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fiabitants, and for the large quantity of gold table Utenfils 

 ufed in their houfes ; and having a population of 3400 per- 

 '"ons. The next cities in refpeft of magnitude are Sonera, 

 S., and Terenate, N. of the capital. Sonora trades with 

 New Mexico and Bifcav for the produftions of thofe dif- 

 ferent province;;, and with old Mexico, both by land and 

 fea, through the gulf of California. It is famous for its 

 cheefe, horles, and fheep. The governor is a brigadier- 

 ;^enerai, and his falary is 7000 dollars, in addition to his 

 pay in the line. The regular military force of this province 

 confiftsof 900 dragoons, and 200 infantry, the latter being 

 I Indians called Opejas, and reckoned the beft foldiers in New- 

 Spain. The profefled religion is the Catholic, and it belongs 

 to the diocefe of the biihop of Durango. The feat of go- 

 vernment is at Chihuahua. 



SONORYA, a town of Hindooftan, in Benares; 10 

 miles S. of Merzapour. 



SONS Harmoniques, or fluted found?, a fingular 

 kind of found produced on the violin, tenor, and violon- 

 cello, by touching the firing (lightly in its aliquot parts 

 and harmonic divifious, without preffing the finger on the 

 finger-board ; by which means, that part of the ftring 

 founds, which is above the hand next to the nut, not the 

 part touched by the bow. Thefe founds are very different 

 in quality of tone from thofe which would be produced, if 

 the finger were prefTed down. As to the pitch of tone, the 

 harmonics will give the fifth, when the third would be pro- 

 duced by the ufual means ; the third, when the fixth is ex- 

 pefted, &c. The quality of tone acquired by this means 

 is fo much more fweet than the common tones of the inflru- 

 ment, that tlie French have entitled them notes Jlutees, fluted 

 notes. Rouifeau fays, that to form an accurate idea of 

 tliefe founds, it was neceflary to hear Mondonville produce 

 them on his violin, and Bernard on his violoncello, who 

 could form a regular fcale of thefe fweet tones, which very 

 much aftonifhed thofe who did not know the theory. But 

 we have heard Salomon perform this feat, this trick of 

 youth, with a dexterity and tafte unknown to Mon- 

 donville. 



As the principle on which this theory is founded depends 

 on transferring the tone, produced by the bow, to that 

 part of the firing next the nut, inflead of that next the 

 bridge, of which the bow prevents the vibration, the long 

 divifion of the firing, when touched flightly by the finger, 

 feems to produce the highell note ; and e contra. 



We fliall give, in tlie Mufic Pliitss, a table of harmonic 

 founds, which will facilitate the pradlice of this fcemingly 

 eccentric fcale. The fiifl line, or flafl, will indicate the 

 founds which would be produced in the common way ; and 

 the fecond line, the correfpondcnt fluted note, when the 

 firing is touched harmonically. All the founds of the 

 trumpet marine are harmonics, which renders it difficult to 

 produce certain founds upon that inllrument. See Noi.sE. 



SONSBECK, in Ceogriiphy, a town of the duchy of 

 Cleves ; 11 miles S.S.E. of Cleves. 



SONSECA, a town of Spain, in New Caflile ; 8 miles 

 S. of Toledo. 



SONSINO. See Soncino. 



SONSONATE. Sec La Tjiinidad. 



SONTAG, a town of the duchy of Stiria ; 3 miles 

 N.W. of Fridau. 



SONTAGBERG, a town of Audria, in which is a 

 cloiflcr of Bencdidtines ; 5 miles N. of Bavarian Waid- 

 hovcn. 



SONTAGE, in our Old Writers, a tax of forty flullings 

 laid upon every knigiit's fee, according to Stow, p. 2S4. 



SONTHEIM, ui Geography, a town of Germany, in 



the lordfhip of Limburg ; 15 miles S.E. of Hall in 

 Swabia. 



SoNTHElM, Maine, a town of the duchy of Wurzburg, 

 on the Maine ; 3 miles N. of Kitzingen. 



SONTHOFEN, or Sunthofen, a town of Bavaria, 

 in the bifliopric of Augfburg ; 56 miles S. of Augfburg. 



SONTHONNAX de la Montagne, a town of France, 

 in the department of the Ain ; 6 miles N.W. of Nantua. 



SONTRA, a town of Germany, in the principality of 

 Hefle Rhiufens, on the Wohra ; 28 miles S. of Cafiel. N. 

 lat. 51=5'. E. long. 9" 58'. 



SON VI CO, a town of Italy ; y miles N. of Lugano. 



SONUS, or NuMADUS, \n ^hicunt Geography, a river of 

 India, on this fide of the Ganges, which had its fource in 

 the mountains, ran towards the eall, and bending its courfe 

 towards the north-eafl, difcharged iifelf into the Ganges, a 

 little below Jomanas, after a courfe of about 200 leagues. 

 M. d'Anville fuppofes that this river is the Audomatis of 

 Arrian ; but as this river had its rife among the Mondiadini, 

 and ran into the Ganges, it could not be the fame with 

 the Sonus. 



SONWARY, in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, in 

 Guzerat ; 21 miles S. of Surat. 



SONZAY, a town of France, in the department of the 

 Indre and Loire ; 12 miles N. of Tours. 



SOO, a town of Japan, in the ifland of Ximo ; 25 miles 

 N.W. of Uxumi. 



SOOBARUM, a town of Hindooftan, in the circar of 

 Cicacole ; 10 miles N.W. of Vifigapatam. 



SOOBKA, a town of Bengal; 13 miles S. of Bogli- 

 pour. 



SOOBOO, a town of Africa, in Bambarra ; 10 miles 

 W. of Sego. 



SOOBRUDOOKI, a town of Africa, in Bondou ; 

 20 miles S.W. of Fatteconda. 



SOO-CHOO. See Sou-TCHEOU. 



SOOCOO, in Commerce, a money of account at Ben- 

 coolen ; 4 foocoos being = a dollar = 32 fattalies, or fa- 

 tellers : this dollar is reckoned at jx. flerling. 



SOODEREH, m Geography, a town of Hindooftan, in 

 Lahore ; 15 miles N.N.E. of Ameenabad. 



SOOE, a town of Hindooftan, in Guzerat; 37 miles 

 N.N.E. of Radunpour. 



SOOHA, a town of Africa, in Bambarra, on the river 

 Niger. N. lat. 13° 10'. W. long. 4^^ 52'. 



SOOHAGEE, a town of Hindooftan, in Boggilcund ; 

 30 miles N.N.E. of Rewah. 



SOOINS, a name given m the North to a kind of rural 

 food, that has been found very beneficial in the fcurvy. 

 This food is prepared by putting fbme oatmeal into a 

 wooden vcllel, and pouring hot water upon it, and con- 

 tinuing the infuiion till the liquor begins to tafte fourifh, 

 /. e. till a fermentation comes on, whicii in a place mode- 

 rately warm may be in the fpace of two days. The water 

 is then poured off from the grounds, and boiled down to 

 the confillence of ajelly. 



SOOKA, in Geography, a town of Bengal; 42 miles 

 W. of Silhet. 



SOOKANG, a town of Africa, in Fooladoo. N. lat. 

 if 35'. W. long. 8"' 5'. 

 "SbOKAPOORA, a kingdom of J.ipan. 



SOOK.IURAH, a town of Bengal; ^i miles W. of 

 Nagore. 



SOOKSOR, a town of Bengal; 6 miles N. of Cal- 

 cutta. 



SOOLARAM, a town of Hindooftan, in the circar of 

 EUore. 



SOOLOO, 



