

 other whenever the cattle had confumed the grafs of it ; 

 huts or cots being provided for the accompanying perfons 

 to live in, who had the care of the animals, &c. ; a trufty 

 fervant being ufually fent before hand to fecure the fpot, 

 and drive away any wandering and trefpafling cattle from 

 it. Thia perfon was denominated the poindler, perhaps 

 becaufe he was authorized to poind or confine troublcfome 

 ftock, and fix the fine eftabliftied for the trefpafs. In fome 

 cafes there were more than one fuch fpots, and where they 

 ■were very rich, as near lakes, brooks, or in vallies, the grafs 

 was confumed in common by two or more of them aflb- 

 riating together. The (hcalling8 were by no means, aa 



fome have fuppofed, dcpaftured at random, but according 

 to the flock, or as they were /mm^d out. See SouM. 



Thefe (hcaUing farmers lived with great fimphcity, moftly 

 on fome oat-meal, and the produce of the dairy ; having at 

 the fame time a conftant occafional connection with their 

 farms or home-fteadiiigs for tiie fake of performing different 

 forts of work on them, as collefting fuel, weeding flax, &C. : 

 the laft was moftly done by the women. 



Though fome of thefe flieallings itill exift in the fame 

 way in the northern parts of Scotland, they are fait falling 

 into difufe. In the room of fuch removals from place to 

 place during the fummer feafon, the diftant grazings are 

 frequently disjoined from the farmer's homettead, and lett 

 to fhepherds, who live there all the year round, attending 

 their flocks, in a modem houfe of fubftantial mafon-work. 

 In this mode of occupation, the landlord is faid to draw 

 more rent from his glens and mountainous property, and 

 the farmers are at liberty, during the beft feafon of the 

 year, to ply the nccefiary and variety of labours wanted, 

 for the improvement of their arable grounds, which, to 

 induftrious men, are never at an end. 



The fhealling feafon was, and is, as far ae it yet continues, 

 that of contentment, of felUvity, of health, and of joy. The 

 women are employed in fpinning wool to clothe their fa- 

 milies, and in making butter and cheefe for part of their 

 winter provifions. The youth are employed in fifhing and 

 wreftling, or athletic exercifes, which put their Iwiftnef* 

 and courage to the tell, as a preparation for the more 

 ferious conflidts of a field of battle. When the various 

 labours of the day are ended, the whole hamlet retires to 

 reft, and to drown their fatigues in the foundeft (lumbers, on 

 a bed of heath, the m.elhfluous fragrance of which perfumes 

 the whole dwelling. See the Agricultural Report of the 

 County of Invernefs. 



SHEALLY, in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, in 

 the Carnatic ; 10 miles S.W. of Tanjore. 



SHEAR, in Agriculture, a provincial word, fignifying 

 the reaping of grain. It is alfo applied to fheep, as one- 

 (hear or two-fhear, which lignifies one or two years old. 



SiiEAR-0^ in the Sea Language. See Sheering. 



Shear- IVater, in Ornithology, the procellaria pu£inus of 

 Linnsus, and called by fome writers amis diomedis, is a bird 

 about fifteen inches long, and thirty-one inches broad ; the 

 bill is an inch and three quarters long ; the nollrils tubular ; 

 the head and whole upper fide of the body, wings, tail, and 

 thighs, are of a footy blacknefs ; the under fide, from chin 

 to tail, and inner coverts of the wings, white ; the legs 

 weak, and comprefl'cd fideways ; duflcy behind, and whitilh 

 before. 



Thefe birds are found in the Calf of Man, whither they 

 refort in February ; taking pofl'eflion of the rabbit-burrows, 

 and then difappearing till April ; the young, which are lit 

 to be taken in the beginning of Augult, are killed in great 

 numbers, falted, and barrelled ; and when boiled, eaten 

 with potatoes. They quit the ifle the latter end of Auguft, 

 or beginning of September ; and there is reafon to imagine, 

 that, like the (torm-finch, they are difperfed over the whole 

 Atlantic ocean. In the Orkney ifles this fpecies, called 

 tlie lyre, IS much valued for food, and for its feathers. 

 They are taken and falted in Augufl for winter provifion* 

 Pennant. 



SHEARDAY, in Agriculture, provincially the flteep- 

 fhearing. 



SHEARING, a term applied to the cutting of grain, 

 and to a fheep that has been once fliorn. See SilEEP. 



Shearing, Sheep. Sec SiiKEV-Shcaring. 



Shbaiunu, ill the Woollen Manufaaure. See Sheering, 

 3F2 SHEAR^ 



