PENSBURY. See PENNSBURY. [PENSACOLA, Harbour and Town. The harbour is on the n. shore of the Gulf of Mexico, 11 leagues e. of Port Lewis and Mobile. It is large, safe from all winds, and has four fathoms water at its entrance, deepening gradually to seven or eight. The bar lies in lat. 30° 15′ n. and long. 87° 14 w. The town of Pensacola, the capital of W. Florida, lies along the beach of the bay, is of an oblong form, about a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth. It contains several hundred habitations, and many of the public buildings and houses are spacious and elegant. The governor's palace is a large stone building, ornamented with a tower, built by the Spaniards. It is defended by a small fort, called St. Mary de Galve. The exports from this town, consisting of skins, logwood, dyingstuff, and silver dollars, amounted, while in the possession of the British, to £63,000 annually. The average value of imports, for three years, from Great Britain, was £97,000. The town and fort of Pensacola surrendered to the arms of Spain in the year 1781, and with them the whole province. Escambria river, or Shambe, is the large stream which falls into Pensacola Bay. It admits shallops some miles up, and boats upwards of 50 miles.]

PENTAGUET. See PENOBSCOT. [PENTECOST, an island in the Archipelago of the Great Cyclades, which see. It was discovered by Bougainville, May 22, 1768, and named from the day, being the day of Pentecost. It is two leagues distant from Aurora Island, which is in lat. 15°8′ s. and long. 165° 58′ e. from Paris.]

PENTECOSTE, a river of the island St. Christopher, one of the Antilles; it runs from n. to s. and served as the limits on the coast of this rhumb, when the island was divided between the English and the French. It enters the sea between the point of Palmistes and the bay of Marigot.

PENTUSOK, a city of the county of Hampshire, in the province of Massachusetts of N. America, in the most w. part of the province; on the arm of the river Housotouk, which enters the strait of Long Island.

[PENUCO, a province of Mexico; separated from that of Angelos, or Tlascala, on the n. by Tuspa river.]

PEOMO, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Rancagua, in the kingdom of Chile.

[PEPCHIDIACHICH, a point or head-land,

on the s. shore of the Great Bay of Chaleurs' near the n. e. extremity of the province of New Brunswick. It is also called Pepchidichi, and lies w. s. w. of Port David.]

PEPETA, ESTERO DE, a lake in the same province and kingdom as the former settlement, near the town of Alhuc.

PEPIN, a lake of the province and government of Louisiana, formed from the river Santa Cruz, before this enters the Mississippi.

[PEPIN, a lake, or rather a dilatation of the river Mississippi, near where it receives the river Chippeway from the n. e. in lat. 43° 43′ n. and long. 91° 48′ w. below the Falls of St. Anthony.] PEPIRI-GUAZU, a river of the province and government of Paraguay, which runs s. and enters the Uruguay.

PEPIRI-MINI, a river of the same province and government as the former, which runs s. s. w. and enters also the Uruguay.

[PEPPERELL, a township of Massachusetts, on the e. branch of Nashaway river, and on the n. line of Middlesex county. It joins Groton on the s. e. and is 40 miles n. by w. of Boston. It was incorporated in 1753, and contains 1132 inhabitants.

[PEPPERELBOROUGH, a township in York county, district of Maine, on the n. e. side of Saco river, near the mouth, and which separates it from Biddeford to the s. It is about 12 miles s. w. of Portland, and 80 n. of Boston. It was incorporated in 1772, and contains 1352 inhabitants.

[PEPSIGUIACH Point, on the n. side of Chaleur Bay, now called Paspibiac Point, is about three leagues w. n. w. of East Nouville. It is a barren plain that is nearly a league in length. A very extensive fishery is carried on here, for such a small place.]

[PEPSIGUIACHE, now called New Carlisle, is about three leagues from Paspibiac, on the n. side of Chaleur Bay.]

[PEPY'S Islands, the same with Falkland Islands. Pepy's Island, described in Commodore Anson's voyage, lies in lat. 47° s. eight leagues e. of Cape Blanco, on the coast of Patagonia, and was discovered by Captain Cowley in 1680, who represents it to be commodious for taking in wood and water, and provided with a harbour capable of holding 1000 sail of ships; abounding with fowls, and promising great plenty of fish.]

