FRA 
tis often‘in a mafs, but (casicnest in loofe drops. or tears 3 
It 
fomewhat — Ve ho bitter to the tafte. Some ‘fell this 
for bee se 
e 
rally, it was he ae to 
Some ufed 
faid to be 
prefent, however, recourfe isfeldom had to tk 
which is now fuperfeded by a and, other articles of a 
jefs ftimulating kind. 
As for female incenfe, or frankincenfe authors defcribe 
it to be fofter, and more refinous, leffer virtue than 
a common rankinenf is brought to us in 
little globes r maffes, of a brownifh ellowifh colour on 
the outfide, inet whitifh, and ee with whitifh 
Thi nhas a hhitterifle, acid, unpleafant tatte, 
; it diffolves totally im rectified {pi- 
rit, but is fcarcely acted upon by watery menftrua. It may 
be looked upon as a mild corroborant 3 ; though at prefent it 
is little otherwife made ufe 1 than as an ee in the- 
riaca, and externally in platters. oan at. 
Bark o ase cortex thuris, is t ark of aa tree 
whence the incenfe flows, which has the Cae qualities with 
the incenfe itfe 
here is anotier bark ora from the Indies, called alfo 
bark of incenfe, and femetimes Jews’ incenfe, becaufe the 
Jews make frequent ufe ee in their perfume: this is the 
sortex eleutheria. 
anna of incenfe is the cme or farina of incenfe, oc- 
ains — each other in 
it, buriit like refin to make ae ‘ 
Frankincenfe was formerly burnt in the temples of all re- 
ligions, to do honour to the divinities that were there adored. 
Many of. the primitive ear araars were put to death, becaufe 
they aol not offer incenfe 
In the eee church t flies full retain the ufe of incenfe-in 
eremonies 3. always at high-mafs, and at the 
roft at veh pers 5 and at folemn funerals, .be- 
flowing it on oe perfons as they would honour, as on 
prelates, &c. and fometimes alfo on the people. 
FRANKLAND’s Istanps,.in Geography,.a clufterof 
fmail iflands on the N.E. coat of New Holland, in the 
ac eagues 3 diftant from the 
er 
aes) 
es 
iz 
ee 
wn 
é 
“8 
whofe obfervations, i ttrated by eaten raving of 
hisown, relating to f{ubmarine plants, it is hop 
day be e communicat a innfe 
is happily — for the purpo 
like appearance of eaves. paar Pees T c 
v.10. 157. ‘Clafs and order, Tetrandria Monogynia. 
Ord. Iroteaces. 
Paes - Cal. none, except the corolla be taken for fuch. 
etal, falver -thaped, inferior ; tube permanent, 
‘at eo theatres limb in four deep fegments, {preading, 
Nat. 
FRA 
aes equal, deciduous. Nestary four glands at the bafe of 
the gérmen, united intoa tube. — Stam. Filaments four, ad- 
nae through their Sic: length to the tube of the corollas 
anthers. oblong, included in the tube; pollen’ {pherical. 
Pift. Gemen a aa ‘ftyle fimpley. the length of 
the tube; fligma ... £ ut g saan heey » ftalked, 
ailated at i tp, sad crowned with longifh down Cot oty- 
ledons very 
Eff. Ch. Corolla falver-fhaped ; limb in loa deep, flat 
deciduous ol Saree 3 tube permanent. - Anthers ineluded, 
g tube: Neétariferous glands united into acy- 
Nut pea ftalked, crowned with. ne 
Fz fucifelia. Native of rele! 6 on the oak 
att of New Ho po in moift h Mr. Brown, 
seer Jorub. Leaves alternate, ‘thresd-tha aped, dichoto- 
Spikes iar , imple. Fhewers alternate, of a dull 
each accom nied hy one braéea. 
ene ae in Biography, was born at 
Botton, in New Engla nd, in 17063; but he fprung from a 
Northamptonfhire family, who had, for many generations; 
poffeffed ca — property at Eaton in ae county. 
It was on account of the perfecutions carried on in the reign 
of Charles II. eee the Nonconformifts, aan the father nd 
Benjamin left england for oS where he carried on t 
trade of ata chandler. at caer the: fubject 
f this paren was em piel in early life ; but it was ill 
adapted to his difpofition, and he felt unwilling to continue 
pulling cottons, alte moulds, and other employment to 
which his youth w s equal, and was anxious to embark in a 
"This was’ oppofed by 
iflay on Projects’ 
the. w work which gave him moft delight, ants which lef aa on ‘his 
mind i 
His inclination for books determined his father to oe 
as apprentice to an elder brother, a printer at Bofton.: He 
was accordingly bound to ae in the hie 1717, when he was 
elie twelve years of age. e foon became a proficient 
ae e mec ees — of - Balint, and ais every op- 
ding boo s v from hi 
nce in ae ch emufernent he fpent the greater part of 
his nights. ae ballads 
and other ‘poetical pieces ; ; but it is faid his father {peedily fa- 
tisfied him that this was not the fpecies of compofition in 
which he could excel, ond. his next efforts were directed to 
pr 
duly appreciated. With a paflion for reading and writing he 
imb eee a kmdred one for r difputation, and a opting: ae So- 
conriu ting r confounds 
ing an geenan bya fe ies of quettions. Thisce co oe pest 
him a feptical turn with regard to relig ion, and while he 
was young he took every opportunit _ of propagating his 
tenets, and with as much zeal as is fhe 
lis OWT ta 
was never ae es remo 5 Sur ia was nit cae in oe. 
fying himfelf with fach. moral principles, as ‘GdireGted him to 
he moft valuable ends by honourable means. He, by habits 
of Picea ae early formed in his mind, obtained a complete 
minion oyer his appetites, fo that at the age of fixteen. he 
readily difearded animal food & om the conviction praduced 
in 
