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4. A certain sect of antiquarians, whose vourite object is to prove that the Irish Church ,vas in no respect connected with Rome, have imagined some mode by which, through the medium of Asiatic mis­ sionaries, her chant, or psalmody, might have been
derived to her directly om the Greeks. But their whole hypothesis is shown to be a train of mere gra­ tuitous assumption; and it is little doubted, that, be re the introduction of the Latin or Gregorian chants by St. ialachy, which took place in the twelfth century, lhe style of music llowed by the Irish, in their church-service, was that which had been introduced by St. Patrick and his compamons from Gaul.
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F1RICA, one of the great divisions of the world. It is three times as large as Europe, with only one-third the pop. of the latter. A ica has, there re, only 7 inhabitants to the sq. m., Europe, 63; hence Europe is, relatively, 9 times, and absolutely, 31⁄2 times as populous as A ica. The name ica was given sometimes to the Roman province, and sometimes to the vast tract W. of the Sinus Arabicus, or Red Sea.
BAR'BARY (STATES), a general name r the countries lying along the Southern coast of the Mediterranean, om the Atlantic to Egypt. The B. States are 2,700 m. long, and 150 m. broad; pop. 10 mil. Barbary is derived om the name of its ancient inhabitants, the Berbers.
Moaoc'co, an extensive empire in Barbary. Its chief town, Morocco, or 11orakash, was unded in 1052. orocco, in Ar. means the Extreme st, in re rence to the other B. States. It rmed, to­ gether with Fez or Faz, the ancient uritania.
ALGIERS', one of the B. States, and rmerly the grand seat of pirati­ cal war re is now in possession of the French. Its chief town is Algiers or 'Algier, om Al-Jezirah, the island (opposite the city), now connected with the city. A.N. Numidia.
Tu'N1s, TRIP'oLI, and BAR1cA, the remaining States of Barbary. The ancient Carthao-e stood near the rst named. Tunis was called
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