unfavourable•ctfeumfknces : probably induced him to re¬ 
turn to his native country, which he did about the latter 
end of-Henry VIII. and fettled at Briftol. In the begin¬ 
ning of king Edward’s reign, this eminent teaman was in¬ 
troduced to the duke of • Somerfet, then lord pro tec! or; 
and by his means to the yourrg monarch, who took great 
delight in his converfation. He was now in Inch efleem, 
that a new office wars eredled for him, equivalent to that 
which he held in Spain, viz. that of governor of the myf- 
rery and company of Merchant Adventurers, for the dif- 
t overy of regions, dominions, iflands, and places,unknown ; 
and a petition of 16.61. 13.s-.-4d'. per annum was granted 
him by letters-patent, From thence great confidence was 
re poled in him, and he was confiilted on all matters rela¬ 
ting to trade/ 
In 1552, an enterpri-fe was entered into by the advice of 
Gabot, to fit out lome (hips for the I'earclV and difcovery 
of the northern parts of the world ; and tltereby to open 
a paflage for traffic to new and unknown regions. 1 his 
was the firft voyage the Knglifh made to Rnfiia, and the 
beginning of the commerce which hath been carried on 
ever (ince between the two nations. Upon the firlt fuc- 
eefs, the Ruflia Company was founded, and were formed 
into a body corporate, by a charter granted by Philip and 
Mary, of which Sebaftian was appointed governor for 
life. After tins we find him very active in the a [fail's of 
the company. In the journal of Mr. Stephen Burroughs 
it is obferved, that on April 27, 1556,-lie came to Gravef- 
end, and there went on-board his fliip, fitted out for Ruf- 
fia ; was very liberal to the Tailors and to the poor, defiring 
their prayers for the fuccefs of the voyage. It is alio re¬ 
marked, that, on his return to Gravefend, lie made a 
grand entertainment, and ‘entered into tlie dance himfel’f.’ 
This inftance of "his cheerfulnefs- and vivacity is the la ft 
circumllance related of him*; whence it is probable that 
he died- foon afterwards,sbeihg aged above feventy years. 
Refides tlie many fervices which he did to mankind in ge¬ 
neral, and to this kingdom in particular, it is remarked 
that lie was the firlf who took notice of the variation of 
the needle, a matter of great importance in navigation. 
There are extant of his ordinances, 1. Inftrudtions and 
Advertilements of and for the Direflion of the intended 
Voyage to Cathay, to be found in Hackhm’s Voyages. 2. 
Navigatione nelle parte (ettentrionali : per Sebaftiano Ca- 
bota. Ven. 1583, fol. He publilhed likewife, a map of 
She world;. 
CA'BQURG, a.town of France, in the department of 
the Calvados, ten miles north qf Caen. 
CA'BRA, a town of Spain in Andalufia, fituated at 
the foot of a mountain, near the fource of a river of the 
fame name ; it contains one parifh c-hurclr, fix convents, 
and a college for the ft.udy of philofophy and divinity. 
This town is twenty-five miles fouth-eaft of Cordova. 
CA'BRA, a.town of Portugal, in the province of Beira, 
twenty miles eaft-Ibuth-eafl or Vifeu. 
CA'BRA, aTea-portof Africa, in the kingdom of Tom- 
but. It is a place of great trade, and ferves as a port to 
Tombut. Lat. 15. to. N-. Ion. 18. 25. E. Ferro. 
CABRAL/,- a town of Spain, in the country of Cor¬ 
dova, three miles north-well of Lucent!,. 
CA'BRE, a .town of.the- iflgnd of Cuba, thirty miles 
miles font’ll, of Spiritu Santo. 
CABREL'LA, a town of Portugal, in the province .of 
Eftramadura, feven leagues and, a half eall-fouth-eaft of 
SetuvaL 
C ABRE'R A,.a fmall iffanclin the Mediterranean, which 
takes its name, from the number.of. goats upon it ; in La¬ 
tin Caprpria., It is mountainous and. deCe.rt, no..part.of it' 
inhabited except its-port, which is l.arge.-pnd fafe : the en¬ 
trance is oppofite to Majorca, defended by a cafile, in 
which a fmall garrifon. is always kept. It-is ufed as a place , 
of baniflimcjit for criminals ; and is two leagues .and a 
half fo 1.1 th from Majorca., Lat. 39. 8. N. Ion. 19.42. E. 
Peak of Teneriffe. 
CA.BRE'RA, a fmall ifl.and in the-Mediterranean, near 
3 
C A C 
the north coafl of the ifiand of Sardinia. Lit. gr. j 5. N. 
Ion. 27. 13. E. Ferro. 
