PIS 
P I s 
Having at length reached the banks of the long-fought- 
ror river Niger (or Joliba), near which the city of Tom- 
buiStoo (lands, Mr. Park proceeded along it feveral days’ 
journey towards the city, on a courfe which places Silla, 
the extreme point of his expedition, in lat. 14 0 4S', and 
ion. by reckoning corrected i° 24' W. of Greenwich. 
Here then terminates his journey eaftward, at a point 
iomewhat more than 16 0 E. of Cape Verd, and precifely 
in the fame parallel. See Park, vol. xviii. p. 597. and 
the article Tombuctoo. 
PISA'NY, a town of France, in the department of the 
Lower Charente : fix miles fouth-well of Saintes. 
PISA'QUA, a town of Peru, in the diocefe of Arequi- 
pa, on the coaft: forty miles 'Couth of Arica. 
PISATEL'LO, a river of Italy, which rifes in the de¬ 
partment of the Rubicon or Romagna, and being joined 
by two other dreams, runs into the Adriatic between Ri¬ 
mini and Cervia. This is generally fuppofed to be the 
ancient Rubicon, which feparated Italy from Cifalpine 
Gaul, Julius Caefar on his return from Gaul, when he 
came to this river, paufed a moment, when reflecting on 
his deflgn, he addrefled his army, and faid, “ We have 
now the power to turn back ; but, if we once pafs beyond 
this bridge, we have nothing to truft to but our arms.” 
By fome favourable omen, they were infligated to pro¬ 
ceed ; and the civil war commenced which gave him the 
command of the Roman world. See the article Rome. 
PISAU'RUS, in ancient geography, (now Foglia ,) a 
river of Picenum, with a town called Pifaurum, (now 
Pefaro ,) which became a Roman colony in the confulftiip 
of Claudius Pulcher. The town was deftroyed by an 
earthquake in the beginning of the reign of Auguflus. 
PIS'CA PIGNATA'RA, a town of Naples, in the 
county of Molife: fifteen miles north-wed of Molife. 
PISCADO'RE l'SLANDS, a duller of iflands in the 
North Pacific Ocean. Lat. 11. to 11. 20. N. Ion. 192. 30. 
to 193. W. 
PJSCAD'ORES, or Fish'ers, two huge rocks on the 
coafl of Peru. Lat. 16. 48. S. 
PISCADO'RES. See Pong-hou. 
PISCADO'RES, rocks near the coaft of Peru: five 
miles north-north-weft of Callao. Lat. 12. 14. S. 
PIS'CARY, /.’ [from pifcis, Lat. a fifh.] In our ancient 
llatnles, the liberty of fifhing in another man’s waters. 
This differs from a free fjhery, which is an exclufive right: 
in this lalt the man has a property in the fifh before they 
are caught; in a common of pifcary, not till afterwards. 
PISCATA'QUA, a river of North America, and the 
only large one whole courfe is in New Hatnplhire, rifes 
in a pond in the north-eaft corner of the town of Wake¬ 
field, and purities a general fouth-fouth-eall courfe of 
about forty miles to the lea. It divides New-Hamplhire 
from York-county, Maine, and is called Salmon Fall 
River from its head to the lower Falls at Berwick, 
where it aflumesthe name of Newichawannock, which it 
bears till it meets with Cocheco-river, which comes front 
Dover, when both run together in one channel to Hilton’s 
Point, where the weftern branch meets it; from this 
junction to the fea the river is fo rapid, that it never 
freezes. At the lower falls in the feveral branches of 
the river are landing-places, whence lumber and other 
country produce are tranlplanied, and veflels and boats 
from below difcharge their lading. This river, by its 
form, and the fituation of its branches, is very favourable 
to the purpofes of navigation and commerce. Alight- 
houfe hands at the entrance of Pifcataqua harbour, in 
lat. 43. 41. N. and Ion. 70. 41. 
PISCATAQUOG', a river of New Hamplhire, which 
runs into the Merrimack : ir. lat. 42. 57. N. Ion. ,71. 28.W. 
PISCAT'AWAY, a town of New Jerley, in Middlelex 
county, on Rariton-river, fix miles from its mou-jf. In 
1810, it had 2475 inhabitants. It is three miles and a 
halt north-eaft of New Brunfwick.-"-A, poll-tow n of Prince 
George’s county, Maryland, on the creek of its name 
which runs weft into Patoumac-river, opuolite to Mount 
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517 
Verr.on in Virginia, and fourteen miles fouth of Walhing- 
ton. The town is fixteen miles fouth-well of Upper 
Marlborough. 
