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God’s. South. — Calms are more dreaded by Tea faring men 
than (lorms ; for, under the line, excellive heat fomeiiims 
produces fuch dead calms, that (hips are obliged to (lay 
two or three months without being able to dir. Two op- 
pofite winds will produce a calm. Tin's is frequently ob- 
ferved in the gulph of Mexico, at no great difiunce from 
the (here, where the land-wind will Co poile the general 
eafierly wind, as to produce a perfeft calm. Calms are 
never io great on the ocean as on the Mediterranean, be- 
caule the (lux and reflux of the former keep the water in 
a continual agitation, even where there is no wind ; where¬ 
as, there being no tides in th.e latter, the calm is fometimes 
fo dead, that the furface of the water is as clear as a look- 
ing-glafs; but fuch calms are almoft constant prefages of 
an approaching florin. On the coafts about Smyrna, a 
Tong calm is generally confldered as the forerunner cf 
an earthquake. It is not uncommon for vdl'els to be 
becalmed in the road of the condant Levantine winds, 
in places w here they ride near the land. Thus, between 
the two capes of Cartooch toward the main, and Cape 
Antonia in Cuba, the lea is'narrow, and there is often a 
calm produced by the land-wind that poifesthe Levantine- 
wind, and renders the whole perfeftly dill for two or three 
days. In this cale, the current that runs here is of ufe to 
the veffels, if it lets right; when it lets eaderlv, a (hip. 
will have a patfage in three or four days to the Bavannah ; 
but, if otherwise, it is often a fortnight or three weeks 
fail, the fliip beingembayed in the gulf of Mexico. When 
the weather is perfectly calm, the Tailors try which way 
th.e current fets, by means of a boat which they fend out, 
and which will ride at anchor though there is no bottom 
to be found, as regularly as if fadened by the firongeft 
anchor to the bottom. The method is this: They row 
the boat to a little didance from the fliip, and cad the 
lead, which is about forty pounds weight ; they let this 
fink to about 200 fathoms; and then, though it never 
reaches the bottom, th.e boat will turn head againft the 
current, and ride very fecurely. 
CALM LATITUDES, in fea-langjuage, are lituated 
in the Atlantic ocean, between the tropic of Cancer and 
th.e latitude of 29 0 N. or they denote tire fpace that lies 
between the trade and variable winds, becaufe it is fre¬ 
quently Tli bjeft to calms of long duration. 
“ In a Calm lea every man is pilot.” Tiiat is, where 
there is no want of lkill, every man has enough, or every 
one lias knowledge enough uli he be put to the trial. It 
is generally applied to thole who are ever boafling of their 
great (kill, where they'know they cannot be difproved, 
or where there is no opportunity of trying them. 
To CALM, v. a. To (till ; to quiet.—Neptune we find 
bufy, in the beginning of the flEneis, to calm the temped 
railed by yEolus. D'ryden. —To pacify; to -appeafe.—Je- 
fus, vvl.ofe bare word checked the lea, as much exerts 
himfelf in filencing the tempefls, and calming the inteftine 
florins, within our breads; Decay of Piety. 
CAL'MAR, a fea-port of Sweden, in the country of 
Snialand, near the Baltic lea, defended by Walls, ditches, 
a calile, and redoubts. It is the fee of a bilhop, and con¬ 
tains about 500 houfes. Its chief exports are planks, 
alum, and hemp. Lat. 56.41. N. Ion. 34. 8. E. Ferro. 
C A LM' v. R ;f The perfon or thing which has the pow¬ 
er of giving quiet.—Angling was, after a tedious ft tidy, 
a red to bis mind, a cheeierof his fpirits, a diverter of fad- 
nefs, a calmer of unquiet thoughts, a moderator of paf- 
fiohs, a procurer of contentednefs. Walton. 
■ CAL'MET (Augultin), a Frenchman, born in 1672. 
