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of sand. It is found in the rivulets of Thuringia, and is half 
an inch long. 
9. Sabella stagnalis. Shell straight, tapering, open at both 
ends, smooth, with a marginal aperture, composed of the 
most minute particles of sand. It is found in the rivers of 
Thuringia, sometimes black and solitary, sometimes cine¬ 
reous, adhering in a mass to the Ranunculus aquatilis. 
10. Sabella conica. Shell narrow, conic, smooth, straight, 
cinereous, with a blackish open tip, composed of most 
minute particles of sand. It inhabits near Jena; is not half 
an inch long; the aperture is not margined. 
11. Sabella uncinata. Shell smooth, round, tapering, with 
an open hooked tip. It inhabits the rivers of Thuringia; 
is not more than a quarter of an inch long. The shell is 
solitary, composed of very fine sand, cinereous, or black. 
12. Sabella sabulosa. Shell cylindrical, closed at the tip, 
subclavate, perforated, composed of larger grains of sand. 
It is found in Thuringia and Belgium. It is about an inch 
long; the shell is straight, or a little inflected in the middle, 
cinereous or black, or cinereous above and black beneath. 
13. Sabella vegetabilis. Shell depressed, composed of frag¬ 
ments of twigs, stems, and bark, and broken pieces of the 
Tellina cornea. This is found in the waters of Thuringia, 
and is an inch long. 
14. Sabella ammoniata. Shell cylindrical; within it is 
smooth, composed of the fragments of the cornu ammonis. 
15. Sabella helicina. Shell roundish, within smooth, com¬ 
posed of fragments of the Helix pusilla. It inhabits the 
stagnant waters of Thuringia, and is about an inch long. 
16. Sabella dimidiata. One part of the shell is composed of 
sand and gravel, the other is thicker, clavate, and composed 
of fragments of shells. It inhabits the waters of Thuringia. 
17. Sabella fixa. The shell of this species is composed of 
small stones, tapering towards the tip. It inhabits Thu¬ 
ringia, affixed to stones in the water, is an inch long, gre¬ 
garious, open at the side, by which it is fixed. 
18. Sabella clavata. Shell composed of small stones, the 
open end clavate, and consisting of larger stones. This is 
a native of Thuringia. 
»»' 19. Sabella corticalis. The shell of this is composed of 
pieces of bark, towards the end of broken stems. It is found 
in great varieties in the rivers of Thuringia. 
20. Sabella arundinacea. Shell subconic, open at both 
ends, composed of fragments of the bark of reeds placed on 
each other. It inhabits Thuringia, and is about an inch long. 
21. Sabella aculeata. Shell roundish, composed of small 
twigs and the culms of grasses, the points of which project 
a little. This is found in Thuringia. The shell is sometimes 
conic, sometimes cylindrical. 
22. Sabellamarsupialis. The shell of this species is black, 
the open end is cylindrical and narrower, the other part'turgid 
and ovate. It is more than two inches long, and composed 
of black sand; within it is smooth. 
23. Sabella Norwegica. Shell roundish, open at both ends, 
brittle, membranaceous, composed of very minute grains 
of sand. It inhabits Norway, is four inches long, and 
about the thickness of a crow’s quill. 
24. Sabella lumbricalis. Shell coarse, creeping, fragile, 
open at both ends. The inhabitant has no tentacula at the 
mouth, but has a prickly jointed body. It inhabits the 
Greenland seas, fixed to stones. The shell is of a greyish 
colour, composed of particles of sand connected to a convex 
membrane; within it is lubricous, polished. The inhabitant 
is rufous, annulate with white, beneath paler: it has twenty- 
one joints, each of which is armed with two spines; and two 
other terminal ones, which are unarmed. 
25. Sabella Indica. The shell of this is cylindrical, com¬ 
posed of capillary, sub-cylindrical, agglutinated crystals of 
quartz. It inhabits the Indian ocean. 
SABELLIANS, a sect in the East, who reduced the 
three persons in the Trinity to three states or relations; or 
rather reduced the whole Trinity to the one person of the 
Father; making the Word and the Holy Spirit to be emana¬ 
tions, or functions of it. 
