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or greeiiiftl caft oa the back, and fmall and floping ; lower 

 jaw longer than the upper ; teeth fmall and (harp ; fcveral 

 of the laft rays of the dorfal and anal fin extending farther 

 than the tail itfelf, the long and flexible filaments of which 

 uount de Cepede imagines attraft fmall fifties, which miftake 

 them for worms, the dory himfelf lying concealed among 

 fea-weeds, &c. and waiting for its prey : the count alfo 

 conceives that thefe may ferve to fuftain the fifh by coiling 

 round the Hems of fea-plants, &c. A native of the Indian 

 feas ; but not efteemed as food, being fmall and coarfe. 



Luna or Opah. Dory with fomewhat lunated tail ; the 

 body being generally either red, green, or purple, with 

 oval white fpots. This is a fuperb fpecies, and found, pro- 

 bably wandering from the warmer regions, in the Mediter- 

 ranean and Northern feas, the largeft fpecies of the kind, 

 being between four and five feet in length, in colour vary- 

 ing from a bright filvery-green ground to a bright gold 

 colour, and variegated on the fides with pretty numerous 

 and moderately large oval white fpots, while the fins and 

 tail are bright fcarlet ; the fliin feemingly deltitute of fcales 

 and perfectly fmooth. 



Specimens of this fifh have been occafionally thrown on 

 the Britifh coafts, one of which is defcribed under the 

 article Opah. A dried fpecimen of this fifh may be feen 

 in the Britifh Mufeum. 



Quadratus. Grey dory, with tranfverfe dufl<y or a 

 cinereous body, and even tail. This fifh, found in the fea 

 that waflies the coall of Jamaica, is defcribed by fir Hans 

 Sloane, as five inches long and four broad in the middle, 

 narrowing from thence gradually to the head and tail ; 

 mouth fmall, but with rows of fmall, fliarp teeth ; tongue 

 round and cartilaginous ; pupil large and black, in a white 

 circle ; feven fins ; tail almoll fquare ; whole body clothed 

 with grey or afh-coloiired fcales, having three or four tranf- 

 verfe black lines ; with a very crooked line from head to 

 tail. 



Zeus, a fpecies of fcorpsena. See Scorpjena Porcus. 

 ZEUXIS, in Biography, a celebrated ancient painter, 

 who is faid to have been a native of Heraclea, either in 

 Greece or Magna Grscia, and to have commenced the prac- 

 tice of his art in the fourth year of the 95th Olympiad, 

 B.C. 397. According to Quintilian, he is the firll artift 

 who underflood the proper management of lights and fhades, 

 and to have excelled in colouring ; but ambitious of imitating 

 the llrength and grandeur of Homer's manner, he is charged 

 with giving unfuitable bulk to the heads and maffivenefs to 

 the limbs of his figures. Notwithftanding thefe alleged im- 

 perfections, he attained diftinguifhed excellence ; and in the 

 profecution of it he was attentive even to the minuteft cir- 

 eumflance. Many inflances occur in his hiftory to this 

 purpofe. In his picture of Helen, executed for the Cro- 

 tonians, as an ornament for their temple of Juno, he deter- 

 mined to combine every quality that might conftitute a 

 perfeft beauty ; and with this view he felefted five of the 

 handfomefl females of Crotona, and transferred to his pic- 

 ture, from their naked charms, an affemblage of all that 

 were mofl perfeft in their kind. This figure has been ex- 

 tolled as the fineft fpecimen of art exifting ; and under it 

 the painter, not unconfcious of his merit, infcribed the lines 

 of Homer, in which Priam exprelTes his admiration of the 

 beauty of the real Helen. Every one who faw it, before it 

 ,was placed in the temple, paid the painter a fee, which, 

 added to the liberal recompence of the Crotonians, amply 

 repaid him for his fkill and labour. This enabled him to 

 gratify his vanity by making prefents of his piilures, for 

 which no adequate price could be given. To fuch a degree 



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was he enriched by his art, that he was able to indulge hi« 

