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tance sucli perpendiculars are from the point A, or first station.Also, when you perceive that the windmill at P is in a perpendi-cular direction to the line AC, measure the distance dP. 6. Whenyou have measured to B, fix your instrument there in the sameposition as at A, and observe the angles which the lines BY andBZ form with the line BC. Then turn the instrument about(the index being fixed at the beginning of the graduations) tillthrough the sights you see the object at A ; and fix the instrumentby the screw in that position; then observe the angles compre-hended between the line ABand the lines BX, BW, BV, BS, BT,and BQ. Also turning about the brass limb of the instrument(the index being fixed at the beginning of the graduations) tillthe two lights be in a right-line with the object at A; and, fasten-ing the instrument in this position, take the angles intercepted be-tween the line BA and the lines BM, BL, and BK, and measure thedistance BM. 7. Having measured the whole line AC, fix your in-strument at C in the same position as before, and take the anglesBCD, and DCE, measuring the distance CD and the perpendi-cular/. 8. Remove your instrument to D, and take the angleCDE, that is, place the instrument at D ; and, having fixed the in-dex at the beginning of the graduiations, turn the instrument abouttill you perceive through the sights the object at C, and fix the in-strument in that position; then move the index till you seethrough the sights the object at E, and the degrees cut by the in-dex will be the angle required. 9. Remove the instrument to M,and take the angles KMB and KML after the preceding manner.10. Having observed the angles, and measured the distances onthe west side of the harbour, remove your instrument to the otherside, and plant it at E, observing the bearing of the line EF, mea-suring its distance together with that of the perpendicular g, in allrespects as betore ; as also the lines EG, GH, HI,and their perpen-diculars hik, continuing the perpendicular h to the end of a ledgeof rocks lying off that point. 11. Because the cleft will interruptyour sight from the church at O, therefore you must place yourinstrument-on the top of the cleft at q, and take the bearing of thechurch ; and either measure the distance from your instrument toit, or eoe remove your instrument thither; and, having placed sig-nals at q and *, take the angle qOs. 12. Remove your instrumentat low water to the sand at X, taking the bearings, and measuringthe distances, ot the lines X! and Ir, together with the perpendi-culars m, n, o. Having finished your observations, proceed toconstruct your map in the following manner. 1. Draw the east and.West line BA, setting off on it the several distances, viz. from A.to R, A to a, &c. then by drawing the several perpendiculars, andmaking them of their proper lengths, you may easily draw thetrack of the surface of the water, and those which are above thetine will give the places where the several objects are to be de-lineated. 2. By the help of your protractor or line of chords, makethe several angles at A and R, equal to their respective numberof degrees, Sec. drawing a right line through each, which continue®t pleasure. 3. Construct the angles at B in the same manner,Continuing the right lines from this station till they cut those pro-jected from A and R, which will be the true places of those ob-jects; whence the sands Q, Y, and Z, may be easily drawn. 4."y projecting the angle ABM, and setting off on the line BM itsProper distance, you will have that place where the church mustj? e delineated. 5. Construct the angles BCD and DCE, con-tniuing the line CE at pleasure, and set off its proper length onme line CD ; then, by drawing the perpendicular / of its proper"^gth, you may draw that part of the harbour between C and D.m Construct the angle at D, continuing the line DE till it cutsUEjii E, which w ill give the place to the station at E. 7. By con-ducting the angles ABK, ABL, BMK, and KML, and continu-es die lines BK, BL, MK, and ML, till they cut each other inK and L, you will have the situation of the objects at K and I,.

