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remained a ftrong "building in Camden’s time. It had a 
variety of mailers; one of whom, in the reign of king 
John, obtained a grant for a market and fair here. The 
remains of the caftle, which feems to have been the 
keep, is in a condition to exift long. The caftle itfelf 
covered near an acre of ground. In the church are 
fome ancient monuments, particularly that of lord chief- 
juftice Gafcoigne, who committed the prince-of Wales 
to prifon for ftriking him on the bench. 
HAR'WOOD (Edward), an Englifh proteftant dif- 
fenting minifter, born in Lancafliire in 1729. He was 
inftrlifted in grammar learning at Blackburn ; and when 
properly qualified to enter on academic ftudies, he was 
placed in one of the inftitutions for educating di(Tenting 
jninifters, which are fupported by Mr. Coward’s funds. 
In 1765, he accepted of an invitation to become pallor ' 
of a congregation at Briftol, with whom he conti¬ 
nued about five years. Upon quitting Briftol he came 
to London, where he made an unfuccefsful application 
for a place then vacant in the Britifh Mufeum; yet by 
private tuition, together with other literary engage¬ 
ments, he was enabled to procure a fufficient mainte¬ 
nance for hintfelf and family. He died in 1794, when 
about fixty-five years of age, after having fuffered great¬ 
ly from a paralytic attack, which deprived him of the 
ufe of his left fide. Dr. Harwood, was the author of, 
1. An Introduction to the Study of the New Teftament, 
1767, 8vo. 2. A new Tranflation of the New Teftament, 
176S, in 2 vols. 3 vo. 3. Five Diftertations on the Atha- 
nafian DoCtrine, the Socinian Scheme, the Perfon of 
Chrift, &c. 1772, 8vo. 4. The Life and Character of 
Jefus Chrift delineated, 1773, 8vo. 5. A View of the 
various Editions of the Greek and Roman Claffics, 1775, 
■8vo. 6. An edition of The'New Teftament in Greek, 
with Notes in Englifti, 1776, in 2 vols. 8vo. 7. Ser¬ 
mons, 1776, 8vo. 8. The melancholy Dodtrine of Pre- 
deftination expofed, and the delightful Truth of Univer- 
fal Redemption reprefented, 17.78, 8vo. 9. The great 
Duty and Delight of Contentment, 1783, 8vo. &c. Of 
all his performances, that which contributes moft to the 
author’s reputation as a fcholar, is his View of the va¬ 
rious Editions of the Greek and Roman Claffics, which, 
though an imperfeCt, is a valuable work, and has not 
only undergone repeated impreflions in this country, but 
has alfo been tranflated into moft foreignjanguages. 
HARZ, a foreft and mountains, in Germany, in the 
circle of Lower Saxony, extending from the bailiwic of 
Landgellheim, in the principality of Wolfenbuttel, and 
the county of Gofslar, through the eaft part-of the prin¬ 
cipality of Grubenhagen, a part of the county of Wer- 
nigerade, and the principality of Blankenburg, to the 
counties of Hohenftein and Stollberg, as far as Hartzge- 
rode, in the principality of Anhalt, being in length 
about forty-eight miles, and in breadth about twenty. 
The air here is fo cold, that the winters uliially laft one 
half of the year. The rains, fnows, and fogs, are alfo 
more frequent than in the levels around it; yet thole 
who live and tranfadl their bufinefs above ground, and 
not in the mines and forges, arrive to as great an age as 
the inhabitants of the levels. Tillage and the cultiva¬ 
tion of fruits turn to no account here, the produdl fel- 
dom ripening, fo that the whole harveft confifts of good 
hay. The foreft which covers the mountain confifts one- 
third of it of hard wood, namely, of oak, beech, afh, 
afpen, alder, birch, &c. and two-thirds of foft wood, 
among which are firs and pines. This abundance of tim¬ 
ber, though in itfelf of great importance, yet is the more 
valuable here, as without it the mines and forges could 
not lubfift. The minerals found here, are, yellow oker, 
vitriol, faltpetre, fulphur, lapis calaminaris, and zink; 
together with cobalt for the making of powder blue, 
lead, borax, iron, copper, brafs, filver, and fome gold. 
The Harz being divided into Upper and Lower, the 
mine-works in it are diftinguifhed by the^like divisions. 
