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HAT'TE'RSTORF, a'town of Germany, in the arch¬ 
duchy of Auftria: eleven miles eaft-fouth-eaft of Laab. 
HAT'TIL, [Hebrew.] A'raan’s name. 
HAT'TING, f. The art of making hats. See Hat. 
HAT'TINGEN, a town of Germany, in the circle of 
Weftphalia, and county of Mark: fixteen miles north- 
eaft of Duffeldorp. Lat.51.22.N- Ion. 34.34. E. Ferro. 
HAT'TIPHA, [Hebrew.] A man’s name. 
HAT'TOCK, f. [ attock , Erie.] A (liock of corn. 
H ATTONCH AT'EL, a town of France, in the de- 
.partment of the Meufe, and chief place of a canton, in 
•the diftridt of St. Mihiel: two leagues and three quar¬ 
ters north-eaft of St. Mihiel : and four and a half weft, 
•©orth-weft of Pont-a-Mou(fon. 
HAT'TUSH, Hebrew a man’s name. 
HAT'VANY, a town of Hungary, twenty miles north- 
eaft of Buda. 
HATZ'FELD, a town of Germany, in the circle of 
the Upper Rhine, and principality of Upper Hefle : 
nineteen miles fouth-weft of Waldeck, and thirty-lix 
/fouth-weft of Caffel. Lat.50.50.N- Ion. 26. 7.E. Ferro. 
HAVAN'NAH, a fea-port town of Spanifh America, 
in the ifland-of Cuba, fituate on the north-weft part of 
it, oppofite to Florida. It is famous for its harbour, 
which is in every refpedt one of the beft in the Weft In¬ 
dies, and perhaps -in the world. It is entered by a nar¬ 
row pairage, upwards of half a mile in length, which 
afterwards expands into a large bafon, forming three 
Cul de Sacs, and is fufficient, in extent and. depth, to 
-contain one thoufand fail of the largeft fhips, having al- 
moft throughout fix fathom water, and being perfectly 
covered from every wind. The town was built by Diego 
de Velafquez,, who conquered the ifland of Cuba for the 
king of Spain. It was but a fmall place, and named ori¬ 
ginally the port of Carenas ; but afterwards, when the 
city by its increafe of wealth grew confiderable, it was 
called St. Chriftopher of the Havannah ; and was efteemed 
the key of the Welt Indies. It is now a magnificent 
city- The buildings are elegant, moftly of ftone, and 
iome of them moft fuperbly furnilhed. Here are eleven 
•churches and monafteries, and two handfome hofpitals. 
Near the centre of the town is a fpacious fquare, fur- 
rounded with uniform buildings. The churches are 
rich and magnificent; the lamps, chandeliers, and or¬ 
naments for the altars, being of gold and filver. It is 
■snot a bilhop’s fee, though the bifhop of St. Jago refides 
here. In 1700 the inhabitants were computed at 26,000, 
fince which they haveconfiderably increafed. They are 
a more polite and facial people than the inhabitants of 
any of the Spanilh ports on the continent; and very 
much imitate the French both in their drefs and man¬ 
ners. The town is fupplied with water by a fmall river 
called Lagida , which rifes from the hills-on the fouth- 
weft fide of the town, and divides itfelf into three ftreams, 
-one of which falls into the fea on the eaft fide of the 
town, but the other two flow through the place, enter¬ 
ing the walls near the middle of the town. 
The fortifications are the ftrongeft in this part of the 
■world. The entrance into the harbour is defended on 
the eaft fide by altrong caftle called El Moro., fituated on 
a high rock; and on the walls and bullions are mounted 
forty pieces of cannon. Under the faces of the fouth- 
•weft baftion of the Moro, and more within the entrance 
of the harbour, is a battery of ftone called the Twelve 
Jpofles, almoll level with the water, and the guns of 
■which carry each a ball of thirty-fix pounds. A little 
higher, and oppofite to the Point gate, is the Divina 
■Pajlora, or Shepherd’s Battery, of fourteen guns, level 
with the water. On the weft fide of the entrance, at the 
point, is a fquare fort called the Punta , with four bul¬ 
lions well mounted with cannon, about two hundred 
yards diftant from the Point gate of the town- On the 
baftions of the town, next the harbour, are a great num¬ 
ber of cannon; and about the middle of the city is ano¬ 
ther fort, called El Euerte, a fquare fort with four baf- 
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tions, mounted with twenty-two pieces of cannon. Here 
the govenor refides; and in it the king of Spain’s trea- 
fures are depolited till the arrival of the galleons. But, 
though the fortifications are thus ftrong, they have 
many defeats, and, from the fituation of the town and 
forts, are commanded by many eminences, of which a 
befieging enemy could not fail to take advantage. On 
the eaft fide of the harbour, the Cavanna6, on a part of - 
which the Moro is built, commands in a great meafure 
that fort, as well as the Punta, El Fuerte, and the whole 
north-eaft part of the city, which is the beft fortified. 
