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meration of 1775. It has only 169 inhabi tants.]

[DUXBURY, a township in Chittenden county, Vermont, about 20 miles s. e. of Burlington, and contains 39 inhabitants.]

DUYA, a great river of the llanos or plains of Casanare, in the new kingdom of Granada, to the e. of that of Cravo. It flows down from the mountains of Tunja, and running from n. w. to s. e. enters the Meta.

EAR-FIELD, a settlement of the province

and colony of Connecticut, one of those of New England; situate on the shore of the river Housatonick.

[EARL, a township in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania.]

[EAST, or NORTH HAVEN, or QUINEPAUGE River, in Connecticut, rises in Southington, not far from a bend in Farmington river, and passing through Wallingford and North Haven, empties into New Haven harbour. It has been contemplated to connect the source of this river with Farmington river.]

[EAST BETHLEHEM, a township in Washington county, Pennsylvania.]

[EAST CHESTER, a township in W. Chester county, New York, on Long Island sound, about eight miles s. w. of Rye, five n. of W. Chester, and 17 n. e. of New York. It contains 740 inhabitants; of whom 106 are electors, and 75 slaves.]

[EAST CHURCH, a settlement of the island of Barbadoes, in the district and parish of St. Thomas.]

[EAST FLORIDA. See FLORIDA.]

EAST GREENWICH, a post-town, and the chief township in Kent county, Rhode Island; 16 miles s. of Providence, and 22 n. n. w. of Newport, and contains 1824 inhabitants. The compact part, called Greenwich town, has a number of dwelling-houses, a meeting-house, and handsome courthouse; and although its commerce is greatly reduced, carries on the fisheries to advantage, and sends some vessels to the W. Indies. It is situate on the n. w. part of Narraganset bay. Both this Both this town and Warwick are noted for making good cider; and formerly for raising tobacco for exportation.]

[EAST HADDAM, a township in Middlesex county, Connecticut; situate on the e. side of Connecticut river, opposite to Haddam, of which

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it was formerly a part. It was settled in 1704, and lies 14 miles s. of Middleton, and 21 n. w. of New London.]

EAST-HAM, a city of the county of Bristol, in the colony of New Plymouth, and province of Massachusetts, one of those of New England. It is situate on the neck of land called cape Cod. It contains more than 500 Christian Indians, four schools, and six justices of peace of the same na tion presiding over and governing the same Indians. It is in lat. 41° 52' n. and long. 69° 56' w.

[EAST HAMPTON, a township in Hampshire county, Massachusetts, six miles s. of Northampton, and 105 w. by s. of Boston. It contains 457 inhabitants, and is divided from the w. bank of Connecticut river by the celebrated mountain called Mount Tom.]

[EAST HAMPTON, a handsome town in Suffolk county, New York, on the s. e. coast of Long island, 12 miles e. n. e. of S. Hampton, and 105 e. of New York city. It has a Presbyterian church, an academy, and about 80 dwellinghouses in one street. The township contains 1497 inhabitants, of whom 214 are electors. Gardner's island is annexed to this town.]

[EAST HARTFORD, in Hartford county, Connecticut, lies on the e. bank of Connecticut river, opposite to Hartford. The compact part of it lies in one broad street, a mile and a half in length. Here are a number of hills on the different streams which water the town; also iron and glass works.]

[EAST HAVEN, a township in New Haven county, Connecticut, on the e. side of New Haven harbour. harbour. There is a fort two miles from the mouth of the bay, opposite Smith's point, to defend the passage. The Scotch Captain and other small islets and rocks lie on the s. shore.]

[EAST HAVEN, a township in Essex county, Vermont, w. of Maidstone, 11 miles s. e. of the s. end of Willoughby's lake, and 18 n. by w. of

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the upper bar of the Fifteen-mile falls on Connecticut river.]

[EAST KINGSTON, in Rockingham county, New Hampshire, a part of KINGSTON, which sce. In 1790, it contained 358 inhabitants, and now 906.1

[EAST MAIN is that part of New Britain, or Labrador, in N. America, which lies on the e. side of James's bay; as part of New South Wales on the w. side of the same bay is called W. Main. The Hudson's bay factory, called E. Main, is situate on the s. part of E. Main, between Rupert and Slade rivers, both of which run w. into James's bay.]

