DAR 
upon a territorial extent of 265 kihometres. Darney lies 
24 miles W. of Remiremont. 
DARNI, in Ancient ae a people of Ireland, 
placed by Ptolemy N. cf the “Vela: 
DARNIGHEIM. in ee own of German ny, 
in the circle of the a per Rhine, and pile of Hanau- 
Munzenbure 3 3 miles V t Havau. 
DARNIS, ia Ancient Ganga atown ee the Cyrenaica, 
a httle fouth of the promontory of Dre 
CANA, atown of Afia, in ce country of Pa. 
ropumifus fituated between the chains of Cauca 
DA CA, in Geography, a {mall, tolerably bil wailed 
town of Spain, in si pr ovince of Arra apron, 
xX n between two hills, 
It contains many religious houfes, 
and about 2860 inhabitants 
MA, in Ancient Geography, a mame give oY 
Enufebius and Jerom toa canton of Paicftine, extending fro = 
the north to the fouth, from the town of Eleu ialieieaelin 
about 20 miles on the fide of Arabia Petrea, and from ea 
to weft from the lake Aiphaltites to Berfabea or Beer-fheba. 
ORE, in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, in the 
country of Dowlatabad ; 95 miles N.W. of Beder 
DAR 
» in Rural Economy, a term fignifying the 
quantity of a one man can calt, and two wheel in the. 
court efad 
ARRA, in Ancient Geography, a people of Arabia 
Felin 
on my. 
DARREIN, in Law, a corruption of the French dernier, 
i and ule in the like fenfe: as darrein continuance, (fee 
E); darrcia prefentment (fee Assisa darrein 
ps efentient.) 
DARRO, in Geography, a river of Spain, which runs 
a neacs the city of Grenada, a joins the Xenil, a little 
be! 
DARRYFIELD, a town of aoe in the ftate oe 
New Hampthire ; 15 miles S. of Coa 
ARSA, in Ancient Geogr: ae a tow 
fituated, according to Livy, near mal mafa, 
mountains inhabited by the Solym 
NI, in the Jateria "Wedica of the Ancients, a 
name given by fome to cinnamon. It is generally ufed by 
Avicenna, Serapion, and the reft of the Arabian n phyficians. 
SIS, in Medica Writers, is ufed for an excoriation 
of the io Blanc 
“wer 
n of Pifidia, 
N W.., near the 
Tigris, its name guifh- 
ing features, the rapidity of its courfe. This charaéterific 
urton ; where ir 
glides, in placid beauty, by the cattle and church of Totnefs. 
It is navigable for {mall veffels ee its mouth to about one 
mile above this town. litt elow, receiving the 
tide, it rolls in majefty between loi 
ftream at the feet of their rocky bafes ng 
and cattle of Dartmouth, empties infele into alle feas in the 
road of Torba 
~ Dart, ina | Military Senfe, means a {mall fpear, or 
javelin, much in ufe among the ancients, and yet feen among 
many of the-more barbarous nations; efpecially where the 
ule of Emporis is little known. ‘The Caffrees of South 
“ment of four preachers. Its 
DAR 
Africa are extremely expert in throwing the pa called by 
hem Afogai, aad on matiy oc cafions have 
accuracy in this particular, as i urprifed 
rifle-men he dart in ufe a 
among the ancients was of two 
kinds ; ; viz, {pear-he 
eaded, that is, without barbs; or beard- 
e Americans, particularly in the lefs frequented 
tracts ae tt immenfe continent, as well as the inhabitants 
ot fome parts of Africa, ufe oly a hard wooden ftaff, fharp- 
ened art the point, and a little ed by means of fire ; others 
ora flints, fea- 
a t 
u e greatly annoyed by thefe miffiles ; which 
the Indian allies threw during the night at the out-centinels 
and videttes. darts are not {upplied with wings 
3g 
t vibratory motion, peculiar to this clafs of 
weapons, make very extenfive wounds, often to a great 
depth, and attended with uncommon inflammation 
AR D, in Geography, is a market town in the 
se of Axton and lathe of Sutton, in = oo of Kent, 
England. ‘The name is derived from t ver Darent, 0 
which it is fituate d. The manor was ane a demefne 
of the Saxon king ; and, at eg time of the Norman furvey, 
belonged to the conquero abella, fifter to king 
Henry III., was here meee by proxy to the emperor 
Frederic, in the year 1235 ; 
held a tournament at Dart re) 
event : Lane re{peCting this place was the infurreCtion 
under t Tyler, in the fifth af king Richard II. ; 
owing : te infolence of a tax- pale, on which Ror 
i: Pe of this town were incited to rife, to revenge the 
Rapin Pabaae flates the eee to have 
ae at Dept Edward oo founded a nunnery at 
Dartford in i . 13555 — 7 aced it under the govern- 
ual revenues at the diffo. 
Hee ag to 
ele = place note and a large embattled gate-way of 
rick is yet remainin The church ftands near the river, 
and isa {pacious chalantge confifting of a nave, chancel, and 
aifles, with an em ed tower at the we On the 
orth fide of the chancel is a = ae wut commemco- 
rative of fir Jottn Spielama who, in the reign of 
rare firft coecduces the me ie of paper into this 
ingdom 
A anch of the Roman road, called Watling-freet, 
affed Cronk this town. “Lhe principal ftreet is broad; 
from which branch off two others at right angles ; in which 
are many good fheps, and a bridge over le river, that, about 
thirty years ago, was widened and rendere 
have been erected here for manufaGiuring gun-powder a and 
paper. The original paper-mill, ere&ed by fir Jo 
man, about half a mile above the bri 
where Geoffroy » as 
early as the year 1590, a mill for flitting iron bars into rods. 
he town has a well-fupplied market weekly, on Saturday, 
and a fair on the 2d of Au The number of houfes, 
as appears by the returns made under. the late a& = fee 
unted 
ws ufually are, they fly with great force ; 7 
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