SAX 
Congress of Vienna, (nearly 18 months), was balanced 
between hope and fear, and cruel was the disappointment 
of the Saxons, on finding that the northern and eastern part 
of their territory, containing no less than 850,000 inha¬ 
bitants, was to be separated from the kingdom, and trans¬ 
ferred to Prussia. The king protested against dismember¬ 
ment ; but dreading insurrection and bloodshed, he some 
time after thought proper to acquiesce. 
A prudent policy may tend to heal the wounds of Saxony, 
but cannot, it is to be apprehended, insure her ultimate inde¬ 
pendence ; for, situated between two rival powers, this 
country can hardly remain a pacific spectator of their future 
quarrels. The succession to the crown is settled, in the event 
of failure of the reigning family, in the Duke of Saxe- 
Weimar; but it is not improbable that Austria may at a 
future period assert her claim, founded on the right of 
females, and on the recent marriage of the emperor with a 
princess of Saxony. Prussia, on the other hand, may ad¬ 
vance, that Saxony is, from physical position, an appendage 
of her territory, and that no claims founded on family con¬ 
nexion, can justify Austria in attempting to extend her domi¬ 
nion beyond the great mountains which bound Bohemia on 
the north, all of which bear the additional title of Wittgen¬ 
stein, and are well-known in the history of the late war, by 
the active share taken in it by one of the family in the service 
of Russia. The principal of these are Sayn-Wittgenstein- 
Berleburg, Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, and Sayn-Witt- 
genstein-Sayn. See Wittgenstein. 
SAXONY, a large province of the Prussian states, situated 
to the west of Brandenburg, and north of the kingdom of 
Saxony. It comprises almost the whole of the cessions made 
by the latter power at the Congress of Vienna, and with these 
have been incorporated by the Prussian government, the 
principalities lying to the north of the duchy of Anhalt, and 
to the west of the rivers Elbe and Havel; so that the whole 
now forms an area of 9830 square miles, with rather more 
than 100,000 of inhabitants. It lies between Lat. 50. 52. 
and 53. 3. N. long. 9. 50. and 13. 50. E„ and is divided 
into the governments of Magdeburg, Merseburg, and Erfurt. 
It forms a distinct military division; and the chief town is 
Magdeburg. 
This large province is in general level; the only hills being 
part of the Hartz, in the south-west corner, and a detached 
part of the Thuringian forest. The rest is varied only by 
gentle swellings, or insignificant elevations. The soil, how¬ 
ever varies greatly, being in some places dry and sandy, and 
in others a heavy loam No part of the Prussian states pos¬ 
sesses a more advantageous combination of fertile land and 
good husbandry, than the track lying around Magdeburg; 
but the country to the north and south is in general less 
productive. There are some large forests, but in the far 
greater part wood is scarce. The principal objects of cul¬ 
tivation, after corn, are hemp, flax, and chicory for making 
coffee. Pit coal and metals are found chiefly in the moun¬ 
tains of the Hartz; porcelain clay in the level ground in the 
south; but the product hitherto most profitable is salt, which 
is obtained, not from mines, but from brine springs, by 
evaporation. The quantity made, at present very large, 
might be doubled, were it not limited by the scarcity of fuel. 
The richest of these springs is in the government of Merse¬ 
burg, where it is often difficult to find pure water for 
drinking, or for the purposes of cookery. The inhabitants 
are almost all Protestants, except in the little district called 
the Eichesfeld. Having enjoyed the benefits of an enlight¬ 
ened government, both under Prussia and Saxony, they are 
in general active and industrious; but their fabrics, chiefly 
linen and woollen, are carried on not in factories, but in the 
separate dwellings of the workmen. The commerce of the 
province is very limited, and is carried on partly by the Elbe, 
partly by the Havel, the Saale, and the Unstrutt, its tributary 
streams. 
SAXTEAD, a parish of England, in Suffolk; 2 miles 
north-west of Framlingham. 