On the weft fide of the city runs a fauxbourgor fuburb, 
called Guadaloupe , whofe church is fituated on an emi¬ 
nence about half a mile from the land-gate, with which 
it is on a level, and higher than any other part of the 
fortifications. From the north fide of this rifing ground, 
the Punta gate may be flanked ; and from the fouth-eaft 
fide the dock-yard is commanded. Along the north fide 
runs an ■aqueduft, which, falling into the ditch at the 
land-gate, runs down to the dock-yard, both for water¬ 
ing the ftiips and turning a faw-mill. About half a mile 
from the church, is a bridge made over a rivulet that ' 
runs into the bay about one hundred yards. That road 
leads to the centre of the ifland, and extends to Bara- 
coa, above fix hundred miles diftant. From this bridge 
to the Lazaretto, is about two miles, with arifing ground 
betwixt them. A trench thrown up between thefe two 
places would cut off the communication with the town 
by land. Hence it will plainly appear, that the Havan¬ 
nah, though well fortified, is not impregnable. 
This fettlement has greatly contributed to the mari¬ 
time ftrength of the crown of Spain, many excellent 
ftiips having been built here, from fixty to eighty guns 
each ; the ifland furnifhing the fineft materials, fuch as 
oak, pine, cedar, and mahogany. Upon the rupture 
with Spain in 1762, a Britifh fquadron and army was fent 
againft this place, under the command of admiral Po- 
cock and lord Albemarle. The Spaniards had then in 
the harbour a fleet of twelve faiTof the line, two of 
them juft launched, two rnoreon the ftocks nearly finilh- 
ed, and a number of merchant ftiips. Moft of the men 
of war were nearly ready for fea; but no account had 
reached the governor of the intended attack. The place, 
however, was gallantly defended, and fuftained a fiege of 
two months and eight days before it capitulated ; when 
thefe noble ftiips, and public property to the amount of 
upwards of three millions fterling, fell to the lot of the 
captors. Private property was religioufly refpefted ; and 
the place was reftored at the peace of Paris, in 1763. 
The jurifdidtion of the Havannah extends to half the 
ifland; the other half belongs to the capital, St. Jago. 
While the galleons lie here, a fair is held, in which great 
fums of money arc exchanged, and every thing is ex- 
cellively dear; but at all rimes, the price of every ne- 
ceffary oflife at the Havannah is extravagant, bread par¬ 
ticularly ; neither have they any great variety of frefh 
meat, nor is what they have of the beft kinds, except¬ 
ing their pork. This inconvenience is not owing to any 
defedt in the foil of the ifland, but to the indolence of 
the Spaniards. During the war between Henry II. of 
France, and the emperor Charles V. it was taken, and 
burnt by the French; and in the year 1669, it was taken 
by the Buccaneers, under the command of captain Mor¬ 
gan. Lat. 23. 12. N. Ion. 82. 14. W. Greenwich.—See 
the article Cuba, vol. v. p.426. 
HAV'ANT, a neat and pleafant town, fituate on tire 
fouth-eaftern coaft of Hamplhire, on the turnpike-road 
between Portfmouth and Chichefter, from each of which 
it is diftant nine miles, and fixty-fix from London. The 
town confifis of about five hundred houfes ; its air is 
particularly falubrious, as is evident from the many in- 
ftances of longevity here met with. The church is an 
ancient fabric of Norman-Gothic architedlure. Here 
are two annual fairs, viz. on June 22 and Odlober 17. 
Market on Saturdays for all forts of grain ; and by an 
