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Salamine is famous for a naval battle fought in the year 479 
B. C. in the strait formed between the island and the con¬ 
tinent. 
• SALAMIS, a famous town of the island of Cyprus. 
According to Scylax, this town had a secure port, proper 
for the shelter of ships in the winter. It was ruined by an 
earthquake, which caused the sea to overflow it: but it was 
again re-established in the 4th century. Here was a temple 
dedicated to Venus. When it was re-established in the 4th 
century, it took the name of Constantia; and though it was 
depopulated about the end of the 7th century, the name of 
Constanza was annexed to its ruins. St. Paul came to 
Salamis with St. Barnabas, A. D. 44, and there converted 
Sergius Paul us. 
SALAMPSII, a people of Africa, in Mauritania Cresa- 
riensis, in the vicinity of the Machuri, and east of the 
Baniuri. Ptol. 
SALAMUN, a village of Lower Egypt, on the western 
branch of the Nile; 4 miles south of Shabur. 
SALANA, a small river in the south part of the kingdom 
of Naples, in Calabria Ultra, which falls into the Faro di 
Messina. 
SALANBUIGH, a town of Cochin-china, on the river 
Catang. Lat. 15. N. long. 108. 30. E. 
SALANCHE, a small town of the Sardinian states, in 
Savoy, province of Faucigny, situated on an eminence on 
the Arve. It has 1400 inhabitants, and is 28 miles south¬ 
east of Geneva. Near this is the cataract, called Pisse- 
vache. 
SALANDRA, or Salandrella, a small river in the 
south of the kingdom of Naples. It falls into the gulf of 
Taranto. 
SALANGARI, a small island in the Eastern seas, near 
the west coast of Gilolo. Lat. 2.15. N. long. 127. 31. E. 
SALANIEH, a village of Lower Egypt; 1 mile west of 
Damietta. 
SALANKEMEN, a small and ill built town of the Aus¬ 
trian states, in Sclavonia, opposite to the influx of the Theyss 
into the Danube. The Austrians, under prince Louis, of 
Baden, defeated the Turks here, in 1691; and again, under 
prince Eugene, in 1716 ; 20 miles east-south-east of Peter- 
Wardein, and 18 north-west of Belgrade. Lat. 45. 10. N. 
long. 20. 30. E. 
SALANKEN, Cape, a cape on the south coast of the 
island of Celebes, in Bony Bay. Lat. 4. 15. S. long. 120. 
48. E. 
SALANO, a small but neat town of Austrian Illyria, in 
Friuli, on the Isonzo ; 2 miles north-north-east of Goritz. 
SALAPHITANUM OPPIDUM, in Ancient Geography, 
a town in the interior of Africa, which was subject to the 
Romans, according to Pliny, who reckons it in the number 
of the thirty towns which were indulged with the liberty of 
choosing their own magistrates. 
SALAPIA, Salpe, a town of Italy, in Apulia, towards 
the south coast, near the sea, in a marshy situation, which 
rendered it very insalubrious. Some pretend that it was 
founded by Diomedes. It was a post of consequence, which 
was eagerly contended for by the Romans and Cartha- 
gians during the second Punic war. 
SALAQUICHE, a river of South America, in the New 
Kingdom of Granada, and province of Choco, which rises 
in the mountains, and falls into the gulf of Darrien, at the 
mouth of the river Atrato. 
SALAR, in Ichthyology, a name given by some authors 
to the trout. Others apply the name to a young salmon, 
while very small. 
SA'LARY, s. [salaire, Fr. solarium, Lat. Solarium, or 
salary, is derived from sal. Arbuthnot. — Sal, i. e. salt, 
was a part of the pay of the Roman soldiers. Malone .]— 
Stated hire; annual or periodical payment.—This is hire and 
salary, not revenge. Sha/cspeare. 
SALASSA, a small town of the north-west of Italy, in 
Piedmont, province of Ivrea, situated between the Oreo and 
the Vana, with 1200 inhabitants. 
