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SATURNINE, an appellation given to persons of a melan-choly disposition, as being supposed under the influence of theplanet Saturn .

SATYAVRATA, or MENU, in Indian mythology, is be-lieved by the Hindoos to have reigned over the whole world inthe earliest age of their chronology, and to have resided in thecountry' of Dravira on the coast of the eastern Indian peninsula.His patronymic name was Vaivaswata, or child of the sun.

SATYR , or SATIRE, in matters of literature, a discourse orpoem, exposing the vices or follies of mankind. See Poetry.

Satyrs, in ancient mythology, a species of deiffi-gods whodwelt in the woods. They are represented as monsters, half-men,and half-goals; having horns on their heads, a hairy body', with thefeet and tail of a goat.

SATYRIASIS. See Medicine.

SATYRIUM, in botany, a genus of the diandria order, andgynandria class of plants; natural order Verticillatse. Nectariumscrotiform, or inflated double behind the flower. It has twenty-one species.

SAVAGE, Richard, an English poet, was the natural son ofthe countess of .vlacclesfield, by earl Rivers, and born in 1697.This umiaturai woman caused him to be brought up without aknowledge of his origin, and flamed a story of his death, to pre-vent his father from leaving him a proper support. By the deathof his nurse he found some papers which disclosed the secret; butevery eli'orl made by him to gain his mother’s favour was ineffec-tual. Having the misfortune to kill another man in a drunkenquarrel, his mother devised every means she could to get him exe-cuted ; and when he was condemned she endeavoured to preventbis receiving a royal pardon. However his friends pictured hima reprieve; and lord Tyrconnel took him into his family. Butthe temper and conduct of Savage were most unfortunate. liequarrelled with his patron, and was discarded. Queen Caroline allowed him a pension of 50/. which he lost at her death, and wasreduced to great distress. He died in the prison at Bristol, wherehe was conlined for a trifling debt, in 1743. Savage had conside-rable genius, but it was uncultivated. The best of bis poems isintituled The Bastard.

Savage, when applied to men, is of much the same import withthat of barbarian, and means a person who is untaught and unci-vilized, or who is in the rude state of uncultivated nature. Thatsuch men exist at present, and have existed in most ages of theworld, is undeniable ; but a question naturally occurs respectingthe origin of this savage state, the determination of w hich is of con-siderable importance in developing the nature of man, and ascer-taining, die qualities and powers ot the human mind. Upon thissubject, opinions are very various and the systems built uponthem are consequently very contradictory.

Savage Island, an island in the S." Pacific Ocean , about 33miles in circumference, inhabited bv savages. Lon. 169. 37. VV.Lat. 19. 2. S.'

SAVANNA, or SAVANNAH, a city of the United States inGeorgia , formerly the metropolis of the state. Lon. 81.24. W.Lat, 32. 3. N.

Savanna la Mar, or Savanna i.e Mer, a town of Jamaica ,in tlie county of Cornwallis. Lon. 78. 7. W. Lat. 18. 13. N.

Savanna Mountains, mountains of Jamaica , 12 miles E. ofSavanna la Mar.

Savanna Point, a cape of Hispaniola , on the west coast.Lon. 61. 29- W. Lat. 15. 33. N.

SAVARY, an eminent French traveller and writer, born atVitre, in Brittany , about 1748. lie studied with applause atRennes, and in 1776 travelled into Egypt , where he remainedabout three years. During this period he was engaged in thestudy of the Arabian language, in searching out ancient monu-ments, and in examining the national maimers. After makinghimself acquainted with the knowledge and philosophy of Egypt ,he visited the islands in the Archipelago , where he spent eighteenmonths. On his return to France , in 1780, he- published, 1. A Tran —lation of the Koran, with a short Life of Mohammed, in 1783, 2vols. 8vo. 2. The morality of the Koran, or a collection of themost excellent, maxims in the Koran ; a work extracted from histranslation, which is esteemed both elegant and faithful. 3, Let-

