the menage, a gallicism used in the academics, implying to give a horse head, or to put on at full speed.

Echeneis, in ichthyology, a genus belonging to the order of thoracici. The head is fat, naked, depressed, and marked with a number of transverse ridges; it has ten rays in the branchiostegal membrane; and the body is naked. There are two species, viz. 1. The remora, or sucking-fish, with a forked tail, and 18 finne on the head. It is found in the Indian ocean. 2. The neocrates, with an undivided tail, and 24 finne on the head. It is likewise a native of the Indian ocean. See Plate CII.

Echevin, in the French and Dutch polity, a magistrate elected by the inhabitants of a city or town, to take care of their common concerns, and the decoration and cleanliness of the city.

At Paris, there is a prevôt, and four echevins; in other towns, a mayor and echevins. At Amsterdam, there are nine echevins; and, at Rotterdam, seven.

In France, the echevins take cognizance of rents, taxes, and the navigation of rivers, &c. In Holland, they judge of civil and criminal causes; and if the criminal confesses himself guilty, they can see their sentence executed without appeal.