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port was 35 vessels, containing 3324 tons, manned by 234 
seamen. The quantity of coals exported was 14,346 tons; 
and there was imported 2047 quarters of grain. There is 
very little other trade. Ship-building was at one time car¬ 
ried on to a considerable extent; but has of late dwindled 
down to very little. The town, 140 years ago, consisted 
of only four houses; now it contains 3413 inhabitants, of 
whom about 3000 are tenants to Lord Eglinton. The houses, 
in some of the lately built streets, are handsome, and even 
elegant. On the whole, it is a cheerful place, and is much 
resorted to for sea-bathing, as the salt water is remarkably 
ure, there being no rivulet of any note nearer than 5 miles 
y the shore. The state of manufactures is in general very 
low; but there is a chemical work, in good repute, for mag¬ 
nesia, and what is called epsom salts; 25 miles south-west 
from Glasgow, 22 south from Greenock, and 5 west from 
Irvine. 
SALTCOTE, a village of England, in Cumberland, be- 
tween Newton Marsh and Rabycote. 
SALTES, two small islands or rocks in St. George’s Chan¬ 
nel, near the south coast of Ireland, divided from the conti¬ 
nent by a strait about three miles across; in the whole length 
of which are rocks, called St. Patrick’s Bridge, which' it is 
said might formerly have been passed on foot at low water; 
10 miles west-south-west of Carnsore point. Lat. 52. 8. N. 
long. 6. 37. W. 
SA'LTER, s. One who salts.—I return to the em¬ 
balming of the Egyptians; and shall next proceed to 
speak of the surgeon or embalmer, and all other inferior 
officers under him, such as the dissector, emboweller, pol- 
linctor, salter, and other dependant servants. Green hill. 
—One who sells salt.—After these local names, the most 
have been derived from occupations; as smith, salter, ar¬ 
mourer. Camden. 
SALTERFORD, a hamlet of England, county of Not¬ 
tingham, situated on the forest near Granby. 
SALTERFORTH, or Satterforth, a township of 
England, West Riding of Yorkshire; 8| miles south-west of 
Skipton. Population 503. 
SALTERGATE, a hamlet of England, North Riding of 
Yorkshire; 8 miles north-east of Pickering. 
SA'LTERN, s, A saltwork.-—A sal teat made at the 
salterns. Mortimer. 
SALTERNESS, a sea-port village of Scotland, in the 
stewartry of Kirkcudbright, much resorted to as a bathing 
quarter. The point on which it is situated, and from which 
it takes its name, is considered by many to be the southern¬ 
most point of Scotland, being in lat. 54. 55. N. 
SALTFLEET, or Saltfleetby, a market town of Eng¬ 
land, in the county of Lincoln, situated on a small creek of 
the German ocean. It was formerly a place of considerable 
trade, but is now much decayed. It has still a harbour for 
shipping, which, having been much neglected;, is now fre¬ 
quented only by lighters. Here is a building erected as a 
bathing hotel, but little frequented, the shore being very fiat, 
and the bathing-place upwards of a jnile distant. Its an- 
cient name was Stepney, the old town of which was partly 
destroyed by a storm, and the rupture of a sea-bank. Po¬ 
pulation 169; 33 miles north-east of Lincoln. 
SALTFLEETBY, East, West, and Middle, three ad¬ 
joining parishes of England, in Lincolnshire, south-east of 
Saltfleet. 
SALTFORD, a parish of England, in Somerset; 6 miles 
west-north, west of Bath. 
SALTHILL, a village of England, in Lincolnshire, south, 
west of Kirton. 
SALTHOLM, a small island of .Denmark, in the sound 
near the coast of Zealand. Between it and the island of 
Amak lies the Drogden, the only passage by which ships of 
the line can reach the Baltic; 5 miles south-east of Copen¬ 
hagen. Lat. 55.58. N. long. 12. 46. E. 
SALTHORPE, a village of England, in Wiltshire, south¬ 
east of Wotton Basset. 
