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the head of the tide-tyaters of Bufh river, between Bi- 
ham’s and James’s runs; the former feparating it from 
Abington. It is rather falling to decay finee the courts 
of juftice have been removed to Belle-Air: nine miles 
fputh-eaft of Belle-Air, and twenty-five north-eaft-by-eaft 
of Baltimore. 
IIARG, a fea-port of Sweden, in the .province of Up¬ 
land : thirty miles north-eaft of Upfal. 
HAR'GENOW, a town of Germany, in the circle of 
Lower Saxony, and duchy of Mecklenburg : ten miles 
fouth-weft of Schwerin. 
.HAR'HAS, andHAR'HUR, [Hebrew.] Names of men. 
HA'RICOT, f. [French.] A kind of ragout, gene¬ 
rally made of meat fieaks and cut roots.—I have order¬ 
ed a haricot., to which you will be very welcome about 
four o’clock, Ghejlerfield. 
HAR'IDELLE, f. [French.] A worn-out horfe. 
HARJEDA'LEN, a province of Sweden, in the divi- 
fion called No'rdland, incorporated with the Swediflt do¬ 
minions in 1645. It is about one.hundred miles in length, 
and from forty to fifty in breadth. It abounds in mines 
and woods ; and confequently agriculture is not much 
praCtifed here. Its pallures, however, are fo excellent, 
that tiie inhabitants carry on a very advantageous trade 
in horned^.cattle. Its rivers and lakes, like all the reft 
in the Country, abound with fifii. The inhabitants fub- 
fift by grazing, hunting, and fifiiing ; and fell a great 
quantity of cheefe, which is much efteemed. They 
maintain no foldiers in this province; and feveral places 
among the mountains are inhabited by Lappers. 
HAR'IER,y. A dog for hunting hares. See the ar¬ 
ticle Hunting. 
HA'RIM, [Hebrew.] A man’s name. 
1-IA'RING, a town of Germany, in the bifhopric of 
Biixen : fix miles fouth-fouth-weft of Brixen. 
HA'RIPH, [Hebrew.] A man’s name. 
To HARK, v. n. [Contracted from hearken .] To liften: 
The king. 
To me inveterate, harks my brother’s fuil. Shahefpeare. 
HARK, interj. [It is originally imperative of the verb 
'hark.'] Lift! heqr! liften!—What harmony is this ? My 
good friends, hark! Shakejpeare. 
Hark! methinks the roar that late purfu’d me, 
Sinks like the murmurs of a falling wind. Rowe. 
Tc HAR'KEN, v. a. To hear by liftening : 
Thence forth (he paft into his dreadfull den, 
Where nought but darkfome arerinelfe file found, 
Ne creature law, but hark'ried now and then 
Some litle, whifp’ring,' and foft groning found. Spen/er. 
. HARL, f. The filaments of flax. Any filamentous 
fubftance.—The general fort are wicker hives, made of 
privet, willow, or harl, daubed with cow-dung. Mortimer. 
HARLE, a river of Sildia, in the principality of Wo- 
lati, which runs into the river Barffch one mile eaft 
from Herrnftadt. • 
HARLE, a river of Germany, in the circle of Weft- 
phalia, and county of Eaft Friefland, which rifes three 
miles fouth-fouth-weft of Wittniund, and runs into the 
lea eight miles north of that town. 
HAR'LEBECK, a town of Flanders, ©h the river 
Lys : four miles north-eaft of Courtray.- 
HAR'LEICH. See Har.loch. 
HAR'LEM, a townfliip of the American States, in 
Lincoln county, diftriCt of Maine,- incorporated in 1796. 
It was forntefly called Jones’*'Plantation.. 
HAR'LEM, or East Rive®, a river of the Ameri¬ 
can Stales, which connects Long-Ifland Sound with 
North or HtidfOn River, and forms York Ifland. 
HAR'LEM, a divifion of.New York’county in the 
northern part of York Ifland, containing 803 inhabitants. 
A town of this name ftands nine miles northerly of New 
York city, and four fouth-weft of Weft Chefter, oppo¬ 
site to the weft end of Hell Gate. 
