of the Europeans. The temples and the towers
of Pekin are so numerous that it is difficult to
count them. The surrounding country is sandy
and unproductive, but provisions of all kinds are
exceedingly plentiful, being brought, as well as
the merchandise, from all parts by canals from
the rivers, which are always crowded with ves-
sels of different sizes. An earthquake which hap-
pened here, in 1731, hurried above 100,000 per-
sons in the ruins of the houses. The inhabitants
are estimated at 2,000,000. ,It is 60 m. S. of the
great wall. Long. 116. 27. E., lat. 39. 54. N.

Pelagnisi, an island in the Grecian Archipela-
go. about 8 m. in circumference. Long. 24. 12.
E.i lat. 39. 30. N.

Pelegrmo, a mountain on the N. coast of Sicily,
nearly 2 m. W. of Palermo. On this mount is a
cavern, in which is the image of St. Rosolio, the
atroness of Palermo, who is said to have died
ere : and round this cave a church is built,
where priests attend to watch the precious relics,
and receive the offerings of the pilgrims.

Pdeio Islands, or Paiaos, a group of islands in
the Pacific Ocean, lying between 133. and 136. E.
long, and 6. and 8. N. lat. They are encircled on
the VV. side by a reef of coral; and are 18 in
number, of which the principal ones are Oroolong,
Emungs. Emillegue, Artingal, Corooraa. and Pe-
lelew. ~ They are well covered with trees of va-
rious kinds and sizes; and every part of that call-
ed Corooraa bears the marks of industry and good
cultivation. Captain Wilson, of the Antetope
E. India packet, who was wrecked here in
1783, found the natives simple in their manners,
delicate in their sentiments, and friendly in their
disposition. The astonishment which they man-
ifested on seeing the English, plainly showed
that they had never before seen a white man.
They had no idea of the nature of powder and
shot, and were exceedingly amazed on seeing its
effects. Their principal arms consist of bamboo
darts, from 5 to 8 feet long, pointed with the
wood of the betel-nut tree ; but there are short
ones for different marks, which are thrown by
means of a stick two feet long. The chiefs wear a
bone round one of their wrists, in the form of a
bracelet, which, being a mark of great honour con-
ferred bv the king, is never to be parted with but
with life. They are not all ot the same degree, as
appeared from a difference in the bone they wore.
Caniain Wilson was invested with the highest
order of the bone. With respect to property, in
these islands, a man's house or canoe is consider-
ed as his own, as is also the land allotted to him,
as long as he occupies and cultivates it; but,
whenever he removes to another place, the ground
reverts to the king. The natives make canoes
out of the bark of trees, some large enough to car-
rv 30 men. Yams and cocoa nuts, being their chief
articles of subsistence, are attended with the ut-
most care; and me mil k of the latter is their com-
mon drink. On particular occasions, they add to
their ordinarr fare certain sweetmeats, and a
sweet oeverage, obtained by the aid of a syrup,
extracted either from the palmhree or the sugar-
cane. Their houses are raised about three feet
from the ground, the foundation beams being
laid on large stones, whence spring the upright
supports oftheLr sides, which are crossed by oth-
er timbers grooved together, and fastened by
wooden pins, the intermediate space heing closely
filled up with bamboos and palm-tree leaves,
platted together : the inside is without any divis-
ions, forming one great room. They have little
baskets, nicely woven from slips of the plantain-
tree, and wooden baskets with covers, neatly
carved, and inlaid with shells. No one goes
abroad without a basket, which usually contains
some betei-nut, a comb, a knife, and a little
twine. The best knives are made of a piece of
the large mother-of-pearl oyster, ground narrow,
and the outward side a little polished. The combs
are made of the orange-tree, of which there are a
few of the Seville kind; the handle and teeth are
fastened to the solid wood. The fishing hooks
are of tortoise shell; and twine, cord, and fishing-
nets, are well manufactured from the husks of
the cocoa-nut. Of the plantain leaf are formed
mats, which serve the people as beds. They also
use a plantain leaf at meals, instead of a plate ;
and the shell of a cocoa-nut supplies the place of
a cup. There are vessels of a kind of earthen
ware, of a reddish brown colour, in which they
boil their fish, yams, &c. A bundle of cocoa-nut
husks serves them for a broom; and thick bam-
boos, with bores five or six inches in diameter,
are the buckets or cisterns. The shell of the tor-
toise is here remarkably beautiful, and the natives
have discovered the art of moulding it into little
trays or dishes and spoons. Some of the great la-
dies have also bracelets of the same manufacture,
and ear-rings inlaid with shells. The Pelewans, in
general, are stout and well made, rather above the
middle stature, and of a deep copper colour.
Their hair is long, and generally formed into one
large loose curl round Ineir heads. The men are
entirely naked: but the women wear two little
aprons, one before, the other behind. Both sexes
are tattooed, have their teeth made black by art.,
and the cartilage between the nostrils bored,
through which they frequently put a sprig or blos-
som of some plant or shrub. The men have the
left ear bored, and the women both ; a few of the
former wear beads in the perforated ear, the lat-
ter either the leaf, or an ear-ring of inlaid tor-
toise-shell. Both sexes are very expert swimmers;
and the men are admirable divers. Such an
opinion had Abba Thulle, the king of the
island, entertained of the English that on their
departure, he permitted his second son, Lee Boo,
to accompany them to England, where he arrived
in 1784. In a few months after, this hopeful
youth died ofthe small-pox, and the E. India Com-
pany erected a monument over his grave in Ro-
therhithe church-yard.

Pelham, ph. Merrimack Co. N. H. 32 m. N.
W. Boston. Pop. 1,075; ph. Hampshire Co.
Mass. 80 m. W. Boston. Pop. 904 ; ph. West-
chester Co. N. Y.on East River, 20 m. from New
York. Pop. 334.

Pdissane, a town of France, department ol
Mouths of the Rhone, 15 m. W. N. W. of Aix

Bd/erin, a town in the department of Low
er Loire, siti^ite on the Loire, with a harbour foi
small vessels, 10 m. N. of Nantes, and 23 S. E. of
Painboeuf.

Pdoponnesus. See Greece.

Pemaquid Bay and Point, on the coast of Maine
in lat. 43.37. N., long. 69. 30. W.

Pemba, an island in the Indian Ocean, near the
coast of Zanguebar, about 100 m. in circumfer-
ence. Long. 41. 10. E., lat. 4. 50. S.

Pemba, a town of the kingdom of Congo, capi-
tal of a province of the same name. It is seated
on the Lozo, 90 m. S. S. E. of St. Salvador. Long

14. 40. E., lat. 6. 45. S.

Pembina, a river of North America flowing in-
to the Red River of Lake Winnipeg in lat. 48.