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PUDENDA, the parts of generation in both sexes. See Ana-tomy.

PUEBLA DE LOS ANGELOS, a city ofMexico, the capi-tal of Tlascala, 63 miles E. S. E. of Mexico , and 90 YV. N.W. ofVera Cruz.

Puebla Nueva, a town of Mexico , inVcragua; on a bay oftire S. Pacific Ocean ; 200 miles W. of Panama . Lon. 83. 28. YV.Lat. 8. 48. N.

PUEGOS, or SIQUIOIf, one of the Philippine islands. It issmall but populous, and the people are brave and warlike. It isiO miles N. of the YV. coast of Mindanao .

PUERILI TY, in discourse, is defined by Longinus to be athought which, by being too far fetched, becomes flat and insipid.It is, he adds, the common fault of those who affect to say nothingbut what is brilliant and extraordinary.

PUERPERAL , [from [>uer, a child, and pario, to bear, Lat.]of or belonging to child-bearing or labour.

PUERTO MAGNO, a sea-port on the YV. coast of the isle of.■Ivica : 7 miles N. of Ivica.

Puerto Maria, a sea-port of Jamaica , on the S. coast. Lon.76. 40. YV. Lat. 18. 26. N.

PUEEENDORF, Samuel De, an eminent German lawyer,born in 1631 at Flch, a village of Misnia , in Upper Saxony. Hewas son of Elias Pul'I'endorf, minister of that place. After acquir-ing the sciences at Leipsic, he studied the public law, which inGermany consists of the knowledge of the rights of the empireover the princes and states of which it is composed, and those of theprinces and states with respect to each other. In 1688, lie wentto Berlin , to write the history of the elector William the Great ;and in 1694, he was made a baron. He died in 1694, aged 63, ofan inflammation in his feet, occasioned by cutting his nails. Of hisworks, which are numerous, the following are the principal: 1. ATreatise on the Law of Nature and Nations: 2. An Introductionto the History of the principal States in Europe . Both these werewritten in German ; and have been translated into English . Theformer with Barbeyrac ’s notes. 3. The History of Sweden, fromGustavus Adolphus’s expedition into Germany to the abdicationof Queen Christina. 4. The History of Charles Gustavus, 2 vols.folio.

PUGET, Peter Paul, one of the greatest painters and sculp-tors France ever produced, was horn at Marseilles in 1623. Hewas the disciple of Roman, an able sculptor; and then went toItaly , where he studied painting aud architecture. He so wellimitated the manner of Peter De Cortona, that he entered intoafriendship with him. In 1657, a dangerous disorder obliged himto renounce the pencil, and devote himself to sculpture ; and beinginvited to Paris lie got a pension of 1200 crowns, as sculptor anddirector of the works relating to vessels and galleys. He died atMarseilles in 1695, and left a number of admirable statues both inFrance and Italy .

PUGtL, [pugillus,"] in physic, & c. such a quantity of flowers,seeds, or the like, as may be taken up between the thumb and twofore-fingers. It is esteemed to be the eighth part of the manipuleor handful.

Pugil, in Roman antiquity, a champion, a gladiator, or afighter, at fifty cuffs. See Arena, Circus, and Gladiator.

PUGILISM, the art of boxing : an art which has been muchpatronised of late, even by nobles and princes of the blood.

PUGILIST, a boxer; a bruiser: one who fights with hisfists.

PUGLIA, the modern name of the ancient Apulia, a country ofNaples; containing the three provinces of Bari , Cifpitanata, andOtranto, on the E. side of that kingdom. See Apulia .

PUISNE, or PUNY, in law, one younger born. It is not onlyapplied to the second, third, fourth, &c. child, with regard to the Ifirst-born ; but to the third, with regard to the second, &c. Thelast of all is called cadet. It is also applied to a judge, or counsel-lor, who is in some respect inferior to another.

