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which is composed of carbonate of lime .72, 
j)hosphate of lime .2, gelatine .3 ; the re- 
maining .23 are, perhaps, water. 2. A thin, 
■white, and strong membrane, posses.sing 
the usual characters of animal substances. 
3. The white of the egg, for which see 
Albumen. 4. The yolk, which appears 
to consist of an oil of the nature of fat oils, 
united with a portion of serous matter suffi- 
cient to render it diffusible in cold water, 
in the form of an emulsion, and concrescible 
by heat. Yolk of egg is used as the medium 
for rendering resins and oils diffusible in 
water. An oil of eggs is procured by ex- 
pression from the yolks of eggs, previously 
roasted to deprive the serous part of its 
fluidity. A slight empyreuma is given to 
the oil by this treatment, which might pro- 
bably be avoided by applying no greater 
heat than, on trial, might be found sufficient 
to coagulate the serum. 
The products afforded by the several 
parts of eggs subjected to destructive distil- 
lation, are nearly the same as are obtained 
by that method from other animal matters. 
Mr. Reaumur found that eggs might be 
preserved during months or years by being 
covered with mutton-suet, or any other fat 
substance. And Mr. Parmentier observed 
that eggs of hens that have had no connec- 
tion with a cock kept much better than 
those which are fecundated : he adds too, 
that they are not inferior in size or flavour, 
and that the hens lay quite as many; so 
that those who keep fowls for the sake of 
eggs alone should have hens only, without 
any cocks. He recommends the common 
hen as the most productive, and the black 
legged as superior to the yellow. 
EGYPTIANS. By the laws of England 
gipsies were formerly subject to imprison- 
ment and forfeiture of goods, but they are 
now considered chiefly as rogues and vaga- 
bonds, and are described as such in the 
vagrant act. 4 Black. 166- 
EHRETIA, in botany, a genus of the 
Pentandria Monogynia class and order. 
Natural order of Asperifoliaj. Borragineaj, 
Jussieu. Essential character: berry two- 
celled.; seeds solitary, two-celled; stigma 
emarginate. There are five species. These 
are trees or shrubs ; the leaves in some are 
smooth, in others scabrous ; the flow'ers in 
panicles, terminating, and axillary. E. tini- 
folia, Tinus-leaved Ehretia, is an upright 
tree, from twenty to thirty feet in height, 
with an oblong thick head ; branches un- 
armed, roundish, subdivided ; leaves alter- 
Hate, veined, about four inches long, on 
EJE 
short petioles; calyx five-parted, with mi- 
nute, ovate, segments ; corolla a little larger 
than the calyx, with acute segments finally 
rolled back ; filaments longer than the 
corolla; style scarcely shorter than the 
stamens, oval-shaped, bifid ; stigmas simple ; 
berry spherical. Tiiis plant is a native of 
Cuba and Jamaica; flowering in February. 
EHRHARTA, in botany, a genus of the 
Hexandria Monogynia class and order. 
Essential character: calyx a two-valved, 
one-flowered glurae; corolla double, each 
two-valved ; the outer compressed. There 
are five species, of which E. cartilaginea is 
a very beautiful smooth grass ; it has a pe- 
rennial fibrous root ; culms erect, jointed, 
about two feet high ; leaves sheathing, the 
lower ones a hand in length, the upper ones 
much shorter ; disk smooth ; edge cartila- 
ginous and crenate; panicle oblong, consist- 
ing of fifteen or twenty flowers ; peduncle* 
capillary, loose, flexuose, in threes, pairs, 
or solitary, simple, or sometimes a little 
branched, growing thicker at the top ; nec- 
tary and filaments white ; anthers yellow. 
This plant was first observed at the Cape 
by Thunberg. 
EIDER dowv. See Down. 
EIGNE, the eldest, or first born. 
EIRE or EVNE, signifies tiie court of jus- 
tice itinerant. Eyer is also taken to signify 
the justice seat. Sec Justices in eyne. 
EJECTMENT, is a mixed action, by 
which originally a lessee for years, when 
ousted, recovered his term and damages. 
It is a real action in respect of the lauds, 
but personal in respect of the damages. 
Since the disuse of real action it is become 
the common method of trying the title to 
lands or tenements. 
Tile modern metliod of proceeding in 
ejectment entirely depends on a string of 
legal fictions; no actual lease is made; no 
actual entry by the plaintiff; no actual 
ouster by the defendant; but all are merely 
ideal for the purpose of trying the title. 
To this end a lease for a term of years is 
stated in the proceedings, to have been 
made by him who claims title to the plain- 
tiff, who is generally a fictitious person ; 
though it ought to be a real person to an- 
swer for the defendant’s costs. In this pro- 
ceeding, which is the declaration (for there 
is no other process in this action), it is also, 
stated, that the lessee, in consequence of the 
demise to him made, entered into the pre-. 
raises ; and that the defendant, who is also 
now another fictitious person, and who is. 
called the casual ejector, afterwards enters 
