GRITS, in Natural History; a kind of stone, found in minute masses. They are of various colours, as stony and sparry grits, of a bright or grayish white colour; red stony grits; green stony grits; yellow grits; blackish grits.

SACEA, a feast which the ancient Babylonians and other orientals held annually in honour of the deity Anaitis. The Sacae were in the East what the Saturnalia were at Rome, viz. a feast for the slaves. One of the ceremonies was to choose a prisoner condemned to death, and allow him all the pleasures and gratifications he would wish, before he were carried to execution.