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jfar^e conglobated gland, confiding of foft fibres, all in one 
convolution. Grew .—A gland is called conglobate, when 
each little portion is wrapped up in a leparate Ikin, many 
of which together compole the gland. 
CON'GLOBATE, adj. Moulded into a firm ball, of 
which the fibres are not diftinllly vifible.—Fluids are fepa- 
rated’from the blood in the liver, and the other conglobate 
and conglomerate glands. Cbeyne. 
CON'GLOB ATELY, adv. In a fpherical form. 
CONGLOBA'TION, f. A round body ; colledlion 
into a round mafs.—In this fpawn are difcerned many 
fpecks, or little conglobaticns, which in time become black. 
Brown. j ■ 
To CONGLO'BE, <v. a. [cong/obo, Lat.] To gather into 
a round mafs ; to confolidate in a ball : 
Not clofer, orb in orb conglob'd, are feen 
The buzzing bees about >fheir dutky queen. Pope. 
To CONGLO'BE, v. n. To coalefce into a round mafs: 
Thither they 
Haded with glad precipitance, up-roll’d 
As drops on dud conglobing from the dry. Milton. 
To CONGLO'MERATE, v. a. [.conglomero , Lat.] To 
gather into a ball, like a ball of thread ; to inwe.ave into, 
a round mafs.—The liver is one great conglomerated gland, 
compofed of innumerable fmall glands, each of which 
confideth of fmall fibres, in a diftintt or leparate convo¬ 
lution. Grew. 
CONGLO'MERATE, adj. Gathered into a round ball, 
fo as that the condituent parts and fibres are diftinct. 
Collected; twided together.—The beams of light, when 
they are multiplied and congJo?nerate, generate heat. Bacon. 
CONGLO'MERATE FLOWERS, f. in botany, are 
thofe growing on a branching foot-dalk, to which they 
are irregularly but clofely. connected. This mode of in- 
florefcertce is oppoled to thatfin which the flowers are ir¬ 
regularly and loofely fupported on their foot-dalks, hence 
termed a diffufepanicle. The term is exemplified in feve- 
ral of the grades, particularly in fome fpecies of the poa, 
fefcue grafs, and agrodis. 
CONGLOMER A'TION, f. Colleflion of matter into a 
loofe ball ; intertexture ; mixture.—The multiplication 
and conglomeration of founds doth generate rarefaction of 
the air. Bacan. 
CONGLU'TINANTS, f. [from glutino , to glue to¬ 
gether.] Healing medicines; and fuch as unite parts dif- 
joined by accident. 
To CONGLU'TINATE, no. a. [conglutino , Lat.] To ce¬ 
ment to reunite; to heal wounds. 
To CONGLU'TINATE, <v. n. To coalefce; to unite 
bythe intervention of a callus. 
CONGLUTINA'TION,/ The ail of uniting wounded 
bodies; re-nnion; healing.—To this elongation of the 
fibres is owing the union or conglutination of parts lepa- 
rated by a wound. Arbutbnot. 
CONGLU'TINATIVE, adj. Having the power of 
uniting wounds. 
CONGLUTINA'TOR,/. That which has the power 
of uniting wounds.—The olleocolla is recommended as a 
songlutinator of broken bones. Woodward. 
CON'GO, or Kongo, a kingdon of Africa, bounded 
on the north by the kingdoms of Loango and Anziko, 
on the eafl: by Metambo, and on the fouth by Angola. 
The climate is hot in fummer, the winters are mild as 
the finelt fprings of Italy. Snow never falls, unleis upon 
the higheit mountains; ice is unknown; their days and 
nights are almolt always equal. In the winter the 
rain fometimes falls very heavy, fo as to inundate the 
country. The loll is good, and generally produces two 
crops in a year. The men are' averfe from labour, which 
they commit to their Haves, or, from want of fuch, to 
their wives, who cultivate the ground, fow, dig, and reap. 
