E S K 
lcfior of the canon of'fcripture ; and It is imagined that 
he wrote the Chronicles. 
E'SEK, [Heb. contention .3 The name of a well dug 
by the patriarch Ifaac, during his refidence at Gerar in 
Canaan; which being claimed by the herdmen of that 
place, was abandoned by the patriarch, and ftiled Efek. 
Gen. xxvi. 20. 
E'SENS, a town of Germany, in the circle of Weft- 
phalia, and county of Eaft Frifeland : twenty-four miles 
north-north-eaft of Embden. _ / 
ESFARA'IN, a town of Perfia, in the province of 
Chorafan : eighty miles eaft of Afterabat. 
ESGUE'VA, a river of Spain, which runs into the 
Pifuerga, at Valladolid. 
ESGUEY'RA, or Esgueria, a town of Portugal, in 
the province of Beira, containing about 1600 inhabitants : 
eight miles fouth of Aveiro. 
ESHANESS', a cape on the weft coaft of Mainland, 
the largeft of the Shetland iflands. Lat. 60. 38. N. Ion. 
». 7. E. Edinburgh. 
ESH'BAAL, [Heb. the fire of Baal.] The name of a 
man. 
ESH'COL, [Heb. a bunch of grapes.] A brook or 
valley, fituate in Paleftine. Here the twelve fpies lent 
out by Mofes terminated their refearch : and, having ga¬ 
thered an exceeding fine bunch of grapes, they from that 
^ircumftance named the fpot as above. Num. xiii. 23, 24. 
The name of a man. 
E'SHEAN, a city of Paleftine, in the tribe of Judah, 
and fituated in the mountains of that province. J0JJ1. 
xv. 52. 
ESH'TAOL, [Heb. ftrong.] A city of Paleftine, in 
the tribe of Judah, fituated in the low parts of that pro¬ 
vince. It was afterwards afligned to the tribe of Dan, 
as their inheritance was included within that of Judah. 
JoJh*.x\. 33, and xix. 41. Near this place was Samfon 
made manifeft to Ifrael as their deliverer ; and near it was 
this extraordinary character buried. Judges xiii. 23, and 
xvi. 31. 
ESHTEM'OA, orEsHTEMOH, [Heb. bofom.J A city 
of Paleftine, in the tribe of Judah, fituated in the moun¬ 
tains of that province, and one of the cities of the Le- 
vites of the family of Aaron or Kohath. JoJhua xv. 50, 
and xxi. 14. 
E'SI, a town of Italy, in the ftate of the church, and 
marquifate of Ancona : eleven miles fouth-louth-weft of 
Ancona. 
ESK, a river of England, which runs into the Irifti fea 
near Ravenglafs, in the county of Cumberland. 
ESK, a river of Scotland, formed by the union of two 
ftreams, called the North and South Elk, about a mile 
north from Dalkeith, which runs into the Forth at Muf- 
felburg. 
ESKARMEK'RUN, a town of Perfia, in the province 
of Clnififtan : ninety miles fouth of Sofa. 
ES'KER, a river of European Turkey, which runs 
into the Danube, twenty miles weft of Nicopolis. 
ESKETO'RES, f. [from ejeker, Fr.J Robbers or de- 
ftroyers of other men’s'lands and fortunes. 20 Edzu. I. 
ES'KI-BABA, a town of European Turkey, in Ro¬ 
mania ; thirty miles fouth-eaft of Adrianople. 
ESKI'ER, a town of Arabia, in the country of Ye¬ 
men.: fixty miles north of Aden. 
ES'KI-HISAR, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in the pro¬ 
vince of Natolia : fixteen miles weft of Mogla. 
ES'KI-HISS AR, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in the pro¬ 
vince of Natolia, formerly Laodicea, now almoft a heap 
of ruins : eight miles north of Degnizln. 
ESKIJAL'FA, a town of Perfian Armenia, in the 
country of Erivan : i 5 o miles fouth-eaft of Erivan. 
ESKILSTU'NA. See Carl-Gustavadst. 
ESKIMAU'X. See Labrador. 
ESKIMAU'X BAY, a bay on the fouth coaft of La¬ 
brador. Lat. 51. 30. N. Ion. 57. 50. W. Greenwich. 
ESKIMAU'X ISLANDS, a duller of fmall iflands in 
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the Gulf of St. Lawrence, near the fouth coaft of Labra¬ 
dor. Lat. 50. 15. N. Ion. 63. W. Greenwich. 
