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without any artifice, bears mark in all his fore-teeth, and 

 there ftill keeps that hollow place with the black mark, 

 which is called in French germc de feve, i. e. the eye of 

 a bean, infomuch, that at twelve or fifteen he appears with 

 the mark of a horfe that is not yet fix ; for in the nippers 

 of other horfcs, the hollow place is filled, and the mark 

 difappears towards the fixth year, by reafon of the wearing 

 of the tooth. About the fame age it is half worn out in the 

 middling teeth, and towards the eighth year it difappears in 

 the corner teeth : but after a (hell-toothed horfe has 

 marked, he marks ftill equally in the nippers, the middling, 

 and the corner teeth ; which proceeds from this, that having 

 harder teeth than other horfes, his teeth do not wear, and 

 fo he does not lofe the black fpot. 



Among the Polifli, Hungarian, and Croatian horfes, we 

 find a great many of them hollow-toothed, and generally 

 the mares are more apt to be fo than the horfes. 



Shell, in Artillery. See Bomb and Mortar. 



Shells, Mejfage, are howitz-lhells, within which are in- 

 clofed a letter, or other papers ; the fuze-hole is Hopped up 

 with wood or cork, and the fhells are fired into a garrifon or 

 camp. 



Shell of a Block, in Mechanics, is the outer frame or 

 cafe, in which the (heave or wheel is contained, and traverfes 

 about its axis. 



Su^hh-Room, in Ship-BuiU'mg, a compartment in a bomb- 

 vefTel, fitted up with ftrong (helves, excavated fo as to re- 

 ceive the bomb-(hells when charged; it is therefore built as 

 fecure as polTible, to prevent accident from fire. 



Shells, Littoral. See Littoral. 



SiiELL-Gold. See Gold. 



SHELL-Sllver. See Silver. 



Shell IJland, in Geography, a fmall ifland near the coaft 

 of Carolina, in Pamhco found. N. lat'. 34° 50'. W. long. 



76" 30'. 



Shell Key, a fmall ifland, or rather rock, in the gulf of 

 Mexico. N. lat. z<f 48'. W. long. 89° 15'. 



SHELLA, a walled town of Morocco, on the caftern 

 fide of Rabat, in N. lat. 34^ 3'. This is facred ground, and 

 contains many Moorifh tombs, that are held in great vene- 

 ration ; and the town is a facred afylum, entered only by 

 Mahometans. ShcUa was probably the Carthaginian metro- 

 pohs on the coalt of the ocean. Various Roman and ancient 

 African coins were frequently dug up here, but their high 

 price induced the Jews to imitate them, and thus to deceive 

 amateurs, and hence has arifen a fufpicion even of the an- 

 tiques thcmfelves. The place is now in a Itate of decay ; 

 4 miles E. of Salee. 



SHELLACK Point, a cape of the Ifle of Man, form- 

 ing the N. part of Ramfay bay. 



SHELLDRAKE River, a river of Canada, which 

 runs into the river St. Lawrence, N. lat. 50"^ 20'. W. long. 



64' 5°'- 



SHELLENBERG, a mountain of Bavaria, occupied 

 by the Swedes, and Itrongly fortified in the 30 years' war ; 

 jmilesN.E ofDonawert. 



SHELLIFF, the C^'na/a of antiquity, a river of Africa, 

 and the moH confiderable in the kingdom of Algier.-, wliich 

 rifes ill the northern fide of the Atlas, and runs into the Me- 

 diterranean, N. lat. 36° 10'. E. long, o" 24'. 



SHELLNESS, a cape at the E. end of the ifland of 

 Shepey. N. lat. 51° 22'. E. long. 0° 50'. 



SHELLUHS, a clafs of the inliabitants in the domi- 

 nions of the emperor of Morocco : they occupy the Atlas 

 mountains, and the various branches of thcni S. of Morocco ; 

 living generally in towns, and, for the mod part, occupied in 

 hufbandry like the Berebbers, though differing from them in 



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their language, drefs, and manners. They fubfid almofl 

 wholly on Affoua (barley meal made into gruel), aiul barley 

 roallcd or granulated, which they mix with cold water when 

 traveUing, and they call it " Zimata." They occafionally 

 indulge in the ufc of " Cufcufoe," a nutritive farinaceous 

 food, made of granulated flour, and afterwards boiled by 

 fteam, and mixed with butter, mutten, fowls, and vege- 

 tables. Many families among them are faid to be defcended 

 from the Portuguefe, who formerly poilcfTed all the ports on 

 the coafl, but who, after the difcovery of America, gra- 

 dually withdrew thither. Eaft of Morocco, near Dimenet, 

 on the Atlas mountains, there is Hill remaining a church, 

 having infcriptions in Latin over the entrance, (uppofed to 

 have been built by them, which, being fuperftitioufly re- 

 ported to be haunted, has efcaped dellruftion. Their lan- 

 guage is called Amazirk. 



SHELOPGUR, a town of Hindooftan, in the Car- 

 natic ; 18 miles N.W. of Tricolore. 



SHELTER, in Agriculture, a term applied to the means 

 of affording warmth, and procuring proteftion for lands and 

 live-flock in fituations which are too much expofed to ftorm$. 

 and inclement feafons. This is moftly accomplifhed by the 

 ufe of trees, which fhould be chofen of the moll proper 

 fhapes and kinds for effedling the purpofe, as Vhofe which 

 are the mod branchy from the ground, ar.u the molt per- 

 manent and clofe in their foliage. The fir tribe, the holly, 

 and the beech, are probably the ciofl fuited to this intention, 

 though there are great numbers that may be made ufe of in 

 this way. 



Proper fhelter has the effeft of producing much improve, 

 ment in land, trees, plants, and livc-ltoek. See Sheltering 

 Plantations. 



Shelter Ifland, in Geography, a fmall ifland at the E. 

 fend of Long ifland, in Suffolk county. New York, about 

 five miles from E. to W., and feven from N. to S. It is 

 fertile, and contains about 8000 acres ; it was incorporated 

 in 178K, and is faid to contain 201 inhabitants. It furnifhes 

 cattle, fheepi and poultry. 



SHELTERING Plantations, in Agriculture, the 

 means of guarding and protefting them, fo as to promote 

 the growth and advancement of the young trees. This is 

 frequently neceffary, and of very great utility. In fome 

 very expofed fituations, trees cannot indeed be raifed to any 

 advantage without it. The bufinefs is performed in dif- 

 ferent manners, according to their nature and circumllances. 

 See Plantation. 



SHELTERS, Horizontal. See Horizontal. 



SHELTIE, the name of a fmall, but (Irong kind of 

 horfe, found in the ifland of Zetland, commonly called Shet- 

 land. In the country, the price of one of ihcfe horfes was 

 formerly about a guinea. 



SHELVES, in Sea Language, a general name given 

 to any dangerous fhallows, land banks, or rocks ; Ij'ing 

 immediately under the furfacc of the water, fo as to 

 intercept any iliip in her paffage, and endanger her dc- 

 (truftion. 



SHELVING-Roads, in Rural Economy, are fuch as 

 are formed in a fomewliat flielving manner, cither on both 

 fides from the middle part, or in the whole fr.ini fide to fide. 

 It is a mode that fornn a great improvement in making roads 

 in difl'ercnt fituations ; as a greater travellable breadth is 

 gained without ruts being formed. And it is particularly ap- 

 plicable in making the fide long roads o;i the declivities of 

 hills, &c. .See Road. 



SHELVINGS, in Agriculture, a name applied to the 

 moveable fide-rails of a waggon or cart, which .ire occa- 

 fionally put on for top loads. 



SHEMEN, 



