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SALERS, a small inland town in the south of France, in SALFORD ABBOTS, or Little, a village of England 
the department of the Cantal. Population 1200; 9 miles in Warwickshire ; 5 miles south-south-west of Alcester. 
south-east of Mauriac. SALFORD PRIORS, or Great, a parish of England, 
SALES, a town in the south of France, in Languedoc, in Warwickshire ; 4| miles south-by-west of Alcester. Po- 
department of the Aude; 9 miles west of Castelnaudary. pulation 817. 
Population 1000. SALFORD, Upper, a township of the United States, 
SALESBURY (William), a Welsh grammarian, who in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. Population 838. 
flourished at the beginning of the 17th century, was bred to SALFORD, Lower, a township of the United States, in 
the law. He assisted bishop Davies in translating the New Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. Population 558. 
Testament into the Welsh language, which was printed in SALGA, in Ancient Geography, a town of Africa, in 
1620. He is known as the author of “ A Welsh Dictionary Mauritania. Steph.Byz. 
A Treatise on Rhetoric“ Poems,” &c. SALGADO, a river of Brazil, on the coast of Pemamhuco 
SALESBURY, a village of England, in Hertfordshire, 
north-east of Sherly. 
SALESBURY, a village of England, in Lancashire; 5 
miles north of Blackburn. 
SALES-CURAN, or Salles-curan, a town of France, 
in the department of the Aveiron, and chief place of a canton, 
in the district of Milhau ; 11 miles south-east of Rodez or 
Rodes. The place contains 1164, and the canton 3886 in¬ 
habitants, on a territory of 210 kiliometres, in eight com¬ 
munes. 
SA'LESMAN, s. One who sells clothes ready made. 
Poets make characters, as salesmen cloaths; 
We take no measure of your fops and beaus. Swift. 
SALET, or Sallet. s. [Nicod derives the word from sila, 
which had the same signification among the Latins ; others 
from saladinvs, alleging that it was borrowed from the Ori¬ 
entals; others from the Italian celeta, as if the head were hid 
by it; others from the Spanish celada, a little cask, &c.; 
others from the French salade, and this from the Teutonic 
schaole, or the German scha/e. ] A light covering or armour 
for the head, anciently worn by the light horse; only dif¬ 
fering from the casque in that it had no crest, and was little 
more than a bare cap. It sometimes had a visor, and was 
sometimes without it. 
SA'LEWORK, s. Work for sale; work carelessly done. 
I see no more in you than in the ordinary 
Of Nature’s salework. Skakspeare. 
SALEYER, or Salayr, an island in the Eastern seas, 
situated off the southern extremity of the island of Celebes. 
It may be estimated to be about 40 miles in length, and 
nearly 8 in breadth. There are many smaller islets, which 
lie round it, and are dependant on it. This island is moun¬ 
tainous and woody. It produces abundance of millet, which 
is carefully cultivated by the natives, as it forms their chief 
subsistence. There also is plenty of cotton, from which 
coarse cloth is manufactured. The natives of Saleyer are 
more civilized than most of the inhabitants of the eastern 
islands: their houses are good, and in travelling they are 
carried in bamboo chairs over the hills, but have horses for 
use in the plains. Saleyer was formerly ceded by the Macas¬ 
sars, to the king of Ternate, from whom it was wrested by 
the Dutch. In 1775 it was governed by 14 regents, who 
resorted once a year to Macassar, with two hundred and fifty 
or three hundred of their countrymen, to perform the custo¬ 
mary duties of vassalage, and set forth their complaints. The 
inhabitants are estimated at about 60,000; they are reckoned 
to be pusillanimous and servile, quarrelsome and perverse. 
Lat. 5. 45. S. long. 120. 55. E. 
SALEZ, or Suletz, a large village in the north of 
Switzerland, in the canton of St. Gall, on the Rhine. It has 
two yearly fairs,and some trade in linen ; 4 miles east of Sax. 
SALFORD, a village of England, in Somerset, situated 
cm the Avon, between Bath and Bristol. 