SAL 
SALASSES, the name given to the loftiest mountains in 
the centre of the island of Bourbon. They are supposed to 
be upwards of 9000 feet high, and contain a volcano in their 
north-west part. 
SALASSI, in Ancient Geography, a people of Gallia 
Transpadana, more northerly than the Taurini, in a fine 
valley watered by the Duria Major. In the year of Rome 
610, a difference took place between the Salassi and some of 
their neighbours. Appius Claudius Pulcher, to whom was 
assigned the department of Gaul, took occasion to war 
against them : he lost the first battle, but gained the second, 
and subjected the country to the dominion of the Romans. 
On occasion of a second revolt in 728, Augustus sent against 
them Terentius Varro Murena, who terminated the war in a 
single campaign: and, under a pretext of levying contribu¬ 
tions, he distributed his troops through the whole country. 
Strabo says, that the Salassi, to the number of about 40,000, 
were forcibly dispossessed and carried away by the Romans; 
36,000 were sold as slaves; and 4000 were incorporated 
with the Pretoriau cohorts. 
SALAT, a river in the south of‘France, department of 
the Ariegge. It falls into the Garonne, near Martory. 
SALATAN, Cape, a cape on the south coast of Borneo. 
Lat. 4. 10. S. long. 114. E. 
SALATHOS, a people of Africa, in Interior Libya, who 
inhabited the territory between Mount Mandre and Sagapola. 
Ptol. —Also, a river of Africa, in the environs of Mount 
Mandre. 
SALAU, a large village in the south of France, depart¬ 
ment of the Arriege, arrondissement of Girons. It lies at 
the foot of the Pyrenees, and has in the neighbourhood lead 
mines and marble quarries. Population 1100. 
SALAURIS, a town of Hispania, situated on the coast, 
between Mount Sellius and the town of Tarracone, among 
sandy desarts. 
SALAWAY, Point, a cape on the east coast-of the island 
of Gilolo. Lat. 1. 24. N. long. 128. 51. E. 
SALAYASIR, in Natural History, the name by which 
the people of the Philippine islands call that small species of 
duck, which is so common thereabouts. This is an inha¬ 
bitant of their lakes and marshes, and is a perfect duck, and 
very beautifully coloured, but does not exceed the bigness of 
a man’s fist. 
SALBRIS, a small town near the central part of France, 
department of the Loire and Cher, on the river Saudre, with 
1300 inhabitants; 12 miles north-east of Romorantin, and 
30 east-south-east of Blois. 
SALBURG, a town of Saxony, in the country of Reussen, 
on the Saab In the year 1640, this town was burned by 
the Swedes; 20 miles south-south-west of Gera, and 40 south¬ 
east of Erfurt. Lat. 50. 27. N. long. 11. 50. E. 
SALBUTIQUI, a river of South America, in the province 
of Nicaragua, which runs south, and enters the Pacific ocean 
to the west of the town of San Miguel. 
SALCES, a village in the south of France, department of 
the Eastern Pyrenees, now known only by its salt springs, 
but said to have been formerly a considerable town. There 
is here a fortress of the same name, and the remains of the 
ancient town of Salsulae. Population 700; 9 miles north of 
Perpignan. 
SALCITO, a small town ill the north of the kingdom of 
Naples, in the province of Molise, with 2000 inhabitants. 
SALCOMBE, REGIS, a parish of England, in Devon¬ 
shire, near the channel between Brunscomb and Sidmouth, 
about a mile east of the latter. 
SALCOTT, a parish of England, in Essex; 8| miles 
south-west of Colchester. 
SALDANA, a rapid river of the New Kingdom of Gra¬ 
nada, in the province of Popayan, which runs north-east, 
and after being joined by various tributary streams, enters 
the Magdalena on the west shore. It is dangerous to ford, 
from the strength of its currents. 
SALDANHA BAY, a bay of the Atlantic, on the south¬ 
ern coast of Africa, to the northward of the Cape of Good 
Hope. 
