.fands and arms of the women were very ' /, ly
marked, and they had the singular custom of la-
tooing the tip of the tongue. They lived in ul-
lages, containing from 100 to 200 houses, i uilt
closely together, without any order, and hiring
a winding path between them. Towards the sea
they were generally flanked with detached walls
intended both for shelter and defence. Some of
the houses were from 40 to 50 feet long, and from
20 to 30 broad; others were mere hovels. The
food of the lower class still consists principally of
fish and vegetables, to which the people of high-
er rank add the flesh of hogs and dogs. The
making of canoes, mats, &c., formed the c,> cupa-
tions of the men ; the women were emplr red in
manufacturing cloth, and the servants pr,,.cipal-
ly engaged in the plantations and fishing They
had various amusements, such as dancing, aoxino*,
wrestling, &c., all of which have now entirely
ceased. The bottoms of their canoes are-of a sin-
gle piece of wood, hollowed out to the thickness
of an inch, and brought to a point at each end ;
the sides consist of three boards, each about an
inch thick, neatly fitted and lashed to the bot-
tom part. Some of their double canoes measure
70 feet in length, three and a half in depth, and
12 in breadth. The government is monarchical
and hereditary. The same system of subordina-
tion prevails here as at the other islands ; abso-
lute authority on the part of the chiefs, and unre-
sisting submission on the part of the people. So
long as idolatry prevailed here, human sacrifices
were frequent; not only the commencement of a
war, or signal enterprise, but the death of any
considerable chief called for a repetition of these
horrid rites. From their intercourse with Chris-
tians they had renounced idolatry before any mis-
sionaries were settled among them ; and of late
years they have made great advances in civiliza-
tion. They live in the utmost harmony with each
other, and in hospitality to strangers they are
not exceeded even by the inhabitants of the
Friendly Islands. Their natural capacity seems
in no respect below the common standard of man-
kind.

Sandwich Land, a desolate country in the south-
ern ocean, to the S. E. of the island of Georgia.
The mountains are of a vast height, their sum-
mits wrapped in clouds, and their bases covered
with snow to the viater’s edge. Thule, the
southern extremity of Sandwich Land, seen by
Cook in 1775, lies in 27. 45. W. long, and 59. 54.
8 lat. This was the greatest S. lat. of land then
known, on which account it received the
name of Southern Thule.

Sandy, a township of Stark Co. Ohio. Pop
909. A township in Tuscarawas Co. Ohio Pop.
765.

Sandy Bay, p.v. Essex Co. Mass. adjoining
Gloucester on Cape Ann.

Sandy Creek, a township of Mercer Co. Pa.

Sandy Fork, p.v. Mecklenburg Co. Va.

Sandy Hill, p.v. Washington Co. N. Y. near
he junction of the Champlain Canal with the
Hudson.

Sandy Grove, p.v. Chatham Co. N. C.

Sandy Hook, a peninsula, on the coast of New
Jersey, in Monmouth Co. On the N. point is a
lighthouse, 100 feet high. 7 m. S. of the W.
end of Long Island. Long. 74. 2. W. lat. 40. 30.
N.

Sandy Hook, p.v. Culpeper Co. Va.

Sandy Lake, a lake of N. America, about 25 ra
in circuit, not far from the source of the Missis
sippi. Lat. 46. 9. N.

Sandy Luke, a township of Mercer Co. Pa.

Sandy Mount, p.v. Baltimore Co. Md. ; p.v.
Greenville Co. Va.

Sandy Point, a seaport of St. Christopher, on
the N. W. side of the island, in Figtree Bay, de-
fended hy two forts. Lon. 63. 28. W., lat. 17. 20.
N.

Sandy River, a river in the state of Maine,
which runs into the Kennebeck, 6 m. above
Norridgewock.

Sandy River, Big, a river which rises in the
Laurel Mountains, and forms part of the bounda-
ry between Virginia and Kentucky. It falls into
the Ohio, 40 m. above the Scioto.

Sandy Spring, p.v. Montgomery Co. Md.,
p.v. Adams Co. Ohio. 110 m. S. Columbus.

Sandytoum, p.v. Sussex Co. N. J.

Sandyville, p.v. Tuscarawas Co. Ohio.

Sanen, or Gessenay, a town of Switzerland, in
the canton of Bern, with a castle, situate on a
river of the same name, 20 m. S. W. of Thun.

Sanford, ph. York Co. Me. Pop. 2,327.

Sangamon, a river of Illinois, rising in the cen-
tre of the state and flowing into the Illinois.

Sangamon, a county of Illinois, on the above
river. Pop. 12,960. Springfield is the capital.

Sangerfield, ph. Oneida Co. N. Y. 15 m. S.
Utica. Pop. 2,272.

Sangerville, ph. Penobscot Co. Me. Pop. 776.

Sanger hausen, a town of Prussian Saxony, in
Thuringia, with a castle, seated near the Hartz
mountains, 14 m. E. S. E. of Stolberg.

Sanguesa, a town of Spain, in Navarre, 32 m.
S. E. of Pamplona.

Sanky, a village in Lancashire, Eng. 2 m. W.,
of Warrington. It is a place of traffic, being seat-
ed near the Mersey, from which it has a canal to
the various works in the vicinity of St. Helens.

San Marino, a small republic of Italy. It is en-
closed in the states of the Church, among the Ap-
ennines, and contains 22 sq. m. and 7,000 inhab-
itants. The soil produces wine and corn. The
capital is San Marino, a small town on the sum-
mit, of a mountain. This republic is under the
protection of the Pope. It has existed for 1,300
years. The government is a mixture of aristoc-
racy and democracy.

Sanore, a district of Hindoostan, lying to theS,
of Visiapour and N. of Mysore. It was ceded to
the Mahrattas in 1792.

Sanore, a town and fortress of Hindoostan, capi
tal of the above district, seated on the left bank ot