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SCHANDAU, a small town of Saxony, on the Elbe, near 
the Bohemian frontier. It contains 1000 inhabitants; and 
the environs are so mountainous, as to be called the Switzer¬ 
land of Saxony; 4 miles east of Konigstein. 
SCHANNIS, a small but well-built town in the north-east 
of Switzerland, in the canton of St. Gall, on the river Linth. 
It has a celebrated abbey, and is 10 miles north of Glaris. 
SCHANOIRSKOI, a fortress of Kolivan, in Asiatic Russia, 
on the Irtysch; 48 miles east of Semipolatnoi. 
SCI1ANTARSKIJA, three islands oft'the eastern coast of 
Asiatic Russia, in the sea of Okhotsk. Lat. 55. 15. to 55. 
30. long. 138. to 139. E. 
. SCHAPHAN, the name of an animal declared unclean by 
the law of Moses; but interpreter do not agree in their ex- 
planation of this word. 
SCIIARA, or Osara, a village in the Syrian desert, near 
the western bank of the Euphrates ; 160 miles east-south-east 
of Aleppo. 
' SCHARAAZARGUNSKOI, a village of Trkoutsk, in 
Asiatic Russia, on the Chinese frontier; 128 miles west- 
south-west of Selenginsk. 
SCHARANS, a large village in the Swiss canton of the 
Grisons, situated in the valley of Domlesch. The inhabitants 
are very subject to goitres. From the vicinity ot this village, 
there is cut through the mountains into the valley of the En- 
gadine, a road which in general is narrow, and in many 
places terrific to the traveller. 
SCHAREDSJE, or Zaka, an island in the Persian gulf, 
near the coast of Arabia, about 30 miles in circumference. 
Lat. 25. N. long. 54. 15. E. 
SCHARFLIMG, a market town of Upper Austria, on the 
lake Atter; 10 miles west of Gmunden, and 42 west of 
Lintz. 
SCHARHORN, a very lofty mountain of the Alps, in 
the Swiss canton of Uri, 10,200 feet above the level of 
the sea, 
SCHARKARSKOI, a village of Tobolsk, in Asiatic 
Russia, on the Obi; 72 miles south-south-west of Beresof. 
SCHARKIE, village of Siwah, in Northern Africa, near 
which there are some extensive ruins. 
SCIIARKIOI, a small town of European Turkey, in Bul¬ 
garia, east of Nissa, on the river Nissawa, with a fortress on 
an eminence. 
SCHARNBECK, a small town of Germany, in Hanover ; 
10 miles north of Bremen. Population 1300. 
SCH ARNITZ, a mountain pass of Tyrol, on the Iser, near 
the frontiers of Bavaria. It was formerly fortified, and was 
the scene of several very obstinate actions between the French 
and Tyrolese, in the insurrection of 1809; 9 miles north¬ 
west of Innspruck. 
SCHAR-PENY, Scharn-peny, or Schorn-peny. It 
appears, from our old books, that some customary tenants 
were obliged to pen up their cattle at night in the pounds 
or yard of their lord, for the benefit of their dung, or 
scearn, as the Saxons called it. In defect of this they were 
to pay a small compensation ; which was hence called 
scliar-peny. 
SCIIARTEN, a large village of Upper Austria; 15 miles 
west-south-west of Lintz. 
SCI1ARZFELD, a village of Germany, in Hanover, at 
the foot of the Hartz mountains. Population 850 ; 15 miles 
south of Goslar. 
SCHATTAU, or Schattovv, a small town of the Aus¬ 
trian states, in Moravia : 4 miles south-south-east of Znaym, 
and 35 south-west of Brunn. Population 1800. 
SCHATTORF, a large village of the Swiss canton of Uri. 
SCHATZK, a. town in the interior of European Russia, 
in the government of Tambov, on the river Schata. It con¬ 
tains 5700 inhabitants, and has a considerable traffic in 
hemp and hardware from the surrounding country, and in 
silk imported from abroad ; 96 miles north of Tambov, and 
216 south-east of Moscow. Lat. 54. 26. N. long. 41.56. E. 