PULAON, an island of Asia, in the Indian Ocean , lying on theYV. of the Philippines . Ii is governed by its own king, who istributary to the kingof Borneo . Lon. 129. 12. E. Lat. 9. 30. N

PULEX, the Elea, a genus of insects of the order aptera. Leg*six, formed for leaping ; eyes two ; antenna: filiform ; mouth fur-nished with an inflected, setaceous snout, concealing a piercer; ab-domen compressed. The pulex irritans, or common flea, so wellknown in its complete state in every region of the globe, is remark-able for undergoing the several changes experienced by the majorpart of the insect-race of other tribes; being produced from anegg, in the form of a minute worm or larva, which changes to achrysalis, in order to give birth to the perfect animal. The femaleflea deposits, or rather drops, her eggs at distant intervals, in anyfavourable situation : they are very small, of an oval shape, of awhite-colour, and a polished surface. From these, in the space ofsix days, are hatched the larvae, which are destitute of feet, of alengthened worm-like shape, beset with distant hairs, and furnishedat tne head with a pair of short antenna: or tenlacula, and at the tailwith a pair of slightly curved forks or holders. Their colour iswhite, with a reddish cast, and their motions quick and tortuous.These larva: are very frequently found in the nests of various birds,and, in particular, of pigeons, where they fasten occasionally tothe young brood, and saturate themselves with blood. In’thespace of ten or twelve days, they arrive at their full growth, whenthey usually measure near a quarter of an inch in length. At thisperiod they cease to feed, and, casting their skin, change into thestate of a chrysalis, which is of a white-colour, and of an oval shape,with a slightly pointed extremity, and exhibits the immature 1 mbsof the included insect. The larv® are said to spin themselves upin an oval cotton-like covering before they undergo tiieir change.This, however, is not always the case. After lying for the spaceof twelve days in chrysalis, the complete insect emerges in its ner-fectform. Itnow begins to exert its lively motions ; and employsthe sharp proboscis with which nature has furnished it, in orderto obtain nourishment from the first man, bird, or quadruped, towhich it can gain access. The time required for the evolution ofthis animal varies considerably according to the season of the year,and in the winter-months is of much longer duration than the periodabove mentioned; the egg scarcely hatching under twelve days,and the larv:e lying nearly twice the usual time in chrysalis. Amagnified view of this insect is given in Plate CXIY’, fig. 2. 'Thereis another species P. penetrans, or chiggcr, a native of America andEast Indies.

PULLEY, in mechanics, one of the five mechanical powers.See Mechanics.

PULMO , the Lungs, in anatomy. See Anatomy.

PULMONARIA, Lungwort; in botany, a genus of themonogynia order, and pentandria class of plants; natural order,Asperifolite. Corolla funnel-shaped, with its throat pervious; thecalvx prismatic and pentagonal. 'There are five-species.

fULMONARY VESSELS, in anatomy, are arteries and veins,which carry the blood from the heart to the lungs, and back againfrom the lungs to the heart. See Anatomy.

PULO TIMOAN, an island of the Indian Ocean , on the E.coast of Malacca . The island is mountainous, but abounds withtrees, particularly the cocoa-nut and cabbage-trees ; and has seve-ral beautiful and fertile valleys. The coast abounds with greenturtles. Lon. 105. 40. E. Lat. 3. 12. N.

Puio YVay, an island in the Indian Ocean , near the N. coast ofSumatra . It is the largest of those that form the entrance of thechannel of Achem, or Acheen, and is peopled by exiles fromAcbem. It is 27 miles N. of Achem. Lon. 95. 39. E. Lat. 3.12. N.

PULP, in pharmacy, the fleshy and succulent part of fruits, ex-tracted by infusion or boiling, and passed through a sieve.

PULPIT , [ pulpitum , Lat.] an elevated place where a speakerstands.

PULPITUM, in the Grecian and Roman theatres, was a placewhere the players performed their parts. It was lower than thescena, and higher than the orchestra. It nearly answered to whatwe call the stage, as distinguished from the pit and galleries.

Pulpitum was also a moveable desk or pulpit, from whichdisputants pronounced their dissertations, and authors recited theirworks.

PULSE, in the animal-ceconoiny, denotes the heating or throb-bing of the heart and arteries. 'They are also said to be frequentami rare, equal and unequal ; but these are not the essential atiec-lions of motion. Frequency and quickness are often confounded

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