SAXTEN, a small town in the interior of Switzerland, 
canton of Unterwalden, on the lake of Samen. 
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SAXTHORPE, a parish of England, in Norfolk; 6 
miles north-west of Aylesham. 
SAXTON, a parish of England, West Riding of York¬ 
shire ; 4| miles south-by-w’est of Tadcaster. 
SAXTON'S RIVER, a river of the United States, in Ver¬ 
mont, which empties itself into the Connecticut, at West¬ 
minster. 
To SAY, v. a. [pecgan, Sax. saggen, Dutch.] To utter any 
fact or opinion. It differs thus from to speak. The latter 
implies the mere act of articulate utterance. It is perfectly 
abstract. To say, on the other hand, can only be used in 
connection with the matter spoken. This distinction is not, 
however, maintained by poets. 
Say it out Diggon, for whatever it hight 
For nought but well mought him betight. 
He is so meek. Spenser. 
SAY, s. A speech, or thing said. Unused. —He had no 
sooner said his say. L'Estrange, [for assay.] So good 
a say invites the eye. Sidney. —Silk [from soie, Fr.] Ob¬ 
solete .—Woollen stuff. 
SAYACU, in Ornithology, the name of a Brasilian bird. 
It is a species of the Tanagra; which see. 
SAYAN, a name given by some to a species of sea- 
swallow. This is the bird w’hose nests are so famous an in¬ 
gredient in soups. 
SAYANSK1E, a chain of mountains in Siberia, forming a 
prolongation of the Altai, and like them forming the line of 
separation between Siberia and Chinese Tartary. The 
Sayanskie mountains extend between the Upper Yenisei and 
the Lake Baikal. They consist chiefly of naked rocks of 
a red granite, and being entirely desert, are little frequented 
by travellers. They are divided into two ranges, one of 
which bordering on the Yenisei, derives its name from that 
river; the other takes its appellation from the city of 
Krasnoiarsk. 
SAYBROOK, a post township of the United States in 
Middlesex county, on the west side of the Connecticut, near 
its mouth. Population 3996; 17 miles west of New Lon¬ 
don. Lat. 41. 18. N. long. 72. 24. W. 
SAYDA, a small town of Germany, in Saxony, situated 
between the rivers Flohe and Mulda. Population only 900; 
27 miles south-west of Dresden. 
SAYFNG, s. An expression; opinion.—Many are the 
sayings of the wise. Milton. 
SAYMBRUMBACUM, a town of the south of India, 
province of the Carnatic. At this place is a remarkable fine 
reservoir of water, eight miles in length by three in breadth, 
formed by a bank between two ranges of hills. In the dry 
season the water is let out in small streams, and serves to 
irrigate the lands belonging to thirty-two villages. Lat. 13. 
2. N. long. 80. 5. E. 
SAYN, a small principality in the- west of Germany, in 
the duchy of Nassau, and the Prussian government of 
Coblentz. The princes of Sayn have been extinct for above 
200 years, but a younger branch of the family still exists, 
divided into several collateral lines. 
SAYN, or Seyn, a small island on the north-west coast 
of France, department of Finisterre, opposite to Capdi Riez. 
It is dangerous to ships, from the rocks and shoals by 
which it is surrounded. 
SAYN, a small town of the Prussian province of the 
Lower Rhine; 6 miles north of Coblentz, and 6 east of 
Andernach. Population 800. 
SAYN, a river of the west of Germany, which flows into 
the Rhine; 5 miles below Coblentz. 
SAYOU, a village of Western Africa, in the country of 
Sierra Leone; 60 miles east-north-east of Portlogo. 
SAYPAN, one of the Ladrone islands, in the Eastern seas, 
about 20 miles in circumference. It is uninhabited like that 
of Tinian, and different accounts are given of its produc¬ 
tiveness, by the different navigators who have visited it. 
According to some, it does not afford the same refreshments 
to ships that touch there as Tinian, though Anson, by whom 
it was visited, says that it presents an aspect not in any re- 
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