SAN 
summer, but in winter they require the shelter of a green¬ 
house. 
SAN, meaning Saint. Many names of places with this 
refixed, are to be sought under the word that follows, as 
an Carlos. See Carlos, San, or St. 
SAN, a large river of Austrian Poland, which rises in the 
Carpathian mountains, on the borders of the county of 
Unguar, in Hungary, and falls into the Vistula, near 
Sendomir. It is one of the largest rivers in the province, and 
now forms part of the boundary between Russian Poland 
and Austrian Galicia. Its course is very winding, but in 
general from south-east to north-west. 
SAN, a river of China, which rises on the frontier of 
Tartary, and falls into the gulf of Leaotong. Lat. 39. 9. N. 
long. 117. 28. E. 
SAN, in Lower Egypt. See Samnah. 
SAN ANTONIG, a town of the Caraccas, situated on 
the north bank of the Apute, just above where it divides 
itself into several branches, to join the Arauca, in about 
Lat. 7. 30. N., with a village called Bancolargo on the oppo¬ 
site bank of the river. South of this town, and between 
the Capanaparo and the Sinaruco, the country is inhabited 
by tribes of wild and independent Indians, who allow no 
settlements tQ be made among them. 
•SAN ANTONIO DE BEJAR, a town of New Spain, 
and capital of Texas, between the two rivers Nagales and 
St. Antonio. 
SAN BARTOLOMEO DE CHILLAN. See Chillan. 
SAN BENEDITO, an island on the west coast of New 
Spain. Lat. 19. 18. N. long. 110. 53. W. 
SAN BLAS, a small sea-port on the western coast of 
Mexico, situated on an island formed by the Rio Grande 
de Santiago, as it enters the Pacific. The climate is ex¬ 
ceedingly hot and unhealthy; insomuch, that though it is 
the residence of the marine department of the province, the 
official people all live at Tepic, which is not so hot and 
unhealthy. 
SAN DEL BOSE, an island in the Eastern seas, covered 
with mountains of a moderate elevation. Lat. 10. 27. S. 
long. 120. 31. E. 
SAN BUENAVENTURA. See Buenaventura. 
SAN CARLOS. See Carlos, San. 
SAN FERNANDO, a town of Chili, and capital of the 
province of Colchagua, situated near the river Tinguirririca. 
It was built in 1742, and contains about 1500 families, with 
a parish church, a Franciscan convent, and a college, with 
a handsome church built by the Jesuits. 
SAN JOSEF, a town of west Florida, on a bay of the 
same name, near Cape St. Bias, in the gulf of Mexico. 
Lat. 29. 45. N. long. 15. 34. W. 
SAN JOSEF, a Spanish missionary settlement of Cali¬ 
fornia, in Port Juan Francisco or Bodego. 
SAN LUIS DE GONZAGA, or Estancia del rev, a 
town of Chili, and capital of the province of Huilquilemu 
lately built near the Biobbio, in Lat. 36. 45. S. 
SAN MIGUEL DE IBARRA. See Ibarra. 
SAN NICOLAS, an island in the Pacific Ocean. Lat. 
33. 16. N. long. 119. 30. W. 
SAN PALOI, a small island near the west coast of the 
island of Lticon. Lat. 14. 45. N. long. 120. 10. E. 
SAN PEDRO, a settlement of Peru, in the intendancy 
of Truxillo, on the river Pascamayu, containing 120 Indian 
families, 30 families of whiter, and 12 of mulattoes. Lat: 
7. 25. 49. S. 
SAN PEDRO DE BATOPILAS, a town of Mexico, in 
the intendancy of Durango. It is situated on the west of 
Rio Conchos, and was formerly celebrated for the great 
wealth of its mines. It contains 8000 inhabitants. 
SAN SALVADOR, an island on the east coast of Mexico. 
Lat. 32. 43. N. long. 118. 30. W. 
SAN SALVADOR, a small district of Guatimala, which 
produces sugar canes and indigo in great abundance. 
