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•covered with a greenifti bark, when young, but afterwards 

 becomes greyidi : the branches are aJfo flender and woody. 

 It has not yet produced any flowers in this chmate. 



Method of Culture. — Thefe plants may all be increafed 

 from feeds. Thefe in the firft fort fhould be fown in the 

 autumn or fpring, in any light mould, where the plants are to 

 remain. They are likewife fometimes fown in drills in nurfery- 

 beds, to be tranfplanted afterwards while -very young ; but 

 the firft is the better pra6tice, as they do not remove well, 

 efpecially when grown of 3 large fize. Hedges of this plant 

 are beft. raifed by lowing them in drills an inch deep where 

 they are to remain, keeping them perfeAly free from all 

 forts of weeds, &c. for two or three years, until a little 

 advanced in growth. 



In the fecond and third forts, in the latter of which the 

 feed rtiould be obtained from abroad, and be fown in pots 

 of fine mould, plunging them in the hot-bed ; when the 

 plants are up a few inches in height, they (hould be removed 

 into feparate fmall pots, being afterwards managed as other 

 ftrubs of the greenhoufe kind. But with the former, the 

 fame modes may be followed with the feeds as in tiie firft; 

 fort and its varieties. 



The laft fort is difficult to raife, either by layers or cut- 

 tings. 



The firft fort and varieties afford ornament and variety in 

 llirubberies, where a few plants of the different kinds may 

 be admitted in fuch as are extenfive, having a fine effeft in 

 their evergreen flowery appearance, and the two latter 

 among potted plants of the greenhoufe kind. The former 

 alfo in borders and clumps. 



ULEY, L,\, in Geography, a town of Spain, in the pro- 

 vince of Grenada ; 10 miles W. of Vera. 



ULFEN, a fea-port town of Sweden, in Angermanland, 

 on the coaft of the gulf of Bothnia ; 25 miles N.N.E. of 

 iiernofand. 



ULFON, North and South, two fmall iflands on the 

 ■wefl fide of the gulf of Bothnia. N. lat. 63" 2'. E. long. 

 18° 27'. 



ULFSBY, a town of Sweden, in the government of Abo ; 

 J miles S.S.E. of Biorneborg. 



ULIA, {Monte Major,) m Ancient Geography, a town of 

 Hifpania, in Boetica, towards the N.E. By a medal of 

 Gruter, it appears to have formed a fmulleitatc, and to have 

 alTumed the title of a republic. 



ULIARUS, the yic ofOleron, an ifland on the coafl of 

 Gallia Aquitanica. 



VLIEGER, SiMov DE, in Biography, was born at Am- 

 flerdam about the year 161 2. It is not known by whom 

 this artift was educated, but his piftures are very defervedly 

 efteemed for their force ai.d brilliancy. He had the honour 

 to be the inftruftor of the younger Vandevelde ; and though 

 the delicacy of the pencil enjoyed by the pupil furpaffud 

 that of the mafter, yet the works of tiic latter retain tlieir 

 power, ar.d have a charafter of their own, which gives them 

 a place in tl'.e bell colleftions. 



VLIELAND, or Flielant, in Geography, an ifland in 

 the German fca, at the entrance of the Zuyder See, about 

 eight miles long, and three in breadth; taken by the Englifh 

 in 1799 ; 5 miles N. from the Texel. N. lat. 53"^ 24'. 

 E. long. 4° 25'. 



ULIETEA, one of the Society iflands, in the South I'a- 

 cilic ocean. On the call and weft coafts of this ifland are 

 fomc good harbours. One harbour or bay, called by the 

 natives Oopoa, and capabh' of holding any number of fhipa, 

 extends almoft the whole length of the E. fide of the ifland, 

 and is defended from the fca by a reef •f coral rocks ; the 

 Xouthernmoft opening in this reef, or cliannel into the hur- 



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hour, is little more than a cable's length wide ; it lies olTthc 

 eafternmoll point of the ifland, and may be known by another 

 fmall woody ifland, which lies a little to the S.E. of it, called 

 by the people Oatara. Between three and four miles N.W. 

 from this ifland lie two other iflcts, in the fame diredion as 

 tlie reef of which they are a part, called Opururu and Tamou, 

 between which lies another channel into the harbour, a 

 quarter of a mile wide. Still farther to the N.W. are fomo 

 fmall iflands. On Ulietea there is a great Moral, called 

 Tapodtioalea, different in its conllrti^ftion from the Morals of 

 Otaheite. Several jaw-bones are found, which, like fcalps 

 among the Indians of North America, are trophies of war. 

