202 HAN 
the Drufes, which fhould feem to be a compound of 
Majiomefanifm, catholic Chriftianity, and abfurd myf- 
teries. In order to ftrengthen and fupport his fedl, he 
compiled a work, entitled The Book of Teftimonies to 
the Myfteries of the Unity. It was intended by the au¬ 
thor as a rival to, and-fubftitute for, the Koran, and is 
thought by many to be equal, if not fuperior, to that 
celebrated book, in purity and elegance of ftyle. A 
copy of this work, in four volumes, was found in the 
houfe of Nafreddin, one of the chief priefts of the Drufes, 
towards the end of the feventeenth century, and lodged 
in the king’s library at Paris, where it was 1 tranllated 
from the Arabic into French, by M. Petit de la Croix, 
interpreter to Louis XIV. 
HAN, for have, in the plural. Obfolete. Spenfer. 
It was upon a holy-day, 
When Ihepherd’s grooms han leave to play. March. 
HAN, a town of China, of the fecond rank, in the 
province of Se-tchuen. Lat. 31. N. Ion. 121.41. E. Ferro. 
HAN, a river of China, which riles in the fouth part 
of the province of Chen-ft, and joins the Yang-tfe at 
Han-yang, in the province of Hou-quang. 
HAN-CHAN, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
the province of Kiang-nan: twenty-five miles north-weft 
of Tai-plng. 
HAN-CHOO-FOO, a city of China, of the firft rank, 
and capital of the province of Tche-kiang, and one of 
the richeft and pleafanteft cities of the empire, called 
by tiie Chinefe The Terrejirial Paradife, and faid to con¬ 
tain a million of fouls. According to the account given 
us by fir George Staunton, Han.choo-fpo is fituated be¬ 
tween the bafon of the grand canal, and the river Chen- 
tang-chaung, which falls into the fea at the diftance of 
little {pore than fixty miles to the eaftward. The tide, 
when full, increafes the width of this river to about four 
miles oppofite the city. At low water there is a fine 
level ftrand near two miles broad, which extends to¬ 
wards the fea as far as the eye can reach. By this river, 
Han-choo-foo receives and exports great quantities of 
merchandize to and from the fouthern provinces. The 
goods are Ihipped and unihipped by means.of waggons 
with four wheels to each, placed in a line, and forming a 
convenient pier, which is ealily lengthened or fliortened, 
by increafing or diminilhing the number of waggons, 
according to the diftance of the veflels from the Ihore. 
Between the river and the bafon of the grand canal, 
there is no water communication. All the merchandize 
therefore brought by fea into the river from the fouth- 
ward, as well as what comes from the lakes and rivers 
of Che-kiang and Fo-chen, nnift be. landed in this city, 
in their way to the northward : a circumftance which 
renders Han-choo-foo the general emporium for all arti¬ 
cles that pal's between the northern and fouthern.pro¬ 
vinces. Its population is indeed immenfe ; and is lup- 
pofed to be not very much inferior to that of Peking, It 
has, however, nothing grand in its appearance except 
its walls. The houfes are low ; none of them exceed 
two itories^ 'The ftreets are narrow. They are paved 
with large fmooth flags.in,the middle, and with final 1 
fiat (tones on each fide. The chief ftreets confift entirely 
of (hops and warehoitfes ; many of them not inferior to 
the mod fpiendid ones in London. A brilk and exten¬ 
sive trade is carried on in filks ; and not a little in furs, 
-and Engdilh broadcloths. It is difficult to pals along 
'the ftreets, on account oLthe valt concourie of people, 
not alfembled merely to fee fights, or on any public oc- 
cafion, but each individual going about his own con- 
cerm. In the (hops feveral men, but no women, attend 
behind the counters. The flowered and embroidered 
fatins, and other branches in the manufacture of filk, 
every part of which is done by the women, occupy vaft 
numbers of them in Han-choo-foo. The men are in ge¬ 
neral gaily drefted j and appear to be in eafy and happy. 
HAN 
circumftances. It is fix hundred miles fouth-fouth-eaft 
of Peking. Lat. 30. 20. N. Ion. 137. 32. E. Ferro. 
