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The infeition of the bones, mufcles, and nei-ves in the 

 members of an animal, is exceeding artful : the vena cava 

 has its infertion in the right ventricle of the heart. 



Inseution is alfo ufed, in Agriculture, for the inclofing a 

 graft wfthin the cleft of a tree. See Grafting. 



INSESSUS, or Insessio, in Medicine, a kind of half- 

 bath or fcmicupium, ufually prepared with a decoAion of 

 feveral herbs proper for the lower parts, .wherein the patient 

 fits down to the navel. 



It has feveral ufes ; as the eafing of pain, foftening the 

 parts, difpelling a flatulent matter, and frequently promot- 

 ing the menfes. 



INSHILLA, in Geography, a town of Africa, near the 

 E. coall of Tunis; io8 miles S, of Tunis. 



INSIDE Guard, in Fencing, a guard with the broad- 

 fword, to fecure the face and front of the body from a cut 

 made at the infide of the pofition, above the wrift. See 

 Gl'ard. 



INSINUATION denotes a cunning, and covert way of 

 creeping into any perfon's favour. 



Insinuation nf a ivill, among Civilians, is the iirft pro- 

 dudlion of it, or the leaving it with the regiiter, in order to 

 its probate. See Will. 



INSIPID, Tasteless, that which has nothing in it 

 pungent enough to affeil the palate, tongue, &c. and to oc- 

 cafion that fenfation we call la/liii^. 



INSITION, IssiTiO, mUulcny, denotes the fame with 

 engrafting ; vi^. the aCl of inlerting and uniting a cion,bud, 

 .or thehke, in the fubftance of the Hock. 



INSOKO, in Geography, 3. town of Africa, on the Gold 

 Coad ; I 20 miles from the" fca. 



INSOLATION, in Medicine, from in and fol, vhcfun, 

 a term ufed by fome writers to exprefs the difeafe, occafioned 

 by the direft aftion of the fun's rays upon the human body, 

 which has been called, in the Latin and French languages, 

 idus foils, and coup de folcil. See an account of this diforder 

 under the head Heat, in Medicine. 



Insolation, in Pharmacy, a method of preparing certain 

 fruits, drugs, &c. by expoling them to the heat of the fun's 

 rays ; either to dry, to maturate, or to fliarpen them, as is 

 done in vinegar, figs, &c. 



The word comes from the Latin verb infolare, which 

 is ufed by Phny and Columella ; and fignifics to expofe to the 



INSOLVENCY, Jcl of, in Larw, an occafional ad, fro- 

 quently palfed by the legiflature ; whereby all perfons what- 

 foever, who are cither in too low a way of dealing to become 

 bankrupts, or not being in a mercantile ftate of life are not 

 included within the laws of bankruptcy, are difcharged from 

 all fuits and imprifonment, upon delivering up all their ef- 

 tate and effects to their creditors upon oa'.h, at the fefiions or 

 afiizes ; in which cafe their perjury or fraud is ufually, as in 

 cafe of bankrupts, puiiiflied with death. 



INSOLVENT, a term applied to fuch perfons as have 

 not wherewithal to pay their jull debts. 



A perfon dying, and not leaving tftate fiifRcient to dif- 

 charge thefe, is faid to die iiifolvent. 



INSPECTING Ficld-rffuer of a Dflrifl, in Military 

 I^anguage, denotes an officer, feledted from the line, and no- 

 minated by the "War-office, to fuperintend and to vouch for 

 the faithful diftribution of monies which are iflued to officers 

 afting on detachment, or on recruiting parties, within the 

 Lmits of his flation. 



All diRria pay-maftcrs are ftriaiy enjoined by the lafl 

 general regulations to get their muller-roils and pay-lifts duly 

 auti enticated, not only before a juftice of the pe.ce, but to 

 have tliem .vitricfl'ed by the infpcaing field officer. iVU the 



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recruiting officers, S:c. within the limits of die diPirift arc ac-' 

 countable and fubordinate to the infpefting field officer. It 

 is the duty of the latter to be particularly minute in his exa- 

 mination of every thing which appertains to the recruiting fer- 

 vice. They have the command of all recruiting parties of regi- 

 ments of cavalry and infantry in their diftrifts ; they are au- 

 thorized to give an intermediate approval of the recruits whom 

 they judge fit for fervice, except in cafes where regiments are fo 

 quartered, as to render it, in point of diftance, equally conveni- 

 ent for tlie recruits to be feiit to their own head quarters. 

 Tiie fcnior officer in each quarter is ordered to report to the 

 field officer of the diilrift. No officer is to leave his ilation 

 even for one day, without reporting to the field officer who has 

 the command of the recruiting parties in the dillrift, cr to 

 be abfeiit from it for more than one day, v.ithout the pre- 

 vious permiffion of the field off.cer. The field officers in 

 their diflricls, are to be refponf ble for the drefs, regula- 

 rity, and good conduCl of the officers, non-commiffionrd 

 officers and pivate men of the feveral recruiting parties under 

 their command. They are conllantly to wear their uniforms, 

 whilll in their diflricls'. and they are to fee, that his majefty's 

 orders refpefting the dueobfervance of dilcipliiie, regularity, 

 and uniformity of appearance among the officers, non-com- 

 miffioned officers and privates, be llridtly and unequivocally 

 adhered to. 



Field officers of diftri£ls may order detachment courts 

 martial, to be compofed of the recruiting officers in their 

 dillrids, in the ufual number and ranks, and they are ta 

 approve of every fuch court martiiil, and to direft the puuiffi- 

 itient awarded thereby to be executed, mitigated or remitted, 

 as they ffiall think expedient. They are to receive orders 

 from the infpeftor-gcnera! of the recruiting fervice, refpeiiling 

 the nature of their returns ; and all returns and reports 

 are to come to the infpe£lor-gencral through them. Each 

 diftrict field officer has an alowance of ten fliillhigs a 

 day, in addition to the full pay of his refpedtive regi- 

 mental rank, and he is to be reimburfcd for the adlual 

 expence he incurs for ftationary and poftage of letters j 

 which charge muft be accompanied by a certificate upon 

 honour. 



Each diflrift field officer is alldwed to appoint a fubaltern 

 officer (not employed upon the recruiting fervice) to aft as ad- 

 jutant in the diftrift. The pay or allowance of fuch fubaltern 

 is three (liillings a day in addition to his full regimental pay ; 

 he is alfo authorized to nominate two ferjeants, with the ad- 

 ditional pay of fixpence each, one to act as ferjeant major, 

 and the other as clerk to the dillrift. 



Each field officer may moreover give dircftions to the 

 hofpital mate, who is placed under his orders, to examine 

 the recruits when brought for infpeftion, and to give fuch 

 medical affillance as may be in his power, to the feveral re- 

 cruiting parties in the dillrict he belongs to. 



When colonels of regiments take upon themfelves the 

 whole direftion of the recruiting fervice for their own corps, 

 they muft conform to the regulations which require returns 

 to be made to the infpeclor-general of the recruiting fervice ; 

 and tliey muft inftrnct their officers to fend weekly returns 

 to the regulating field officer, in whofe diftrift they arc fta- 

 tioned, of all the cafualties that have occurred. See pages 

 lOJ, ic6. 107, and i 8 of the General Regulations. 



INSPECTION denotes examination, furvey, and fu- 

 perintendance of general, regimental, and company duties. A 

 general infpeftion is made annually by the reviewing generals 

 of diftriots. Every regiment, on this occafion, is minutely 

 looked into, and a faithful account muft be delivered by each 

 commanding officer of the aftual ftate of his regiment, to- 

 gether with all the cafualties that have occurred during the 



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