HAD 
lefted by Thomas Hatcher, of King’s college, Cam¬ 
bridge, and publilhed in 1567, under the title of, Lucu- 
brationcs G. Haddoni, (Pc. 4to. Several of his original let¬ 
ters are preferved amongthe Harleian manufcripts. 
' HAD'DONFIELD, a town of the American States, 
in Gloucefter county, New Jerfey, nine miles fouth- 
eaft-by-eaft of Philadelphia, and feventeen from Bur¬ 
lington. 
HADE, f With miners, the deep defcent of a fhaft. 
To HADE, v.n. A term in mining, fignifying to tend 
or incline in fuch a particular dire&ion. 
HAD'ELAND, a town of Norway, in the diocefe of 
Aggerhuus : thirty-two miles north-north-eaft of Chrif- 
tiania. 
HA'DELN, a fmall country of Germany, fituated near 
the Elbe, bordering on the duchy of Bremen, about 
eight miles in length, and nearly as much in breadth, 
lecured from inundations by a large dyke. The land is 
fertile, and abounds in grain, fruit, and- cattle, with 
plenty of filh. It forms a part-of the electorate of Han¬ 
over. 
HA'DEMARSH, a town of Germany, in the duchy 
of Hcmtein : fourteen miles eaft of Meldorp. 
HA'DEN. See Guaden. 
HAD'EQUIS, a town of Africa, in the empire of Mo¬ 
rocco. Ln 1514, the Portuguefe took, it by affault. 
HA'DERSLEBEN, a feaport of Denmark, fituated 
on a bay of the Baltic, in the duchy of Slefwick. The 
harbour is only adapted for fmall velfels. The paffage 
from Slefwick to the ifiand of Fuen is its principal fup- 
p,ort: twenty-four miles eaft of Ripen. Lat. 55.15.bE 
Ion. 9. 25. E. Greenwich. 
HA'DERSTORF, a.town of' Germany, in the arch¬ 
duchy of Auftria, fituated on the river Kamp : eleven 
miles fouth-weft of Sonneburg, and twenty-eight north- 
weft of Vienna. 
HADERUN'G A, f An old Saxon law term; refpeCl 
of perfons, partiality. 
HA'DES, [from «&}$, Gr. of a. and $oa, to fee.] A 
term uled in various fenfes: fometimes it fignifies the 
grave; and fometimes the place of the damned. In 
Greek authors it is often ufed to defignate the regions 
of the dead. See the article Hell. 
HADESOGN', a town of Norway, in the diocefe of 
Bergen : thirty-fix miles fouth-eaft of Bergen. 
HAD'GI BES'TASH, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in 
the province of Caramania : twenty-e’ight miles fouth- 
eaft of Ker-lhehr. 
HAD'HAM, a town of the American States, in Con¬ 
necticut, fituated on 'the Connecticut river : eighty 
miles fouth-weft of Bolton, and eighty-two north-eaft of 
of New York. 
HA'DID, a city of Paleftine, belonging to the tribe 
of Benjamin. Nek. xi. 31, 34. 
HAD'LEIGH, or Hadley, a large and populous 
town in the county of Suffolk, with a good market on 
Mondays, and two fairs annually, viz. Whit-Monday, 
and O.Ctober 10. The town is feated in a fertile valley, 
on the river Brett; twenty-miles fouth-eaft of Bury, 
and fixty-four north-eaft of London. Here is a large 
and handfome church, adorned with a, noble fpire ; and 
a fmall chapel for the ufe of the alms-houfes, of which 
there are feveral for decayed houfekeepers. It con¬ 
tains about fix hundred houfes; ftreets handfome ; and 
inhabited by about three thoufand perfons. Large quan¬ 
tities of yarn are fpun here : and this town had once a 
confiderable woollen-manufaCtory, which is now decay¬ 
ed. A Sunday-fchool has lately been eftablifhed, and 
is well fupported by ftibfcription. 
HAD'LEY, a town of the American States, inHamp- 
fhire county, Maffachufetts, lying on the eaft fide of 
Connecticut river, nearly oppofite Northampton, twenty 
miles north of Springfield, and ninety-feven weft of Bol¬ 
ton. The town confifts of two long fpacious ftreets, 
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whicTi run parallel with each other, and with the river. 