[EAST River, in the state of New York, and the waters of N. or Hudson river, form York island. The communication between N. river and Long Island sound is by E. river, along the e. side of New York island.]

[EAST Town, in Chester county, Pennsyl. vania.]

[EAST WHITELAND, a township in Chester county, Pennsylvania.]

[EAST WINDSOR, a township in Hartford county, Connecticut; separated from Windsor by Connecticut river, and about seven miles n. e. of Hartford. The compact part of the town lies on one broad street of about two miles in length. In the township are three Congregrational churches. The lands are fertile; and besides those articles common to the state, produce large quantities of good tobacco.]

[EASTANALLEE, the n. e. head branch of Alabama river, in Georgia, on which stands the town of Eastanallee.]

[EASTER, an isle in the Pacific ocean. Lat. 27 S's. Long. 109° 41' w. It is barren, and has no fresh water.

[EASTERN Island, on the e. side of Chesapeak bay, at the mouth of Chester river.]

EASTERN BRANCH, an arm of the river Potowmak, in the province and colony of Maryland. [EASTERN PRECINCT, in Somerset county, New Jersey, contains 2068 inhabitants, of whom 468 are slaves.]

[EASTERN RIVER, a settlement in Hancock county, district of Maine, containing 240 inhabi

tants.

[EASTERTON, a village in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, on the e. side of Susquehannah river, four miles n. by w. of Harrisburgh, and 111 n. w. by w. of Philadelphia.]

[EASTON, a post-town of Pennsylvania, and capital of Northampton county; pleasantly situated at the mouth of the Lehigh, and on the w. side

of Delaware river. It is regularly laid out, and contains about 150 dwelling-houses, a church, court-house, register's office, and an academy. It is 12 miles n. c. of Bethlehem, and 70 n. of Philadelphia.]

[EASTON, the chief town of Talbot county, Maryland, formerly called Talbot Court-house, is on the e. side of Chesapeak bay, near the forks of Treadhaven river, 12 miles from its junction with Choptank river. It has a handsome court-house and market-house; about 150 dwelling-houses, and several stores for the supply of the adjacent country. It is five miles s. w. of Williamsburg, 37 s. of Chester town, and 118 s. w. of Philadelphia.]

[EASTON, a township in Washington county, New York. In 1790, it contained 2539 inhabitants, of whom 48 were slaves. By the state census of 1796, it appears that 347 of its present inhabitants are electors.]

[EASTON, OF EASTOWN, a township important for its iron manufactures, situated in Bristol county, Massachusetts, near the head of Raynham river; six miles n. w. of Raynham, and 12 w. of Bridgewater. It contains 1466 inhabitants. The best mill-saws in the state are made here. The art of making steel was introduced here by Captain Eliphalet Leonard, in 1786. It is made in quantities; and is cheaper than imported steel, and equal in quality for large work, such as ploughshares, horse-shoes, &c. which require large quantities of hard steel. But for edge tools, in general, it is found to be of inferior quality to what is imported. The manufacture of linseed oil began here in 1792, and from an annual stock of 3000 bushels of seed, there has been annually produced near 5000 gallons of oil.]

[EASTON'S Beach and Bay, in the state of Rhode Island, is separated from Sachueast beach and bay by Easton's point. Both lie at the e. end of Rhode Island.]

[EATON, a small town in the n. part of Stafford county, New Hampshire, three miles n. of the Great Ossipee lake, and about 56 n. by w. of Portsmouth. It was incorporated in 1766, and contains. 253 inhabitants.]

[EATONTOWN, improperly called Edentown, a pleasant village in New Jersey, about a mile s. of the town of Shrewsbury, in the same township. It is a place of some business, and thriving.]

EBATE, an ancient province of the new kingdom of Granada, separate from the other provinces of the same kingdom, having nobles of its own, who reside in the capital, which gave the name to

the province. It is surrounded with mountains and woods, bounded by the nation of the Muzos, the ancient province of Tinjáca, and by the great lake Fuquene. It has some beautiful and fertile llanuras, where are sown and gathered many fruits; and in it is the sanctuary of Nuestra Señora de Chiquinquirá. The capital is of the same name. This was a great and populous city in the time of the Indians; it was conquered by Nemequene, sipa or king of Bogotá, and was united by him to his crown. Even at present, symptoms of its grandeur remain, from the number of its inha

bitants.

