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 710 DAVIS best editions are those issued from the royal press (folio, Paris, 1644), and by Apostolo Zeno (2 vols. folio, Venice, 1733), the latter with a biography of Davila. It has been trans- lated into many languages. The first English translation was published in 1647, the latest in 1757, in 2 vols. fol. An Italian edition was published at London in 1801, in 8 vols. 8vo. DAVIS. I. A K E. county of Texas, bound- ed N. by Sulphur fork of Bed river, E. by Ar- kansas and Louisiana, and watered by John and James creeks ; area, 927 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 8,875, of whom 3,379 were colored. The surface is undulating, and partly occupied by uncultivated swamps. The uplands are fer- tile. It is heavily timbered with oak, black- jack, ash, hickory, and pine. There are ex- tensive beds of iron ore and copperas springs. The chief productions in 1870 were 256,505 bushels of Indian corn, 36,228 of sweet pota- toes, and 5,966 bales of cotton. There were 1,156 horses, 2,584 milch cows, 5,888 other cattle, 3,527 sheep, and 13,126 swine; several saw mills, steam flour mills, and iron foun- deries. Capital, Linden. II. A S. E. county of Iowa, bordering on Missouri ; area, about 480 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 15,565. Fox river flows through it, and it is drained by the sources of Wyaconda and Fabius rivers. It has an undulating surface and a rich soil ; tim- ber is scarce, but coal is found. The Des Moines Valley railroad touches the N". E. corner, and the St. Louis and Cedar Rapids railroad crosses it. The chief productions in 1870 were 155,817 bushels of wheat, 1,142,635 of Indian corn, 296,013 of oats, 55,135 of po- tatoes, 18,835 tons of hay, 346,277 Ibs. of but- ter, and 111,137 of wool. There were 7,450 horses, 5,994 milch cows, 10,830 other cattle, 36,364 sheep, and 26,923 swine; 5 gristmills, 10 saw mills, 5 manufactories of saddlery and harness, and 2 wool-carding and cloth-dressing establishments. Capital, Bloomfield. III. A N. W. county of Kansas, intersected by Kansas river, which together with the Republican forms most of the N". and N". E. boundary; area, 386 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 5,526. The surface is undulating prairie ; the soil is good. Building stone is abundant. The Kansas Pa- cific and the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas rail- roads traverse it. The chief productions in 1870 were 46,550 bushels of wheat, 160,125 of Indian corn, 21,130 of oats, 18,285 of potatoes, 11,431 tons of hay, and 58,525 Ibs. of butter. There were 1,308 horses, 1,539 milch cows, and 4,801 other cattle. Capital, Junction City. IV. A N. county of Utah, lying on the E. shore of Great Salt Lake ; area, 320 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 4,459. The Wahsatch moun- tains are in the E. part. The W. part is good agricultural land; small streams from the mountains furnish irrigation. The Union Pa- cific and the Utah Central railroads cross it. The chief productions in 1870 were 35,146 bushels of wheat, 5,970 of Indian corn, 9,789 of potatoes, and 737 tons of hay. The total value of live stock was $80,180. Capital, Farmington. DAVIS, Andrew Jackson, an American clair- voyant, born at Blooming Grove, Orange co., K Y., Aug. 11, 1826. Early in 1843, while he was a shoemaker's apprentice in Poughkeepsie, William Levingston by mesmerism developed in him remarkable clairvoyant powers. Al- though quite uninstructed, it was said that he was able to discourse fluently on medical, psychological, and general scientific subjects. Soon after, associated with Mr. Levingston, he commenced the treatment of the diseased, giving diagnoses and prescriptions while in the magnetic trance. On March 7, 1844, he fell into a trance, during which for 16 hours he conversed, as he asserts, with invisible beings, and received intimations and instructions con- cerning the position he was subsequently to occupy as a teacher from the interior state. In 1845, while clairvoyant, he dictated to the Rev. William Fishbough his first and most consider- able work, "The Principles of Nature, her Divine Revelations, and a Voice to Mankind." It embraces a wide range of subjects, and re- pudiates any special authority in the teachings of the Bible. After the completion of this book Mr. Davis ceased to submit himself to magnetic manipulations, but has written sev- eral other works, while more or less illumina- ted, as he claims, by the influence of invisible spirits. These works are severally entitled " The Great Harmonia " (4 vols.), " The Ap- proaching Crisis," "The Penetralia," "The Present Age and Inner Life," " The Magic Staff" (his autobiography), " History and Phi- losophy of Evil," "Death and the After Life," " The Harbinger of Health," " Morning Lec- tures," "Arabula, or the Divine Guest," " Fountain with new Jets of Meaning," " Mem- oranda of Persons, Places, and Events," " Stel- lar Key to the Summer Land," and "Tale of a Physician." The philosophical and theo- logical portions of these works are regarded by his friends as little more than repetition of his first work, interspersed with startling asseve- rations concerning things in heaven and earth that admit of no direct verification. As a writer he has been more successful than as a lecturer, though in this latter capacity he has had some influence ; and to his general instru- mentality " spiritualism " partly owes its in- auguration. He resides in Orange, N. J. DAVIS, Charles Henry, an American naval offi- cer, born in Boston, Mass., Jan. 16, 1807. He entered the navy as midshipman in 1823, and from 1844 to 1849 was assistant in the coast survey. In 1846-'9 he was engaged in a sur- vey of the waters about Nantucket, in the course of which he discovered the " new south shoal," and several smaller shoals, directly in the track of ships sailing between New York and Europe, and of coasting vessels from Bos- ton. These discoveries were thought to ac- count for several wrecks and accidents before unexplained, and they called forth the special