Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . ica. Sea-bat (Platax), a genus of Teleostean fishesallied to the Pilot-fish, ami included among theCarangidic or horse-mackerels. The name refersto the very long dorsal, anal, and ventral fins. See Beaches. Sea-bear. See Seal. Sea-birds Preservation. See Wild IJiKDS. Sea-blubber. See , or Sallow-thorn (///>- lt<jj)li(u ), a genus of the natural order Eheagnace;e,consisting of large shrubs or trees with gray silkyfoliage and entire leaves. They have dioeciousllowers: the perianth is tubu
Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . ica. Sea-bat (Platax), a genus of Teleostean fishesallied to the Pilot-fish, ami included among theCarangidic or horse-mackerels. The name refersto the very long dorsal, anal, and ventral fins. See Beaches. Sea-bear. See Seal. Sea-birds Preservation. See Wild IJiKDS. Sea-blubber. See , or Sallow-thorn (///>- lt<jj)li(u ), a genus of the natural order Eheagnace;e,consisting of large shrubs or trees with gray silkyfoliage and entire leaves. They have dioeciousllowers: the perianth is tubular, becomes succulent,encloses an achenium, and forms an acid is but one known species, //. rhamnoides,sometimes called the Sea-Buckthorn, a large thornyshrub or low tree, a native of parts of the sandyseacoasts of Eiiglaml and the continent of Europe,which is found also throughout great part of Tar-lary. It is sometimes planted to form hedges near the sea, giowing luxuriantly where few shrubs willsucceed. The berries are orange-coloured, and are. Sea-Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoiilen):a, brauch of the female plant, in fruit; &, branch of male plaut^ giatefully acid. They are used for making fish-sauce, jellies, and condiments in some places. Seabury, Samuel, the fii-st Bishop of Con-necticut, was born in that state, at Groton, .30thNovember 1729, graduated at Yale in 1748, studiedmedicine for a year at Edinburgh, and receiveddeacons and priests orders in England in some time he was a missionary of the S. P. G. ;in 1757 he was promoted to the living of .Jamaica,Long Island, and ten years later to that of West-chester, New York. The Whigs, however, iire-vented his ministering, and once imprisoned liimfor six weeks at New Haven. He tlien removedto New York, where he made his medical know-ledge contribute to his support, acted as chajdainof the Kings American Regiment, ami wrote aseries of pamplilets which earned for him the specialhostility of the patriots. I
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