EBAUBAS, a village or settlement of the Portuguese, in the kingdom of Brazil; situate on the shore of the river Tocantines.

EBENEZER, a city of the province and colony of Georgia, 36 miles e. from Elberton, on the w. shore of the river Savannah, and about 30 miles from its mouth. It is a very healthy town, and here it is that are established the Saltsburgeses, with two ministers, who are a wise and industrious set of people, who not only cultivate the grain and fruits necessary for their subsistence, but also a considerable quantity which they are enabled to sell to the inhabitants of Savannah. They have many flocks and herds of cattle, which contribute in no small degree to their opulence. At 10 miles distance, and on the shore of a river which enters the Savannah, is the settlement of Old Ebenezer, where there are many cows as well as other kinds of cattle for the use of the public. Ebenezer is in lat. 32° 28′ n. and long. 81° 18' w.

EBOJITO, a volcano in the province and government of Chocó, to the w. of the city of Antioquia.

ECATEPEC, a district and alcaldía mayor of Nueva España. It is scanty and poor, owing to its territory being rendered unfertile, by cause of the saltpetre found in the waters of the lake. It produces only some seeds in a certain few cultivated estates found in it. The greater part of its inhabitants are muleteers. Its jurisdiction consists of nine settlements, which are as follows:

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situate at the foot of a mountain where there is constantly a fresh breeze blowing. It has a very ancient causeway which has of late been renovated, and serves as a path, and at the same time as a mound, which divides the waters of its lake from those of Tezcuco. In the said mound are certain gates, communicating the waters of either lake, and in time of drought, when the waters of the lake Tezcuco become low, they are replenished by those of San Christóval. This operation is generally performed in Shrove-tide, and then great numbers of frogs, charales or pegereyes, which they there call mistlapique, are caught and distributed amongst the corregidor or alcaldía mayor, the inhabitants, and the monks of a convent of the order of San Francisco. This convent is very beautiful, and in it the viceroys usually take their abode the night before they make their entrance into Mexico. This settlement contains 60 families of Indians, and some of Spaniards and Mustees. It is six leagues to the n. of Mexico, with an inclination to the n. n. e. [It is in lat. 19° 34' 30" n. and long. 99° 5' w.]

ECATEPEQUE, a settlement of the province and alcaldía mayor of Chiapa, in the kingdom of Guatemala.

ECAZINGO, S. PEDRO DE, a settlement and head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Chalco in Nueva España. It contains 203 families of Indians, and has a good convent of monks of the order of St. Domingo. Six leagues to the e. of its capital.

ECCE-HOMO, a settlement of the jurisdiction and government of Pamplona in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada; situate in the valley of Matanza, of a mild temperature, and producing all the fruits peculiar both to a hot and cold climate. It has some gold mines, and contains 400 inhabitants. It lies in the road which leads to Ocaná, and is 96 leagues to the n. of Santa Fé, in the boundaries where the archbishopric of this place is divided from the bishopric of Santa Marta. Twenty-four leagues s. w. of Pamplona.

ECCE-HOMO, another settlement of the jurisdiction of Velez in the same kingdom; annexed to the curacy of Yuca. It contains 300 inhabitants, and has the same productions as its capital.

ECH ECOÚNA, a small river of the province and colony of Georgia; it runs e. and enters the Ochesi.

ECHETII, a settlement of Indians of Georgia, in N. Carolina; situate on the shore of the river Echesii, where the English have an establishment.

ECHI, a settlement of Indians of the province and colony of S. Carolina; situate at the source of the river Tugelo.

ECHILIS, a settlement of Indians of Georgia, in N. Carolina, where the English have a fort and establishment, on the shore of the river Apalachicola.

ECHOS, MORNE AUX, a mountain and establishment of the French, in their possessions of Guianne.

ECHUCANDIRO, a settlement and head settlement of the alcaldía mayor of Valladolid in Nueva España, of the province and bishopric of Mechoacán; situate in a spacious and very fertile valley. It has a convent of monks of St. Augustin, contains 51 families of Spaniards, 42 of Mustees, 11 of Mulattoes, and 76 of Indians. It is of a mild and somewhat moist temperature. In its district are several estates in which the inhabitants employ themselves in agricultural pursuits. It is 12 leagues n. e. of the capital of Pasquaro.

