woo 



W Y M 



a good man. Naturally modeft and amiable in his dif- 

 pofition, he never cenfured the works of others, or omitted 

 pointing out their merits : his patience under the continual 

 torments of a mod dreadful diforder upwards of nine 

 months was truly exemplary ; and he died, as he had lived, 

 in peace with all the world, in which he never had an 

 enemy. He has left his family inconfolable for his death, 

 and the pubhc to lament the lofs of a man whofe works 

 (of which his unafTuming temper never boafted) are an 

 honour to liis countr)'." An elegant monument was 

 erefted to his memorv' in the cloiilers of Weftminfter-abbey. 

 Chalmers's Gen. Biog. Dift. 



WOOLWICH, col. 3, 1. II The cadets, who are in- 



ftrufted at the royal military academy, were fcnt for fome 

 years to the military college, then at Mario w, now at Sandhurft, 

 as a preparatory fchool ; but that plan, being found attended 

 with difadvantages, was abandoned. The inftitutions at 

 Woolwich and Sandhurft are now therefore entirely inde- 

 pendent ; and we may add, that they are different in their 

 nature, and are intended for very different purpofes. The 

 inilitution at Woolwich is confined folely to the inftruc- 



tion of young gentlemen intended for the artillery and 

 engineer fervice ; that at Sandhurft is fupplementary, and 

 defigned for the inftruftion of fuch as are deftined to any 

 other branch of the mihtary fervice of Great Britain. The 

 education at Woolwich is free of expence, except the 

 little that is incurred by the purchafe of the firft uniform. 

 The cadets at Sandhurft pay a certain fum annually, 

 bearing an afligned proportion to the rank of their parents, 

 and being only free, as we conceive, in cafes where the 

 cadets are orphans, or their fathers fubalterns. 



WOORARA. See Ticunas, and Vegetable Poifons, 

 under the article Poison. 



WOULFE's Apparatus. See Distillation and 

 Labohatorv. 



WRESTLING. See Pale. 



WROXETER, in Geography. In 1811, 

 contained 109 houfes, and 575 perfons ; wz. 

 and 270 females. 



WYMONDHAM, in Norfolk. .In 181 1 

 contained 747 houfes, and 3923 perfons ; viz. 

 and 2027 females. 



the 

 305 



parifti 

 males. 



the parirti 

 1896 males, 



X. 



Vol. XXXIX. 



XANTHOSIA, in Botany, from |a>So:, yellow, that 

 colour being ftrongly communicated by the dried 

 plant, to boiUng water. — Rudge Tr. of Linn. Soc. v. 10. 

 301. — Clafs and order, Pentandria Digynla. Nat. Ord. 

 Umbellate. 



E(f. Ch. Petals five, ovate. Fruit ovate, ftriated, fepar- 

 able into two parts. Involucrum of two leaves, fingle- 

 flowered. 



I. X. p'llofa. Hairy Xanthofia. Rudge as above, t. 22. 

 f. I. — Native of Port Jackfon, New South Wales. Stem 

 fhrubby, branched, hairy. Leaves alternate, ftalked, oblong, 

 obtufe, fmuated ; hairy beneath. Floivers axillary, folitary, 

 on Ihort ftalks. BraSeas two, awl-fhaped, briftly, at the bafe 

 of each flower-ftalk. Involucrum of two obovate ribbed 

 leaves, half way up the ftalk. This plant certainly be- 

 longs to the order of Umbellata, however different in in- 

 florefcence. 



Y. 



YELLOW Fever, 1. penult, dele for the details of York, New. See United States. 



which, fee that article in the Addenda, and infert — York, New, city, col. 2, 1. 24, add — as fome fay, 



See Quarantine, Addenda. 120,000. 

 YORK, col. 12, 1. I, for death r. refignation. 



