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the throne, to encounter the violent meafyres of Cleomenes 
his colleague, who, in revenge, endeavoured to perfuade the 
Lacedemonians that he was not the real fon of Arifto, and, 
of courfe, had no right to the crown which he wore. 
oracle was applied to, to determine the queftion, which 
Cleomenes had found means to corrupt. The decifion was 
againft Demaratus, and he was. depofed : 
too much of a philofopher to be greatly difturbed at being 
reduced to the ftate of a private life: he fubmitted to his 
fate with becoming dignity, and was ever wi ing to ferve 
his country in fubordinate offices. maratus was a'fo 
celebrated for his a€livity in athletic Pantin and i is {rid to 
have been the oniy phi of Sparta 
at the Olympic race ving to fome infults which he 
met with from his fuccefor, he determined to quit Sparta, and 
retire into Afia. He was received with kindnefs by Darius 
Hyftafpis, about the year 492, o treated him in a 
manner becoming bis former royals rank, and made him great 
At the re of Darius, his ‘friend oo protector, | 
Xerxes in the fucceffion : he was,” 
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oO 
i a din Se ees Ba 
wee DaellanA mi nee 
rrerteten BLUR 22 i 
he eseniaicted the bufinefs, oe means of a pair of writing 
of which he had cut an account of the 
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treatifes. 
one on the fame fubj ratus. Moreri. 
DEMARC 
ntry of 
diftriG, in the cou 
T ians divided noe coin into certain regions, 
he cA\thenians 
blifhed a magiftrate at th 
nation i exes pines os of dnuG-, and apxn, rule, 
governme 
It was "alfo an appellation given to the chief magiftrate of 
the city eae 
DEMA VEND, i in Geography, a seal ia Perfia, in the 
province of Irek; 170 miles E. of Am 
EMAVEND is alfo a range of aan in Perfia, 
bie Hyrcania from Parthia, oe to eal na 
in other words, the mountains of Mazendran. 
D’Anville marks Demavend due W. of If{p and it is 
reprefented as one of the chief elevations, each affords a 
profpe& of 50 farfangs, or 200 mi 
DEMBEA, a province of ‘Abyfiinia, near a on of the 
fame name, fituated between 11 degrees and 12 degrees N. 
elow the saree 
with wheat, and are the granaries of Abyflinia. bea 
according to Mr. Bruce, feems ve been occupied 
It is called Atté-Kolla, the king’s 
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entirely by the lake. 
ood, or maintenance ; its eing afligned for the 
fupply of the king’s eae It is Selatas, by a cer 
called Cantiba; whofe is lucrativ is not 
reckoned one of the great officers of the empir e, and has no 
place in _ 
A, or TZANA, a a of pr one which is the 
Its e 
e Mr. Bruce conceives the number to 
e& by Den 
HUS, in Ani, the chief of a region, or 
an 
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not in fome places above 10 miles broad, Its greateff 
length is from Bab Baha to a little S. W. by W. of that 
part where the Nile, after having croffed the a of it by a 
current always vifible, turns towards Dara, in the territory 
of Alata, which is 49 miles from N. to S. and which is the 
extent of this lake in length. In the dry months, from 
tober to March, the lake very much fhrinks in fize; but 
after all the rivers on every fide of it are filled, and have fal- 
len into the lake, like radii drawn to a centre, it then fwells, 
and extends itfelf into the plain country, and of courfe has. 
a much larger furfacc. It contains, according to to the fabu- 
lous reports of the Abyffinians, 45 inhabited iflands; but 
be about rr; the prin- 
cipal of which is Dek, or Daga, fignifying a mer or high 
ground, nearly in the middle of the lake. Other iflinds are 
Halimoon nearer Gondar, and Beside nearer Gorgona. 
Ail thefe iflands were formerly ufed as prifons for the great 
people, or for a voluntary rctreat on account of fome dif- 
gu or great misfortune, or as places of fecurity to depot 
their valuable effects, during troublefome times. When 
fafted for joy ne was. 
ny that orl who fied and hid himfelf; but 
e the queen would not futfer him to be fearched after or ap- 
prehen 
a 
DEMEMBRE,, in Heraldry, is when an animal is dif. 
ody. 
sli i. €. the be cut ont its 
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tr 
courfe difcharges itfelf into ne EE 
this river is defended by fort William Fredenc, and the 
Dutch have formed a fettlement on its aarp: near which: 
he 
and it is pela 
about 200 miles for veffels that can pafs the bar at its 
mouth, which is a mud bauk, not having above 2 ae at 
the higheft water. The fort, properly fupplied with men: 
- ammunition, might be able effectually to guard its en. 
ance. Staebroeck, the feat of government, is fituated on. 
ag eaft fide of the river, 12 mile above the fort. The dif- 
tri = Demerara, together with Effequibo, form one go- 
ent, and have the fame court of police, but each has a 
eer court Shyatee The two diftri¢éts contain about 
40,000 flaves, 
mile wide, and extend-- 
a ck into the country. 
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clayey and more fit for (agai. * Beyond i ite fined kins 