ECIJA, SAN CHRISTOVAL DE LA NUEVA, a city of the province and government of Cumaná. It is small, of a hot temperature, and in its district are abundance of cow-cattle, the hides of which form a great article of trade, as also does the Brazil-wood, together with the other productions of its jurisdiction, where likewise are many very abundant and fine salt-earths.

ECIJA, another city, with the dedicatory title of San Miguel, the capital of the province of Sucumbios in the kingdom of Quito; situate on the n. shore of the river San Miguel. It is at present much reduced, and a miserable town undeserving of the name of city. Its jurisdiction includes four other small settlements, and it is of the Indians, reduced by the religious order of St. Francis. [It is in lat. 27° 30' n. long. 75° 38' w.

ECLAVA, a river of the llanos of the Orinoco, in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada. It runs s. and enters that river to the s. of the Duime. Its banks are very pleasant and luxuriant, and the waters are very pure. Here some Indians of the Saliva nation fix their habitations.

ECORS, a small river of the province and government of Louisiana, which runs e. between the Bois and Cachee, and enters the Mississippi.

ECOUMENAC, a point of the n. coast of Nova Scotia or Acadia, one of those which form the entrance of the great bay of Miramichi.

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EDADES, LAS SIETE, an island of the N. sea, near the coast of Tierra Firme, in the province and government of Cumaná, to the e. of the Isla Blanca.

LEDEN, a township in Hancock county, district of Maine, incorporated in 1796, taken from the n. part of Mount Desert.]

[EDEN, a township in Orleans county, Vermont, n. z. of Craftsbury, adjoining.]

[EDENTON, a district on the sea-coast of N. Carolina, bounded n. by the state of Virginia, e. by the ocean, w. by Halifax district, and s. by Newbern. It is subdivided into nine counties, viz. Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimins, Gates, Hertford, Bertie, and Tyrrel. It contains 53,770 inhabitants, of whom 19,198 are slaves. Its chief town is Edenton. The wood is chiefly pine, oak, cypress, and juniper; of all which there is abundance.]

[EDENTON, the capital of the above district, is a post-town and port of entry, at the head of a bay on the n. side of Albemarle sound, and at the n. e. side of the opening of Chowan river. It contains above 150 indifferent wooden buildings, and a few handsome ones. The public buildings are an ancient brick Episcopal church, a court-house, and gaol. In or near the town lived the proprietary, and the first of the royal governors. Its situation is advantageous for trade, but unhealthy; which doubtless has tended to retard its prosperity. Its exports, in the year ending September 30, 1794, amounted to the value of 50,646 dollars. It is 97 miles n. of Newbern, 257 n. n. e. of Wilmington, 139 s. s. e. of Petersburgh, and 440 s. w. of Phila delphia. Lat. 36° 6' n. Long. 76° 52' w.]

[EDESTON, a plantation in Hancock county, district of Maine, containing 110 inhabitants.]

EDEVA, a small river of the province and go vernment of Guayana or Nueva Andalucía, one of those which enter the Orinoco on the e. near the torrent of Los Atures.

[EDGAR, a port of entry and post-town of Massachusetts, and the chief town of Duke's county; situated on the e. side of the island of Martha's vineyard. The fertile island of Chabaquidick is within the jurisdiction of Edgarton, which has a small trade to the W. Indies. The exports in 1794 for one year, ending September 30th, amounted to 2257 dollars value. It lies about 14 miles s. of Barnstable county, on the main, and 94 miles s. s. e. of Boston. It was incorporated in 1671, and contains 1352 inhabitants.]

It

[EDGCOMB, a township in Lincoln county, district of Maine, containing 855 inhabitants. was incorporated in 1774, and lies 180 miles n. by e. of Boston.]

[EDGCOMB, a county of Halifax district, N.

Carolina, bounded s. by Pitt county, s. w. by Wayne county and Tar river, which affords it communication with several counties in the state, w. by Nash county, and e. by Martin and Halifax counties. It contains 10,255 inhabitants, of whom 2009 are slaves.]