SCHATZLAR, a small town in the north-east of Bohemia; 
75 miles east-north-east of Prague, and 8 north of Trautenau. 
SCH 
SCHAUENBURG, a district of the electorate of Hesse, 
in the north-west of Germany, situated at a distance from 
the rest ot the elector’s territories, and consisting of the south 
and east parts ot the principality of Schauenburg-Lippe, 
ceded to his family in the 16th century. Its area is about 
210 square miles: its population 24,000, almost all Luther¬ 
ans. It is in general a level and fertile district, with very 
few manufactures. In its government it is independent of 
the other states of the electorate, having its own courts of 
administration and of law. 
SCHAUENBURG, or Schaumborg-Lippe, a princi¬ 
pality of the German empire, in Westphalia, bounded by 
Hanover, Prussian Westphalia, and the province of Schauen- 
burg belonging to Hesse-Cassel. Its extent is above 210 
square miles; its population 24,000. The soil is fertile, and 
adapted both to tillage and pasturages. The chief manufac¬ 
tures are of thread and linen. This principality was formerly 
much more extensive. Its ruler is a member of the Ger¬ 
manic confederation, and has a revenue of about 21,500/. 
sterling. 
SCHAUENSTEIN, a small town of Germany, in Bava¬ 
rian Franconia; 18 miles north-east of Culmbach. 
SCHAUER-LEITHEN, a village of Lower Austria, in 
the quarter below the Wienerwald, with a rich coal mine. 
SCHAVLJA, a small town of the north-west of European 
Russia, in the government of Wilna; 120 miles east-north¬ 
east of Ivonigsberg. Though the chief town of a circle, it 
is an inconsiderable place; and most of its inhabitants are 
Jews. 
SCHAUMBURG, a domain in the west of Germany, in 
the duchy of Nassau, containing, with Holzapfel, about 40 
square miles and 7000 inhabitants. 
SCHAUM-EARTH. See Mineralogy. 
SCHAUT, a village of Oufa, in Asiatic Russia; 104 
miles west-south-west of Oufa. 
SCHAWNIK, a village in the north of Hungary, on the 
Hernath. Population 900; 6 miles south-south-east of 
Leutschau. 
SCHEAT, or Seat, in Astronomy, a fixed star of the 
second magnitude, in the junction of the leg with the left 
shoulder of Pegasus. Some call it Scheat Alpheras, and 
some Scheat Pegasi. 
SCHEAT, or, as it is sometimes written, Schead, or 
S/ieart, in Ichthyology, a name given by many to the jent- 
ling, a fish of the chub kind, caught in the Danube, and 
most of the larger rivers in Germany, and called by Gesner 
and Aldrovand capito cceruleus. 
This is the glanus of Pliny, and the other old Roman 
authors, and is distinguished by Artedi by the name of the 
silurus with four beards, near the mouth. This is its cha¬ 
racter in which it differs from the lake, another fish of this 
kind ; which, though a genuine species of silurus has only 
one beard. See Silurus. 
SCHEBSE, or Septze, a small town of European Tur¬ 
key, in Bosnia, with 3000 inhabitants. It has considerable 
ironworks. 
SCHECHALLIAN, a mountain of Scotland, in Perth¬ 
shire ; 3673 feet above the level of the sea. 
SCHECH SURE, or Surde,’ a small island in the 
Persian gulf, with a village on the south coast, where vessels 
may obtain water and provisions. Lat. 26. 8. N. long. 54. 
30. E. 
SCHEDUAN, an island, or rather immense naked rock, 
in the Red Sea; 8 miles long and 5 broad, at nearly an 
equal distance between the coasts of Asia and Africa. Lat. 
27. 35. N. 
SCHEDULE, s. [schedula, Latin; schedule, French. 
Dr. Johnson.—Formerly ccdule, both French and English. 
See Cotgrave. And is pronounced, by most persons, as if still 
written cedule .]—A small scroll.—The first published 
schedules being brought to a grave knight, he read over an 
unsavory sentence or two, and delivered back the libel. 
Hooker .—A writing additional or appendant. 
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