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8y {hoftacks, or fj^ imperial grofchen ; thus, 7 florins of 

 the empire = 8 Hungarian florins. 



In Poland, the florin of 30 grofchen or grofz, each of 

 which is divided into 18 pfenings, contains 2^ fhoftacks, 

 90 (hillings, or 270 pfenings. A flioftack is worth 12 

 grofchen, or 36 fchiUings ; a grofche, 2 fchillings ; a fchil- 

 ling, 3 pfenings. Kelly's Cambift. 



SHOT, Indian, in Botnny. See Canna. 



Shot, in the Military Arl, includes all forts of ball or 

 bullets for fire-arms, from the cannon to the piftol. See 

 Bullet, Cannon, &c. 



Thofe for cannon are of iron ; thofe for iiiufkets and 

 piftols are of lead. 



Shot, for ordnance, efpecially in the fea fervicc, zre of 

 (everal forts : as. 



Shot, Round, balls or globes of iron fitted to the bore 

 of the piece. 



Shot, Bar, is formed of two bullets, or rather half 

 bullets, joined together by an iron bar, ferving to cut down 

 mafts, fails, &c. 



Shot, Cafe, Chain, Grape, Langrel, Random, Star, 

 and Trundle, fee the refpedtive articles. See alfo Fire- 

 Arms. 



Shot, for fowling, is otherwife called hail, by reafon of 

 its figure and fize. 



The method of calling it is as follows : the lead being 

 melted, llirred, and flcimmed, a quantity of powdered yel- 

 low orpiment is ilrewed in it, as much as will lie on a fliilling, 

 to twelve or fifteen pounds of lead ; the whole being well 

 ftirred, the orpiment will flame. 



To judge whether there be orpiment enough in, a little of 

 the lead is dropped into a glafs of water, and if the drops 

 prove rpund, and without tails, there is orpiment enough, 

 and the degree of heat is as it fliould be. 



This done, a copper plate, hollow in the middle, and 

 three inches in diameter, bored through with thirty or forty 

 fmall holes, according to the fize of the fhot, is placed on 

 an iron frame, over a tub of water, four inches above the 

 water ; the hollow part is to be very thin ; on this plate are laid 

 burning coals, to keep the melted lead m fi:fi(in. The lead 

 is now poured gently, with a ladle, on the middle of the plate, 

 and it will make its way through the holes in the bottom of 

 the plate into the water in round drops. 



Great care is taken to keep the lead on the plate in its pro- 

 per degree of heat : if too cold, it will flop the holes ; and 

 if too hot, the drops will crack and fly. 



The fliot, thus made, are dried over a gentle fire, always 

 ftirring them that they do not melt ; this done, the greater 

 are feparaled from the fmaller by palling them through fieves 

 for that purpofe. 



Shot, Fnjh. See Fresh Shot. 



Shot, Hip. Sec Hip Shot. 



Shot, Water. See Water Shot. 



Shot of a Cable, on Ship-board, is the fplicing of two 

 cables together, that a fliip may ride fafe in deep waters and 

 in great roads, for a fliip will ride caficr by one fliot of a cable, 

 than by three fhort cables out a-head. 



SHOT-FLAGON, a fort of flagon fomewhat bigger 

 than ordinary, which, in fome counties, particularly Dcrby- 

 fhire, it is the culloin for the hofl to fcrvc his guelts in, after 

 they have drank above a (hilling. 



SHOTS, in Agriculture, a term provincially applied to 

 young llore-fwine. 



SHOTT, in Geography, a town of Egypt ; 3 miles S. of 

 Siut. 



Shott, a large valley or plain of Africa, in the country 



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of Sahara, on the borders of Algiers ; 50 miles in length, 

 and about 1 2 in breadth. The word commonly figmfies the 

 fea-fhore, or the banks of fome lake or river ; but the mean 

 ing here is fomewhat varied, and denotes the borders or area 

 rather of fuch a plain, as, according to the feafons of the year, 

 is either covered with fait, or overflowed with water. Se- 

 veral parts of the Shott confift of a light oozy foil, which, 

 after iudden rains, or the overflowings of the adjacent rivers, 

 are changed into fo many quickfands, and occafion no fmall 

 danger to the unwary traveller. La Croix was badly in- 

 formed, in affirming that all the rivers of this kingdom run 

 from fouth to north : fince, befides feveral others in a quite 

 contrary direftion, we have no fewer than five, and thofe 

 very confiderable Itreams, which empty themielves from the 

 northward into the Shott ; 100 miles S.W. of Conitantina. 



SHOTTEN Herrings. See Herring. 



Shotten, Blood. See '&IMOD-Sholten. 



SHOTTSWOOD, in Geography, a town of America, 

 in New Jerfey, on the Rariton ; 4 miles E. of Brunfwick. 



SHOVEL, Sir Cloudesley, in Biography, a Britifli 

 naval hero, was born about the year 1650, of parents in 

 rather humble circumilances, but who having expeftationi 

 from a relation, whofe name was Cloudefley, they thought 

 fit to beitow that name on their fon, as a probable means of 

 recommending him to his relation's notice. Neverthelefs, 

 being perhaps difappointed in their plans, they put out 

 their fon apprentice to a flioe-makcr, to which bufinefs he 

 applied fome years, when lie bctonk himfelf to the fea, 

 under the proteftion of fir John Narborough, witli whom 

 he went out in no higher capacity than that of cabin- 

 boy. He foon, by talents and (leady application to the art 

 of navigation, became an able feaman, and obtained prefer- 

 ment, through the favour of fir CKriilopher Myngs. After 

 the clofe of what is called, in hiltory, the fecond Dutch 

 war. Shovel went out with fir .lohn Narborough, who was 

 deputed to check the piratical ftate of Tripoli. In the 

 fpring of 1674 fir .Tohn arrived before Tripoli, and being 

 ordered to try ncgoriation rather than force, he fent Shovel 

 with a meilage to the Dey, dcfiring reparation for the evils 

 already fullained, and fecurity for the time to come. The 

 Dey, defpifing his youth, treated him with difrefpeft, and 

 fent him back with an equivocal anfwer. Mr. Shovel, on 

 his return, proved that he had not been an unobfervant 

 fpeftator on fhore ; and the admiral, pleafed with his re- 

 marks, fent him again with a fecond meffage. He was 

 treated with more rudenefs than before, which he bore with 

 apparent lubmiflion, and made life of it as an excufe for re- 

 maining longer on fhore ; and on his return he allured the 

 admiral, that it was very praiticable to burn all the fhips in 

 the harbour. Sir John immediately appointed him to the 

 enterprife, which he executed with the molt complete fuc- 

 cefs. The account which the admiral fent home refpefting 

 the conduft of this young man was io honourable to his 

 talents and courage, that in the courfe of a few months he 

 had the command of the Sapphire, a fifth-rate, given him ; 

 and foon after was raifed (lill higher in the fcrvice, by being 

 appointed to the James Galley, a fourth-rate, in which he 

 continued to the death of king Charles II., by whom he 

 had been raifed. 



By Jameb^ II. captain Shovel was preferred to the com- 

 mand of the Dover, a fourth-rate, in which he was at the 

 time of the revolution. This event was fortunate for captain 

 Shovel, as well as very agreeable to his way of thinking ; 

 for being in almoll every engagement during the reign of 

 William, he became contpienous, and made his rife in tiic 

 fervicc as quick as it was pofTible to be eftedled. He waa 

 in the battle of Bantry-Bay, in the Edgar, a third-rate, and 

 4 I 2 gave 