SALFORD, a parish of England, in Bedfordshire; 4| 
miles north-by-west of Woburn. 
SALFORD, a township of England, in Lancashire, con¬ 
taining 19,114 inhabitants, who are chiefly employed in the 
trades and manufactures peculiar to Manchester, to which it 
adjoins. 
SALFORD, a parish of England, in Oxfordshire; 3 miles 
west-north-west of Chipping Norton. 
navigable only for small boats. 
SALGANEA, or Salganeus, in Ancient Geography, a 
town of Greece, in Boeotia, at the passage of the Euripus to 
the isle of Euboea. 
SALHI, a village of Upper Egypt, on the right bank of 
the Nile; 3 miles north-east of Atfieh. 
SALI, in Ancient Geography, a people of European 
Sarmatia, north of the Agathyrsi. Ptolemy. 
SALI, or Salico, the same as Portudal ; which see. 
SALIiE, in Antiquity, Roman virgins, dressed after the 
manner of the Salii, who assisted the pontiff in sacrificing. 
Pitisc. in voc. 
SALIAN, or Sallian, was bom at Avignon, in the year 
1557. He entered the society of the Jesuits at the age of 21, 
and was soon appointed to teach the principles of polite 
literature at different seminaries, in the province ot Lyons. 
After this he was chosen to the office of rector of the college 
ofBesangon. The remainder of his life he spent at Paris. 
He died in 1640, at the age of 83. He is known as a con¬ 
siderable author, and among his works are the following : 
“ Annales Ecclesiastic! Veteris Testament!, ab Orbe condito 
usque ad Christ! Domini Mortem,” in 6 vols. folio; an 
“ Epitome” of the preceding work; “ Enchiridion Chrono- 
logicum sacree et profanse Historic.” 
SALI AN AH, a town of Northern Hindostan, province of 
Nepaul. It is governed by a native chief, who is tributary 
to the rajah. Lat. 29. 2. N. long. 81.37. E. 
SA'LIANT, adj. [French.] In heraldry, denotes a lion in 
a leaping posture, and standing so that his right foot is in the 
dexter point, and his hinder left foot in the sinister base point 
of the escutcheon, by which it is distinguished from rampant. 
Harris. — Saliant, in heraldry, is when the lion is sporting 
himself. Peacham. 
SALIBABO, an island in the Eastern seas, to the south¬ 
ward of Tulour, from which it is divided by a narrow strait, 
about one mile wide. It is not above 8 or 10 miles in cir¬ 
cumference, and is admirably cultivated. It contains 12 
villages, the united population of which may be estimated 
at about 3000. It abounds in potatoes, rice, goats, hogs, 
&c. The inhabitants are of the Malay colour, with long 
hair, and have for arms lances, swords, targets, and dag¬ 
gers. They are much oppressed by their kolanos, or chiefs, 
and sold as slaves for trifling offences. The inhabitants of 
Salibabo island are very frequently at war with those of 
Kabruang, distant five or six miles. They barter provisions 
with such ships as pass, for coarse calicoes, red handker¬ 
chiefs, coarse cutlery, &c. They manufacture a coarse kind 
of cloth, from the wild plantain tree called abska, the fruit 
of which is bitter, and full of black seeds. Plenty of hogs 
are on the island. There is a very good harbour on the 
east coast. Lat. 4. N. long. 128. 9. E. 
SALIC, or Salique, in Law, Lex Salica, an ancient and 
fundamental law of the kingdom of France, usually sup¬ 
posed to have been made by Pharamond, or at least by 
Clovis, in virtue of which males only are to inherit. 
Some, as Postellus, will have it to have been called Salic, 
q. d. Gallic , because peculiar to the Gauls. Cenal takes 
the reason to be, that the law was only ordained for the 
royal salles , or palaces. Fer. Montanus insists, it was be¬ 
cause Pharamond was at first called Salicus; others, with 
the abbot of Usperg, derive its name from Salogast, Phara- 
mond’s principal minister; and others, from the frequent 
repetition 
