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SAKRAI>AXVEN-DR A, one of ‘the Ceylenese deities, who!'coaimamh'and'governs all the list, anil formerly' answered (heprayers of his worshippers. :

„ SAL. ■ or SALT,-an island of Africa, ' one of Ike Cape de X’erd Ifslands, so called from its numerous sait-poncL, where the water,,which overfi-ows part of it frequently, crystallizes into a beautiful.salt.... Lon; 21. 5th XV.-Lat. 16. 53. N; :

Sal, a lake of North America , in Lon. 92., 30.XV. Lat. 50. 25. N. !

Sal Ammonj-ac, Native.-. .This salt,'.according to.Mongou, •is met with in the form.of an efflorescence on the surface of .theearth, or adhering iir powder to rocks. Sometimes, as in Persia 'and tire country .of the Kalmucks, it is found as hard as stone. Itis met with of different colours, as grey, black, green, and red, inthe neighbourhood'of volcanoes, in the caverns or grottoes of 1’tiz-Kuoli, and in the mineral-lakes of Tuscany , as well as in somemountains of Tartary and Thibet. At Solfaterra, near Naples , itis found iu the crevices, of a yellowish colour, like common salammoniac more than once sublimed.

SALA, or S A LBLRG, a town of Sweden , in XX'estmania ; 30miles XV. of Upsai, and 50 N. XV. of Stockholm .' Lon. 17.45. E.Lat. 59. 50. N.

■ -SALACIAj' in botany, a genus of the trigynia order, and gv-Randria'class of plants. Calvx five-parted ; corolla five-petaled ;.anthers placed on the apex of the germ. There are two species,viz. S. Chinensis, and S. Cochinchinensis.

SALAD. See Sallet.

v SALA DA, an island of N. America ; whose N. E. point lies inLou. 64. 12. XV. and Lat. 10. 59. N.

SALAKA, a sen-port-lown of Africa, in Nubia , on the XV. coastof the Red Sea . Lou. 54. 20. E. Lat. 20. 42. N.

• SALAMANCA, a city of Spain , ill the kingdom of Leon,about 75 miles XV, of Madrid . Lon. 6. 10. XV. Lat. 41. 0. N.

Salamanca de Bacalar, a town of Mexico, in Yucatan , 150miles S. of Merida , and 140 S. of Campcachy. Lon. 90. 30. XV.Lat, 17 2. N.

SALAMANDER. See Lacerta.

SALAMIS. or SALAMINA, an island of the Archipelago , inthe Sinus Saronicus, on the South coast of Attica, opposite toEieusis ; famous for a battle between the Greek and Persian fleets.

Salamis , the capital of the above island. Eon. 34. 0. E. Lat.37. 32. N. . ,

■ Salamis,- Salamina, or Salaminia, an ancient town of Cyprus on the S. E. coast. It is now called Salina.

Salamis , in the mythology, a daughter of the river-god Aso-pus, »by the nymph M-elbone. Neptune became enamoured ofher, and, carried her to the island afterwards named from her,where she bore him a son, named Cenclireus.

SALAN’AKEM, a town of Sclavonia, 20 miles N. XV. of Bel-grade . Lon. 20. 53. E. Eat. 45. 14. N.

SALANCHE, or SALANClIES./a town of France , In thedepartment of Mont Blanc , and late duchy of Savoy, late capitalof Upper Faucigny, 12 miles N. of Closes, and 31 S. E. of Geneva.

SALARANO.a town of Italy , in the department of the dona,and district and late duchy of Milan, 15 miles S. E. of Milan ,1,011. 9.'22. E. Lat. 42. 44.‘N.

■ SALARY, a recompence made to a person for his industry iuanother man’s business. Salarinm at first signified the rents orprofits of a sale, hall, or house; (and in Gascoigne they called theseats of the gentry salas, as we do halls ;) but afterwards it was takenfor anv wages, -stipend, or annual allowance.

SA'LAS'SI, an ancient people of Gallia Cisalpina , who wereoften at war with the Romans.

SALCOMB, a sea-port and bay of England, on the S coast ofDevonshire,between Braulcomb andSidmouth; S.XV.ofDartmouth.

SALDANA A BAY, a hay of the Atlantic, on (lie Southcoast of Africa, Nr XV. of the Cape of Good Hope . Lon. 17. 6.E. Eat. 33. 9. S.