CABRE'RES, a town of France, in the department of 
the Lot, and chief place of a canton, in the dift-rict of 
Gabors-: thirteen ’miles eaft-north-eaft of Cahors. 
CA'BRPEL, a river of Spain, which runs into the 
Xucar, foon after it enters Valencia. 
CABRIE'RES, a town of France, in the county of 
Venaifiin. In the year 1545, the inhabitants were order¬ 
ed to be maffitcred by an arret of the parliament of Paris, 
under the pretext of religion. It is three leagues north of 
Cavaillon. 
CABU.L', a city of Afia, andcapital of the Cabulifian, 
with two good cafiles and a palace, fituated at the foot of 
the Hindoo’koo mountain, on the river Karri eh. The to.wa 
carries on great trade with Tartary and the Indies. The- 
Ufbecks bring a great number of horles, and the Perlians 
fbeep and cattle, to be fold here-. It is ;So miles nortli- 
wefhof Delhi, and 176 north-eaft of Candalutr. Lat. 34. 
30. N. Ion. 6.8. 35. E. Greenwich. 
CABULISTAN', or Ka.buEistan, acountryof Afia, 
which was anciently a province of Perlia : afterwards, it 
was annexed to the Mogul empire, till, in the year 1739,. 
it was again given to Perfia by Nadir Sclia-h. It L bound¬ 
ed on the north by Ufbeck Tartary, on the eafit .by Hin— 
dooftan ar.d Cacheniire, on the fouth by Mecran, and on 
the welt by Candahar and Sabieftan, 'i lie country in ge-. 
neral is cold and barren, with forire vallies,. which being 
defended from the winds by mountains, and watered' by 
rivers, are exceedingly fertile. It produces all the necefi- 
faries of life, with molt delicious fruits- and. aromatic 
woods, and drugs in great abundance. The inhabitants 
are Gerttoos, and have a multitude of pagodas. 
CA'BURNS, /! Small ropes uled in the tackle of fhips-. 
CA'CA, a goddefs among the Romans, fifler to Cacus, 
who is faid to have difeovered to Hercules where her bro¬ 
ther had concealed his oxen. She pi elided over the ’x.. 
crements of the body. The veffals offered'facrifrces in her 
temple. LnBantius. 
CA’CA BE'LOS, a town of Spain, in the country of 
Leon, forty miles north-well of Leon, 
CACaCA, a town of Africa, in the kingdom of Fez, 
which was taken by the Moors from the Spaniards in 13.34. 
It is defended by a firong fort on a rock, and is fix teen, 
miles fouth of Mellila. 
CACAGO'GA, f. [from kokku, excrement, and' ay<y,. 
to expel.] Cathartics. Ointments which are rubbed on 
the fundament to procure (lools. 
CACAGUA'LES, a town of North America, in the 
country of Mexico, and province of Tl'afeala. 
C AC A'LI A ,f. [ Blanchard derives it from '/.ccv.'jV-i bad,, 
and Aicti*, exceedingly-; beca.ufe it is milch ievous to tlie 
foil where it grows. The name of an herb in Diofcorides- 
and Pliny. ] Foreign Coltsfoot,; in botany, a genus of 
the clafs fyirgenefia, order polygamia ae.qualjs, natural or- -.. 
dfer coiripolitje dilcoidefe. The generic charadters are—. 
Calyx : common (mi pie, oblong, at the bafe only fub-, 
ralycled, cylindric; feales five to ten, equal, lanceolate-' 
linear, forming a tube ; a few very fii.ort, incumbent,omthe 
bafe. Corolla: compound tubular; coroll tiles herma¬ 
phrodite, in number the fame as the longer leaves of the-, 
calyx, uniform ; proper funnel-form, gradually leffeningj- 
to tlie tube; border four or five cleft, erect. Stamina:,,- 
filaments five, capillary, verv fliqrt; anthera,cylindri.c, tu-. 
bular. Iffiilium : germ oblong, fiyle- filiform,, the length 
of the fiamens ; lligmas two, oblong, rertolute.: Peri car,-: . 
pium : none ; calyx unchanged. Seeds-:, foii.tary, oblong, 
ovate-narrow ; down c-apillary, very. long. Receptacu- . 
him: naked, li {ft, dotted. — EJintfal : Cha.ra 3 er. Calyx ey-t 
lituiric, oblong, at the bafe only, fu.bealyded; down capil-. . 
lary ; recepta.de,naked. 
Species. I.-Shrubby., 1. Cacalia papillaris, or.ro.ug.h- 
ftalked. cacalia : Hem Ihrubby, fortified will truncated a 
petiolary fpines. This refetnbles the kleinia, No. 4, in its-.. 
form and manner pf growth, but the. leaves are narrower 
and,: 
