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NASUD'DEN, a fmall ifland on the weft fide of the 
Gulf of Bothnia. Lat. 64. 4. N. Ion. 20. 44. E. 
NA'TA, a town of the ifland of Zante: feven miles 
north-weft of Zante. 
NA'TA, or St. Ja'go de Na'ta de los Cavalle'ros, 
a town of South America, in the province of Panama, 
founded in the year 1517, by Gafpard d’Efpinofa. The 
inhabitantsarea mixture ofSpaniards and Indians. The 
town is lituated on the bay of Panama, fifty miles fouth- 
weft of Panama. Lat. 8. 35. N. Ion. 81.6. W. 
NATACHQUO'IN, a river of Labrabor, which runs 
into the fea in lat. 50. 25. N. Ion. Co. 45. W. 
NA'TAL, adj. [Fr. from natalis, Lat.] Native; relating 
to nativity.—Since the time of Henry HI. priSices’ chil¬ 
dren took names from their vatal places, as Edward of 
Carnarvon, Thomas of Brotherton. Camden. 
Propitious ftar! whofe facred power 
Prefided o’er the monarch’s natal hour, 
Thy radiant voyages for ever run. Prior. 
NA'TAL, f. [natalis , Lat.] Time and place of na¬ 
tivity. Not in vj'c. 
Why Should not we with joy refound and fing 
The blefled natals of our heavenly king. 
Fitz-gcffry's EUffe'd Birthday, 1634. 
NATAL', a country of Africa, on the fouth-eaft coaft 
of Caffraria, fo called by the Portuguefe, w ho difcovered 
it on Chriftmas-day, 1498. Several capes or promontories 
of this country are called Point Natal, the principal of 
which is fituated in lat. 32. S. Ion. 27. 19. E. 
NATAL', a river of Africa, which forms the northern 
boundary of the country of Natal, and runs into the In¬ 
dian Sea in lat. 29. 30. S. Ion. 29. E. 
NATAL', a fmall ifland in the Indian Sea. Lat. 8. 30. S. 
Ion. 47. 5. E. 
NATAL', a cape and town on the fouth fliore of the 
Rio Grande, on the north-eaft coaft of Brazil. On the 
point which forms the cape is the Fortalazu des tres Mag-os, 
or Caftleof the Three Kings. The town of Natal is three 
leagues from the caftle, before which is good anchorage 
for Ships in four to five fathoms’ water, well fecured from 
winds. 
NATAL', the name of an English fettlement in the 
country of Batta, in the ifland of Sumatra, called alfo 
Natar. The English fettled here about the year 1752, 
and formed connexions in that part of the country. It 
is inhabited by perfons fettled there for the convenience 
of trade, from the neigbouring countries of Acheen, Ron, 
and Menangeabow; and by their concourfe and traffic it 
is become populous and rich. A large quantity of gold 
is procured from the country, fome of the mines lying 
within ten miles of the faftory, and a considerable vent is 
found for imported goods. Like other Malay towns it is 
governed by Dattoos, one of whom is Styled Dattoo 
Bulfar, or “ chief magistrate,” and his fway is very great. 
Marfden's Sumatra. 
NATA'LIS, Natalis Dies, or Natalitium, f. pro¬ 
perly fignifies a man’s birth-day. The word was firft ufed 
among the heathens, to lignify the feaft held on the 
anniverfary of the birth-day of an emperor; whence it 
came, in time, to Signify any fort of feaft. And accor¬ 
dingly, in the Fafti, w e meet with natalis Jolis, natalis 
iuviSti, See. The primitive Christians, finding the word 
thus established, ufed it in the fame manner; and hence 
we meet in the ancient martyrologiils with natalis ca/ycis, 
for the feaft of the fupper, or Maundy Thurfday ; natalis 
cathedra, for the pontificate of St. Peter ; natalis or nata¬ 
litium of Such a church, for the feaft of the dedication. 
The word genethlion is ufed by the Greeks in the fame Senfe. 
NATA'LIS (Michael,) a Dutch engraver of Some repu¬ 
tation, was born at Liege in the year 1589. He was 
inftrufted in drawing by Joachim Sandrart; but learned 
therudimentsofengravingat Antwerp of Charles Mallery. 