Proceed in the same manner on the other side of the harbour,"y Projecting the lines EF, EG, GH, and HI, according to their'everal bearings, &c. and by drawing the several perpendiculars°* l| ieir true length, the track of the surface of the water on theC3st side of the harbour may be delineated; also, by continuinghe Perpendicular h, you will have the situation of the ledge ofocks lying off that point. 9. Observe to draw the appearance of. ti* e * a ®d, that is, from A to d, the sand-hills wlucn lie along abovee htgli-water-mark, and the cleft which stretches all along theast side of Hu- harbour. 10, In some convenient place draw theVol. iv.— no. 203.

compass, but let it be in its (rue position without any variation ;that is, observe to allow for the variation, if any, which must alsobe done before you begin your projection. 11. Draw the linesQfK, QPM, ziv O, j/PL, and ZPK, which will shew the marksnecessary to be observed by ships in coming into the harbour.12. At low-water go off in your boat, and sound the depth of thewater in various places, which insert in your map; and observethe setting of the tide, which you must represent by darts. Alsothe time of high-water at the full and change of the moon mustbe inserted in Roman numbers. 13. Lastly, in some convenientplace of your map insert a scale, of the same length of that whichyou made use of in the projection.

SURVEYOR, a person who has the oversight and care ofconsiderable works, lands, or the like. Such are the surveyor-general of the king’s manors, surveyor of the king’s exchange,surveyor-general of the works, surveyor-general of the crown-lands, &c.

Surveyor of the Meltinc, is an officer of the mint, whoseoffice is to see the bullion cast out, and that it be not altered afterthe delivery of it to the melter.

Surveyor of the Navy, an officer whose business is to knowthe state of all stores, and see the wants supplied ; to survey thehull, masts, and yards, of ships; to audit the boatswain’s and cac-penter’s accounts, ice.

Surveyor of the Ordnance, is an officer whose charge isto survey all the king’s ordnance, stores, and provisions of war, incustody of the store-keeper, of the Tower of London ; to al-low all bills of debts; to keep checks on labourers and artificers’work, &c.

Surveyor likewise denotes a guager; as also a person who sur-veys lands, and makes maps of them.

SURVIVOR, in law, signifies the longest liver of joint-tenants,or of any two persons, jointly interested in a thing; in which ease,if there be only two joint-tenants, upon the death of one, the » holegoes to the survivor: and if there be more than two, the part ofthe deceased is divided.among all the survivors.

SURVIVORSHIP, that branch of science which treats of thereversions payable to a certain person or persons who survive cer-tain others. See Annuities, and Mortality.

SURY LE COMTAL, a town of France , in the departmentof the Rhone and Loire; 6 miles S. E. of Montbrison , and 12N. W. of St. Etienne.

SURYA, the orb of the sun personified and adored by a sectof Hindoos as a god, like the Phoebus of Greece and Rome.

SUS, SUZ, or SOUS, in geography, a province of Africa , be-longing to Morocco; bounded on the N. by Mount Atlas ; E. by'Gesula; S. by the sands of Numidia and Sus; and W. by theOcean. It is a level fertile country, abounding in corn, sugar-canes, dates, Sec.

Sus, the Hog , a genus of quadrupeds of the order belhne.Front-teeth in the upper jaw four, converging, in the lower jawsix, projecting ; canine teeth, or tusks, in the upper jaw two, ratiiershort; in the lower jaw two, long, exserted; snout truncated, pro-minent, moveable ; feet cloven. This genus is, in some points, ofan ambiguous nature, being allied to the pecora, by its cloven hoofs,and to the feia, in some degree, by its teeth ; yet differing widelyfrom both in many respects. The internal structure of the feet alsoapproaches to that of the digitated quadrupeds, while that of someother parts is peculiar to this genus alone. It may, therefore, beallowed to form at once a link between the cloven-f. -oted, the wholehoofed, and the digitated quadrupeds. There are six species,

S. Scrofa , the Common Hog. The wild boar, the stock ororiginal of the common domestic hog, is a native of almost all thetemperate parts both of Europe and Asia , and is also found in theupper parts of Africa . It is a stranger to the arctic regions, and isnot indigenous to the British isles. The wild boar inhabits woods,living on various kinds of vegetables, viz. rods, mast, acorns,&c It also occasionally devours animal-food. It is, in general,considerably smaller than the domestic hog, and is of a darkbrinded grey colour, sometimes blackish; but when only a yearor two old, is of a pale rufous or dull yellowish brown cast; andwhen quite young, is marked by alternate dusky and pale stripesdisposed longitudinally on each side the body. The hunting ofthe wild boar forms one of the amusements of the great in someparts of Germany, Poland , &c. and is a chate of some difficulty8 K and

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