 vanity by appearing at the Olympic games with his name 

 embroidered in golden letters upon his mantle. Such were 

 the failings of a man, who rendered his name illuflrious by 

 the fupereminent cxercife of his art. Among his mofl 

 famous performances are enumerated a Jupiter on his 

 throne, with the other gods ftanding round ;— a Hercules 

 in his cradle, ftrangling the ferpents, Alcmena and Am- 

 phitryon witnefTing the exploit with terror ;— a Penelope, 



with an exprefTion conformable to her charafter ; a Cupid 



crowned with rofes, for the temple of Venus at Athens ;— 

 a Marfyas bound, afterwards placed in the temple of Concord 

 at Rome ; — and a group of Centaurs. The time of his 

 death is not known ; but as to the manner of it, the fol- 

 lowing whimfical anecdote is recorded : after having painted 

 an old woman, whilft he was attentively furveying it, he 

 was feized with fuch a violent fit of laughter, that he died 

 on the fpot. Phny Hift. Nat. Gen. Biog. 



ZEYA, in Geography, a river of Auttria, which rifes 

 near Ernfprung, and runs into the Marfch, 6 miles E. of 

 Ziflerfdorf. 



ZEYL. See Zeil. 



ZEYLAND, afmallifland near the coaft of Lapland. 

 N. lat. 7o°io'. 



ZEYRING, a town of the duchy of Stiria ; 6 miles 

 N.W. of Judenburg. 



ZEZARE, a river of Portugal, which rifes in the eaft 

 part of Eflremadura, and runs into the Tagus, at Tancos. 



ZEZARINE, or KiERAzix, a fmall liland in the Per- 

 fian gulf, hardly half a mile in length. N. lat. 28° 8'. 



ZFOKEN, a town of Saxony, in the circle of Erzge- 

 birg; ; 8 miles N.W. of Grunhayn. 



ZHA, a river of Africa, which forms the eaft boundary 

 of Fez, and runs into the MuUooiah. 



ZHEHOL, Zheho, or Geho, a town of Chinefe Tar- 

 tary, in the country of the Mandfhars, not far beyond the 

 great wall, and fummer refidence of the emperor of China ; 

 120 miles N.E. of Peking. 



ZIA, an ifland in the Grecian Archipelago, anciently 

 called " Ceos" and " Hydraffa," about 16 leagues in cir- 

 cumference. The inhabitants are Greeks, who have a 

 bifhop. The foil is fertile, and they have a good breed of 

 cattle, with plenty of Vt-ild fowl, efpecially partridges and 

 pigeons. The chief manufaftures are, filk, camlets, and a 

 fort of cloaks made of goats' hair. Among the produftioni 

 of the ifland may be reckoned the velani, a fpecies of acorn 

 much efteemed. Of four confiderable towns or cities in this 

 ifland, the only one at prefent remaining is Carthea, or Zeia, 

 containing about 2500 houfes, with a harbour capable of 

 receiving vefTels of confiderable burden, and where a whole 

 fleet may ride in fecurity from every gale, in every depth of 

 water, and in very good anchoring ground. The entrance 

 into this creek or arm of the fea is very fafe by keeping it, 

 according to the fea-phrafe, open ; but when once within it, 

 fhips of whatever burden may ride where they pleafe to an 

 anchor; 10 miles E. of Cape Colonni. N. lat. 37° 30'. 

 E. long. 24° 24'. 



ZiA, Ziba, or Sila, in indent Geography, a city beyond 

 Jordan ; 5 miles W. from Philadelphia. 

 ZIATEK, in Geography. See SaATZ. 

 ZIB. See Zeb. 



ZIBA, a town of Arabia, in the province of Hedsjas ; 

 20 miles S.S.W. of Madian. 



ZIBATSKOI, a fort of Ruffu, in the government of 

 Kolivan, on the Irtifch.. N. Jat. 54° 44'. E. long. 

 92° 20'. 



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