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1700, a most destructive flood occurred, and in 1796, a 
similar flood poured down the Savannah river, which inun¬ 
dated the towm of Augusta to the depth of two feet. It tore 
away an extensive bridge 800 feet long, and carried destruc¬ 
tion and dismay before it, quite to the town of Savannah. 
The height of the inundation was supposed to be from thirty- 
five to forty feet, at Augusta, above its common level. In 
proceeding up the Savannah river, the views on each side 
are eminently beautiful. The river is divided into nu¬ 
merous meandering channels, by small islands which in¬ 
tersect and divide it. On its banks are many rice swamps 
and cotton plantations. It abounds with alligators of various 
sizes. 
SAVANNAH, a city and port of entry of the United 
States, in Chatham county, Georgia, on the south-west bank 
of the Savannah, 17 miles from its mouth. It is situated on 
a sandy plain, elevated about forty feet above low tide, and 
contains a court-house, a jail, an alms-house, a hospital, a 
theatre, a public library, an academy, an exchange, three 
banks, including a branch of the United States bank, and 
seven houses of public w'orship ; one for Presbyterians, one 
for Episcopalians, one for Lutherans, one for Methodists, one 
for Baptists, one for Roman Catholics, and a Jewish syna¬ 
gogue. The academy is built of brick and stone, 180 feet 
by 60, of three stories. The exchange is a brick edifice of 
five stories. The new Presbyterian church, recently erected, 
is a -very spacious and elegant edifice of stone. The city a few 
years since was almost wholly built of wood, with very few ele¬ 
gant houses, but a large proportion of the houses recently 
erected are handsomely built of brick. Savannah has here¬ 
tofore been accounted very unhealthy during the summer and 
autumn, but the salubrity of the place is now much improved 
by appropriating to a dry culture, those lands in its imme¬ 
diate vicinity, which were formerly appropriated to the cul¬ 
ture of rice. 
The city is regularly laid out, and contains ten public 
squares, each consisting of two acres, with a pump in the 
centre. The squares and public walks are planted with 
china trees, which contribute much to the ornament, comfort, 
and salubrity of the place. Savannah is the great emporium 
of the state, and is a place of much trade. In six months, 
ending the 31st of March, 1818, there were exported 
from it 61,797 bales of cotton, 13,680 tierces of rice, and 
1500 hogsheads of tobacco. The shipping owned here, in 
1816, amounted to 12,776, tons. Vessels drawing 14 feet 
of water come up to the wharfs; larger vessels take in their 
cargoes at Five Fathom Hole, 3 miles below the town. On 
the east side of the city is Fort Wayne ; at Five Fathom 
Hole is Fort Jackson ; and on Tybee island, near the mouth 
of the river, there is a light-house; 118 miles south-west of 
Charlestown, and 123 south-east of Augusta. Lat. 32. 8. 
N. long. 81. 10. W. 
SAVANNAH CHANNEL, towards the south-east point 
of the south side of Jamaica, a short way west of Port Mo- 
rant harbour. Between them is Fisherman’s River. 
SAVANNAH KEY, a small island in the bay of Hon¬ 
duras, near the coast. Lat. 15. 58. N. long. 89. 50. W. 
SAVANNAH LA MER, a town on the south side of 
the island of Jamaica, in Cornwallis county, which has a 
good anchorage for large vessels. It was almost entirely 
destroyed by a dreadful hurricane and inundation of the sea, 
in 1780. It is now partly rebuilt, and may contain from 
60 to 70 houses. It bears from Blufield’s Point west-by-north- 
half-north about 3 leagues. Lat. 18. 12. N. long. 78. 6. W. 
SAVANNAH LA MER, a town at the east end of the 
island of St. Domingo, on the south side of the bay of 
Samana, opposite the city of Samana on the north side, and 
situated between the bay of Pearls and the point of league. 
The city of Samana and this town were both begun in 1756, 
and together do not contain more than 500 inhabitants. 
The anchorage here is only fit for small vessels. Shallows 
and breakers render the navigation very dangerous between 
this and the point of Icaque; 4| leagues distant. 
SAVANNAH, New, a township of the United States, in 
Burke county, Georgia, on the Savannah. 
