the manege, is a turn or course of a horse backwards or forwards on the same spot of ground. Hence there are several sorts of passades, according to the different ways of turning, in order to part or return upon the same tread, which is called closing the passade; as the passade of one time, the passade of five times, and the raised or high passades, into which the demivolts are made into curvets. See Horsemanship.

North-west Passage, North-east Passage, and Pole.

Right of Passage, in commerce, is an imposition or duty exacted by some princes, either by land or sea, in certain close and narrow places in their territories, on all all vessels and carriages, and even sometimes on persons or passengers, coming in or going out of ports, &c. The most celebrated passage of this kind in Europe is the Sound: the dues for passing which strait belong to the king of Denmark, and are paid at Elsinore or Copenhagen.