PISCA'TION, f. The a£l or praflice of filhing.— 
There are four books of cynegeticks, or venation ; five 
of halieuticks, or pifcation, commented by Ritterhulius. 
Brown’s Vulg. Err. 
PISCA'TOR (John), vernacularly Fisher, a celebrated 
German divine, and profeffbr of the reformed communion, 
was born at Stralburg, in the year 1546. He received his 
education at the univerfity in his native city, where he 
lludied Arillotle conjointly with Ramus, and acquired 
the reputation of a very expert logician. Afterwards he 
applied with the greateft afliduity to divinity and biblical 
literature, and highly diftinguilhed himfelf by his pro¬ 
ficiency in thefe branches of knowledge. According to 
fome writers, bis original principles were Lutheran, and 
he taught divinity upon that fyllem at Stralburg with 
great applaufe ; but, having become a convert to the 
doftrines of Calvin, he excited againft himfelf much 
odium, and was obliged to withdraw from Stralburg. 
Upon the eftablilhment of the univerfity of Herborn in 
the Wetteraw, by the prince of Orange, about the year 
1584, Pifcator accepted an invitation to become profeffbr 
of divinity and facred literature in the new inliitution. 
In this fituation he fpent the remainder of his life, with 
great credit to himfelf, and lading benefit to the interells 
of religion and knowledge in Germany. In fuch eltima- 
tion were his learning and abilities held, and fo widely 
was his fame dilFufed, that ftudents crowded to his lec¬ 
tures, not only from every part of Germany, but alfo 
from France, Hungary, Poland, and the northern king¬ 
doms of Europe. He died in 1626, when he had reached 
the 80th year of his age. 
Pifcator made an aimed: entirely ne.w tranflation of the 
Bible, from the original languages into German, which 
was publilhed at Herborn; and was followed, in the year 
1608, by 2. An Apology for that verfion, in 4to. He 
was the author of, 3, Commentaries in Latin, upon all 
the books of the Old and New Tellament, 1601 —1616, 
in 24 vols. 8vo. which were collected together, and pub- 
lirtied in 1643—1645, in 4 vols. folio. 4. Analyfis Logica 
Epillolarum Pauli ad Roman. Corinth. Galat. Ephef, See. 
1J90, 8vo. 5. Index in Librof. Biblicos Veteris Tella- 
menti, 1622, 6 vols. 8vo. 6. Scripta adverfaria de Caufa 
Meritoria Jullificationis, 1590, 8vo. together with practical 
and controverfial treatifes, &c. 31 <i/h. Hiji. Eccl.J'cec.xvu. 
PIS'CATORY, adj. Relating to fifhes.— On this mo¬ 
nument is reprefented, in bas-relief, Neptune among the 
fatyrs, to lliow that this poet (Saiinazarins) was the in¬ 
ventor of pifeatory eclogues. Addijon on Italy. 
PIS'CES, f. [Lat. fifties.] The twelfth fign or conllel- 
lation in the zodiac.—The planets run fucceflively through 
Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, 
Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pifces . 
Adams. — On the 19th of February, the fun enters Pifces, 
or that fign of the zodiac typified by fifties, which, being 
the moll prolific of all animated nature, aptly be- 
fpeaks the approach of fpring, when feeds and plants are 
made to vegetate by the growing heat of that feafon. 
Brady's Claris Calendaria.~- The liars in Pifces, in Pto¬ 
lemy’s Catalogue, are 38; in Tycho’s, 36; in Hevelius’s, 
39; in the Britannic Catalogue, 113. Chambers. 
PIS'CES,. J'. in natural hiltory, the name of the fourth 
of the ciaffes into which Linnseus has diftributed the 
animal kingdom ; and the fcience treating of the orders, 
genera, fpecies, See. of fifties, is denominated Ichthyo- 
locy. See that article, vol. x. 
PISCH, a river of Poland, which runs into the Narew, 
near Pultulk, in the duchy of VVarfaw. 
PISCIl'MA, a ri-.er ot Ruftia, which runs into the 
Tura nearTiumen. 
PISCH'STEIN, a town of Prufiaa, in Ermeland:. 
eleven miles louth-eaft of Htilfoerg, 
PISCID'IA, f. [from the Lat. pifcis, a fifti, and cado, to 
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