[PEQUANACK, a township of Morris county, New Jersey; perhaps the same as in some maps is called Pegunnock, which is separated from Bergen county northward by Pegunnock river.}

· [PEQUANNOCK Point and River. The river is a small stream which runs s. through the towns of Huntington and Stratford, in Fairfield county, Connecticut, and empties into a bay in the Sound where vessels may anchor. The point forms the w. extremity of the bay, near which are some rocks; from thence the outer bar extends n. by n. e. The point is five miles s. w. of Stratford River.]

PEQUE, a small river of the province of Pennsylvania in N. America, which runs s. w. and enters the Susquehannah.

PEQUENA, a bay on the e. coast of the island Jamaica, between those of Manchancel and Larga. PEQUENCHES, a barbarous nation of Indians of the kingdom of Chile, who dwell in the mountains of the Andes to the e. of the city of La Concepcion: it is very numerous, robust, and warlike, but cruel and treacherous. It has been at various times attempted to reduce some of these Indians to the Catholic faith, and to a civilized life, but always in vain.

PEQUENI, an abundant river of the province and government of Tierra Firme in the kingdom of this name. It rises in the mountains of Mandinga, near the point of S. Blas, and runs w. for many leagues till it enters the Chagre, increasing its stream by several smaller rivers.

PEQUENI, a small settlement of this province and kingdom, on the shore of the former river. PEQUENO, a river of the island of St. Domingo, in the part possessed by the French; it enters the sea on the n. coast, near the town of Leogan, between this town and the river Grande; this name being given to the river to distinguish it from that of which we are treating.

PEQUENO, another river, in the province and captainship of S. Vicente in Brazil; it runs s.s.w. and enters the sea in the channel formed by the island of Nuestra Señora.

PEQUENO, another river, of the province and captainship of Los Ilhers in the same kingdom; it runs s. and enters the Tucombira.

PEQUENO, a port of the French in the island St. Domingo, in the part which they possess on the s. coast, between the Bay of Peur aud the Trou Salado.

PEQUERI, or ITAZU, a river of the province of Gairá, in the government of Paraguay; which runs w. for many leagues, and enters the Paraná, in the part where it gives the great fall.

PEQUI, a settlement of the province and government of Antioquia, in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada.

PEQUICAS, a barbarous nation of Indians

of Peru, who dwell e. of the nation of the Chiquitos, and w. of the river Paraguay: it is very numerous, and began to be reduced to the faith in 1701.

PEQUIMA, a district and jurisdiction of the province and colony of Virginia, on the shore of the strait of Albemarle.

PEQUIN, a small river of the province and government of Paraguay; which rises in some mountains bounding the kingdom of Brazil, between the rivers Curituba and Uruguay, runs s. and enters the latter.

PERALILLO, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Maule, in the kingdom of Chile; situate on the shore of the river Mataquino.

[PERAMUS, or PERAMES, in Bergen county, New Jersey, lies on the point of land formed by the branches of Saddle river, a north water of Passaik; about 18 miles n. of Bergen, 10 w. of Tappan, and 21 n. w. by n. of New York city.]

PERAS, SAN MARTIN DE LAS, a settlement of the head settlement of the district and alcaldía mayor of Quatro Villas, in Nueva España. It contains 72 families of Indians, employed in the cultivation and commerce of cochineal, seeds, fruits, and coal, and in cutting of wood: a little more than seven leagues s. w. of its head settlement.

PERAS, SAN PABLO DE, another settlement of this alcaldía mayor and kingdom; inhabited by 22 families of Indians, employed in the same manner as the above; and this is at a somewhat shorter distance from its head settlement.

PERAY, an abundant river of Canada; which rises from lake Nepigon, runs e. and, turning n. enters Hudson's Bay, being very wide at its

mouth.

PERCA-HUMO, a settlement of the province and captainship of Pará in Brazil, situate on the coast, between this and the river Caita-pera.

[PERCEE, L'ISLE, a small but remarkable island on the w. side of the gulf of St. Lawrence, being a perpendicular rock, pierced with two natural arches, through which the sea flows. One of these arches is sufficiently high to admit a large boat to pass freely through it. It is 15 miles s. of Cape Gaspee. It is asserted, that it was formerly joined to mount Joli, which lies opposite to it on the continent.

PERCEE, a point on the n. coast of the island St. Domingo, in the part possessed by the French, between the bay of Petit Goaye and the isle of Miraguana; opposite the s. coast of the island Goanava.