He became a Benedicline monk of the order of St. Vannes 
in 16S8, and difcpvered early a drong difpofition towards 
t! 1 e Oriental languages. After having taught pliilofopliy 
and ihcology to his younger brethren, he was fent, in 1704, 
as"(lib-prior to the abbey of Munfter; and there formed 
a fuciety of eight or ten, w hofe w hole objeft was to be 
the fludy of th.e holy feriptures. Here lie compofed part 
of his commentaries, which father Mabillon and the abbe 
Dugi.et prevailed on him to publilli in French rather than 
CAL 
Latin. His labours were recompenfed by his being nomi¬ 
nated abbot of Sr. Leopold de Nanci in "1718, and after¬ 
wards of Senones in 1728 ; in which lad houfe he died in 
1757. He was a man of vad erudition, and a mod volu¬ 
minous writer, as witpefleth the following lid : 1. A lite¬ 
ral C01I1 mentary upon all the Books of the Old and New 
Tedament, 23 vols. 410. Thefe were printing from 1707 
to 1716, and afterwards abridged into 14 vols. 4to. 2. 
Diflertations and Prefaces of Ins Commentaries, printed 
feparately with nineteen new diflertations, 3 vols. 4to. 
Perhaps there are none of his writings more ufeful than 
tjiefe. 3. 'I he Hiflory of the Old and New Tedament, 4 
vols. 4to. This was intended for an introduftion to Fleu- 
ry’s Ecclefiadical Hidory. 4. An hidorical, critical, and 
chronological, Dictionary of tiie Bible. Here every thin**- 
in his commentaries is reduced to alphabetical order. 5? 
Ecclefiadical and civil Hiflory of Lorrain, 3 vols. fol. 6 . 
Bibliotheque of the Writers of Lorrain, fcl. 7. Univer- 
fal Hiflory, facred and profane, 15 vols. 4to. of which ei^ht 
only were printed. 8. Diflertations upon Apparitions 
Demons, Witches, &c. 9. Literal, hidorical, and moral’ 
Commentary upon the Rules of St. Benedict, 4to. All 
thefe works are written in the French language. Calmer, 
as may eafily be imagined, collefted every thing that had 
any relation to the 111bjeft lie was upon, but it^is feldom 
that lie makes his reader think. He deals abundantly 
more in fafts than in reflections 5 and it mud be owned, 
that many of his fafts are curious and intereding. 
CAL'MINA, a finall illand of the Grecian Archipe¬ 
lago, near the coad of Ada : feven miles north-wed of 
Stanchio. Lat. 36. 56. NV Ion. 44. 32. E. Ferro. 
CALM'LY, adv. Without dorms, or violence ; ferene- 
ly.—In nature, things move violently to their place, and 
calmly in their place ; fo virtue in ambition is violent, in 
authority fettled and calm. Bacon. —Without pallions: 
quietly : 
The nymph did like the feene appear. 
Serenely pleafant, calmly fair; 
Soft fell her words,-as flew the air. Prior. 
CALM'NESS,/. Tranquillity ; ferenity; not fiorminefs: 
While the deep horrid roughnefs of the wood 
Strives with tire gentle calmnefs of the flood. Denham. 
Mildnefs; freedom from paflion : 
Til! calmnefs to your eyes you lirfl reflore, 
I am afraid, and I can beg no more. Dry den. 
CAL'MO (Andrew), born at Venice in 1510, was fa¬ 
mous botli as a comedian and an author. He compofed 
feveral comedies in prole, of which the bed is his Rodia- 
na, which belongs to him, though printed under the name 
of Ruzzante. He alfo left a volume of letters, intituled, 
Lettre Piacevoli, Venice, 1684, Svo. which had a great 
run in their day. Thefe letters, as well as almod all his 
works, are written in the Venetian dialeft. -Calmo died 
at Venice in 1571. 
CALMONT', a town of France, in the department of 
the Upper Garonne, feven leagues S.S.E. of Touloufe. 
CALMONT', a town of France, in the department of 
the Aveiron, two leagues and a half fouth of Rhodez. 
CAI/MUCS. See Kalmucs. 
CAL'MY, adj. Calm; peaceful. Not ufed: 
And now they nigh appioached to the (led, 
Where as ihofe mernraides dwelt : it was a dill 
And calmy bay, on one fide iheltercd 
With the broad fhadow of an hoary hill. Spenfer. 
CALNE, an ancient borough in Wiltflrire, fituate on the 
great vvefiern road from London to Bath and Bridol. li has 
a large neat church, in the Gothic (file ; and a chai ity- 
fchool for forty boys, founded in 1660. It is diflant from 
London cighty-feven miles, from Salifbufy twenty-eight, 
from Marlborough thirteen,, fiom Devizes feven, from 
Bath nineteen, and from Eriliol thirty. The town has a 
good market, and a commodious market-houfe. Caine 
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