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the eaft fide of the town to the channel of tlie river Leven : 

 it is well fupplied with water, has a fpacious bafin, with a 

 warehoufe, and has been navigated by fhips of 400 tons 

 burden. It was made after the plans of J. Rennie, efq. 



In the vicinity of this town is Conifhead, the feat of 

 Wilfon Bradyll, efq. The houfe ftands on the fcite of the 

 ancient priory of Conifhead : the fouth front is modern, 

 with an ornamental arcade ; the north front has a piazza 

 and wings. 



About half a mile from Ulverfton is Swartmoor-Hall, to 

 which feme degree of celebrity has attached from its having 

 been the refidence and property of George Fox, one of the 

 founders of the fedl of Quakers. He made a convert of 

 the former proprietor, Thomas Fell, one of the Welfh 

 judges, and married his widow. Fok died in 1691. — 

 Beauties of England and Wales, vol. ix. Lancadiire, by 

 J. Britton, F.S.A. 



ULUGH-BEIGH, in Biography, a learned and power- 

 ful Tartarian prince, was born in the year 1393. He was 

 the grandfon of the celebrated Timur ; and his real name 

 was Mohammed Taragai, Ulugh-Bcigh being an epithet 

 which jignifles a great lord or prince. He entered upon 

 the government of Iran and Turan, that is of Perfia and 

 Tartary, durnig his father's life, in 1407, and conduced 

 himfclf in a manner that fecured univerfal efteem. His lei- 

 fure hours he devoted to reading, and thus acquired a 

 knowledge of various fciences. He was famed for a very 

 retentive memory, and having written a book or journal 

 of all the animals which he had killed in hunting, which 

 book was accidentally loft, he diftated the contents of it to 

 a tranfcriber ; and upon comparing this tranfcript with 

 the original when it was found, it was correct except in 

 four places. Among other inftitutions for the promotion 

 of fcience, he eftabliflied a gymnafuim at Samarcand, his 

 capital, which accommodated a hundred ftudents, received 

 into it for education. His chief attention, however, was 

 devoted to mathematics and aftronomy ; and for the im- 

 provement of the latter fcience, he invited to Samarcand a 

 great number of aftronomers, and conllrufted an obferva- 

 tory, which he furnilhed with the beft aftronomical inftru- 

 ments. Here he aflilled in perfon, employing in his obler- 

 vations, as fome have faid, a gnomon one hundred and 

 eighty Roman feet in height. His principal aihftant was 

 Salah-Eddin, his preceptor, and a Chriitian, who was the 

 direftor of this aftronomical academy, and who co-operated 

 with UUigh-Beigh in the conftruttion of the tables which 

 he intended to publifli ; but as he died before their com- 

 pletion, the pimce himfelf eng.iged in the laborious under- 

 taking, and felee^ted for his coadjutors Aliculhi, the fon of 

 Salah-Eddin, and the aftronomor Ali Beu-G-iiat-Eddin 

 Mohammed Jamchid. To this work, which has never 

 been printed entire, we are indebted for thole tables that 

 pafs under the name of Ulugh-Beigh. A fourth part of it 

 was publifliud by the learned Hyde, with an ample com- 

 mentary. This was a catalogue of the fixed ftars, formed 

 upon the Obfervations made at Samarcand, and completed 

 in 1437. Its title is " Tabulx Longitudinis et Latitudinis 

 Stellarum fixarum, ex Oblervatione Ulugbeighi, Tamerlanis 

 M. Nepotis, RefJ^ionum ultra citraque Giihun I'Oxuml Prin- 

 cipis potentiflimi, ex tribus invicem collatis M3S. Perficis, 

 jam primum luce et latio donavit, et Conimentanis illuftravit, 

 Thomas Hyde, A. M. e Coll. Regin. Oxon. ; in calce 

 zccefferunt Mohammedis Tizini Tabula: Dechnationum et 

 Reftarum Afcenfionum. Additur Elenchus Nominum Stel- 

 larum," Oxon. 1665, 4to. Thefe aftronomical tables were 

 fcarcely completed, when a difference occurred between 



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UIugh-Beigh and his eldeft fon. Addifted, like otha" 

