C A V 



C A U 



laiiDS being = 400 tomines or 4800 grains. Silver is weighed of ekaioneerin? committee • M«^„/f„„ „.• r j , 

 by the fame mark of 50 caftellanos? divided into 8 ounces, ing eleaione«rin|. Of the ^r Jntf d.is u " K 



' ' ' l""'' '^ *°"°^v'"g ^'ccount in Gordon's Hill!" of\he w" 



Rev. London 1788 "About the year ,738, the faSer of 

 Samuel Adams and twenty others who livid in the north or 

 ft.pp.ng part of Bofton ufed to meet to make a ..„.^ and 

 ay their plan for mtroducing certain perfons intc places of 

 ruft. Each dillnbuted the ballots in his own circle, and 

 they generally earned the eleaion. As this pradice Origi- 

 nated in the fhippmg part of Bofton, caucus might have 

 probably been a corruption of Caulker's meeting." See 

 rickenng's American Vocabulary. 

 CAVEDONA, 1. „//. r. 80. 



6.). ochavos, 128 adarnnes, 384 tomines, or 4608 grains. 



CASTINE. Add — It contains 1036 inhabitants. 



CASTLE, New. See Newcastle. 



CASTLE-CARY, 1.8, add— By the returns of 1811, 

 the parifti contained 281 houfes, and 1406 inhabitants; 650 

 being males, and 756 females. 



CASTLE-RISING. By the returns of 181 1, the 

 boiough and parifh contained 48 houfes, and 297 perfons ; 

 •viz. 148 males, and 149 females. 



CASTLETON, 1. 9, r. 1420. 



CASTLE-TOWN, a townfhip of America, &c. 1. 2, 

 which contained, by the cenfus in 1810, 1301 inhabitants, 

 and 1 2 1 fenatorial eleaors. Here are three houfes for pub- 

 lic worihip, and fome fchool-houfes. 



CASTOR. By the returns of 181 1, the parifh con- 

 tained 185 houfes, and 1051 perfons ; 487 being males, and 

 564 females. 



Vol. VII. 



CASWELL, 1.3, r. 11,757 and 4299. 



CATAHULA, a parifh of the territory of Orleans, 

 having 1 164 inhabitants. 



CATALPA, in Botany, a well-founding barbarous 

 name, which Linnaeus in Hort. Cliff. 317, could trace no 

 further than the gardeners of that day, nor are we acquainted 

 with its origin or meaning. — Juff. Gen. 138. Dryand. in 

 Ait. Hort. Kew. v. i. 24. Purfh 10. — Clafs and order, 

 D'tandria Monogynla. Nat. Ord. Perfunatcc, Linn. B'tgno- 

 nite, Juff. 



EfT. Ch. Corolla five-cleft, irregular. Calyx in two 

 deep fegraents. Three bari'en tlamens. Capfule of two 

 cells. Seeds with a membranous jagged wing at each end. 



1. C. fyr'mgtfolia. Common Catalpa. Sims in Curt. 

 Mag. t. 1 094 ; and 



2. C. longijjima. Wave-leaved Catalpa. (Bignonia lon- 

 gifTima ; Willd. Sp. PI. v. 2. 290.) are the two defcribed 

 fpecies. (See Bignonia n. i and n. 22.) We have heard 

 that Dr. Solander, who was firft aware of this genus, and 

 who would certainly never have admitted fo unauthoriled a 

 name as Catalpa, was very defirous of having it called 

 Solan Ji a. 



CATAWESSY. Add— It contains 1934 inhabitants. 



CATHARINE II., col. 3, 1. 40, for Perfian r. Pruf- 

 fian. 



CAT'S-EYE. See Mineralogy, Addenda. 



CATTY, a weight at Canton, in China, and in fome 

 parts of India. The catty or gin of 16 lyangs or tales 



CAVEER, or Cabeer, a money of account at Mocha. 

 m Arabia, where accounts are kept in piaftres of 80 caveers 



current. 



CAVELLO, a copper coin of Naples. 