SAN SALVADOR, the capital of the above province, 
situated 12 miles from the coast of the Pacific Ocean, and 
140 miles east-south-east of, Guatimala. It has a little trade, 
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and is the residence of a governor. Many maps have al'» 
surdly made this town the capital of Spanish North America: 
Its population is about 5000 Indians, whites, and castes- 
Lat. 13. 40. N. long. 89. 20. W. 
SANA, a small river of the west of Switzerland, which 
runs into the Aar; 3 miles south of Aarburg. 
SANA, a city of Arabia, capital of Yemen, and residence 
of the Imam. It is situated in a barren and stony valley, 
encircled by lofty hills; but its immediate vicinity is beauti¬ 
fully diversified by woods and gardens. Sir Henry Middle- 
ton describes it as somewhat larger than Bristol, but probably 
not so populous, as it contains many gardens within the 
walls. Sana contains many handsome stone houses, with 
others substantially built of brick. Upon the whole, it 
appeared to a late traveller one of the prettiest cities of Asia, 
so that, if properly cleaned and kept, it might come into 
competition with some of the best in Europe. It is sur¬ 
rounded with a strong mud wall. Fruits are very .plentiful 
in the neighbourhood, particularly grapes, great quantities 
of which are dried and exported; 128 miles north-north- 
east of Mocha; Lat. 15. 21. N. long. 44. 9. E. 
SANA, a province of Peru, bounded east and north-east 
by the province of Caxamarca, north and north-west by 
that of Piura, and west by the Pacific Ocean, along the coast 
of which it extends 75 miles. It is 25 leagues in length 
from south-east to north-west, and is 14 wide. Its soil is 
level, and, excepting in the desert of Sechura, fertile. The 
heat is, however, at times insufferable. It produces in 
abundance wheat, maize, rice, and other seeds, and it has 
all kinds of fruit besides. Here are manufactories of barilla; 
they also make dressed leather from the skins of goats, in 
which they carry on a lucrative trade. A trade is also 
carried on in fine cotton manufactures. 
SANA, the capital of the above province, situated on the 
shore of the river of its name, on the coast of the Pacific 
Ocean. This town has obtained the name of Miraflores, on 
account of the beautiful flowers in its neighbourhood, as 
well as for its being situated in a fertile and pleasant valley. 
It is now in a state of decay, in consequence of an inunda¬ 
tion, by which it was nearly ruined, in 1728. In 1685, it 
was sacked by Davis, the English adventurer; 80 miles 
north of Truxillo. Lat. 6. 52. S. long. 79. 35. 30. W. The 
river Sana runs through this town. 
SA'NABLE, adj. [sanabilis, Lat.] Curable; susceptive 
of remedy; remediable. 
SANADON (Noel-Etienne), was born at Rouen, in 1676. 
He was early initiated into the society of the Jesuits, of which 
he afterwards became a professor at Caen, and other places. 
In 1728 he became librarian to the College of Louis le 
Grand ; and in 1733 he died. He was esteemed one of the 
most elegant Latin poets of his time. But he is chiefly known 
by his version of the works of Horace, entitled “ Traduction 
des CEuvres d’Horace avec des Remarques,” which first 
appeared in 1727, Paris, 2 vols. 4to. It is a prose trans¬ 
lation. He printed with his own translation the original 
Latin, in which he took great liberties in his various readings, 
and in changing the order of the poems; but his most noted 
effort of ingenuity was the “ Carmen Seculare,” which, from 
a number of detached odes, he formed into a grand connected 
piece of lyric composition. In his various alterations he fre¬ 
quently makes remarks, that display much taste and critical 
sagacity ; but lie is apt to indulge his fancy in pursuing sup¬ 
posed allegories and allusions to the events of the Augustan 
times. 
SANAG, a town on the west coast of the island of Lorn- , 
bok. Lat. 8. 27. S. long. 115. 15. E. 
SANAISCHARA, in Hindoo Mythology, a name of Sani, 
the Hindoo regent of the planet Saturn: the name means 
slow-moving. 
SANALIA, in Surgery, a name given by some old authors 
to those tumours, commonly called meliceres.- 
SANAMUNDA, in Botany, a name applied by Clusius 
and other old botanists, to-several shrubs of the Daphne Pas- 
serina, and similar genera, which seems to allude to their 
purgative qualities. 
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