ORA 
In aks manner Juvenal fays, 
—_— phis oracula ceffant. 
Et genus humanum damnat caligo faturi ‘i 
at a lofs how to 
oO * Aifeulapius and the reft 
of the gods having withdrawn their converfe with men ; be- 
caufe fince Jefus Be to be worfhipped, no man had re- 
ceived any public help or benefit from the gods.” 
ORACLES y the roe See Si 
ORAHOVITZKA, in Geography, a town of Scla- 
vonia $ ei miles W. of Valpo 
ISON, a town of France, in the department a 
the Lower Alps, on the Dur ance; 18 miles S.W. 
i 
RAL, fomething delivered by the mouth, or voice. 
In this fenfe, we fay, or al law, = tradition, &c. 
ORAMANE, in Gautat , @ river of Canada, which 
runs into the gulf of St. eae N. lat. 50° 7’. W. 
ong. 61 
ORAMTCHIL- HOTUN, a town of Thibet ; 58 miles 
W.N.W. of Tourfan. N. lat. 4q° 2! FE. lon 88° 17', 
ORAN, or Werrayn, a town of Algiers, and one of 
the largeft in the province of Mafcara, fometimes called 
Tremecen or Tlemfan, fituated on the declivity and near the 
foot of a h mountain, which overlooks it from the N. 
an Towards the fea the city rifes in the form of 
an amphitheatre, and is furrounded with forts and batteries. 
Clofe to it lies a ftrong caftle, called «* Alcazava,”’ in which 
the Spanith governor refides. It has ftrong and regular 
oo and can eafily : {upplied by the Spaniards 
provifions and warlike ftores. On the highef hill 
flands Fort St. Croix, whofe guns command the city and the 
adjacent country. om this fort they make fignals of the 
roach of fhips, and carefully watch the motions of the 
neighbouring diftri€ts. 
trench on the S. fide, where, likewife, at a little diftance, 
is a very ea {pring of excellent water. The rivulet 
formed by this fountain conforms in its courfe to the feveral 
windings of the valley, and pafling afterwards under the 
walls of the city, liberally fupplies it with water. In 1509 
the Spaniards, under the command of 
er, and continued in 
e 
ever fince they have maintained the u 
it, and have adorned it with feveral beautiful churches 
ad other edifices. Dr. Shaw Roman antiquities 
~ in O 5 pani rchit ocak re 
a 
pe 
< 
oO 
3 
o 
po 
Sy 
ao 
eC: 
> o 
~a@ 
= 
o} 
3 
bod 
an 
= 
a 
ie’) 
iG 
Paes} 
in Gee ie re. n 
304 fon 
Orangeal is the o 
4and while in the fea, is full of w 
ORA 
habitants, according to the account ieee of it by the 
Spaniards, amounts to 12,000. onfiderable number 
agin confit of fuch 
Saas e fame may 
‘ alfo faid, in a great sane “ the lier who com- 
pofe the garrifon. Five regiments are commonly ftationed 
here ; but on account of ecctinoal defertion, fen ftrength 
fearcely alee that of four complete regim One 
wholly confifts of malefaftors, who 
aed to remain here for life. The reft are fuch as 
have oe tranfported for one or more is li 
wife a military fchool. Around the city are pleafant gar- 
dens; but it is very dangerous to cultivate them, on account 
of the Moors and Arabs, who frequently lie in ambuth 
among them. The fame objection lies againft the cultiva- 
tion of the fields in the vicinity ; fo that the garrifon and the 
inhabitants muft be fupplied with provifi ons immediately 
rom Spain. N. lat. 35° 35'. in ° 35". 
I. 
om; an 
of Agra; 15 miles N. of Fat 
ORANGE-TreExz, durant, in Botany, Gardening, and 
the Materia Medica. ITRUS. 
Oranges are only i d in halves and quarters. 
They are firft peeled, then fcooped, and se in a ee - 
orange-peel cut in pieces, and c 
ag furnifhes a great deal of flower of ae ote, rs 
or liquid. 
OranceE, Sea, in Natural Hiftory, a name given by count 
Marfigli to a very remarkable f{pecies of marine fubftance, 
which he calls a plant. This is the ALcyonrum Lyncurium 
of the Linnzan fyftem ; which fee. It is tough and firm in 
its ftru@ure, and in many things refembles the common 
fucus; but inftead of growing into the branched form the 
generality of thofe fubitances have, it is round an = peal 
and in Fs re{pects refembles the fhape of a 
of root, certain very fine lnmente which fatten 
themfelves to the rocks, or to fhells, ftone, or any thing elfe 
that comes in the way. From thefe there grows no pedicle, 
but the body of the orange, as it is called, is epee ul 
to the rock, or other folid fubftances. The o 
itfelf is ufually of about three or four inches in diam 
by crofcope 
over covered with al Pigs or, indeed, aero = 
them 