SALTHOUSE, or Sallow, a parish of England, in Nor¬ 
folk; 4 miles south-east of Coltishall. 
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SALTHOUSE, a parish of England, in Norfolk, between 
Holt and the sea. 
SA'LTIER, s. [saultiere, French.] Term of heraldry. 
—A saltier is in the form of a St. Andrew’s cross, and by 
some is taken to be an engine to take wild beasts: in 
French it is called un sautoir: it is an honourable bearing. 
Peacham. 
SALTILLO, a town of Mexico, situated on the confines 
of the province of Cohahuila and the small kngdom of 
Leon. This town is surrounded with arid plains, in which 
the traveller suffers much from the want of water. The 
table land on which Saltillo is situated descends towards 
Monclovax, the Rio del Norte, and the province of Texas, 
where, in place of European com, we find only fields covered 
with cactus. The town contains 6000 inhabitants. 
SALTINBA'CO, s. [saltare in banco, to climb on a 
bench, as a mountebank mounts a bank or bench.] A 
quack or mountebank. Unused .■ —Saltinbancoes , quack¬ 
salvers, and charlatans, deceive them: were jEsop alive, the 
Piazza and Pont-neuf could not speak their fallacies. 
Brown. 
He play’d the saltinbanco's part, 
Transfonn’d t’ a Frenchman by my art. Hudibras. 
SA'LTISH, adj. Somewhat salt. 
When billows make a breach and beate the bankes adowne, 
Doth not the saltish surge them beat the bankes adowne ? 
Mir. for Mag . 
Soils of a saltish nature improve sandy grounds. Mortimer. 
SALTKETCHERS, a river of the United States, in South 
Carolina, which changes its name of Cambahee. 
SA'LTLESS, adj. Insipid; not tasting of salt. 
SA'LTLY, adv. With taste of salt; in a salt manner. 
SALTMARSH, a village of England, East Riding of 
Yorkshire, on the banks of the Ouse. The ancient family 
of Saltmarsh have been seated in this village above 800 
years; 4 miles south-east of Howden. 
SA'LTNESS, s. Taste of salt.—-Salt water passing through 
earth, through ten vessels, one within another, hath not 
lost its saltness, so as to become potable; but drained 
through twenty, becomes fresh. Bacon. —Some think their 
wits have been asleep, except they dart out somewhat that 
is piquant and to the quick: men ought to find the difference 
between saltness and bitterness. Bacon. —State of being salt. 
If I had buried him in a wave at sea, 
I would not to the saltness of his grave 
Have added the least tear. Beaum. and FI. 
SALTO, a town of Paraguay, situated on a remote upper 
branch of the Vermeijo. It is an important point for the 
Spaniards, who are transporting their goods from Buenos 
Ayres, Tucuman, &c, to Upper Peru. 
SALTON, a village of England, North Riding of York¬ 
shire ; 6 J miles south-west of Pickering. 
SALTON, a parish of Scotland, in Haddingtonshire, com¬ 
prehending an area of about 2000 acres. It contains two 
small villages, named from their relative situations, East and 
West Salton, and containing, the one 281, and the other 127 
inhabitants. Population 790. 
SALT-PAN, or Salt-pit, s. Pit where salt is got.— 
Cicero prettily calls them salinas salt-pans , that you may 
extract salt out of, and sprinkle where you please. Bacon. 
—The stratum lay at about twenty-five fathom, by the Duke 
of Somerset’s salt-pans near Whitehaven. Woodward. 
SALTPETRE, s. [sal petrae, Latin; sal petre, Fr.] 
Nitre, or nitrate of potash.—Nitre or saltpetre, having a 
crude and windy spirit, by the heat of the fire suddenly 
dilateth. Bacon. —See the articles Nitrum and Che- 
MI STR IT* 
SALTPETRE CREEK, a river of the United States, in 
Maryland, which runs into Gunpowder river; 12 miles east- 
north-east of Baltimore. 
SALTS, s. pi. of Salt. This word is used somewhat 
differently from its singular. When persons speak of salts, 
they usually mean the carbonate of ammonia. There are, 
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