HAD'MERSLEBEN, a town of Germany, in Lower 
Saxony, and principality of Magdeburg: twenty miles 
fouth-weft of Magdeburg. 
HA'DRACH, [land of.] Mentioned Zech. ix. 1. 
HA'BRAMAUT, a province of Arabia Felix, bound¬ 
ed on the north by a defert, on the north-eaft by the 
province of Oman, on the fouth-eaft by the Tea, and on 
the weft by Yemen: fome parts are dry and defert ; 
others, particularly the hills, are extremely fertile, with 
well-watered vallies between. The principal articles 
of production are frankincenfe, gum-arabic, dragons- 
blood, myrrh, and aloes ; the latter chiefly produced in 
the ifland of Socatra, which belongs to the princes of 
Hadramaut. This province contains feveral large towns 
and feaports. 
HA'DRAMAUT, a town of Arabia Felix, capital of 
the above-mentioned province, to which it gives name r, 
360 miles eaft-north-eaft of Mocha. 
HA'DRAN, a town of Perfia, in the province of A dir- 
beitzan : forty-four leagues fouth-weft of Tauris. 
HA'DRIAN. See Adrian. 
HADRIANOP'OLIS, in ancient geography, a town 
of Thrace, on the Hebrus. 
HA'DRO, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in Curdiftao s 
fifty-eight miles fdlith-fouth-weft of Kerkuk. 
HADS'JAR, or Lach'sa, a province of Arabia, 
bounded on the north by Arabia Beferta, on the eaft 
by the Perfian Gulf, on the fouth by Oman, and on tne 
weft by Nedsjed. The affes and camels of this country 
are much valued, and fome thoufands of the latter are 
annually fold into Syria. In the interior country dates 
form a principal branch of the food of the inhabitants. 
Pearl-fifhing on the coafts produces confiderable advan¬ 
tage, and there is fome foreign trade. Lachfa is.the ca¬ 
pital. 
HAEM'AGOGUES,/". [from xipoc, blood, and aya, On 
bring off.] Medicines which promote the menltruai 
and haemorrhoidal difcharges. 
HHsMALO'PI A,y.' [from ou^x, blood, andowV *". to 
fee.] A difeafe of the eyes, in which all things appear 
of a red colour. 
HAEMATAPO'RI A,f. [from xipx, blood, and 7ro^eu, 
to pafsaway.] A wafting o[ the body from poverty of 
blood. 
HHiMAN'THUS, f. [from xipx, Gr. blood, and 
avfioj, a flower.] In botany, a genus of the clafs hexan- 
dria, order monogynia, natural order of fpathaceas, (nar- 
cifli, JuJf.) The generic characters are—Calyx; invo¬ 
lucre fix-leaved, very large, bearing an umbellule: leaf¬ 
lets ere£t, oblong, permanent. Corolla: monopeta- 
lous; ere£t, fix-parted: parts eredt, linear: tube very 
ftiort, angular. Stamina: filaments fix, fubulate, in- 
ferted into the tube, and longer than the corolla; an- 
thene incumbent, oblong. Piftillum : „ germ inferior; 
ftyle Ample, length of the ftamens; ftigma Ample. Pe- 
ricarpium : berry roundilh, three-celled. Seeds folitary, 
three-cornered.— EJfential Charatter. Involucre, fix¬ 
leaved, many flowered; corolla, fix-parted fuperior; 
berry three-celled. 
Species, x. Haemanthus coccineus, or fcarlet hseman- 
thus, or blood-flower: leaves tongue-fhaped, flat, 
fmooth, and even, preffed clofe to the ground, in two 
rows; umbel contradled, faftigiate, fhorter than the in¬ 
volucre; border patulous. Root, large, bulbous, from 
which in autumn come out two broad flat leaves, of a 
flefhy confidence, ftiaped like a tongue, which turn 
backward on each fide, and fpreading flat on the ground 
have a Angular appearance all the winter; but in the 
fpring they decay. The .flowers are produced in au¬ 
tumn, juft before the new.leaves come out; they are of 
a bright red, in a large clufter, two or three inches 
from the bulb. It is a native of the Cape of Good 
Hope; and was cultivated by Mr, Miller in 1731. 