 On this ifland they exhibit dances and dramatic exhibitions 

 for the amufement of thofe who choofe to attend them. The 

 inhabitants in general are more fuperllitious than thofe of 

 Otaheite. Oreo, the chief of this ifland, when Cook vifited 

 it in 1774, is a native of Bolabola, but is poffenfed of uhe- 

 nooas or lands at Ulietea, which he, as well as many of Ids 

 countrymen, are fuppofed to have gotten at the conqucll. 

 He refides here as the lieutenant of Opoony of Bolabola, 

 feeming to be veiled with regal authority, and to be the fu- 

 preme magiltr.-ite in the ifland. Oo-oo-rou, who is the earce 

 by hereditary right, has little more left him than the bare title, 

 and his own uh^nooa or dift^ricl, in which he is fovereign. 

 Oreo was obferved to pay him the refpeft due to his rank. 

 The land is hilly, broken, and irregular, except on the fea- 

 coaft ; yet the hills are green and pleafant, and in many parts 

 abound with wood : the produftions and manners of the in- 

 habitants are fimilar to thofe of Otaheite. The principal 

 refrefhments that are to be procured at this ifland are plan- 

 tains, cocoa-nuts, yams, hogs, and fowls : the hogs and fowls 

 however are fcarce ; and the country appears to be neither 

 fo populous nor fo rich in produce as Otalieite, or even 

 Huaheine. Wood and water may alfo be procured here, 

 but the water cannot be conveniently got at ; lying S.W. 

 by S. diftant 7 or 8 leagues from Huaheine. See; Society 

 //lands. 



ULIETER, or File Stroom, a road in the north part of 

 Zuyder See, near the coafl of Friefland. 



ULIGINOUS Land, in Agriculture, a term fometimes 

 applied to a dark-coloured fort of moiil, moorifh, or fenny 

 ground or foil. 



VLISSINGEN, in Geography. See Flushi.ng. 

 \J'LVLlV)\?'.KliA,\n Ancient Geography, a town of Africa 

 Propria, towards the S. of Adrumetum. Ptol. 



L'LKANSKAIA, in Geography, a town of Rufllajin the 

 government of Irkutlk ; Oo miles S. of Kirenflc. 



ULKOGRUNNE, three fmall iflands on the eaft fide of 

 the gulf of Bothnia. N. lat. 65^ 24'. E. long. 24° 14'. 



ULKOKALLA, a fmall ifland on the eaft fide of the 

 gulf of Bothnia. N. lat. 64° 22'. E. long. 23° 31'. 



ULLA, a river of Spain, which runs iuto the Atlantic, 

 N. lat. 42° 40'. W. long. S"" 25'. 



ULLAGE, in Commerce, a term denoting what a calk 

 of liquor wants of being full. 



ULLAPOOL, in Geography, a fea-port town of Scotland, 

 in the county of Rofs, fituated at the mouth of a river which 

 runs into Loch Broom ; it was firft founded in 178S, and is 

 advantagcoufly fituated for fifliing or commerce. The road- 

 iload is lafe and conveuieiit for any number of veifels ; and 

 there is a good (juay where goods may be loaded or un- 

 loaded with tiic grcateft cafe. N. lat. 57" 52'. W. 

 long. 5° 1'. 



ULLARED, a town of Sweden, iu Halland ; 50 miles 

 N. of Halmftad. 



ULLAVA, a town of Sweden, in the government of 

 Wafa ; 32 miles N. of Jacob ft ad t. 



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