SALE, the exchange of a commodity for money; Barter , orPermutation, is the exchange of one commodity for another.When the bargain-is concluded, an obligation is contracted by thebuyer to pay the value, and bv the seller to deliver the commodity,at the time and place agreed on, or immediately, if no time bespecified. In this, as well as other mercantile contracts, the safetyof commerce requires the utmost good faith and veracity. There-fore, although, by the'laws of England, a sale, above the value of10 1. be not binding, miles-' earnest be paid, or the bargain be con-

firmed by writing, a merchant would lose all credit who refusedto perforin his agreement, although these legal requisites wereomitted. XX lien a specific thing is sold, the property, even before,delivery, is iu some respect vested in the buyer; and if the thingperishes,' the buyer must hear the loss. For example, if .a hor.-i'

: die before delivery, lie. must pay the value : but if the bargain1 only determines the quantity and quality of the goods, withoutspecifying the identical articles, and the seller’s, warehouse, with; all his goods, be burned, he is entitled to no payment, lie mustalso bear the loss if the thing perish through bis fault ; or .when aparticular time and place of del : very is agreed on, if it perish be-fore it be tendered, in terms of the bargain. If.a person purchasegoods at a shop without agreeing for the j rice, he is liable for theordinary market-price at the time of purchase. If the buyerproves insolvent before delivery, the seller is not bound to deliverthe goods without payment or security. If the importation, or useof the commodities sold, be prohibited by law, or if the buyerknows that they were smuggled, no action lies for .delivery. Theproperty of goods is generally presumed, in favour of commerce,to belong to the possessor, ami cannot’be challenged in the handsof an onerous purchaser. But to. this there are some exceptions.By the Scots law, stolen goods may in all cases be reclaimed bythe proprietor, and also by the English law, unless, they werebought bona fide in an open market; that is, in the accustomedpublic places, on stated days in the country, or in,a shop in Lou-don ; and horses may In- reclaimed, unless tin- sale be. regularly en-1 tered by the book-keeper of the maiket. In all cases, it the goods] be evicted by the lawlul proprietor, the seller is liable to the pur-chaser for the value. Actions lor payment of slngeac-counts, aswell as other debts not constituted by writing, are limited in Eng-land to six years. The testimony of one witness is admitted ;and the seller’s books, although the person that kept them be dead,are good evidence for one year. In Scotland , men lumts-booksmay be proved within three years of the date of the last article, byone witness, and the creditor’s books, and oath in supplement.After three years, they can only be proved by the oath or writ ofthe debtor. A merchant’s books are in all cases good evidenceagainst him.

SALLC TO, a town of Africa, in Tunis , on the East coast nearthe Mediterranean, 16 miles S. S. E. ofLempta. Lon. 11.3. E.Lat. 35 . 13, N.

SALEM, [lleb. 1 . e. peace.] in ancient geography. See Je-rusalem, and Melchisedec . .

Salem, in modern geography, a town of Hindostan, in Barra-matil ; 28 miles S. of Darempour, and 75 N..E. of Coimhetore.

Salem, a town of the United States in Massachusetts , thesecond town in the state, 19 miles N. E. of Boston , and 366 N. E.by N. of Philadelphia . Lon. 71. 30. XX’. Lat. 42. 16. N.

Salem, a county of New Jersey , 21 miles long, and 19 broad ;bounded on theN. by Gloucester County, E-by Cumberland, Sand S. XV. by Delaware Buy, and XX’. by the river Delaware. . Itis divided into nine townships.

Salem, the capital of the above county, 37 miles S. S. XV. ofPhiladelphia. L 011 . 75. 37. XV. Lai. 39.'37. N-

Salem, a post-town of North Carolina , in Stokes county, 33miles N. E. by N. of Salisbury, and 17(3 V\ ; . by S. of llaliiax. •

SALLP, the dried root of a species of orchis, and other similarpreparations. See Orchis.

Salep, a nutritious preparation obtained from two species of theorchis, ft is the ferula of the root. See Sago, and Orchis.

SALERNO, an ancient and considerable town of Naples, ,capital of Principato Citra, 27 miles S. E. of Naples . Eon. 14..43. E. Lat. 40. 45. N.

SALERNUM, in ancient geography, a town of Italy , nowcalled Salerno. See the last article.

SALET, in war, a light covering or armour for the head, an-ciently worn by the light hor.-c, only different from the casque iuthat it had no crest, and was little more than a bare cap.

SALLYER, an island in the East Indian Ocean, 30 miles long,and 3 broad ; separated from the S. coast ot the island ot Celebes ,by a strait of the same name. Lon. 130. 10. E. Lai. 6. 12. S.

SALIANT, iii heraldry, denotes a lion in a leaping posture,standing so that his right foot is in the dexter point, anti his hinderleft fool is in die sinister base-point of the escutcheon, by whichit is distinguished from rampant.

Saliant, in fortification, denotes projecting. There are two

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