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powders and a/otf/fca/divifions. Brown. —Relating to atoms. 
•—Vacuum is another principal doctrine of the atomical phi- 
lofophy. Bentley. 
Atomical Philosophy, or the doctrine of atoms, is 
a fyftem which, from the hypothefis that atoms are endued 
with gravity and motion, accounted for the origin and 
formation of things. This philofophy was firit broached by 
Mofchus, fome time before the Trojan war; but was 
much cultivated and improved by Epicurus ; whence it is 
denominated the Epicurean Philofophy. 
A'TOMlST,yi One that holds the atomical philofo¬ 
phy, or doftrine of atoms.—The atomijls, who define mo¬ 
tion to be a paffage from one place to another, what do 
they more than put one fynonymous word foranother ? Locke. 
To ATO'NE, v. n. [from at one, as the etymolygilfs re¬ 
mark, to be at one, is the fame as to be in concord. This de¬ 
rivation is much confirmed by the following palfage of 
Shakefpeare, and appears to be the fenfe ftill retained in 
Scotland.] To agree ; to accord. 
He and Aufidus can no more atone. 
Than violentefl contrariety. Shakefpeare. 
To fland as an equivalent for fomething ; and particu¬ 
larly ufed of expiatory faerifices, with the particle for be¬ 
fore the thing for which fomething elfe is given.—The 
good intention of a man of weight and worth, or a real 
friend, feldom atones for the uneafinefs produced by his 
grave reprefentations. Locke. 
His virgin fword ALgyfthus’ veins imbru’d ; 
The murd’rer fell, and blood aton'd for blood. Pope. 
To Atone, v. a. To reduce, to concord.—If any con¬ 
tention arofe, he knew none fitter to be their judge, to 
atone and take up their quarrels, but himfelf. Drummond. 
—To expiate ; to anfwer for. 
Soon fhould yon bonders ceale their haughty ftrife, 
Or each atone his guilty love with life. Pope. 
ATO'NEMENT,yi Agreement; concord. Expiation; 
expiatory equivalent: with for. —And the Levites were 
purified, and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanfe 
them. Numbers. —Surely it is not a fufficient atonement for 
the writers, that they profefs loyalty to the government, 
and fpnnkle fome arguments in favour of the didenters, 
and, under the fhelrerof popular politics and religion, un¬ 
dermine the foundations of all piety and virtue. Swift. 
A'TONY, f. [from a neg. reivu, to ftretch.] Deleft of 
mufcular pow er. Relaxation, laxity, debility, or diftem- 
perature. This word was much in ufe among the metho¬ 
dic feet, who aferibed the caufes of all diltempers to re¬ 
laxation, ftricture, or a mixture of thefe. It is generally 
fynonymous with palfy. 
ATOO'I, or Attow'i, one of the Sandwich Illands, 
dilcovered by captain Cook, (ituated in lat. 21. 57. N. Ion. 
aoo. 20. E. Greenwich. Towards the north-eaft and 
north-weft, the face of the country is ragged and broken; 
but to the fouthward it is more even. The hills rife from 
the fea-fide w ith a gentle acclivity, and at a little diftance 
back are covered with wood. Its produce is the fame 
with that of the other illands of this clufter ; but its inha¬ 
bitants greatly excel in the management of their planta¬ 
tions. In the low grounds, contiguous to the bay wherein 
our navigators anchored, thefe plantations were regularly 
divided by deep ditches; the fences were formed with a 
neatnefs approaching to elegance, and the roads through 
them were finilhed in fuch a manner as would have re¬ 
flected credit even on an European engineer. 
