HAL 
tvhich forms in part the entra'nce of the bay; twenty- 
feven fbuth-eafterly of Windfor, forty north-by-eaft of 
Truro, eighty north-eaft-by-eaft of Annapolis on the bay 
of Fundy, and 157 fouth-eaft of St. Ann, in New Brunf- 
wick. Lqt.44. 40. N. Ion. 63. 15. W. 
HAL'IFAX, a town/hip of the American States, in 
Windham county, Vermont, twenty-three miles eaft-by- 
foutli of Bennington; has Marlborough on the north, 
and the Maflachufetts line fouth. It contains by the 
cenfus 1309 inhabitants. 
.HAL'IFAX, a townlhip of the American States, in 
Plymouth county, Maflachnfetts, fituated thirty-five 
miles fouth-eaft of Bofton. It was incorporated in 1734, 
and contains 664 inhabitants. 
HAL'IFAX, a town and fettlement of the American 
States, on the eaft fide of Sulquehannah river, in Dau¬ 
phin county, Pennfylvania, thirteen miles north of Har¬ 
risburg. 
HAL'IFAX, one of the middle diftri&s of the Ame¬ 
rican States in North Carolina, bounded north by the 
State of Virginia, ealt by Edenton diftridt, weft by Hillf- 
borough, and fouth by Newbern. It is divided into 
feven counties, viz. Northampton, Halifax, Martin, 
Edgcomb, Warren, Franklin, and Naft), which contain 
64,630 inhabitants. Btfides lmaller ftreams, the Roan¬ 
oke pafies through this diftrift in a fouth-eaft courfe, and 
the Pamplico has its fource in it. Chief town, Halifax. 
HAL'IFAX, a county of the above diftridt, bounded 
north by Northampton, fouth by Edgcomb, eaft by Ber¬ 
tie, and weft by Warren. It contains 7459 inhabitants. 
HAL'IFAX, the chief town of the above-mentioned 
county, and of the.difti'icl bf its name in North' Caro¬ 
lina. It is a poft-towm, pleafantly fituated on the weftern 
bank of the Roanoke, about fix miles below the falls, 
regularly laid out, and befides dwelling-houfes has a 
coprt-hoiife and gaol. It is thirty-fix miles north of 
Tarborottgh, twenty-eight from Grenville court-houfe, 
147 north-eaft of Fayetteville, feventy-five fouth-by-weft 
of Petersburg, Virginia, and 383 fouth-weft-by-louth of 
Philadelphia. Lat.36.13. N. 
HAL'I F AX, a county of the American States, in Vir¬ 
ginia, bordering on the State of North Carolina: about 
forty-two miles long, and,thirty-nine broad, and contain¬ 
ing 14,722', inhabitants., 
HAL'IFAX BAY, a bay on the north-eaft coaft of 
New Holland. Lat. 18.49. S. 
HAL'IFAX BAY, a bay on the eaft coaft of the ifland 
of Dominica. Lat.15. 40. N. Ion. 6r. 20. W. Greenwich. 
HAL'IMASS,/! [lialig, Sax. and majs.~\ The feaft 
of All-fouls: 
She came adorned hither like fweet May; 
Sent back like halimafs , or Ihorteft day. Shakejpeare. 
HAL'IMUM, f. in botany. See SESuviuM. 
HAL'IMUS,y. in botany. See Atrip lex and Por- 
TULACA t^ALLMOiDES. 
HALIOG'RAPHER,/ [from Gr. the. fea, and 
to write.] An hydrographer; one that treats on 
the nature of the feu. 
HALIOG'RAPHY, f A defcrfption of the fea. 
HALIO'TIS,yi in helmintology, a genus belonging 
to the ordeft of teftacea; the characters of which are : 
Ihell univalve, dilated,'ear-fttaped, with a longitudinal 
row of orifices along the furface ; fpire lateral, and near¬ 
ly concealed. The Ihell js commonly called th e Sea Ear-, 
and the animal contained in it is a limax. There are 
nineteen fpecies now ascertained, viz. 
1. Haliotis Midae : Ihell roundilh, both fides polilhed; 
within rich pearl-colour, the outfide with longitudinal 
undulate greenifh wrinkles. It is called Midas’i ear, and 
is valued b.y conchologills. It is found In the Indian 
ocean, and at the Cape of Good Hope. 
2. Haliotis tuberculata: Ihell fubovate, the outfide 
trartfverfely grooved, rugged, and tuberculate ; and is 
found in molt feas. 
Vol. IX. No, 576. 
