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however, in the old nomenclature, an hundred substances 
called salts. See Sal. 
SALT-SILVER is a denomination given to one penny paid 
at the feast of St. Martin, by the tenants of some manors, as 
a commutation for the service of carrying their lord’s salt 
from market to his larder. 
SALTUARIUS, in Antiquity, an officer, or servant, among 
the Romans, who had the care and custody of a country- 
house, with lands and woods, and who was to look to the 
fruit, the fences, &c. 
In Nehemiah, chap. ii. 8, mention is made of an officer of 
this kind; custos saltus regis, which the English translators 
interpret, keeper of the king's forest; but he was more, 
having not only the keeping of a forest, but of a house with 
a forest; saltus being here used as horti, for a house of plea¬ 
sure because gardens are the principal part. In the laws of 
the Lombards, saltuarius is an officer who has the guard of 
the frontiers. 
SALTUM, Ordination per Saltum. See Ordination. 
SALTUS, in Law-books, a high thick wood. 
SALTWARP, a village of England, Worcestershire; 3 
miles west of Droitwich, near a river of the same, which runs 
into the Severn, at Worcester. Population 399. 
SALTWATER, a village of England, in Sussex, south¬ 
west of Chichester. 
SALTWATER HAUGH, a remarkable salt spring in 
the river Wear, county of Durham, England. It is to be 
seen chiefly in summer when the water falls to the side of 
the channel. It tinges the stones near it with a red colour, 
and when boiled, produces a great quantity of bay-salt. 
SALTWICH, a village of England, in Northumberland, 
near Stannington. 
SALT WOOD, a parish of England, in Kent. Population 
1066; 1 mile north of Hythe. 
SALT-WORK, s. A saltern ; a place where salt is made. 
—'These salt-works, and a mint that is established at the 
same place, have rendered this town [Hall] almost as popu¬ 
lous as Inspruck itself. Addison. 
SALT-WORT. See Salicornia. 
SA'LTY, adj. Somewhat salt. Cotgrave. 
SALVABI'LITY, s. Possibility of being saved from dam¬ 
nation.—Why do we Christians so fiercely argue against the 
solvability of each other, as if it were our wish that all 
should be damned, but those of our particular sect ? Dec. of 
Chr. Piety. 
SA'LVABLE, adj. Capable of being saved.—Our wild 
fancies about God’s decrees have in event reprobated more 
than those decrees, and have bid fair to the damning of 
many whom those left solvable. Dec. of Chr. Piety. 
SALVADOR, St., the name given by the Portugese mis¬ 
sionaries, to the capital of the kingdom of Congo, in West¬ 
ern Africa. We have no account of it, except theirs, which 
is now somewhat antiquated. They describe it as built on 
a rocky and somewhat steep hill, at the top of which is a 
plain about ten miles in circumference, over which the build¬ 
ings are irregularly scattered. The houses, even of the opu¬ 
lent natives, are, like all others in this country, built merely 
of reeds and straw, and the interior hung with mats. The 
king’s palace consists of a vast inclosure about a league in 
circuit, in the interior of which are separate mansions, or 
rather cottages, for his servants and wives. The Portuguese 
had a quarter assigned to them, which they built partly of 
stone, and inclosed. They had erected a church, and in¬ 
vested one of their number with the title of bishop. The 
late British expedition, though they found no Portuguese on 
any part of the Zaire, were yet informed that a few still 
remained in the capital, but obtained no intelligence as to 
their number or actual condition. 
SALVADOR, St., a large and opulent city of Brazil, at 
the entrance of All Saints bay, on the right side, where the 
land at a small distance from the shore rises steeply to a high 
ridgy hill, on the summit of which the city is erected, with 
the exception of a single street that ranges parallel to the 
beach. From the inequality of the ground, and the planta¬ 
tions interspersed, it occupies a considerable space. The 
buildings are chiefly of the seventeenth century, ill construct¬ 
ed, and, from the slightness of the materials, rapidly decay¬ 
ing, which diminishes the effect of many of them that once 
were sumptuous. The town is divided into high and low, 
the latter, consisting of certain streets, filled with store-houses 
on the shores of the bay, for the convenience of loading and 
unloading. As in all Catholic cities, the churches are the 
most distinguished edifices, and those on which the greatest 
attention and expense were originally lavished. The cathe 
dral is large, but falling into ruin ; while the college and 
archiepiscopal palace, or rather house, adjoining, are kept 
in thorough repair: they were all, at the period of their 
erection, spacious buildings, and have a proud station on 
the summit of the hill, commanding the bay and surround¬ 
ing country. The grand church of the ex-Jesuits is by far 
the most elegant structure in the city. It is composed entirely 
of European marble, imported for the purpose, at an im¬ 
mense cost, while the internal ornaments are superfluously 
rich; the rails of the altar are of cast brass, the whole of 
the wood work is inlaid with tortoise-shell, and the grand 
chancel, and several other communion recesses, diverging 
from the side aisles, with their respective altars, are loaded 
with gildings, paintings, images, and a profusion of other 
decorations. The college and monastery adjoining it, which 
were the most extensive and best endowed of any in Brazil, 
having for the last forty years been entirly unoccupied, 
government have lately converted them into a commodious 
hospital. The valuable library is nearly lost to mankind ; 
the books and manuscripts being huddled together in a 
neglected room, and in a state almost of ruin- The church 
and mbnastery of the Franciscans are extensive buildings; 
the latter is two stories high; the apartments of the monks 
Open into spacious corridors, that front a large square court, 
with a fountain in the centre, whose walls are decorated 
with European blue tiles in historical compartments, in 
which passages of heathen mythology and Christian history 
are curiously blended. Immediately adjoining is a separate 
foundation for the brothers of the Franciscans, or those who, 
having mixed with the world, may choose in the latter period 
of their lives a religious retirement. This building is curi¬ 
ously fronted in stucco, and remarkable for its neat cemetery, 
consisting of two rows of small arched vaults, three tiers deep, 
each vault intended to contain a coffin, which being de¬ 
posited in if, the end of the vault is closed. The vaults are 
numbered and white-washed, and their arches relieved with 
neat colouring: abroad aisle, paved with black and white 
marble, leads between them; and at the end is a drapery 
figure of Religion. The whole is kept remarkably clean; 
and well ventilated by windows near the roof, which'Open 
to the garden; while the spreading banana excludes the sun’s 
rays, and casts a solemn light on this sadly pleasing 
abode of death. The Carmelite church is more modern and 
more elegantly ornamented than that of the Franciscans; 
and the monastery adjoining is immensely rich. The same 
buildings belonging to the Benedictines are inferior to those 
of the other orders that have been mentioned, though their 
revenues are equally productive. Among the parochial 
churches, those of the Concession, Pillar, and St. Peter, are 
the most distinguished within the city, and those of St. 
Antonio and Victoria near the bar, which stand in such 
striking situations, as to form excellent sea-marks. There 
are, besides these, several other churches, and a variety of 
chapels, monasteries,'and convents; all presenting the same 
tedious load of ornaments, bad taste, and excess of superstition. 
The principal squares or places are, the one immediately ad¬ 
joining the palace, and that of the Jesuits. The streets are 
confined and narrow, wretchedly paved, never cleaned, and 
therefore disgustingly dirty. The backs of several of them 
are the receptacles of filth, which, exposed to so extreme a 
heat, would affect severely the health of the inhabitants, but 
for the salubrious air that prevails, in consequence of the 
elevated situation of the place. In the royal square is the 
house or palace of the governor, which is an old insignificant 
building; and opposite are the mint and public offices. The 
third side contains the court-house, and the remaining one, 
the 