PERCIA, a large settlement of the province and government of San Juan de Los Llanos in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada; situate near the river Sinaruco. It was of the Indians of the Saliva nation, and in 1684 was taken and burnt by the Caribes.

[PERCIPANY, a village in Morris county, New Jersey, situated on a branch of Passaik river, and six miles n. of Morristown.]

[PERCY, an extensive township in Grafton county, New Hampshire, watered by the several branches of Upper Amonoosuck river, bounded w. by Northumberland, on Connecticut river. It was incorporated in 1774, and contains only 48 inhabitants.]

PERDAMO, a small river of the province and corregimiento of Cuenca, in the kingdom of Quito; which rises w. of the capital, runs to that rhumb, and enters the S. Sea in the gulf of Guayaquil. PERDICION, a cape on the s. coast of the strait of Magellan: one of those of the island of Luis el Grande, which looks to the w.

PERDICES, Creek of the, on the n. coast of the island of Cuba.

PERDIDO, a river of the province and government of Florida, which runs s. and enters the sea between Pensacola and Mobile.

[There is a bay on the coast of W. Florida, of the same name as the river. The mouth of the river is about 10 leagues e. of Mobile Point, and four w. of the bar of Pensacola. The entrance is narrow, with a bar of six feet, but afterwards it widens considerably. This was formerly the boundary between Florida and Louisiana, dividing the French and Spanish dominions. The river stretches in one place n. e. where it goes within a mile of the great lagoon w. of the entrance of Pensacola harbour.]

PERDOMO, a river of the province and government of Guayaquil, in the kingdom of Quito and district of Machala;, it runs w. and enters the sea in the Gulf of Guayaquil in lat. 3° s.

PERDOMO, Some banks of sand which have been formed at its entrance by the wind, and which often, in some degree, shift their situation. PERE, LE, a small island near the coast of the province and government of Guayana.

PEREBERA, a large river of the province and government of the Rio del Hacha in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada. It runs from s. to n. and laves on the n. the settlement of Ramada; and then runs into the N. Sea, forming a great bay, but which is exposed and shallow: its mouth is in lat. 11° 16' n.

PERECIPE, a small river of the province

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and captainship of Portoseguro in Brazil: it rises near the coast, runs e. and enters the sea between the Querurupa and Paruipa.

PEREDO, a point on the s. coast of the island of Jamaica.

PEREGRINA, a settlement and asiento of silver mines of the alcaldía mayor of Guanajuato, in the province and bishopric of Mechoacán and kingdom of Nueva España.

PEREIRA, a settlement of the province and captainship of Paraiba in Brazil, on the shore of the river Aracai, near the coast.

PEREIRAS, a bar of the coast of the province and captainship of Marañan and kingdom of Brazil. It is close to the island Santa Ana, one of those at the mouth of the river Marañon.

PEREJA, a small river of the province and captainship of Marañan in Brazil; which rises in the mountains near the coast, runs n. between the rivers Tapicuru and Canchug, and enters the sea in the bay of Marañon.

PEREQUETE, a river of the jurisdiction and alcaldía mayor of Peronome, in the province and kingdom of Tierra Firme; it rises in the mountains of the settlement of Capira, and enters the S. Sea in the Bay and Gulf of Panamá, opposite the island Taboga.

PERES, River of the, in the island of Martinique, one of the Antilles; it rises at the foot of the great mountain of La Calebasse, runs from n. e. to s. w. and enters the sea between the river Blanches and fort S. Pierre.

[PERES Island, or CONSTANTINE PERES, on the coast of Chile, S. America. It is opposite to Port Coral. On this island is a fort called Mansera, and on the back of the island there is an entrance for boats into the harbour of Baldivia.]

PEREZ, or CAYOS DE DIEGO, some shoals near the s. coast of the island of Cuba, opposite the bay of Cochinos.

[PERGAMINO, a town of the province and government of Buenos Ayres, situate on the road from Buenos Ayres to Cordova, and about 100 miles from the former. Lat. 33° 53′ 28′′, long, 60°43′ 5′′.]

PERGAMINO, a fortress of the province and government of Buenos Ayres. It is small and of wood, but having a good ditch and drawbridge, with four pieces of cannon, and a sufficient number of arms to withstand the Pampas Indians of the frontier. Here resides an officer with four detachments from the capital, from whence the fortress is 44 leagues distant; in the road which leads to Lima.