The jftand is about 300 miles in circumference. The 
road, or anchoring-place, is on the fouth-weft fide of the 
the illand, about two leagues from the weft end, before a 
village named Wymoa. As far as was founded, the bank 
w'as free from rocks; except to the eaftvvard of the vil¬ 
lage, where there projects a ftioal on which are fome rocks 
and breakers. This road is fomewhat expofed to the trade- 
wind ; notwithftanding which defedt, it is far from being 
a bad ftation, and greatly fu peri or to thofe which neceftity 
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continually obliges ftiips to ufe, in countries where the 
winds are not only more variable but more boifterous • 
as at Maderia, Teneriffe, the Azores, &c. The water 
in the neighbourhood is excellent, and may be conveyed 
w ith eafe to the boats. But no wood can be cut at any 
convenient diftance, unlefs the iflanders could be prevailed 
upon to part with the few etooa trees fordia febefina) that 
grow about their villages, ora fpecies called dooe dooe, 
which grows farther up the country. The ground, from 
the wooded part to the fea, is covered with an excellent 
kind of grafs, about two feet in height, which fometimes 
grows in tufts, and appeared capable of being converted 
into abundant crops of fine hay. But on this extenfive 
fpace not even a fhrub grows up naturally. Befides taro, 
the fweet potatoe, and other fimilar vegetables ufed by our 
crews as refreftiments, among which were at leaft five or 
fix varieties of plantains, the illand produces bread-fruit; 
which, however, feems to be fcarce. There are alfo a few 
cocoa palms; fome yams ; the kappe of the Friendly 
iflands, or Virginian arum ; the etooa tree, and odorife'- 
rous gardenia, or cape jafmine. Our people alfo met'with 
feveral trees of the dooe dooe, that bear the oily nuts, 
which are ftuck upon a kind of fkewer and made ufe of as 
candles. There is a fpecies of fide, or Indian mallow ; 
alfo the morinda citrifolia, which is here called none-, a 
fpecies of convolvulus; the ava or intoxicating pepper, 
befides great quantities of gourds. 
The lcarlet birds, which were brought for fale, were 
never met with alive; but one fmall one was feen, about 
the fize of a canary bird, of a deep crimfon colour; alfo 
a large owl, two brown hawks or kites, and a wild duck. 
Other birds were mentioned by the natives; among which 
were the otoo, or bluilh heron, and the torata, a fort of 
whimbrel. It is probable that thefe fpecies of birds are 
numerous, if we may judge by the quantity of fine yellow, 
green, and fmall velvet-like blackilh, feathers ufed upon 
the cloaks and other ornaments worn by thefe people. Fifb, 
and other productions of the fea, were to appearance not 
various. The only tame or domeftic animals found here 
were hogs, dogs, and fowls, which were all of the fame 
kind that had been met with at the illands of the South 
Pacific. 
The inhabitants of Atooi are of the middle fize, and in 
general ftoutly made. Their vilage, particularly that of 
the women, is fometimes round, but others have it Ion"; 
nor can it be juftly faid that they are diftinguifhed as°a 
nation by any general caft of countenance. Their complex¬ 
ion is nearly of a nut-brown; but fome individuals are of a 
darker hue. They are far from being ugly, and have, to 
all appearance, few natural deformities ofCany kind. Their 
fkin is not very foft nor ftiining ; but their eyes and teeth 
are, for the moft part, pretty good. Their hair in gene¬ 
ral is ftraight; and though its natural colour is ufually 
black, they (lain it, as at the Friendly and other illands. 
They are active, vigorous, and moft expert fwimmers; 
leaving their canoes upon the moft frivolous occafion, div¬ 
ing under them, and fwimming to others, though at a con- 
fiderable diftance. Women with infants at the breal^, 
when the furf was fo high as to prevent their landing in 
the canoes, frequently leapt over-board, and fwam to the 
lhore, without endangering their little ones. They ap¬ 
peared to be of a frank cheerful difpofition ; and are 
equally free from the fickle levity which charaHerifes the 
inhabitants of Otaheite, and the fedate caft which is ob- 
fervable among many of thofe of Tongataboo. They feem 
to cultivate a focial intercourfe with each other ; and, ex¬ 
cept the propenlity to thieving, which is as it were innate 
in moft of the people in thofe feas, they appeared extreme¬ 
ly friendly. It was pleafing to obferve with what affection 
the women managed their infants, and with what alacrity 
the men contributed their aftiftance in fuch a tender office ; 
thus diftinguilhing themfelves from thofe favages who con- 
lid er a wife and child as things rather neceffary than defi- 
rable or worthy of their regard and efteem. From the 
numbers that were feen aftembled at every village in coaft- 