ters on Egypt , in 3 vols. 8vo. in 1785. In these the author makes,his observations with accuracy, paints with vivacity, and rendersinteresting every thing he relates; but he is censured for paintingmodern Egypt and its inhabitants in too high colours. These let-ters, however, were rapidly bought, and encouraged bv this bat-tering reception he prepared his letters upon Greece , lint aboutthis time he contracted a malady from too intense application.An obstruction in the right lobe of the liver had made a decisiveprogress, which the return of summer, some medicines, a strict re-gimen, and travelling, seemed to remove. On his return into theenvirons of Paris , his health was still doubtful. Ilis active mind,however, made him regardless of his health, and he put in orderhis travels into the islands of the Archipelago . An obstruction inthe liver again took place; his digestion became languid; sleepforsook him ; a dry and troublesome cough came on; his face ap-peared bloated, and his legs inflamed. In Ibis situation he re-turned to Paris in the beginning of 1788, to attend to the publica-tion of his new work. lie had then alt the symptoms of a dan-gerous dropsy. Ilis strength was exhausted, and he died outlie4th Feb. 1788.

SAVATOPOLI, or SERASTOPOLIS, a town of AsiaticGeorgia, in Mingrelia, anciently called Dioscurias, in Colchis ,220 miles N.N.VV, ofTefllis, and 260 N.N.VV. of Erivan .

SAUCISSE, or SAUSAGE , in the military art, a long train ofpowder, sewed up in a roll of pitched cloth, about two indies indiameter, serving to set fire to mines. There are usually twosaucisses extended from the chamber of tbe mine to the place' 1where the engineer stands, that in case one should fail, the othermay take el'h ft.

fe r AUClSSON, in fortification, a mass of large branches of treesbound together, and differing only from a fascine, as this is com-pn-ed of small branches of twigs. See Fascine . Saucissons areemployed to cover the men, and to make epaulements.

SAOCLIERES, a town of France , in the department of Avei-ron, 15 miles S.E. ot Milliau.

SAVE, in geography, a river of France , which rims into theGaronne, near Grenade, in the department of Upper Garonne .

Save, a river of Germany, which rises in Carniola , runsthrough that country from west to east, separates Sclavonia fromCroatia, Bosnia, anti part of Servia, and falls into the Danube atBelgrade .

SAVERDUN, a town of France, in the department of Arriege ,and late province of Foix, seated on the Arriege , 45 miles fromToulouse .

SAVERNE, or ZABERN, a town of France , in the depart-ment ot the Lower Rhine, and late province ot Alsace , 18 miles. N.\V. of Strasburg, and 120 li. of Paris . Lon. 7. 33. E. Lat.48. 41. N.

SAVIGLIANO, a town of the French empire, in the depart-ment of the Po, and late principality of Piedmont, 5 miles VV. ofFossano, and 26 S. of Turin .

SAVILE, Sir George, afterwards marquis of Halifax, one ofthe greatest statesmen of his time, was born about 1630; andsome time after his return from his travels was created a peer, inconsideration of his own and his lather’s merits. lie wasa strenuous opposer of the bill of exclusion; but proposed suchlimitations of the duke of York’s authority, as should disable himfrom doing any harm either in church or state, as the taking outof liis hands all power in ecclesiastical matters, the disposal of thepublic money, and the power of making peace and war ; and lodg-ing these in the two houses of parliament. After that bill was re-jected in the home of lords, he pressed them, though without suc-cess, to proceed to the limitation of the duke’s power; and beganvilli moving, that during the king’s life he might be obliged tolive 500 miles out of England. In August, 1682, lie was createda marquis, and soon alter made lord privy , seal. Upon KingJames ’s accession, he was made president ol the council; hot onhis refusal to consent to the repeal of the test, he was dismissedfrom all public employments. In that assembly of the lords whichmet after king James ’s withdrawing himself, the first lime fromWhitehall, he was chosen president; and upon the king’s returnfrom Feversham, he was sent, with the ear] of Shrewsbury/>ndlord Delamere, from the P i nee of Orange, to order his majestyto quit the palace at Whitehall. In the convention of parliamenthe was chosen speaker of the house of lords, and strenuously sup*