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PERGUICOS, a small river of the province and captainship of Marañan in Brazil; it rises near the coast, runs n. between the rivers Caimindey and Maripe, and enters the sea.

PERIBAN, a settlement and capital of the alcaldía mayor of Xiquilpa in the province and bishopric of Mechoacán and kingdom of Nueva España; it is of an hot temperature, and contains a convent of the religious of San Francisco, with one of the best temples in that kingdom. The population is composed of 100 families of Spaniards, Mustees, and Mulattoes, and 66 of Tarascos Indians, who make many cups of pumpkins, in which the place abounds; and these they paint in a very beautiful manner, so that they are greatly esteemed, and form the principal branch of the commerce of the place: 80 leagues w. of Mexico, in long. 270° 30', lat. 21° 15'.

PERIBOACK, a small river of Canada in N. America, which rises from a small lake, runs s. and enters the lake San Juan.

PERICO, a settlement of the province and government of Jaen de Bracamoros in the kingdom of Quito.

PERICO, another settlement, in the province and government of Tucumán, of the district of the city of Jujui, on the shore of the river of the

same name.

PERICO, some islands of the S. Sea in the Gulf of Panamá, which forms a capacious port fit for smaller vessels, and well sheltered from the winds; but these vessels cannot ride up to the road of the city, since the port is dry at low water. These islands are two leagues s. of the city, in lat. 8° 56′ n.

PERICO, the aforesaid river, of the province and government of Tucumán, in the district and jurisdiction of the city of Jujui; from whence it is three leagues distant; in the road which leads to Lima. At this river many accidents have occurred in crossing it when much swollen.

PERICO, another, a small river of the province of Gairá in the government of Paraguay. runs n. and enters the Ibay.

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PERIJA, a city of the province and government of Maracaibo in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada, founded on the n. shore of the river of its name, 25 miles from the lake of Maracaibo, at the entrance, in the n. coast.

PERIJA, the aforesaid river, rises in the sierra of the Pintados Indians of the province of Santa Marta, runs e. irrigating a large valley to which it gives its name, and empties itself in the lake of Maracaibo by the w. side.

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PERITIBA, a river of the province and vernment of Paraguay, which runs w. and enters the great river Curitiva.

PËRITIBI, a lake of Canada, in the limits dividing this territory from the land of Labrador.

PERITO, or PIRITU, [in Morse called PERITAS ISLANDS,] some small isles near the coast of the province and government of Cumana, between Unare and Cumanagoto.

PERITOES, a warlike nation of Indians of Nueva Andalucia to the w. bounded e. by the nation of the Palenques and by the territory of the jurisdiction of Cumaná.

PERKINS, a settlement of the island of Barbadoes, in the parish and district of Santiago, situate near the w. coast.

[PERKINS, Port, lies on the s. w. of Washington's Isle, on the n. w. coast of N. America. See MAGEE'S SOUND.]

[PERKIOMY, a township of Pennsylvania, in Montgomery county.]

PERLA, LA, a small isle of the N. Sea, situate near the coast of the island Martinique, in the n. part, between the islands of Predicador and La Capilla de Santa Cruz.

PERLA, a river of the island of Guadaloupe, which rises in the mountains, runs n. w. and enters the sea in the Grand Ance at the back of the Gros Morne.

PERLAS, some islands of the N. Sea, and in the Bay and Gulf of Panamá, of the province and kingdom of Tierra Firme. They are many, and in them are established a certain portion of Negro slaves belonging to the inhabitants of that capital, employed in the fisheries for pearl, which are found in great abundance, and are of a great size and fine quality. In these islands are found much maize, plantains, yucas, fish, and game; on all of which the Negroes feed. They are about 45 miles from the city of Panamá.

PERLAS, some other islands, near the coast of the province and government of Honduras, in N. America. They are many, but all small, and situate near those of the Indians and Zambos, the Mosquitoes, and those of the Manglares, situate in about lat. 12° 44′ n. long. 82° 30′ w.

PERLAS, a bay, situate about 35 miles w. from the above islands.

PERLAS, a point of land, or cape of the coast, in the province and government of Nicaragua and kingdom of Guatemala. It has this name, since anciently in that pearls were found, though this be not the case at the present day.