HAN-TAN, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
the province of Pe-tche-li. 
HAN-TCHEOU, or An-tcheou, a town of the king¬ 
dom of the Corea, in the province of Hoang-hai, on the 
river Tchounang: 140 miles north-north-weft of King- 
ki-tchao. Lat. 39. 38. N. Ion. 143. 17. E. Ferro. 
HAN-TCHING, a town of China, of the third rank, 
in the province of Chen-fi : fifty miles north-north-eaft 
of Tong. 
HAN-TCHONG, a city of China, of the firft rank, in 
the fouthern part of the Chen-fi, on the river Han, in a 
fertile country, furrounded by mountains and forefts. 
The principal articles of commerce are honey, wax, 
rnulk, and cinnabar. It is 625 miles fouth-weft of Pe¬ 
king. Lat'. 32. 59. N..lom 124. 30. E. Ferro. 
HAN-TCHUEN, a town of China, of the third rank, 
in the province ot Hou-quang, on the river Han: twenty- 
five miles weft of Han-yang. 
HAN-YANG, a city of China, of the firft rank, in 
the province of Hou-quang, at the conflux of the rivers 
Han and Yang-tfe : 587 miles weft of Peking. Lat. 30. 
36. N. loti. 131. 30. E. Ferro. 
HAN-YN, a town of China, of the third rank, in the 
province of Chen-fi: thirty miles weft-north-weft of 
Hing-ngan. 
HAN-YU, a town of China, of the third rank, in the 
province of Kiang-nan : twenty miles north ot Hai. 
HAN'AMEEL, [Heb. the gift of God.] The name 
of a man. 
HAN'AMINE, a fmall ifland near the weftern coaft 
of Ireland, and county of Galway : two miles north-weft 
of Rinveel Point. 
HAN'ANEEL, [Heb. grace.] A man’s name. 
HAN'ANEEL (Tower of), a remarkable watch-tower 
in the wall of the city of Jerulalem. Nth. iii. 1. Jer.xxx i. 
38. Zech. xiv. 10. 
HANA'NI, [Heb. my grace.] A man’s name. 
HAN AW I'AH, [Heb. the grace of God ] A man’s name. 
HANAPER,y. [ kanaperium , low Lac.] A treafury.. 
HAN'APER OFFICF, one of the offices belonging 
to the court of chancery. Writs relating to the bufinefs 
of the fubjeCt and their returns, were, according to the 
fimplicity of ancient times, originally kept in a hamper, 
in hanaperio\ and the others, relating to Inch matters 
wherein the crown is immediately or mediately concern¬ 
ed, were preferved in a little fack or bag, in parvd bagd ; 
and thence hath arifeh the diftindti.ons of the hanaper- 
office and petty-bag office, which both belong to the 
common-law court in chancery. See the article Chan¬ 
cery, vol. iv. p. 87. 
HANAU', a town of Germany, in the circle of the 
Upper Rhine, and capital of Hanau Munzenberg,-on 
the Kinzig, where it joins the Maine. It is divided.into 
Old and. New Town : the Old Town received its charter 
in 1303. The New Town was built in 1397, by the 
Walloons, or Flemifh refugees, who were driven away 
by the cruelties of Philip II. king of Spain, and-fettled 
here under the protection of the count of Hanau Mun- 
zenberg. Here are feveral churches ; with manufa&ures 
of woollen, filk, cotton, porcelain, &c. Great quantities 
of roll tobacco is made up here ; but the great-eft article 
of its trade confifts of timber brought down the Maine,, 
rough and eaft iron, meal, and corn. Every perfon has 
free liberty to trade as he pleafes. It is eight miles eaft 
of Frankfort on the Maine, twer.ty-feven eijift of Mentz, 
and twenty-five fouth-fouth-eaft of Wetzlar. Lat. 30. 
3. N. Ion. 26.30. E. Ferro. 
HANAU' MUN'ZENBURG, a county and princi¬ 
pality of Germany, fituated principally on the Maine, 
between the electorate of Mentz, bilhopric of Fulda, and 
principality of Helfe Homburg, about fifteen league's 
long,,and five wide. It is efteemed one of the moll fer- 
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