SAL 
SAL 
583 
le'n cloth and leather. Population 2000; 6 miles north-west 
of St. Hippolyte, and 12 west of Alais. 
SALLE, a small town in the north-west of France, de¬ 
partment of the Maine and Loire, with 1100 inhabitants. 
SALLEE, a large sea-port on the western coast of Mo¬ 
rocco, situated in the province of Benihassen, at the mouth 
of a river of the same name, formed by the union of two 
smaller streams, the Buregreb and the Gueroo. It was for¬ 
merly the great hold of Moorish piracy, and immense de¬ 
predations were committed from it upon European commerce. 
These seem now confined to the smaller Barbary states, but 
Sallee still retains the traces of its ancient pursuit, in an 
immense and dreary dungeon, formed under ground, for 
the reception of unfortunate captives. The river for¬ 
merly admitted large vessels; but sand has accumulated to 
such a degree, that a vessel of 150 tons lately struck, and 
the accumulation still continues. Sallee is a walled town, 
and has a battery of 24 pieces of cannon, which commands 
the road, and a redoubt that defends the entrance of the 
river. The road can be frequented with safety only in sum¬ 
mer, from the beginning of April to the end of September; 
for the gales which in winter blow frequently from the south- 
south-west, make it no longer safe; vessels are then liable to be 
driven out to sea ; while the shifting of the sands at the bar 
obstructs the communication with the town. On the oppo¬ 
site side of the river stands Rabat, called often New Sallee, 
and which is properly to be considered as another quarter 
of the same town. It has been chiefly frequented by Euro¬ 
peans, and contained once numerous factories belonging to 
them. In fact, the best anchorage is to be found on this 
side of the river, where the vessel should be moored between 
the tower of the mosque, and that called Hassen. Of late, 
however, the difficulty of navigating the river, the obstacles 
arising from the arbitrary power of the sovereign, and the 
disposition and prejudices of the Moors, have disgusted the 
Europeans. Yet Rabat is the best situated of any place upon 
this coast, for carrying on the intercourse with Europe, 
being that where the commodities of wool, leather, and wax, 
may be most abundantly procured, and whence imported 
articles may be most conveniently distributed through the 
empire. The preference of the emperors, however, for Mo- 
godor, enforced by their absolute power, has prevailed 
against these natural advantages. There are some docks for 
building ships at Sallee and Rabat; but the difficulty of na¬ 
vigating the channel, and the probability of the sand con¬ 
tinuing to accumulate, give room to predict, that in a short 
time only boats will be able to ascend the river. Near its 
mouth, below Rabat, are the remains of a very large and 
strong castle, built in the twelfth century, by Jacob Alman- 
sor, but entirely demolished by the late emperor, who pre¬ 
served only some magazines, remarkable for their strength 
and solidity. Lat. 34. 3. N. long. 6. 40. W. 
SALLEE, a town of Hindostan, province of Gujerat, si¬ 
tuated on the north side of the Mahy river, subject to the 
British. Lat. 22.27. N. long. 73. 20. E. 
SALLEEOLAKIT, a small island in the Eastern seas, 
near the south-west coast of Mindanao. Lat 6. 42. N. long. 
121.25. E. 
SALLENGZE (Albeit Henry de), an ingenious writer, was 
born at the Hague in 1794. He was educated at Leyden, 
after which he became an advocate. He died in 1723. He 
wrote the “ History of Montmaur,” in two vols. 12mo.; 
Memoirs of Literature,” two vols.; “ Novus Thesaurus 
Antiquitatum Romanorum,” three vols. fob; and “ An 
Essay on the History of the United Provinces.” 
SALLENT, a small town in the north-east of Spain, in 
Arragon, on the river Llobregat. 
SALLES-CURAN, a town in the south of France, de¬ 
partment of the Aveyron. Population 1200, 14 miles south¬ 
east of Rhodez. 
SA'LLET. See Salet. —But for a sallet my brainpan 
had been cleft with a brown bill. Shakspeare. 