SAVANNAH, Point, a cape on the west coast of Do¬ 
minica. Lat. 15. 33. N. long. 61. 29. W. 
SAVANNAH RIVER, Little, a river of Florida, which 
runs into the gulf of Mexico, north-west of St. Joseph’s 
bay. 
SAVARON (John), a learned and patriotic magistrate of 
the 16th and 17th centuries, was descended from a good 
family at Clermont, in Auvergne, and he became president 
of the seneschalcy and presidial court, and afterwards was 
made lieutenant-general. He was present in the States-Gene- 
ral of 1614, as deputy from the tiers-etats of the province of 
Auvergne, and defended the rights of his order with great 
eloquence and firmness. In a conference with the order of 
nobility, he gave so much offence to that body by the free¬ 
dom of his harangues, that it was judged necessary to assign 
him a guard for his safety. He afterwards supported, with 
great ability, the honorary privileges of the magistrates of 
his presidency, against the chapter of Clermont, in a plead¬ 
ing before the Parliament of Paris. He died, at a very ad¬ 
vanced age, in 1622. He was author of a number of works, 
of which the principal are, “ Sidonii Apollinaris Opera” 
with notes and commentaries; “ Origine de Clermont;” 
“ Traite contre les Duels“ Traite de la Souverainte du 
Roi et de son Royaume.” In this, and in a subsequent 
treatise on the same subject, Savaron maintained the inde¬ 
pendence of the crown of France on all other power, and 
shews the unlawfulness of dispensing its subjects from their 
oaths of allegiance. Savaron was likewise author of a work 
entitled “ Chronologie des Etats-generaux,” intended to 
prove that the tiers-etats always made a constituent part of 
the States-General. 
SAVARY (James), a commercial writer, was a native of 
Doue, in Anjou, but removing to Paris, he acquired there a 
considerable fortune by trade, and in 1658 he procured the 
place of one of the royal secretaries. His great reputation 
for commercial knowledge caused him to be frequently em¬ 
ployed in arbitrations, and in the year 1670 he was engaged 
in compiling the “ Code Marchand,” which appeared in the 
following year. He published, in 1675, a work, entitled 
“ Le Parfait Negociant,” of which there appeared eight edi¬ 
tions, besides translations into modern languages. The last 
edition into two vols. 4to. contains his “ Avis et Conseils 
sur les plus importantes Matieresde Commerce.” This esti¬ 
mable author died in 1693. 
SAVARY DES BRULONS (James), son of the preced¬ 
ing, was appointed by the minister Louvois, inspector-gene¬ 
ral of the customs of Paris. In this situation he began to 
make a collection of all the words which have any relation 
to trade and manufactures, with their proper meanings and 
derivations, and to these he afterwards added all the commer¬ 
cial ordinances and regulations in France and other coun¬ 
tries. This at length became the basis of a dictionary of 
commerce, in which he was many years engaged, in con¬ 
junction with his brother Philemon Louis, a priest and canon 
at Paris. He died in 1716, before the work was finished, 
but it was published under the inspection of his brother, with 
the title of “ Dictionnaire Universel de Commerce,” in two 
volumes fol., 1723. A supplemental volume was published 
in 1730, and a new edition of the whole was given in 1748, 
in three vols. folio. Postlethwayte’s English Dictionary of 
Trade and Commerce is a translation, with considerable ad¬ 
ditions and improvements. 
SAVARY, an eminent French traveller and writer, was 
born at Vitre, in Britanny, about the year 1748. He re¬ 
ceived his education at Rennes, and in 1776 he travelled into 
Egypt, where he resided almost three years, employing him¬ 
self in the study of the Arabic language, and in studying the 
antiquities and manners of people. He then spent 18 months 
in a tour among the islands of the Archipelago, and returned 
to France at the close of the year 1780. On his return to 
France he published 1. “ A Translation of the Koran, with 
a short life of Mahomet,” in two vols. 8vo. From his ver¬ 
sion, which is reckoned faithful and elegant, he extracted a 
“ Recueil de plus pure Maximes du Coran.” 2. His next 
considerable work was entitled “ Lettres sur l’Egypte,” in 
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