...some of the sluices being finished, and others nearly so, and the canal half dug. In the year 1 702 Captain Perry was sent to Veronize, a city situated...here I will leave Captain Perry till the year 1707 or 1708, building and repairing ships of war, (one being of 80 guns,) making a dock yard, sheds for the...

...mountains of Ireland, in the county of Kerry, 8 miles SW of Killarney. BARNAUL, a town of Siberia, situated on a river of the same name, which falls into the Obe, at a short distance. It consists of 1000 houses, chiefly built of wood, with several public edifices...

...and Вшмлн. ARRAGON. See ARAGON. ARTA. A city of European Turkey, in the province of Romania ; situated on a river of the same name, which falls into the Gulf of Arta, or Prevesa, about nine miles below the town. ARTOIS. A province of France, according...

...AVA and BIRMAH. ARRAGON. See ARAGON. ARTA. A city of European Turkey, in the province of Romania ; situated on a river of the same name, which falls into the Gulf of Arta, or Prevesa, about nine miles below the town. ARTOIS. A province of France, according...

...large city, with a Chinese garrison, to which strangers enter and depart without difficulty. It is situated on a river of the same name, which falls into the Kizil-sou (golden river), which flows between Kachghar and larkend, a town on the great road from Kachghar...

...expelled them from the mines. — Anna Comnena, 383. * Devol is the modern name of Deavolis. It is situated on a river of the same name, which falls into the Apsos five miles below Berat. The pass is now called the Boghaz of Tzangon. Achrida and Deavolis were...

...volcano of Cotopaxi destroyed it in 16U8, but it has been rebuilt. It is 48 m. SE of Quito, and is situated on a river of the same name, which falls into the Pnstuça. AMBAU, or AMBAUO, an island, or rather two islands connected by a coral reef, in the Fiji...

...of St. Petersburg (nearly half a million), far exceed that of any other town in the empire. Moscow, situated on a river of the same name, which falls into the Oka, a principal tributary of the Volga, is the chief emporium of the internal trade, and numbers 350,000...

...the English possessions in India. (See BOEMAH.) — PEGD, a town in the above described province, is situated on a river of the same name, which falls into the Irrawaddy 58 m. NE from Rangoon ; pop. about 10,000. The streets are broad and regular, and paved with...

...commerce, and the population of St. Petersburg, far exceed that of any other town in the empire. Moscow, situated on a river of the same name, which falls into the Oka, a principal tributary of the Volga, is the chief emporium of the internal trade. From the 1 A'yHet-Novgorod,...