From Antwerp he travelled to Rome, where he joined 
Cornelius Bloeinart, Theodore Matliam, and Regnier 
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Perfyn, (all artifts from the Low Countries,) and affifted 
them in completing the Statues and bufts of the Jultinian 
gallery, confiding of a hundred and fifty prints. Stimu¬ 
lated by emulation, and affifted in his Studies by Bloeinart, 
Natalis now made confiderable progrels in his art. He 
engraved many other plates from the pictures of the great 
mailers of Italy; and, after his return to Flanders, was 
invited to Paris, where he resided a confiderable time. 
Natalis engraved fomewliat in the Style of Bioemart : his 
prints have merit; yet the Square-grained mode of execu¬ 
tion, to which he was partial, does not happily exprefs 
fleSh or drapery, but is rather adapted to the reprefentation 
of Stone. When he quitted this open Square manner, 
which was very Seldom, his prints were mellow andfoft; 
but the heads of his figures want character, and the other 
extremities are but indifferently drawn. Pie combined 
his initials occasionally in the two modes represented in 
the preceding engraving of Nardus, p. 581. 
NATALI'TIAL, adj. [iiatalitius, Lat.] Given at the 
day of one’s nativity ; conSecrated at the nativity of a 
perfon.—We-read in the life of Virgil, how far his nalili- 
tial poplar had outstripped the relt of its contemporaries. 
Evelyn. 
NATAN'GEN, or Old Natangen, a province of 
Pruffia, bounded on the north-eaft and eaft by the Pregel, 
on the South by Ermeland, and on the w'eft by the Frifche 
Haft*. This country is populous and well cultivated; and 
confifts partly of arable and partly of meadow land ; fo 
that agriculture and grazing turn to good account. 
Though the foil is in fome parts very Stony, yet it pro¬ 
duces better corn than Samiand or Little Lithuania. It is 
alfo well wooded, and yields all forts of game and plenty 
of fifti. Brandenburg is the capital. 
NATAS'KA, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of 
Kiev: fourteen*miles fouth of Bialacerkiew. 
NATA' riON, /.' \_natatio, Lat.] The aft of fwimming., 
—In progreffive motion, the arms and legs move fuccei'- 
fively, but in notation both together. Brown's Vu/g. Err. 
NA'TATORY, adj. enabling to Swim.—When they, 
feel the necelfity of Sleep, their natatory bladder is much 
inflated: they can fuppoit themfelves at different heights 
by their levity only. Brit. Crit. 
NATCH, f. [corrupted perhaps from notch. Malone.] 
That part of the ox which lies near the tail or rump, 
between the two loins. Fitzherbert's Hujbandry .—Width 
(of a cow) at the nache fourteen inches. Marjhall. 
NATCH'EZ, a powerful nation of Indians, who for¬ 
merly inhabited the country on the eaft Side of the 
Miffiffippi; about lat. 31.40. N. Nothing now remains 
of this nation but the name, by which the country is Hill 
denominated. The Creeks, or ivlufkokulges, (See p. 401.) 
role upon its ruins. I he French completed their destruc¬ 
tion in 1730. 
The tribe of the Natchez, according to Dr. Robertfon, 
(Hilt, of Amer. vol ii.) had advanced (as well as the 
people of Bogota) beyond the other uncultivated nations 
of America in their ideas of religion, as weli as in their 
political institutions. The Sun was the chief objeft of 
religious worfhip among the Natchez. In their temples, 
which were conltrufted with Some magnificence, and de¬ 
corated with various ornaments, according to their mode 
of architecture, they preserved a perpetual fire, as the 
purelt emblem of their divinity. Ministers were appoint¬ 
ed to watch and feed this facred flame. The firft funftion 
of the great chief of the nation, every morning, was an aft 
of obedience to the fun ; and festivals returned at Slated 
SeaSons, which were celebrated by the whole community 
with folemn but unbloody rites. On the deceaSe of their 
cazique or chief, a certain number of his wives, of his 
favourites, and of his Slaves, were put to death, and in¬ 
terred together with him, that he might appear with the 
fame dignity in his future Station, and be waited upon by 
the (lime attendants. Many of the deceaSed perfon’s 
retainers offered themfelves as voluntary viftims, and 
courted the privilege of accompanying their departed 
mafter. 
