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char by that of Kiflion. Its ports, on account of its vici- 

 nity to the fea, were numerous, and its commerce extenfive. 

 Its cities were, Zebulun the capital, Bethfaida, Magdalen, 

 Joppa, Jotapa, Cinnereth, ( liiice Tiberias, on the lake of 

 that name,) Cartha, Bethulia, Rimmon, Dothaire, Dam- 

 na, Sommerom, Tabor, both the city and mount, Sopha, 

 SafFa or Siporis, Nazareth, Cana the lefier, commonly 

 called Cana of Galilee, Iconium, and Sicaminum or Por- 

 phyrem, anciently Hiepha, or Ceipha, Ctuated northwards 

 at the foot of mount Carmel. 



Zebulun', or Zabulon, the capital of the fore-mentioned 

 tribe, (ituated on the Mediterranean, near the mouth of the 

 Jepthael, and once ftyled Zabulon Andron, or of men, on 

 account of its extraordinary populoufnefs. It was adorned 

 with fine buildings, after the manner of Tyre, Sidon, and 

 Berytus, and much admired on that account by Ceilius, the 

 Roman general, who neverthelefs took, plundered, and 

 burnt it to the ground. In the early ages of Chriftianity it 

 was the fee of a bifhop, but now it is a poor place, in 

 ruips. 



ZECHARIAH, cr the Prophecy of Zechanah, in 

 Biblical Hijiory, a canonical book of the Old Teftament. 



Zechariah was contemporary with Haggai, and prophe- 

 fied in the fecond year of Darius Hyftafpes. The de- 

 fign of the firft part of this prophecy is the fame with that 

 of Haggai, viz. to encourage the Jews to go on with re- 

 building of the temple, by giving them afTurance of God's 

 affiftance and proteftion : from whence the author proceeds 

 to foretel the glory of the Chriftian church, the true temple 

 of God, under its great high prieft and governor, Jefus 

 Chrift, of whom Zerubbabel and Jofhua the high prieft were 

 figures. The latter part of the prophecy, from chap, ix., 

 probably relates to the ftate of the Jews under the Maccabees, 

 and then foretels the rejeAion of the Meffiah, and fome re- 

 markable incidents that fhould happen to them in the latter 

 ages of the world. 



Mr. Mede, and fome other learned men, think, that the 

 9th and following chapters of Zechariah are parts of the 

 prophecy of Jeremiah. 



ZECHIN, or Zecchiko, in Commerce. See Sequin. 



ZECHINI, in Geography, a fmall ifland in the Grecian 

 Archipelago ; 2 miles S.E. of Stanchio. N. lat. 36^^ 48'. 

 E. long. 26° 51'. 



ZECHLIN, a town of Brandenburg, in the mark of 

 Pregnitz ; 9 miles E. of Witftcck. 



ZEDIC, a town of Africa, capital of a diftricx in Tri- 

 poli, fituated in a bay of the Mediterranean, called the bay 

 of Zedic ; 150 miles E.S.E. of Tripoli. 



ZEDLISCHT, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of 

 Pilfen ; 5 miles N.W. of Hayd. 



ZEDOARY, Zedoaria, or Ktmpferia Rotunda of 

 Woodville, or Curcuma Zerumbet of Dr. Roxburgh, in the 

 Materia Medica, a medicinal root, belonging to a plant grow- 

 ing in the Eaft Indies (the amomum fcapo nudo, /pica laxa 

 truncata, of Berg. Mat. Med.), whole leaves are hke thofe 

 of ginger, only longer and broader. 



The Curcuma Zedoaria of Dr. Roxburgh, with fmall 

 bulbs, and with the long palmate tubers inwardly yellow, 

 leaves broad lanceolar, fubfeffile on their fheaths, lericeous 

 underneath, and the whole plant green, is the Amomum Ze- 

 doaria of Linnaeus and Willdenow ; which fee. It is a na- 

 tive of various parts of India ; flowers during the hot fea- 

 lon, April and May, when the plant is deftitute of leaves : 

 foon after they appear. The dry root, it is faid, agrees 

 pretty well with the drug known in England by the name 

 of zedoaria rotunda. The Sanlkrit name implies that the 

 drug is ufed as an antidote to poifon. 



