the Jewish doctors who profess the study of the cabbala.

In the opinion of these men, there is not a word, letter, or accent in the law, without some mystery in it. The Jews are divided into two general sects; the karaite, who refuse to receive either tradition or the talmud, or any thing but the pure texts of Scripture; and the rabbinites, or talmudists, who, besides this, receive the traditions of the ancients, and follow the talmud.

The latter are again divided into two other sects; pure rabbinites, who explain the Scripture in its natural sense, by grammar, history, and tradition; and cabalists, who, to discover hidden mystical senses, which they suppose God to have couched therein, make use of the cabbala, and the mystical methods above mentioned.

CABECA; or CABESS, a name given to the finest silks in the East Indies, as those from 15 to 20 per cent. inferior to them are called barina. The Indian workmen endeavour to pass them off one with the other; for which reason, the more experienced European merchants take care to open the bales, and to examine all the skeins one after another. The Dutch distinguish two sorts of cabeças; namely, the moor cabeça, and the common cabeça. The former is sold at Amsterdam for about 21½ schellinghen Flemish, and the other for about 18½.

CABECA de Vida, a small sea port town of Alentejo, in Portugal, with good walls, and a strong castle. W. Long. 6. 43. N. Lat. 39. 0.