H A R 
HAR'LEM, a town of Holland. SeeHAERLEM, 
HAR'LEQUIN, f. [This name is faid to have been 
given by Francis I. of France to a bufy buffoon, in ridicule 
of his enemy Charles le quint. Menage derives it more pro¬ 
bably from a famous comedian that frequented Mr. Har- 
ley's houfe, whom his friends called Harlequino, little 
Harley. Trev.] A buffoon who plays tricks to divert the 
populace. In pantomime, it is the principal character ; 
and is ufually diftinguifhed by a party-coloured drefs, 
with a buffoon for an attendant.—The joy of a king for 
a victory, mud not be like that of a harlequin upon a let¬ 
ter from his miftrefs. Dryden. \ 
The man in graver tragic known, 
Though his beft part long fince was done, . • 
Still on the ftage defire-s to tarry ; 
And he who play’d the harlequin. 
After the jeft ftill loads theTcene, ' 
Unwilling to^etire,’ though weary. Prior. 
HARLEQUINA'DE, f. Buffoonery, tricks of a har¬ 
lequin. Bailey. 
FIAR'LEQUINSHIP, f. The office or employment 
of a harlequin. Bailey. 
HAR'LESTON, a fmall town in the county of Nor¬ 
folk, fixteen miles from Norwich, and 112 from Lon¬ 
don. It has a bridge over the Waveney. It has a mar¬ 
ket on Wednefdays, and fairs July 5 and September 9. 
HAR'LEY (Robert), earl of Oxford and Mortimer, 
eldeft Con of flr Edward Harley, born in 1661, At the 
revolution,-fir. Edward and his fon raifed a troop of horfe 
at their own expence; and after the acceilion of king 
William and queen Mary, he obtained a feat in parlia¬ 
ment'. In 1702, he was ehofen fpeaker of the houfe of 
commons; in 1704, hewaslworn of queen Anne’s privy 
council, and the fame year made fecretary of ftate ; in 
1706, he aCted as one of the- commiflioners for the treaty 
of Union; and in 171O, was appointed a commiffioner 
of the treafury, and chancellor and under-treafurer of 
the exchequer. A daring attempt was made on his life, 
March 8, 1711, by the marquis of Guifcard, a French 
papift ; who, when under an examination before a com¬ 
mittee of the privy council, (tabbed him with a penknife. 
Of this wound, however, he foon recovered ; and was 
the fame year created earl of Oxford, and lord high- 
treafurer, which office he refigned juft before the queen’s 
death. He was impeached of high treafon in 1715, and 
committed to file Tower; but was cleared by trial. He 
died in 1724. His character has been varioufly fpp'rei 
fented, but cannot be here difenffed. He was not only 
an encourager of literature, butatimmenfe labour and 
expence made that mod valuable collection of ufeful 
and curious manuferipts, called the Harleian Col¬ 
lection ; which was conducted upon the plan of the 
great fir -Robert Cotton. He publilhed his firft confi- 
derable collection in Auguft 1705, and in lefs than ten 
years he got together near 2500 rare and curious manu¬ 
feripts. Soon after this, the celebrated Dr. George 
Hicks, Mr! Anftis garter king at arms, bifriop Nicolfon, 
and many other eminent antiquaries, not only offered IviViy 
their affiftance in procuring manuferipts,’ but prefented 
him with feveral that were very valuable. Being thus 
encouraged to perfeverance by hisfuccefs, hekept'many 
perfons employed in purchafrng manuferipts for him 
abroad, giving them written inftruCtlons for their con¬ 
duct. By thefe means the manufeript library was, in 
1721, increafed to near fix thoufand books, fourteen 
thoufand original charters, and five hundred rolls. On 
the 21 ft of May 1724, lord Oxford died: but his Ion 
Edward who fucceeded to his honours and eftate, (liil 
farther enlarged the collection; fo that when he died, 
June 16th, 1741, it confifted of eight thoufand volumes, 
leveral of them containing diftinCt and independent trea¬ 
ties, befides many papers which have been fince bound 
up in volumes; and above forty thoufand original rolls, 
charters, letters patent, grants, and other deeds and in- 
ftruments, 