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The Curcuma Zerumbet of Roxburgh, with fmall bulbs, 

 and palmate tubers pale ft raw-colour ; leaves green-petioled, 

 broad-lanceolar, with a purple cloud down the middle ; and 

 flowers fhorter than their brafteas, is the Amomum Zerum- 

 beth of Retzius ; which fee. This is a native of various 

 parts of India, and its flowering-time the hot feafon, before 

 the leaves appear. The pale colour of the roots, crimfou 

 coma, and ferruginous mark down the centre of the leaves, 

 which is a conftant mark in this elegant fpecies, readily point 

 It out from every other. The dry root appears to be th^ 

 zedoaria of the (hops in England. See Afiatic Refearches, 

 vol. u. p. 332—334. 



The root is brought over in oblong pieces, about the 

 thicknefs of the httle finger, and two or three inches in 

 length; or in roundifh ones (the zerumbfth of the Paris 

 Pharmacopoeia;, about an inch in diameter ; it is of an a<h 

 colour on theoutfide, and white within. The difference of 

 thefe, in ftrength, if any, is very inconfiderable, and there- 

 fore the college allows both to be ufed indifcriminately. 



This root has an agreeable cam.phoraceous fmell, and a 

 bitterifh aromatic tafte. It impregnates water with its 

 fmell, a flight bitternefs, a confiderable warmth and pun- 

 gency, and a yellowifh-brown colour : the reddifh-yellow 

 Ipirituous tinfture is in tafte ftronger, and in fmell weaker, 

 than the watery. In diltillation with water, it yields a 

 thick, ponderous effential oil, fmelling ilrongly of the ze- 

 doary, in tafte very hot and pungent : the decoftion, thus 

 deprived of the aromatic matter, and concentrated by infpif- 

 fation, proves weakly and difagreeably bitter and fub- 

 acrid. A part of its odorous matter rifes alfo in the infpif- 

 fation of the fpirituous tinfture ; the remaining extrad is a 

 very warm, not fiery, moderately bitter aromatic, in flavour 

 more grateful than the zedoary in fubftance. 



Zedoary-rcot is a very ufeful warm ftomachic ; and has 

 been commended in colics and hyfteric affeftions, for pro- 

 moting the menfes, &c. It has been employed by fome as 

 a fuccedaneum to gentian root ; but from the above analyfis 

 it appears to be not entirely fimilar to that fimple bitter ; its 

 warm aromatic part being the prevailing principle, in virtue 

 of which its fpirituous extraft (the molt elegant preparation 

 of it), has been made an ingredient in the cordial confeftion 

 of the London Pharmacopoeia. Lewis's Mat. Med. 



Carthenfer, who afcribes its virtues to a camphoraceous 

 volatile oil, confiders it as a general remedy for moft of the 

 chronic difeafes with which human nature is affefted ; but as 

 the camphor contained in it can avail but little, and its effefts 

 as a bitter or aromatic are fo very inconfiderable, this root 

 is now deemed to poflefs very little medicinal power, and 

 might be fr.fely expunged from the mateiia medica. CuUen. 

 Woodville. 



The zedoary wafh, which is a cooler yellow than faffron, 

 though full as bright, and valuable for many purpofes in 

 paintmg with water-colours, may be prepared by boihng an 

 ounce of the root in a quart of water, till the water is fufii- 

 ciently tinged to make a ftain on paper, of a full yellow 

 colour ; and ftraining the liquor through a hnen filtre. This 

 wafti may be dried in ftiells, and will again diflblve and fpread 

 kindly with the addition of water. 



ZEEDLITZ, in Geography, a town of Silefia, in the 

 principality of Neifle ; 3 miles N. of Ottmuchau. 



ZEFERDEN. See Sufferdam. 



ZEFR, a word by which fome of the chemical authors 

 exprefs pitch. 



ZEFRIO, in Geography, a mountain of Naples, in Ca- 

 labria Ultra ; 10 miles N.N.E. of Bova. 



ZEGEDIN, or Szeged, a town of Hungary, near the 

 conflux of the rivers Maros and Theilfe. It is ftrong, and 



a place 