[EDGEFIELD County, in S. Carolina, is the southernmost in the district of Ninety-six; bounded n. by Saluda river, which divides it from Newbury county, s.w. by Savannah river, which separates it from the state of Georgia, e. by Orangeburg district, and w. by Abbeville county. The ridge of elevated land which divides the waters of Saluda from those of Savannah river passes nearly through the middle of the county. Edgefield county is about 34 miles long and 24 broad, and contains 13,289 inhabitants, of whom 3619 are slaves.]

[EDGEFIELD Court-house, in the above county, where is a post-office, is 40 miles from Abbeville Court-house, 25 from Augusta, and 35 from Co

[EDGEMONT, a township in Delaware county, Pennsylvania.]

EDIMBURG. See CALIDONIA. EDISTO, a settlement of the province and colony of Georgia.

[EDISTO, or PONPON, a navigable river in S. Carolina, which rises in two branches from a remarkable ridge in the interior part of the state. These branches unite below Orangeburgh, which stands on the n. fork, and form Edisto river, which having passed Jacksonburg, leaving it on the s. branches and embraces Edisto and several smaller isles.]

EDISTO, a small island near the coast of the same province, and one of those called the Georgian; situate between the mouths of the river Edisto, forming two entrances or channels, distinguished by the names of North and South.

EDUARDO,S. a settlement of the province and government of Sonora ; situate between the settlement of Batequi and S. Luis de Bacapa.

EDWARD, S. with the addition of Prince, a county of the province and colony of Virginia. [EDWARD, a fort in Nova Scotia, in the town of Windsor in Hants county, said to be large enough to contain 200 men. It is situated on It is situated on Avon river, which is navigable thus far for vessels of 400 tons : those of 60 tons can go two miles higher.]

EDWARD, a fortification in Washington county, New York, now in ruins. It is situated on the c. bank of Hudson river, about 14 miles s. by e. of fort George, on the s. extremity of lake George,

and 19 s. by w. of Skenesborough, on South bay, an arm of lake Champlain. Lat. 43° 13' n. Long. 73° 32' w.]

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[EEL Cove and River, L'Anse et la Riviere à l'Anguille, on the s. side of Chaleur bay, is about three leagues to. from Maligash. This cove abounds with salmon, and great quantities of that fish is taken annually, by a few inhabitants who are settled here.]

[EEL RIVER Indians inhabit the lands on Eel river, a head branch of Wabash river. They were lately hostile; but ceded some land at the mouth of the river to the United States, at the treaty of Greenville, in 1795; when government paid them a sum of money, and engaged to pay them in goods, to the value of 500 dollars annually for ever.]

[EFFINGHAM, formerly LEAVITSTOWN, A township in Strafford county, New Hampshire, s. e. of Ossipee pond, on Ossipee river, incorpo rated in 1766, and has 154 inhabitants.]

[EFFINGHAM County, in the lower district of Georgia, is bounded by Savannah river on the n. e. which separates it from S. Carolina; by Ogechee river on the s. w. which divides it from Liberty county. It contains 2424 inhabitants, including 750 slaves. Chief towns, Ebenezer and Elberton.]

[EGG HARBOn R, a town in Gloucester county, New Jersey, on Great Egg Harbour; famous for the exportation of pine and cedar.]

[EGG HARBOUR River, GREAT and LITTLE. Great Egg Harbour river rises between Gloucester and Cumberland counties, in New Jersey. After running e. s. e. a few miles, it becomes the divisional line between cape May and Gloucester counties, and falls into the bay of its own name. The inlet from the Atlantic ocean lies in lat. 39° 22′ n. The river abounds with sheepshead, rock-fish, perch, oysters, clams, &c. which find a ready market at Philadelphia. This river is navigable 20 miles for vessels of 200 tons.]

[EGG HARBOUR Inlet, LITTLE, lies about 17 miles n. e. of Great Egg Harbour inlet. It receives Mulicus river, which rises in Gloucester and Burlington counties, and forms part of the divisional line a few miles from the bay. It is navigable 20 miles for vessels of 60 tons. The township of Little Egg Harbour, in Burlington county, consists of about 28,000 acres; the most of which being thin and barren is not under improvement. The compact part of the township is called Clam town, where there is a meeting-house for friends, and about 12 houses. It has a small trade to the W. Indies. During the late war, Captain Fer

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