CAVENDISH, The Honourable Henry, in Biography, 

 was the fon of lord Charles Cavendifh, and born in London 

 in 1731. In literature, mathematics, chcmiflry, and philo- 

 lophy, he""" .^~;..~-.i- J:n:_ n , , , .- r 



emg his intimate affociates to great difadvantage. In early 

 hfe his fortune was fmall ; but by the retired manner in 

 which he lived, and by fubfequent accumulation of pro- 

 perty, he died very rich. His library was very valuable • 

 and eafy of accefs to all his literary friends ; but it is to be 

 lamented that, in other refpeas, he was not emulous of fol- 

 lovymg the example and acquiring the reputation of his 

 eminent friend, fir Jofcph Banks, the prefident of the Royal 

 Society, whofe Sunday evening meetings he conftantly at- 

 tended, being generally there as well as at the meetings of 

 the Royal Society, where he was almoil always prefent, 

 more ready to hear than to fpeak. A fimilar referve and' 

 taciturnity marked his charader in all his ordinary focial 

 connections and fecular concerns. As a philofopher, his 

 ruhng temper w^as not without its beneficial effeds. His 

 contributions to the Royal Society, and which may be found 

 in its Tranfaaions, relate to chemiflry, eledricity, meteoro- 

 logy, and aftronomy. Tliis eminent philofopher died on 

 February 4th, 1810, in the 79th year of liis age; and at 

 that time was reckoned the greatefl proprietor in the Bank 

 of England, his wealth being eftimated at nearly 1,300,000 

 pounds, which he left entirely among his relations. 



Cavendish, in Geography, a town of Windfor county, 

 in Vermont, having 1295 inhabitants. 

 CAUK, 1. vlt. add— and Barytes. 

 CAULINIA, in Botany, fo named by De Candolle, in 



le catty or gin ^1 i-^ ......«..= ". .«.^u . ^ _,^ r>L i- /-. - 1 • , . ■ ». 



weighs 19 oz. 6 dwts. 4grs. Enghfh^troy, fo that 10 tales ^T?""" ?^ ?°"„^]"^'l' Cavohm, an able Neapolitan natu 

 would weigh 5792 Ei/glifh grains '^ rr. _ 



See Tale. 



CAVA'LLO', TiberiusV F.R.S., in Biography, the fon 

 of an eminent phyiician of Naples, where he was born in 

 1759. Deftined for commerce, he came to England for 

 the purpofe of acquainting himfelf with the principles of 

 commerce in 1 7 7 1 ; but literature and philofophy diverted 

 his deitination and enjoyed his preference. To thofe who 

 were engaged in purfuits fimilar to his own, and to the 

 editor of this Cyclopxdia, he was a very ufeful coadjutor. 

 His publications on a variety of philofophical fubjerts, and 

 his communications to the Royal Society, were numerous, 

 and are well known ; particularly his " Elements of Natural 

 and Experimental Philofophy," 1803, 4 vols. 8vo. He 

 died, much refpefted and efteemed, and with the editor's 

 iincere regret, in London in 18 10. 



CAUCUS, a term ufed in North America for a kind 



ralift, who has illuftrated the principal fpecies. — " De Cand. 



Fr. V. 3. ij6." Brown Prodr. Nov. Holl, v. i. 33^ 



(Poffidonia; Konig in Ann. of Bot. v. 2. 95. Kernera ; 



Willd. Sp. PI. V. 4. 947.1 — Clafs and order, Triandria Mo- 



nogynia. Nat. Ord. Aroidea, Br. 



EfT. Ch. Calyx and Corolla wanting. Filaments di- 

 l.ited, permanent, membranous, bearing the two-lobed 

 anthers externally at the bafe. Germen fuperior, lingle- 

 feeded. Stigma nearly feflile. Pericarp fie/hy. 



This genus is founded on Zojlera oceanica of Linnius, 

 fee Cavol. Monogr. tranllated in Ann. of Bot. v. 2. 77. t. 6. 

 To this Mr. Brown adds a New Holland fpecies, C.ferrulata, 

 with three doubtful ones, among which is Ruppia antarSiea, 

 Labill. Nov. Holl. V. 2. 116. t. 264. We are not informed 

 why this genus fuperfedes the Cavolixia wc have already 

 defcribed ; fee that article. 



CAULO- 