According to an agreement concluded in 1635. and the 
Voi, IX. No. 581. 
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convention of Hildefheim, made in 1649, between the 
electoral houfe and that of the prince, the former pof- 
fefles four-fevenths, and the latter three, with venery 
and maftage to a certain degree throughout thd whole 
fradt thus held in common; and to which likewife be¬ 
longs the falt-works near Harzburg ; the whole Harz 
yields annually about 1,172,733 rix-dollars, #f which, 
to the value of 2,880 is gold, which is coined into du¬ 
cats, and 802,860 filver; and, after a deduction of 
all charges, the furplus or neat profit arifing from it 
amounts to about 425,274 rix-dollars. The fovereigns 
pu.rch.afe the products of thefe mine-works, at a certain 
rate, of the proprietors or overfeers. The filver is coined 
immediately on the Harz. The other products, the mine- 
offices at Hanover and Wolfenbuttel take at a ftipulated 
price ; making their return's in tallow, leather, and other 
necelTaries for the mine-works, which are alfo furniftfed. 
at a certain rate. The inhabitants of the Harz are com. 
pofed1 of miners, labourers in the fmelting-houfes, wood- 
hewers, carriers, and the fovereign’s officers and fer~ 
vants; together with minifters, fchoolmafters, artificers, 
handicraftmen, and tradefmen. Thefe neither pay licent 
nor contribution money; the only imports levied on them 
being that whereby in the towns the owner of every 
houfe is taxed in one rix-dollar, and a lodger and a mine- 
officer in half a one, with a final 1 excife on beer imported 
there. But this ’is again applied to the minage, and 
benefit of the miners and labourers in the fmeltihg- 
houfes. 
HAS, a town of Arabia Felix, in the province of 
Yemen, capital of a diftriCt, and refidence of a dola,: 
forty miles north of Mocha. Lat. 14. 58. N. lonr-43. 
25. E. Greenwich. 
HASAB', a town of Afia, in the province of Canda- 
liar, near the river Belefc : thirty leagues north-weft of 
Candahar. 
HASADl'AH, [Hebrew.] A man’s name. 
FIASAKLU', a town of Afiatic Turkey, in the pro¬ 
vince of Natolia: five miles north-weft of Beifheri. 
HA'SAN-BAS'SA-PALAN'KA, a town of Servia: 
twenty miles fouth of Semendria. 
HASAU', a town of the duchy of Courland: fix miles 
weft of Piltyn. 
HAS'RAIN, or Has'bein, an ancient county of Ger¬ 
many, in the circle of Wcftphalia, united in the year 
1040 to the bifhopric of Liege. Vifet and St. Tron are 
the principal towns. 
HAS'BERG, or Haas'berg, a citadel of Germany, 
in the duchy of Carniola : three miles north-north-weft 
of Cirknitz. 
HAS’BERGEN, a town of.Germany, in the circle of 
Weftphalia, and county of Delmenhorft: three miles 
north-north-eaft of Delmenhorft. 
HAS'BET, a town of Egypt, on the eaft fide of the 
Nile, oppofite Rofetta. 
HAS'CAR, or Hash'gar PIo'tun, a town of Chinefe 
Tartary: 1310 miles weft of Peking. Lat. 39. 34. N. 
Ion. 99. 32. E. Ferro. 
HAS'CHID-U-BE'KIL, an extenfive diftriCt of the 
province of Yemen, in Arabia Felix, polTefted by a 
number of confederated fchiechs. Its proper name is 
liellad d Kobail , the High-country ; but the other,- ex- 
preffive of the confederacy of chiefs, is the name by 
which it is more commonly known. It extends north¬ 
ward to the defert of Amalia ; on the fouth and the eaft 
it is bounded by the dominions of the Imam, and the 
principality of Kaukeban ; weftward it meets the fove- 
reign ftate of Abu Arifch. The republican fpirit pre¬ 
vails fo little through Afia, that thefe ftates may be re¬ 
garded as a Angular political phenomenon in the eaft. 
This highland country contains many fchiechs, defend¬ 
ed from very ancient noble families, each of whom rules 
w'ithin his own domains as a lovereign prince. The 
fchiechs, finding themfelves unable to make feparately 
any fuccefsful refinance to a powerful neighbour, have 
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