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.‘a hook baited with a piece of fheep’s lights,which fwimming 
on the water, the bird fvvallbws the bait, and with it the 
hook. Various other means of catching ducks and geefe 
•are peculiar to certain nations ; of which one feems worth 
mentioning from its fingularity : the perfon withing to take 
ihefe wades into the water up to the chin, and, having his 
head covered with an empty calabalh, approaches the place 
. where the ducks are ; when they, not regarding an objefl 
of this fort, fuller the man freely to mix with the flock; 
after which he has only to pull them by the legs under the 
. water, one after another, till lie is fatisfied, returning as 
■ unfufpefled by the remainder as when hefirlt came among 
them. This method is frequently put in pradtice on the 
• river Ganges, tiling the earthen veflels of the Gentoos in- 
llead of the calabaflies : thefe veflels are what the Gentoos 
: boil their rice in, and are called kutcharee pots : after tliefe 
are once ufed, they look upon them as defiled, and throw 
them into the river as ufelefs; and the duck-takers find 
.them convenient for their purpofe, as the ducks, from con- 
llantly feeing thefc- veflels float down the ftream, look upon 
them as objedts-of full as little regard as a calabalh. The 
above, or fiome fuch method, is' alfo praCtifed in China as 
well as in India. • The Chinefe, however, though they 
make great ufe of ducks, do not prefer the wild lbrt, be- 
ing in general extremely fond of tame ohes; the major 
.part of which are hatched by artificial heat; the eggs, 
bein c ' laid in boxes of land, are placed on a brick hearth, 
• to which is given a proper heat during the time required 
for hatching. The ducklings are fed with little craw- 
fillies and crabs, boiled and cut final!, and afterwards 
, mixed with boiled rice ; and in about a fortnight fliift for 
• themfelves, when the Chinefe provide them an old fiep- 
mother, who leads them where they are to find provender 
for themfelves; being firft put on-board a fampane or boat, 
which is deftined for their habitation, and from which the 
whole flock, often to the amount of three or four hundred, 
go out to feed, and return at command. This method is 
tiled nine months out of twelve, for in the colder months 
it does not fucceed ; and is fo far. from a novelty, that it 
may be every where, feen; but mor.e efpecially about the 
time of cutting the rice and gleaning the crop, when the 
mailers of the duck fampanes row up and down the rivet- 
according to the opportunity of procuring food, which is 
found in plenty, at the tide of ebb, on the rich planta¬ 
tions, as they are overflowed at high water. It is curious 
to fee how the ducks obey their mailer; for fome thou- 
fands, belonging to different boats, will feed at large on 
the fame fpot, and on a fignal given will follow their lead¬ 
er to their refpedlive fampanes, without a flranger being 
found among them. This is Hill more extraordinary, if 
we confider the number of inhabited fampanes on the Ti¬ 
gris, liippofed to be no lefs than 40,000, which are moor¬ 
ed in rows clofe to each other, with a narrow padage at 
intervals for boats to pafs up and down the river. The 
Tigris, at Canton, is fomewbat wider than the Thames at 
London, and the whole river is there covered in this man- 
,ner for the extent of at lealt a mile. 
33. The fponfa, or fummer-duck of Catelby, is a moft 
elegant fpecies. It has a depending green crefl, variegated 
with blue and white; the back is alfo variegated with blue 
and white; the breaft is grey, and fpotted with white; and 
the throat is white. It inhabits Mexico, and fome of 
the Wefl-India ifles, migrating in the fummer feafon as 
'far north as forty degrees, or a little beyond. It appears 
.at New York early in the fpring, and breeds there; ma¬ 
king its neft in the decayed hollows of trees, or fuch as 
have been made by woodpeckers; and often between the 
forks of the branches; and, when the young are hatched, 
the mother takes them on her back to the “water. The 
flefh is much efteemed by the Americans. This is the 
fpecies, the neck of which the natives of Louifiana ufe to 
ornament their pipes or calumets of peace; and at the lafl- 
’ named place it is found throughout the year. Thefe birds 
are often kept tame in our menageries, and will breed there. 
