by the Arabian Sea and the gulfs of Cambay and
Cutch. The W. part is mountainous and woody,
and inhabited by a wild hardy race, governed by
rajahs of their own; but the largest antf finest part
is included within the extensive empire of the
Mahrattas. Amedabad is the capital.

Gwalior, a fortress of Hindoostan, in a district
of the same name, in the province of Agra, situa-
ted on a rock about four miles in length, but nar-
row, and nearly flat on the top, with sides almost
perpendicular, from 200 to 300 feet above the
surrounding plain. The rampart conforms to the
edge of the precipice all around; and the only
entrance is by steps running up the side of the
rock, defended on the side next the country by a
wall and bastions. The area within is full of no-
ble buildings, reservoirs of water, wells, and cul-
tivated land ; so that it is a little district within
itself. At the N. W. foot of a mountain is the
town which is well built. This fortress is con-
sidered as the Gibraltar of the east; but, in 1780,
major Popfaam took it by an unexpected noctur-
nal escalade, and in 1804, it capitulated after a
practicable breach was made through its walls by
colonel Henry White, It was afterwards given
up to the Mahrattas by lord Cornwallis. It is 80
m. S. of Agra. Long. 78. 28. E., lat. 26.15. N.

Gwinnett, a county of Georgia. Pop. 13,220.
Lawrenceville is the capital.

Gy, a town of France, in the department of the
Upper Saone. Pop. 2,701.

Gyfhorn, a town of Lower Saxony, in the
duchy of Luneburg, seated near the junction oi
the Iser with the Aller, 20 m. N. of Brunswick

Gyon. See Gijon.

Gyongyos, a town of Hungary, 21 m. W. S. W
of Erlau. Pop. 8,000.

Gyula, or Julia, a town of Hungary, situated
on an island in the river Kores, or Korash, with
a castle. Pop. about 2,000. It is 92 m. W. S.
W. of Colossvar.

Gzat, or Ghjat, a town of Russia, in the gov-
ernment of Smolensk, 140 m. E. N. E. of Smo-
lensk

HAA, a small island in the North Sea, near the
north coast of Scotland, three miles and a half S.
E. of Farout Head.

Haag, a town of Bavaria, capital of a county of
the same name. It is seated on a hill, 26 m. E.
by N. ofMunich. Long. 12. 15. E., lat. 48. 7. N.

Haarlem, or Haerlem. See Harlem.

Haastreeht, a village of South Holland, 3 m. E.
of Gosida. Pop. about 1,200.

Habergham, Eves, a township of England, in
Lancashire, 2 m. W. of Burnly, and 208 W. N.
W. of London. Pop. about 4,612.

Habelsekwerdt, a town of Silesia, in the county
of Glatz, on the river Neisse, 9 m. S. of Glatz.

Habolichetto, a viliage in Hancock Co. Missis-
sippi.

Haeha. See Rio de la Hacha.

Haehenburg, a town of Germany, in the county
of Sayn, with a castle, 20 m. N. N. E. of Cob-
lentz.

Hacketstown, a town of New Jersey, in Sussex
county, seated on the Musconekunk, 22 m. W. of
Morristown.    *

Hachinsaek, a town of New Jersey, chief of
Bergen county, with a Dutch and episcopal
church, and a flourishing academy. It is situate
on a river of the same name, 20 m. N. W. of New
York.

Hackney, a village and parish of Middlesex, Eng.
an appendage to London, 2 m. N. E. of Shore-
ditch Church. It has several hamlets, the princi-
pal of which are, Upper and Lower Clapton on
the north; Dalston, Shackwell,and Kingsland on
the west; and Homerton on the east. It has a
handsome modern church, begun in 1792, and a
chapel of ease erected in 1810. The term Hack-
ney Coach was derived from the circumstance
of this village being the first near the metropolis,
that was accomodated with carriages of that de-
scription. It has a receptacle for lunatics. St.
John’s palace, an ancient edifice in Well Street,
is said to have been the residence of the prior of
the order of St. John of Jerusalem. In this par-
ish, south of Leabridge are the Temple Mills, so
called from having formerly belonged to the
Knights Templars Pop. 22,494

Haddam, a town of Connecticut, in Middlesex
county, on the E. side of Connecticut river, 18
m. N. by E. of Saybrook. Pop. 2,830.

Hadenham, two parishes of England, the one
in Buckinghamshire, 47 m. from London; the
other in Cambridgeshire, 62 m. from London.

Haddington, a royal borough of Scotland, capi-
tal of the county of the same name on the Tyne,
17 m. E. of Edinburgh, and the first stage on the
road to London. It consists of four principal
streets, which intersect each other at nearly right
angles, and has a considerable manufacture of
coarse woolen cloth. Part of a monastery here is
occupied as a parish church, which is a large and
venerable building. It has a town house and
county hall; there are also two bridges over the
Tyne. The site of the ancient abbey of Hadding-
ton, is about a mile E. of the town, founded in
1178. In conjunction with Dunbar, North Ber-
wick, Jedburgh, and Lauder, it sends a member
to parliament. Here the celebrated John Knox
was born.

Haddingtonshire, or East Lothian, of which the
preceding is the capital, a county of Scotland, 25
m. long and 15 where broadest; bounded on the
W. by Edinburghshire, N. by the Frith of Forth,
E. by the German Ocean, and S. by Berwickshire,
and comprises an extent of about 297 sq.m. It
is divided into 24 parishes, and contained in 1801,
a pop. of 29,686, and in 1821, 35,127. The soil
is in many places doubly productive ; rich crops
are raised on the surface, and mines of coal are
inexhaustible. The southern part is mountainous,
comprehending the north side of Lammermuir
hills; but these high grounds feed many sheep
It is intersected by numerous streams, but the
principal river is the Tyne. The chief towns are
the three royal burghs of Haddington, North Ber-
wick, and Dunbar.

Haadonfield, p.v. Gloucester Co. N. J.

Hndenville, a village in Goochland Co. Va.

Hadersleben, a town of Denmark, in Sleswick,
with a citadel, on a small island, in a narrow bay
of the Baltic, 30 m. E. by S. of Ripen.

Hadit, or Hadice, a town of Syria, on me Ea
phrates, 115 m. W. of Bagdad.