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places take up an area of fix miles. Dr. Shaw mentions 
iprings found here that are fo hot as to boil a large piece 
of mutton very tender in a quarter of an hour. 
The lower fubjects of thefe (fates know very few ima¬ 
ginary wants, and depend partly upon tiieir piracies to be 
fiupplied with neceflary utenfils and manufactures; fo that 
their exports confift chiefly of Je'ather, fine mats, embroi¬ 
dered handkerchiefs, fword-knots, and carpets, which are 
Cheaper and fofter than thofe in Turkey r though net fo 
good in other refpebts. As they leave almoft all their 
commercial affairs to the Jews and Cbriftians fettled among 
them, the latter have eftablifhed filk and linen works, 
which fupply tire higher ranks of their own fubjects. 
They have no (hips that, properly fpeaking, are employed 
in commerce ; fo that the French and Englifii carry on 
the greatefi: part of their trade. Their exports, befides 
thofe already mentioned, confift of oftrich-feathers, cop¬ 
per, tin, wool, hides, honey, wax, dates, raifins, olives, 
almonds, gum-arabic, and fandrac. T he inhabitants of 
Morocco are likewife faid to carry on a confiderable trade 
by caravans to Mecca, Medina, and fome inland parts of 
Africa, from whence they bring back vafl numbers of ne¬ 
groes^ who ferve in their armies, and are Haves in their 
houfes and fields. In return for their exports, the Eu¬ 
ropeans furnifh them with timber, artillery of all kinds, 
gunpowder, and whatever they want, either in their public 
or private capacities. The duties paid by the Englifii in 
the ports of Morocco, are but half thofe paid by other 
Europeans. It is a general obfervation, that no nation is 
fond of trading with thefe dates, not only on account of 
their capricious defpotifm, but the villainy of their indi¬ 
viduals, both natives and Jews, many of whom take all 
opportunities of cheating, and when detected are (eldom 
purjifiied. ' 
In this country, no regular form of government can be 
faid to exift. The emperors have for fome ages been 
parties, judges,, and even executioners with their own 
hands, in all criminal matters ; nor is their brutality more 
incredible than the fub million with which their fubjects 
bear it. In the abfence of the emperor, every military 
officer has the power of life and death, and it is feldom 
that they mind the form of a judicial proceeding. Some 
velligesj' however, of the khalifate government dill con¬ 
tinue.; for in places where no military officer refides, the 
mufti or high-prieft is the fountain of all joftice, and un¬ 
der him the cadis, or civil officers, act as our juftices of 
the peace. Though the emperors are not immediately’ 
fubjebt to the Porte, yet they acknowledge the grand fig- 
nior to be their fuperipr, and pay him a diftimSt allegiance, 
as the chief reprefentafive of Mahomet. 
It is very remarkable, that though the Carthagenians, 
who inhabited Barbary., had greater fleers and a more ex- 
tenfive cbmmerce 'than any other nation, or than all the 
people upon the face of the earth, when that ftat'eflou- 
rifhed, the prelent inhabitants had icarce] y any merchant- 
fhipsbelongingto them,or indeed any.other than whatSallee, 
. Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, fit out for piracy ; which, 
though increafed lince the laft attack of the Spaniards, are 
now but few and fmall, in companion with their neigh¬ 
bours ; and fome years ago they did not exceed fix (hips, 
from thirty-fix to fifty guns each. The admiral’s (hip be¬ 
longs to the government; the other captains are appoint¬ 
ed by private owners, but ftibjeCl to military law. Is it 
not furprifing, that, with fuch a contemptible fleet, thefe 
infidels not only harafs the nations of Europe, but oblige 
them to' pay a kind of tribute by way of pre'fents ? 
BARBASO'TE, a fea-port town of Africa, in the 
kingdom of Fez, a little to the weft of Ceuta. 
BARBATEL'LI ('Bernardino), called Pochetti, a pain¬ 
ter of hiftory, fruit, animals, and flowers, was born at 
Florence in 1542. He Was the difciple of Ridolfo Ghir¬ 
landaio at Florence; from which fchool he went to Rome, 
and ftudied there with fuch uncommon affiduity, that he 
was frequently fo engrofled by the objefts of his contem¬ 
plation, as to forget the neceflary refrellnnents of lleep 
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and food. He was excellent in painting every fpecies of 
animals, fruit, or flowers; and in thofe fubjeds not only 
imitated, but equalled, nature. His touch was free, light, 
and delicate, and his colouring inexpreflibly true. The 
hiftori'cai fubjects which he defigned from facred or pro-’ 
fane authors, were much efteemed and admired. He died 
in 1612. 