34. The arborea, or black-billed whittling duck ©f Ed- 
■ A N A .. £2? 
wards, is of a reddifli brown colour, with a fort of crefl: 
on the head; the belly is fpotted witli black and white. 
It is a native of America. Sloane informs us, that this 
duck perches on trees; that it is about twenty inches long 
from the end of the bill to the point of the tail; and that 
it makes a kind of whittling noile, from which circumftance 
it has received its name. 
35. The fuligula, or tufted duck of Ray, has a hanging 
crefl, a black body, and the wings and belly fpotted with 
white. This fpecies is found in Europe as far as Norway. 
In the winter-months it is not unfrequent in England; be¬ 
ing met with in the markets in that feafon, and is much 
efleemed. It is common alfo throughout Ruflia, goino- 
northward to breed. Is frequent in Kamtfchatka. The 
male difappears during the incubation of the female. 
36. The galericulata, or Chinefe teal of Edwards, has a 
hanging crefl; and, on the hinder part of the back, on 
both iides, there is a crooked, flat, elevated, feather; the 
crefl is green and red; and the back is brown, and fpotted 
with blue; and eredl feathers on the back are red and blunt; 
one edge of the inmoft wing-feather, when the wings are 
fnut, is railed over the back, and is red, and like a lickle 
before. This molt lingular and elegant fpecies is a native 
of China and Japan, where it is kept by the inhabitants 
for the fake of its beauty. It is not fo common in Chi¬ 
na as many other kinds, or perhaps they are politically 
held dear to the Em-opean purchafers: they are frequently 
expofed to fale at.Canton itr cages, and the common price 
is from fix to ten dollars per pair. They are not unfre¬ 
quently brought into England alive ; but require care, as 
they feem more tender than our fpecies. Attempts have 
been made to breed them in this country, but without 
fuccefs, though they are familiar enough. The bird is 
known in Japan by the name of kimnodfui. The Englifh 
in China give it the name of mandarin duck. As it is a 
Angularly curious and elegant fpecies, we have given Mr. 
Edwards’s reprefentation of it, which was copied from the 
living bird, at Sir Mat. Decker’s, at Richmond, Surrey. 
ANASAR'CHA,jd [from aia, through, and aapi^Gr. 
flefh.] A fpecies of dropfy. See Medicine. 
ANASCKOUA'DI,/. inbotany. SeeELEPHANTOPUs., 
ANAS'CIS, the foil of Caftor and Phoebe, had a flatus 
at Corinth, erefted in the temple, built in honour of his 
father. 
ANA.S'SA,yi in botany. See Bromelia. 
ANAS'SUS, or AnaX'us; a river in the territory of 
Venice; now the Piave, which, rifing from the mountains 
of Tyrol, not far from the borders of Carinthia, runs from 
north to fouth, through the territories of Cadorina, Bel- 
luno, Feltre, and, after running from well to eafl, through 
Trevigi, falls into the Adriatic, thirteen miles to the fouth- 
eaft of Venice. 
ANASTA'SIS, aclv. [from Gr. to cgufe to 
rife. ] A term among ancient phyficians, for a riling up to 
go to flool. It alfo dignifies the paflage of any humour, 
when expelled from one part, and obliged to remove to 
another. 
ANASTA'SIUS 1 . emperor of the eafl, fueceeded Ze¬ 
no in the year 491. The Maiiicheans and Arians were 
greatly in hopes of being fupported by the new emperor; 
the former becaufe his mother was their friend, and fa¬ 
voured their fed!; the latter becaufe the emperor’s uncle 
was of their opinion : but, if Anartafius did not perfecute 
them (as we do not find hc- 'ever did), yet it does not ap¬ 
pear that he fupported either of thefe fedts. But, in'order 
to maintain the peace of the church, he declared, that 
fuch bifliops or other clergymen who fliould difturb the 
public tranquillity, by maintaining, with too much heat 
either fide of the queflion for or .'again A the council of 
Chalcedon, fliould be deprived of their benefices. Accor¬ 
dingly, the difputes concerning Eutychianifm running to a 
very great height, and Euphemius being deeply concerned 
in them, the emperor expelled him from Ids fee, and chole 
Macedonius in his Head. The hatred which the different 
parties entertained again# one another occasioned often fuch 
2 tumults 
