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vity IS 2.630. Before the blow-pipe it intumefces, and 

 melts with great eafe, giving out at the lame time a phof- 

 phoric light from this double effeft of heat upon it. Haiiy 

 gave it the name of dipyre, on account of its eafy fufibi- 

 lity : it was called fchmelzjli'm by Werner. Its conftituent 

 parts are, 



Silex - 

 Alumine 

 Lime 

 Water - 



60 



24 



10 



2 



96 



It is faid by Brongniart to occur in fteatite, along with 

 iron pyrites, near Mauleon, in the Weftern Pyrenees. 



The other members of the zeolite family are defcribed in 

 the preceding volumes. See Natkolite and Wavel- 



LITE. 



ZEOPHILOS, a word ufed by Quercetan as the name 

 of an antimonial medicine. 



ZEOPHYRUM, in the Materia Medica, the name of 

 the trlt'tcum ejiivum, or hordeum nudum, as it is called by 

 fome authors, the naked barley. 



ZEPHANIAH, a canonical book of the Old Tefta- 

 ment, containing the prediftions of Zephaniah, the fon of 

 Cufhi, and grandfon of Gedaliah ; being the ninth of the 

 twelve lefTer prophets. He prophefied in the time of king 

 Jofiah, a little after the captivity of the ten tribes, and be- 

 fore that of Judah ; fo that he was contemporary with Je- 

 remiah. He prophefies chiefly againft Judah, who conti- 

 nued very corrupt, notwithftanding the king's pious zeal for 

 reformation, and the good example he gave to his fubjefts. 



ZEPHAT, in Ancient Geography. See Sephaat. 



ZEPHIRA, in Geography, a fmall ifland in the Grecian 

 Archipelago, near the N. coaft of Antiparos. 



ZEPHIRE, in Ancient Geography, an ifland fituated on 

 the coaft of that of Crete, before the promontory Samonium. 

 Mela. 



ZEPHRON, or Zephrokia. See Ziphron. 



ZEPHYRI FcETUS, a term ufed by Hartman,and fome 

 other writers, to exprefs a mole, or falfe conception. 



ZEPHYRINUS, Pope, in Biography, fucceeded Viaor 

 in the Roman fee in the year 201. A perfecution at the 

 commencement of his papacy obliged him to conceal him- 

 felf, and when he was at liberty to exercife his fundilions, he 

 was engaged in the fuppreflion of prevalent herefKS, which 

 difturbed the latter years of his pontificate. He died in the 

 year 218 or 219. Bower. 



ZEPHYRIUM, in Ancient Geography, a promontory of 

 Alia.on thecontinesof CihciaPropria. According to Strabo 

 and Ptolemy, this promontory and that of Sarpedon formed 

 the mouth of the river Calycadnus. — Alfo, a town at the ex- 

 tremity of this promontory. — Alfo, a promontory of the ifle 

 of Cyprus, towards the S.W., at the extremity of a penin- 

 fula, which on the W. inclofes the gulf, at the bottom of 



which was Paphos Alfo, a promontory of Italy, on the 



eaftern coaft of Brutium, between the promontory of Her- 

 cules and the town of the Locri. Strabo. — Alfo, a pro- 

 montory of Africa, in the Cyrenaica, upon the coaft of the 

 Pentapolis. Ptolemy. Strabo diftinguiflies two promon- 

 tories of this name on the coaft of Cyrenaica. — Alfo, a town 

 of Afia, on the coaft of Paphlagonia, — Alfo, a town of 

 Afia, in the interior of Cappadocian Pontus. Arrian gives 

 it a port, and ftates it to be 120 ftadia from the ifle of 

 Arrenthias, and 90 ftadia from the town of Tripolis. — Alfo, 



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a promontory on the coaft of Egypt, between Campc ind 

 Alexandria, where was a chapel of Veuus Arlinoe, and 

 hence (he took the name of Zephiritis — Alfo, a promoa- 

 tory of Afia Minor, on the coaft of Caria, in the viciuur 

 of the town of Myndus. Strabo — Alfo, a town of the 

 Tauric Cherfonefus; fituated on the fea-coaft, N.E. of 

 Theodofia. Pliny — Alfo, a promontory on the eaftem 

 coaft of the ide of Crete. 



Zephyrium Jugum, a facred mountain of Hifpania, 

 upon which was a fortrefs. 



ZEPHYRUS, or Zephyr, Z.?v-.;, the weft wind ; a 

 wind blowing from that cardinal point of the horizon oppo- 

 fite to the eaft. 



The poets perfonify it, and reprefent Zephyrua as the 

 niildeft and moft gentle of all the deities of the woods : the 

 charafter of his perfonage is youth and gentlenefs. 



It is alfo called Favonius, and occidens ; and, by many, 

 has been confounded with the Africus. See Wind. 



ZEPS, in Geography, a town of the duchy of Warfaw ; 

 20 miles E.of Wladiflaw. 



ZERA, a town of Italy, in the Veronefe ; 7 miles S. 

 of Verona. 



ZERANIA Regio, in Ancient Geography, a country of 

 Thrace. Steph. Byz. 



ZERBITA, in Geography, a town of South America, 

 in the government of New Grenada ; 30 miles W.S.W. of 

 Pamplona. 



ZERBST, a town of Germany, in the principality of 

 Anhalt Zerbft. It is the refidence of tlie prince, and the 

 largeft and handfomeft town in the whole prinaipality of An- 

 halt. The refidence-houfe here is remarkably grand. In 

 the town are two Lutheran churches, one of which is ufed 

 by the Calvinifts, together with an univerfity, common to 

 all the princes of Anhalt, and founded in 1582, out of a 

 fchool : it has a reftor, with three Calvinift and one Lu- 

 theran profefl'ors. The principal trade is in beer, with ma- 

 nufaftures of gold and filver ; 8 miles N.N.W. of Deflau. 

 N. lat. 52° 3'. E. long. 12° 10'. 



ZERDA, in Zoology, a name given by the Moors to an 

 animal which inhabits the defert of Sahara, extending beyond 

 mount Atlas. 



This is the canis cerdo of Linnasus, with a ftraight tail, a 

 palifh or yellowifh-white body, with prolonged upright 

 ears, internally rofe-coloured. It is the fennec of Bruce, 

 and a beautiful African and Afiatic animal, and is principally 

 found in Arabia. 



Pennant clafles it under the genus of dog ; and defcribej 

 it as having a pointed vifage, long whi(l<ers, large bright 

 black eyes, very large ears of a bright rofe colour, internally 

 lined with long hairs, and orifice fo fmall, as not to be vifible, 

 probably covered with a valve or membrane ; legs and feet 

 like thofe of a dog, and taper tail ; its colour is between a 

 ftraw and pale brown ; its length from nofe to tail ten 

 inches, its ears three inches and a half long, tail fix, and 

 height not five. It burrows in the fandy ground, and is fo 

 excefllvely fwift, that it is very rarely taken ahve ; feeds on 

 infefts, efpecially locufts ; fits on its rump ; is very vigilant ; 

 barking like a dog, but with a (hrillcr found, and chiefly in 

 the night ; and is never obferved to be fportive. 



M. BufTon fays of this animal, that it is found to the 

 fouth of the Palus Tritonides, in Lybia ; that it has fome- 

 thing of the nature of the hare, and fomething of the 

 fquirrel ; and that it lives on the palm-trees, and feeds on the 

 fruits : hence probably it derives its name fennec from 

 f w<«, a palm-leaf. Bruce's Travels, vol. v. 



ZERDUSHT, in Biography. See Zoroaster. 



Y2 ZEREA, 