 orientals, to aftrology, he calculated his fon's nativity ; and 

 hence portending fome great misfortune, he gave the pre- 

 ference to his younger fon, fo that the eldeft, being flighted, 

 rebelled ag.iinft him. A civil war took place, and in a 

 bloody battle near Samarcand the father was defeated, and 

 was obliged to fave himfelf by flight. Returning after- 

 wards to Samarcand, hoping that his fon would have com- 

 pafTion upon him, he was at firft kindly received ; but foon 

 afterwards a mandate was ifTued for his execution, which 

 tragical event occurred near Samarcand, according to Flam- 

 flead, in the year 1449 ; but, as Herbelot fays, in 1450. 



Two other learned works, which ferve for the illuftra- 

 tion of the eaftern geography and hiftory, written by this 

 prince, were publifhed by Mr. Greaves ; viz. " Binae 

 Tabulx Geographies, una NalTir Eddini, altera Ulug- 

 Beighi, Opera et Studio J. Gravii nunc primum pub- 

 licatae et Commcntariis ex Abulfeda aliifque Arabum Geo- 

 graphis illuftratK," Loud. 1648, 410. : and alio " Epochx 

 celebriores Aftronomis, Hiftoricis, Chroiiologis, Cha- 

 taioruiTi, Syro-Grscorum, Arabum, Perfarum, Choraf- 

 miorum ufitatae ; ex Traditione Ulug-Beiglii Indiae citra 

 extraque Gangem Principis, eas primum publicavit, recen- 

 fuit, et Commcntariis illuftravit J. Gravius," Lond. l6yo, 

 combined, in Arabic and Latin, in J. Hudfon Geogr. Vet. 

 Script. Minores, tom. iii. Montucla. Gen. Biog. 



ULVrSON, in Geography, a river of Sweden, which 

 runs into the Mseler lake. 



ULULA, in Ornithology. See Strix. 

 ULULEUS, in ^Indent Geography, a river which fur- 

 niftied Dyrrhachium with water ; now called Argentca. 



ULiYSSEA, a town of Hifpania, in Boetica, fituated 

 on the mountains, above Abdera, according to Strabo ; who 

 fays that here was a temple dedicated to Minerva, and that 

 it contained many monuments of the voyages of UlyfTes. 



ULYSSES, in Geography, a townfhip of New York, in 

 America, in the S.E. corner of Seneca county, 14 miles 

 S.E. of Ovid, and 180 W. of Albany, with two poft- 

 ofRces, Ithaca and Tremain ; bounded N. by Ovid, N.E. 

 and E. by Cayuga county, S. by Cayuta in Tioga county, 

 and W. by HeCtor. On the E. it embraces the half of the 

 S. end of Cayuga lake, an extent of eight miles, where it 

 receives Cayuga creek, or the main inlet ; Six-mile and 

 Fall creeks, which furnilh many mill-feats in this part of 

 the town ; and it lias fome fmall tlreams that fall into the 

 W. fide, and fupply miU-feats in the N. part of the town. 

 The fouth part is hilly, and the foil lefs valuable than the 

 north, which is fiifiiciently level, with a very good foil. It 

 has been fettled fince the year 1789, at flrll by Yankees, 

 OF New England people, and fince by Dutch from New 

 Jerfey. It has one Methodift meeting-houfe, and a con- 

 gregation of Prefbyterians. The town has a confiderable 

 quantity of white pine, which is very valuable. Ithaca is 

 a handfome poft-village at the S. end of Cayuga lake, con- 

 taining 40 houles, with a confiderable trade ; and Tremain 

 is a poft-village, 11 miles N.W. of Ithaca, containing 10 or 

 J 2 houfes. 



ULYSSIS PoUTUS, in Ancient Geography, a port on the 

 eaftern fide of Sicily, near Catana. It was an ancient 

 opinion that Ulyffes had landed in this place. However, 

 if we admit the recitals of Homer in the Odyffee, Ulyffes 

 liad landed on the promontory of Pachvnum. 



ULYSSOPOLIS, a town of Thrace, faid to be tht 

 OdifFus of Ptolemy. 



ULZEN, in Geography. See Ultzen. 

 UMA, in Mythology, a name of the Hindoo goddtfs 



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