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tenilvely employed, more efpccially in tl.ofe difcafea in which 

 commo. cl.dricity had been found ufcful. Bui the ex- 

 pcaations that were formed concerning the efficacy ot this 

 powerful agent were generally difappomted. Flattering 

 accounts, however, fays Dr. Bollock, {ul>, fipra)o{jls fuc- 

 ccfs in different nervous diforders, m paralytic afteftious, in 

 deafnefs, in fome kinds of blindnefs, in the recovery of pcr- 

 fons apparently drowned or fuffocated, and even in hydro- 

 phobia and infanity, were publifljcd. But the credit of the 

 propof.d remedy was not permanent ; and it therefore funk 

 into difufe. Of late it has again been brought into notice 

 by Dr. Philip of Worcefter, who has made trial of it, with 

 beneficial effect, in fpafmodic allhma. Bollock's Hill. 



UPPER, in Geography, a townfliip of Scioto county, in 

 Ohio, having 496 inhabitants. 



URFE', Honore'D', count of Chatcaunef, and marquis 

 of Vilromery, in Biography, was the fifth fon of James 

 D'Urfe, a noble family of Fore/., originating from Swabia, 

 and born in 1567 at Marfeilles, in which city he was edu- 

 cated, and alfo in the Jefuits' college at Tournon. Al- 

 though he was firll deilined to be a knight of Malta, he was 

 diverted from this purpofe by his objeftion to celibacy ; 

 and he afterwards obtained a difpenfation to marry the wife 

 of his brother Anne, who was feparated from her on 

 account of impotence, and became an ecclefiailic. His view 



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in this marriage was to fccure the property of his wife, who 

 was a rich heirefs, to his own family ; but as he had no 

 children by her he was difappointed in his mercenary pur- 

 pofe, and the connexion was unhappy. Thus frullrated ia 

 his felfifh views, he retired to Piedmont, and devoted him- 

 felf to letters. He was the author of feveral publications ; 

 but iiis name has been celebrated as a romance writer, on 

 account of his " Allree," which was publifhed in five fepa. 

 rate volumes, at fucceffive periods, and continued as a per- 

 formance of general perufal for fifty years. This romance 

 exhibits a pidure of human life in its various conditions, 

 and difplays ample invention and acquaintance with men and 

 charafters under the difguife of palloral fiftion, from which, 

 however, the author often deviates; he furnifhes a hiftory of 

 his courtship of Diana de Chateau-Morant, his brother'* 

 wife, whom he married, and of the gallantries of the court 

 of Henry IV. Although it was at a former period much 

 read, it is too trifling lor inftruftion and too tedious for 

 amufement. It was often republiflied, but the bell edition 

 is faid to be that of Paris in 1753, in 10 vols. i2mo. by the 

 abbe Souchai. D'Urfe died at Villafranche in 1625. His 

 brother Anne was alfo a writer, and publilhed fome poera«. 

 Moreri. Gen. Biog. 



VRIHASPATI, 1. 8 from bottom, for Sultee r. 

 SuxTEj;. 



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WAR 



WALLINGFORD, in Vermont, Sec; 1. 5, r. 

 •325- 

 WALPOLE, 1. 2, r. 1894. 



WALTON, in Derbyfliirc. This townfhip is in the 

 parifh of Cheflerfield ; and in 181 1 it contained l33houfes, 

 and 720 perfons ; iJiz. 375 males, and 345 females. 



VfALros-/f-Dalir. This townfhip, in 181 1, contained 

 827 houfes, and 4776 perfons ; viz. 2263 males, and 2513 

 females : 175 families being employed in agriculture, and 

 616 in trade, manufaclures, or handicraft. 



VfALTOS-on-lhe-lVo/t/j. In 181 1, this parifh contained 47 

 houfes, and 222 perfons; viz. Ill males, and lii females. 



WALTOS-upon-Thames. In 181 1, the town contained 104 

 houfes, and 606 perfons ; viz. 315 males, and 291 females. 



WANDSWORTH. In 181 1, the parifh contained 

 905 houfes, and 5644 perfons; viz. 2728 males, and 2916 

 females. 



WARLEY. In 181 1, this townfhip contained 764 

 houfes, and 3958 perfons; viz. 1941 males, and 2017 

 females : 27 families being employed in agriculture, and 

 758 in trade, manufaftures, and handicraft. 



WARPING. Sec Weaving. 



WARREN, in Geography, a county of Ohio, containing 

 five townfhips, and 9925 inhabitants. 



WARTERBURG, a town of Chittenden county, in 

 Vermont, having 864 perfons. 



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WASHINGTON, 1. 14 from bottom, add— including 

 315 flaves. 



Washington, a townfhip of Pennfylvania, in the county 

 of Fayette, having 2160 inhabitants. 



WASH-WHEELS, in Bleaching. See Bleaching. 



WATCH, in Horology. Col. 1 1, 1. 4 from bottom, for 

 2C R I r. 2, 6, I, R ; 1. II from bottom, and col. 12, 

 1. 9, Jele while the quarters are flruck, and fubflitute words 

 to this cffcft — While the cremaillere is pufhed down for 

 the purpofe of flriking the hours. The faft feems to be, 

 fays an ingenious correfpondent, that while the quarters are 

 ftriking, the tail-piece 3, 4, is behind the teeth of the rack G; 

 and the contrivance here defcribed is merely to take 3, 4, 

 out of the way of thefe teeth, when, by pufhing in the pen- 

 dant, they are carried back preparatory to ftriking the hour. 

 Col. 25, 1. 22 from bottom, for p. 66, &c. r. p. 166, &c. 

 — Warning-lValch by Berrollas, col. 2, 1. 7 from the bottom, 



for hours-wheel u, r. liours-whcel n Mii/ical-lFa!ch, col, i, 



1. 28, for balance-wheel I r. balance-wheel L. 



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WATER, p. 21, col. 2, add — Llanarlhna fpring, at a 

 village in the vale of Towy, feven miles above Caermarthen; 

 a ilroDg chalybeate, in one gallon of which the gafeoui 



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