SA'LLET, or SA'LLETING, $. [corrupted by pronun¬ 
ciation from salad."] I tried upon sallet oil. Boyle. —Sow 
some early salleting. Mortimer. 
SALLIAN, a city of Schirvan, in Persia, situated on the 
Caspian, at the mouth of the Cyrus or Kur. It is inhabited 
chiefly by Russians, who carry on a most extensive fishery 
of sturgeon, which is found in vast abundance in the neigh¬ 
bouring sea; 90 miles south of Schamachi. 
SA'LLIANCE, s. The act of issuing forth; sally. A 
\word very elegant, but out of use. 
Now mote I weet, 
Sir Guyon, why with so fierce salliaunce 
And fell intent, ye did at earst me meet. Spenser. 
SALLIEZ, a town in the south of France, in the depart¬ 
ment of the Lower Pyrenees. It is an inland town, and the 
chief place of a canton, but remarkable for little, except two 
springs in the neighbourhood, from which salt is made in 
large quantities. Population 6400; 9 miles west-by-south 
of Orthez. 
SALLO (Denys de), lord of La Coudraye, a man of 
letters, and the founder of modern periodical criticism, 
was born at Paris, in 1626, of a noble family, originally 
from Poitou. He was educated to the law, and was 
admitted a counsellor of the parliament of Paris, in 1652. 
He had a great passion for reading, especially on curious 
and uncommon subjects, in proof of which the following 
facts have been adduced. When cardinal Chigi was legate 
in France, and doubts had arisen concerning his right of 
precedence, M. Sallo drew up a treatise “ De Legatis.” 
The court being afterwards in doubt whether Maria-Theresa 
ought to be denominated of Austria or Spain, he was ap¬ 
plied to on the occasion, and wrote a learned tract “ On 
Names.” He composed another “ On Seals,” and other 
similar pieces, which have not been made public. In 1664 
he projected the “ Journal des Savans,” which he began to 
publish under the name of Sieur d’Hedouville. He had 
several coadjutors in this work, and it began in a free style 
of criticism, which excited the loud complaints of some cele¬ 
brated authors, who, by an undue influence, caused the work 
to be suppressed after the appearance of the 13th number. 
Sallo then transferred the editorship to the abb6 Gallois, 
who contented himself with extracts of books, without ven¬ 
turing upon any opinions of their merits. It afterwards 
passed into the hands of the abb6 de la Roque, and the 
president Cousin, and was finally committed to a body of 
men of letters, appointed by the chancellor. It was the 
forerunner, or indeed the parent, of all the literary journals 
which have since appeared in Italy, Germany, Holland, and 
England, which, with all their defects, have certainly con¬ 
tributed much to the diffusion of knowledge and just prin¬ 
ciples of taste. Sallo died at Paris, in 1669, at the age of 
forty-three. 
SA'LLOW, s. \saule, Fr. palh, Sax. salix, Lat.] A tree 
of the genus of willow. 
Sallows and reeds on banks of rivers born. 
Remain to cut to stay thy vines. Dryclen. 
The more particular explication of willows and sallows, 
and distinguishing them into ten species. Worthington. 
SA'LLOW, adj. [salo, Germ, black; sale, Fr. foul; or 
rather, perhaps, from an analogy between the drooping of 
the tree and the colour of melancholic persons.] Sickly ; 
yellow. 
What a deal of brine 
Hath washt thy sallow cheeks for Rosaline ? Shakspeare. 
. SA'LLOWNESS, s. Yellowness; sickly paleness.—A fish- 
diet would give such a sallowness to the celebrated beauties 
of this island, as would scarce make them distinguishable 
from those of France. Addison. 
SALLUST (Caius Crispus Sallustius), a celebrated 
Roman historian, was born about the year 85, B.C. in the 
country of the Sabines. He was educated at Rome, and 
was not less distinguished for his licentiousness than for 
his talents. It is recorded of him, that being detected in 
an adulterous intercourse, he was actually scourged by 
the hand of Milo, and obliged to pay a fine before he 
obtained his dismission. His extravagance and debauchery 
caused 