PERLAS, a bay on the coast of the . head

and extremity of Hispaniola, in that part possessed by the French, between the Cape of Los Locos and the Plata Forma.

PERLAS, a river of the province and government of Louisiana in N. America, which runs s.s. w. then turns s. and enters the Lake Pontchartrain.

[PERLICAN, OLD, an indifferent ship-road, with rocky ground on the e. coast of Newfoundland Island, two leagues s. w. by s. of Breakheart Point. Sherwick is the name of its n. point.]

[PERLICAN, NEW, a noted harbour on the e. coast of Newfoundland Island, eight leagues w. s. w. of Old Perlican, and five leagues from Random Head. It has a wide and safe entrance, and ships may ride in it landlocked from all winds in from 10 to 5 fathoms water.]

PERNAMBUCO, a province and captainship of the kingdom of Brazil; bounded n. and e. by the sea, s. by the captainship of Bahia, and w. by the province and government of Piauh. This captainship-general of Pernambuco is about 470 miles in extent from n. to s. and about 370 from e. to w. and is irrigated by the rivers Tapados, Bibiribe, Camuri, Cenebi, Periperi, S. Miguel, Cururui, Vazabazas, S. Francisco, Inaya, Galiole, Parachuy, Parapinzingua, Poyuca, and many others.

It abounds greatly in sugar-cane, cotton, and Brazil-wood, in the which its chief commerce consists; as also in sugar, which it manufactures in great quantities, and sends to Portugal. The climate of this province is for the most part hot, and in the interior of the country moist, on account of the waters which become stagnant, as unable to pass through the thickness of the woods.

The king, Don Juan III. of Portugal, gave this territory as a property to Don Duarte Coello Pereyra, third son of Gonzalo Pirez Coello, Lord of Filgueiras, for the great services he had performed in India. He arrived here accompanied with many noble families, with a great store of arms, provisions, and necessaries; but finding an extraordinary resistance on the part of the barbarian Cahetes Indians, who had the dominion of that whole country as far as the river of S. Francisco, being aided by some French, he was forced to dispute that ground inch by inch which had been granted to him by leagues; and in one of the encounters he was badly wounded: but he, nevertheless, kept on acquiring greater portions of territory by degrees, and founded different settlements; whither, allured

by his generosity and the fertility of the country, many Portugueze of noble and opulent families came to establish themselves; and who have left descendants who shed a lustre on their forefathers.

The Dutch invaded and took possession of this province in 1630, keeping it till 1632, when it was recovered by the Portugueze. The male line of its first possessor having been extinct, this province was added to the crown. The capital is the city of Olinda, which has also the name of Pernambuco; and the other settlements of which it is composed are the towns of S. Cosme and S. Damian, or Igarazú, Serinhaem, or Villa hermosa, Puerto Calvo,

Alagoas del Norte,
S. Antonio,
S. Miguel,

Alagoas del Sur,
Penedo.

[Pernambuco (says Mr. Grant) formerly contained above a hundred sugar plantations, extensive forests, well-cultivated fields, and a great profusion of the most delicious fruits. It formerly produced, at every return, more than 15,000 chests of sugar, but at present it scarcely furnishes 4000.

The population of this province was, several years ago, including Negroes, people of colour, and Indians, estimated at about 90,000; but since this period many families have emigrated to Paraguay, Peru, and Chile. This emigration has principally arisen from the embarrassments occasioned by the debts with which this province is loaded. The settlement of Penedo, situate on the n. shore of the river St. Francis, terminates this province to the s. as the island of Tamaraca terminates it on the n. The entrance into the sea by the said river St. Francis, is well defended by the fort of S. Mauricius, which the Portuguese have had the precaution to build in the vicinity.

The island of Fernando de Noronha, which lies at the distance of 50 leagues from the coast of Pernambuco, is nevertheless included under the jurisdiction of this captainship. The Portugueze, after having for many years deserted this island, returned to it in 1738; and, under the persuasion that the French East India Company intended to take possession of it, erected seven strong forts for its defence. These forts are provided with artillery, and garrisoned with regular troops, which are relieved every six months.

A few exiles, a small number of indigent Mustees, and the Indians employed on the public works, compose the whole of the inhabitants of this island. No kind of plantations have ever succeeded, though the soil is good, on account