HAL i?7 
3. Haliotis ftriata : fliell ovate, ferruginous, tranfverfe- 
ly wrinkled and longitudinallyjlriate, or fpotted with 
white, red, and green. Inhabits the feas of Afia and 
Barbary. 
4. Haliotis varia : Ihell ovate, with longitudinal ftriae, 
the larger ones tuberculate ; colour yellowifli T brown or 
green. Inhabits the Indian Seas. 
5. Haliotis marmorata : Ihell oval, with femilunar lon¬ 
gitudinal ftriae ; varied with brown and white, or brown, 
white, and.green, or green and red. Inhabits Africa 
and India. 
6. Haliotis afinina : Ihell oblong, with a falcate margin, 
and elevated nerves on the outfide. It is called the ajfes- 
ear. Inhabits India. 
* 7. Haliotis parva: fhel.1 ovate, red, with an elevated 
angle on the belly. Inhabits Africa and India. 
8. Haliotis biftriata : fliell ovate, greenifh, fpotted with 
brown, with elevated double tranlverfe ftriae. Inhabits 
Africa. 
9. Haliotis auftralis: Ihell varied with grey, bluiflt, 
and red ; ovate, convex, cancellate ; fpire prominent, in¬ 
flated. Inhabits New Zealand. 
10. Haliotis Guineenfis : fliell ovate, fubconvex, folid, 
with decollate ftriae, varied with green, red, and white,. 
Inhabits the coaft of Guinea. 
11. Haliotis imperforata: fliell ovate, imperforate, with 
prickly ribs; fpire exferted. Inhabits India. 
12. Haliotis perverfa: Ihell ovate, imperforate, the 
margin oblique above and tuberculate within.; fpire con¬ 
trary. Found hitherto only foflile. 
13. Haliotis plicata : fliell tranfyerfely plaited on the 
outfide, the margin broad, thick, and very finely ftriate 
longitudinally. Found foflile near Hildefia. 
14. Haliotis glabra : fliell ovate, fmoothifli, folid, va¬ 
ried with white and green ; fpire placed low. 
15. Haliotis pulcherrima : fliell roundilh, varied with 
roly and white, with granulate ftriae; fpire exferted. 
Inhabits the South-Sea Hands. 
16. Haliotis virginea : fliell ovate, with decuffate un¬ 
dulate ftriae, dull green, with whitilh fpots and bands; 
the under fide Alining with fine irjdefcent colours. In¬ 
habits New Zealand. 
17. Haliotis ovina: fliell fuborbicular, deprefled, 
wrinkled, varied with white, chefnut, and yellowifh, 
with pervious orifices in the middle; fpire open. 
18. Haliotis gigantea: Ihell oval, rugged, varied with 
white and red, fpotted, within margaritaceous ; fpire de- 
prelfed. Inhabits New Holland. 
19. Haliotis iris: fliell ventricofe, fulvid-brown, with 
tranlverfe wrinkles and longitudinal tuberous plaits; the 
under fide Alining with changeable iridefeent colours.. 
Inhabits New Zealand. The Ihell is extremely rare and 
valuable.—-See fhe article Concholog y, vol. v.,p. 21. 
and the correfpondent engraving, Plate I. fig, 9. 
HALIRRHO'TIUS, a fop of Neptune and Euryte, 
who ravilhed Alcippe, daughter of Mars, becaufe Ihe 
flighted his addrelfes. This violence offended Mars, 
and he killed the ravilher. Neptune cited Mars to ap¬ 
pear at the tribunal of juftice to anfwer for the murder 
of his fon. The caufe was tried at Athens, in a place 
which has been called from thence Areopagus'. A(y<;, 
Mars, and iroeyot;, village;'and the murderer was ac¬ 
quitted. Apollodorus. 
HAL'ITUOUS, adj: \halitus , Lat.] Vaporous; fumous. 
—We fpeak of the atmofphere as ot a peculiar thin and 
halituous liquor, much lighter than fpirit of wine. Boyle. 
HAL'KESTEIN, or Hanestein, a town of the 
duchy of Guelderland : ten miles fouth-welf o/Harder- 
wyck. 
HAL'KETS, a town of United America, in the ftate 
of Jerfiey : nineteen miles weft of Morriftown. 
HAL'KIRK, a town of Scotland, in the county of 
Caithnefs: five miles fouth of Tliurfo. 
HALKS'HEAD, a cape of Denmark, on the eaft 
coaft of the duchy of Sleiwick, in the Little Belt: ten 
Z z mils* 