The principal corn ufed by them'is maize, they have 
likewife peale and beans of different kinds. Of fruit trees 
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they have fcarcely any but what were introduced b) r the 
Portugueze. Among the trees are the alicondi, of fuch 
a monftrous bulk that ten men cannot fathom it; the 
bark of this tree macerated yields a coarfe thread, of 
which they make ropes, the fhell or rind of the fruit, 
which is like a gourd, being cleared of its pulp, ferves 
for veffels for various ufes ; the infanda tree, the bark of 
which being beaten and macerated, makes a thread finer 
than the aliconda ; the manglofs, a tree whofe branches 
bend downwards, and taking root, form new trees, lb 
that one fingle tree may make a whole foreft. There 
are feveral kind of palms, the moll common of which 
is that whole fruit contains a great many kernels, of an 
exquifite tafte when full ripe, which, when prefled, pro¬ 
duces oil, ufed infteadof butter ; they draw from theie 
trees, by incifion, a vinous liquor, which turns four in 
five or fix days. Vines brought here from Candia, where 
they have been well cultivated, yield excellent grapes 
twice a-year. Among the aromatic plants, are the dondo, 
a fhrub which ferves for cinnamon, and the inquaffo, a 
kind of creeping vine, which bears feeds like pepper. 
Lilies, tulips, tuberofes, hyacinths, &c. are exquisitely 
beautiful, and grow naturally in the fields, valiies, and 
woods. The grafs in the low lands grows fo high, thick, 
and rank, that it becomes a dangerous receptacle to wild 
beads and reptiles. Among the animals are elephants of 
a monllrous iize, lions, leopards, tygers, wolves, zebras, 
buffaloes, 'See. The dante is an animal which feems pe¬ 
culiar to this country; it is fhaped and coloured much 
like an ox, though not fo large; its horns are like thofe 
of an he-goat, but very fmooth and Alining, and of a 
blackifh hue, of which the natives make great variety of 
toys and baubles. The fkin of this creature is commonly 
bought by the Portugueze, and fent into Germany, to be 
tanned and made into targets, which are then called 
dantes. The natives ufe the raw hides dried to make 
their fliields, which are fo tough, that no arrow or dait 
can go through them, and large enough to cover the 
whole body. The creature which they call impangazza, 
hath two horns growing out of the forehead, and in other 
refpedfs is not unlike the buffalo. The nfofli is of the 
bignefs of a cat, of an afh colour, and hath two fmall 
horns on its head. It is, perhaps, the mod fearful crea¬ 
ture that lives, ever in motion, and flatting at the leaft 
noife or breath of hir ; even when it is drinking, it (wal¬ 
lows one fingle gulp, and runs away, as if purified, and 
returns with the like fear, till it hath lariated its thirft ; 
it doth the fame when browzing on the grafs at every 
blade it takes in its mouth. Its flefli has an exquifite 
tafte, and the natives prefer its fkin to that of any other 
creature to make firings for their bows. The nfima, or 
civet cat, is the true creature from which that odorife¬ 
rous drug is taken, and, when genuine, they value at the 
rate of gold dull. The fura is a fpecies of land rat, 
which burrows under the ground like moles. The flefli 
is fo exquifite, that a feall would be looked upon defec¬ 
tive without it. The forefts abound with wild dogs or 
jackals, which, like the wolves, prey upon the tame cat¬ 
tle, and are fo fierce, that they will fly upon armed men, 
and attack whole droves of cows, goats or fheep. There- 
is another lingular quadruped, which never lets its feet 
upon the ground but it dies foon after, keeps itfelf 
conftantly upon the trees. It is called entiengia, and 
is very l’mall, and its Ikin fo beautifully fpotted that 
none but the kings of Congo, and fuch chiefs as ob¬ 
tain the privilege from him, have the liberty of wear¬ 
ing it. And even the kings of Loango, Cacongo, and 
Gey, receive that extraordinary fur as a confidera- 
ble prefent, and a particular favour. Oftriches are of 
furprifing magnitude and beauty, and in great plenty. 
Their feathers, mixed with thofe of the peacocks, which 
are here no lei's numerous and beautiful, are ufed inltead 
of enfigns and Itandards, and made into umbrellas. There 
are a great variety of parrots, but the moll efteemed birds 
of all are thole which they ftyle, by way of excellence, the 
birds 