ESKIS A'DRA, a town of European Turkey, in the pro¬ 
vince of Romania: forty-eight miles eaft of Filippopoli. 
ESKISHE'HR, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in the 
province of Natolia, on the river Sakaria : 116 miles 
fouth-eaft of Conftantinople. Lat. 3<y. 48. N. Ion. 48. 
44. E. Ferro. 
ES'LA, a river of Spain, which runs into the Duero, 
between Zamora and Miranda de Duero. 
ESLIN'GEN, an imperial town of Germany, in the 
circle of Swabia, infulated in the duchy of Wirtem- 
berg, and fituated on an illand formed by the Neckar : the 
magiftrates and inhabitants are Lutherans: the Roman 
catholics have a chapel. It holds the third rank at the 
diet and at the aflembly of the circle ; and pays thirty- 
feven florins fora Roman month, and 177 rixdollars fifty- 
one kreutzers to the chamber of Wetzlar. Four villages 
are under its jurifdiCtion. The environs produce excel¬ 
lent wine, known by the name of neckaralden : fix miles 
eaft-fouth-eaft of Stutgart, and thirty-four north-weft of 
Ulm. Lat. 48. 42. N. Ion. 26. 55. E. Ferro. 
ES'NECY, f. in law, a private prerogative allowed to 
the eldeft coparcener, where an eftate is defeended to daugh¬ 
ters for want of heir male, to choofe firft after the inhe¬ 
ritance is divided. Fleta , lib. 5. c. 10. Jus efnecie is jus 
primogeniture ; in which fenfe it may be extended to the 
eldeft foil, and his ilfue, bolding firft. In the ftatute of 
Marlebridge, c. 9, it is called, initia pars kecreditatis. Co. 
Pitt. 166. 
ES'NEH, or Asna, a town of Upper Egypt, near the 
cataraCts. See Egypt, p. 352, 374, of vol. vi. 
ESOC'HE, /. [from ec™, within, and to have.] 
A tubercle within the anus. 
E'SOP. See yEsop. 
E'SOPUS, a town of United America, in the ftate of 
New York, on a river of the fame name, which runs into 
Hudfon’s-river, about five miles north from Kingfton : 
feven miles fouth-fouth-weft of Kingfton, and feventy- 
fix north of New York. 
ESO'RA, a city of Paleftine. Judith iv. 4. 
E'SOX, f. in ichthyology, the Fixe : a genus of fifties 
belonging to the order of abdominales. The generic cha¬ 
racters eredted by Bloch are fomewhat different from 
tliofe of Linnaeus : canine teeth, no adipous fins. The 
aperture of the mouth is large; the jaws armed with 
ftuirp-pointed teeth, the upper and lower protruding al¬ 
ternately : tongue large, loofe, and moftly armed with 
teeth : palate fmootli; throat large ; eyes round ; nof- 
trils double, and placed near the eyes : coverings of the 
gills large, and the aperture wide: membrane 7-12 rayed. 
The body is long, and covered with large feales : back 
round ; belly broad, and laterally compreffed. It has fe¬ 
ven fins, rarely eight; the anal and dorfal moflly oppofite. 
This is a rapacious tribe ; increafes much, grows faft, 
and fwitns with rapidity. There are twenty-five fpecies, 
many of which were known to the Greeks and Romans. 
1. Efox fpliyraena, the fea-pike. Specific charaCier, 
two dorfal fins, the firft fpinous ; dorfal and anal fins 
grooved. The membrane of the gills is fuftained by 7 
rays, the peCIoral fin by 14, the ventral 6, the anal 10, 
the tail 20, the firft dorfal the fecond 10. The head 
is narrow, oblong, broad at top, and almoft covered with 
thin feales. The aperture of the mouth is large ; and the 
jaws, of which the under one is the longeft, are armed 
with fhurp teeth, (landing apart, of which the front ones 
in the tipper jaw are the longeft, and are bent inwards. 
There are no teeth in the palate ; but the two bones of 
the lips are furniftied with a row of little (harp teeth ; 
the tongue is armed alfo. The noftrils are fingle, and, 
as well as the eyes, placed near the tkull. The pupil is 
black, furrounded with a lilvery iris. The gill-coverts 
are even, Icaly, and the membrane is concealed. The 
body is narrow, the tides fomewhat compreffed, the 
fides and belly are white. The peCtoral, ventral, and 
E anal. 