BARBA'TO, a river of Spain, which runs into the 
Atlantic, between Cadiz and the Straits of Gibraltar, 
about nine leagues Couth of Cadiz. 
Barbato, or Puerto Barbato, a feaport town of 
Spain, in Andalufia, on the coaft of the Atlantic, near 
the mouth of the river Barbato. 
B ARBE,y. in the military art. To fire in barbe, means 
to fir q. the cannon over the parapet, inftead of firing through 
the embrafures; in which cafe, the parapet muft not be 
above three feet and a half high. 
BARBEAU', a river of Canada, which runs into the 
Eutwas. Lat. 45, 15. N. Ion. 76. 20.. W. Greenwich. 
BAR'BEL.yi in ichthyology. See Cvprinus. 
BA.R'BELA, or Verbela, a river of Africa, which 
joins the Zaira, near its mouth. 
B ARBELICO'TZE, an ancient fe£t of Gnoftics, fpoken 
of by Theodoret. Their dobfrines were abfurd, and their 
ceremonies abominable. The dodtrine of the Barbelicotae 
was, that one of the aeons, poffeffed of immortality, had' 
commerce with a virgin fpirit named Barbdoih, who de¬ 
manded of him, firft prefcience, then incorruptibility, 
and laftly eternal life ; all of which were granted to her : 
that one day, being in a gayer humour than ordinary, (he 
conceived, and afterwards brought forth light,-which, be¬ 
ing perfected by the undtion of the fpirit, was called 
Ckrijl. The child Chrift defired to have underftanding, 
vxv, and obtained it : after which, underftanding, reafon, 
incorruptibility, and Chrift, united together ; and from 
their union arofe autogenes, avloysvnt. To thefe fables 
they add divers others. They were alfo denominated Bar- 
bariani. 
BAR'BER ,f. [from To barb.'] A man who (haves the, 
beard: 
Thy boift’rous looks, 
No worthy match for valour to a (Tail, 
But by the barbers razor belt fubdu’d. 1 Milton. 
The barbers were incorporated with the Burgeons of Lon¬ 
don ; but not to pradtife forgery, except drawing of teeth, 
&c. 32Hen. VIII. c.4.2. but feparated by 18Geo. 11 . c. 15. 
See Surgeon. 
To Barber, v. a To drefs out; to pou’der. 
BARBER-CHiRURGEOt;,yi A man who joins the prac¬ 
tice of forgery to the barber’s trade ; fuch as were all Bur¬ 
geons formerly, but now it is ufed only for a low prac- 
fifer of forgery.—He put hiprfelf into barber-ckirutgeons 
hands, who, by unfit applications, rarefied the tumour. 
Wifanan. 
Barber-monger,/! A word of reproach, which feetns 
to fignify a fop; a man decked out by his barber.—Draw, 
you rogue ; for, though it'be night, the moon (bines; I’ll 
make a fop of tire moonfliine of you ; you whorelon, cul- 
lionly, barber-monger, draw. Shakifpcaie. 
BARBERA'NO, a town of Italy, in the eftate of the 
Church, and the province of Patrimonio; (ix miles from 
Bieda. 
BARTER] AN', an ifland on the Indian Ocean: fifteen 
leagued weft from Ceylon. Lat. 6. 24. N. Ion. 3 o. E. 
Greenwich. 
BARBE.RFNI (Francis), one of the moft excellent pcets 
of his age, was born at Barberino in Tufcany, in 1264. 
As his mother was of Florence, he fettled in that city ; 
where his profeffion of the law, but efpecially the beauty 
of his poetry, railed him a very confiderable charadter. 
The greatefi: part of his works are loft ; but that which 
is entitled the Precepts of Love, which is a moral poem 
calculated to inftruct thofe rn their duty who have a regard 
for glory, virtue, and eternity, has had a better fate. It 
was 