Sabellius, their chief, first broached this doctrine, in the 
SAB 
third century, about the year 255, in a city of Libya, called 
Ptolemais. He taught, according to Epiphanius, that the 
same being is Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; so that there 
are only three denominations in one hypostasis or sub¬ 
sistence. 
SABELLICUS, an Italian historian and philologist, whose 
proper name was Marcantonio Coccio, was bom about the 
year 1436, at Vicovaro, in the Campagna of Rome. He 
studied under different masters at Rome, and finally under 
Pomponio Leto, who admitted him into his academy, in 
which he obtained the name of Sabellicus, as being a native 
of the ancient country of the Sabines. In 1475, he accepted 
an invitation to the professorship of eloquence at Udine. He 
there employed himself in researches into the antiquities of 
the province of Friuli, the fruits of which were given to the 
public in a work, “ De Vetustate Aquileia, lib. vi.” About 
the year 1484, he removed to Venice, where he taught the 
belles lettres, till he was forced away from that city by the 
plague. He now went to Verona, where, in the space of 
fifteen months, he wrote, in the Latin language, thirty-two 
books of the history of Venice, which he printed on his 
return to that capital, in 1487. This work was held in high 
estimation by the republic, and the author was assigned a 
pension. In gratitude to the state, he wrote a description of 
the city,—a dialogue concerning its magistrates,—and two 
poems in praise of the republic. He was afterwards made 
librarian of St. Mark: this situation afforded him much 
leisure time, which he employed in pursuing his studies with 
the greatest assiduity, as appeared by the number of works 
which he published. Of these was a history of the world 
from the creation to the year 1503, entitled “ Rhapsodise 
Historiarum Enneades,” in sixty-three books. Sabellicus 
founded an academy at Venice, and he appears to have en¬ 
joyed a very high reputation among the learned of his time. 
He died, in consequence of some irregularities in his moral 
conduct, in 1506. As a philologist, he gave notes upon 
Pliny, Livy, Valerius, Maximus, and Catullus, which have 
been preserved in Gruter’s “ Thesaurus.” 
SABEN. See Sebf.n. 
SABERCAN, a village of Irak, Arabia; 50 miles east of 
Bagdad. 
SABI, or Xavier, a town of Central Africa, in the 
kingdom of Whidah, and residence of the sovereign before 
the subjection of the country to the king of Dahomey. When 
that prince, named Guadjo Trudo, conquered it in 1727, he 
caused the forts to be dismantled, and the guns removed to 
his palaces at Ardra, Calmina, and Abomey. Nothing 
remains of the fortifications except the moat which surround¬ 
ed the town. The site of the palace of the Whidah kings 
may still be traced, and is held sacred by that unfortunate 
family, who live in exile near Popo. Sabi, however, is still 
considerable, being situated in a country most luxuriantly 
fertile, and surrounded with plantations of corn, yams, &c. 
It stands on the river Euphrates, about a mile from the sea. 
SABIA, a country of Eastern Africa, situated to the south 
of Sofala, traversed by a river of the same name, which falls 
into the Indian ocean. Slaves, ivory, and gold-dust, may 
be procured here, as in other parts of the same coast. The 
Portugese, however, _ have not formed an establishment at 
the mouth of the river, but carry on their trade from Sofala 
on the north, and Inhambane on the South. The country 
is therefore little known to, or frequented by, Europeans. 
SABIANGO, a large river of Quito, in the province of 
Loxa, which runs west, and enters the Macara on the west 
bank, in Lat. 0. 25. S. 
SABIER, a small seaport on the Slave coast of Africa ; 
18 miles south-west of Assom. 
SABINA. See Junipeuus. 
SABINA, a port of the gulf of California, in the province 
and government of Sonora. 
SABINAS, a river of Mexico, which runs south-east, to 
enter the Rio Norte. 
SA'BINE, s. [a a bine, Fr. sabina, Lat.] A plant.— 
Sabine or savin will make fine hedges, and may be brought 
into any form by clipping. Mortimer. See Juniperus 
SABINE 
