vania, viz., in Westmoreland, Cambria* Hunt-
ingdon, Armstrong, Somerset, and Venango
counties.

Allemance, p.v. Guilford Co. N. C. 335 m.
Wash.

Allen, p.t. Alleghany Co. N. Y. 276 m. W. Al-
bany. Pop. 898.

Allen, t. Cumberland Co. Pa.

Allen, a County in Kentucky. Pop. 6,486.

Allen, a County of Ohio, in the N^W. part, 24
m. in extent, containing 554 sq. miles. Pop. 578.
Wapakonetta is the capital.

Allen, t. Union Co. Ohio.

Allen’s Ferry, p.v. Harrison Co. Ind. 537 m.
Wash.

Allen's Fresh, p.v. Charles Co. Md. 91 m. S.
W. Baltimore.

Allentown, p.t. Monmouth Co. N. J. 34 m. N.
E. Phil.

Allentown, p.v. Montgomery Co. N. C. 428 m.
Wash.

Mlenstown, t. Merrimack Co. N. Hampshire.
58 m. fr. Boston : 38 fr. Portsmouth. Pop. 481.

Mlenstown, p.t. Northampton Co. Pa. on the
Lehigh, 52 m. N. W. Phil.

AUensville, t. Mifflin Co. Pa.

Allensville, p.v. Switzerland Co. Ind. 28 m. S.
W. Cincinnati.

Allenburg, a town of Prussia, on the river Al-
le, 25 m. E. S. E. of Konigsberg.

Allendale, a parish and mining district at the
foot of Fuller Hill, in the Co. of Northumberland,
Eng. Pop. in 1821, 4,629.

Mlendorf, a town of Germany, famous for its
sait-works, and three bridges over the Werra. It
is 15 m. E. of Cassel; also the name of several
other small towns in Germany.

AUerton, the name of a village in Lancashire,
England ; another in Somerset; and of 6 others
in Yorkshire.

AUerton, North. See North Allerton.

Allier, a department of France. It is so called
from a river which flows by Moulins, and enters
the Loire, below Nevers. Pop. 254,558.

Alligator, r. a stream of N. Carolina, running
into Albermarle Sound.

Alloa, a seaport of Scotland, in Clackmanan-
shire, near the mouth of the river, on the Frith
of Forth. Here is a custom-house, and an ex-
cellent dry dock ; and its harbour is the resort of
all the coal-vessels in the neighbourhood. It has
a glass-house, 2 distilleries, and 2 breweries, the
produce of which is in great repute. Near the
town is a tower 90 ft. in height, with walls 11 ft.
in thickness. It is 30 m. W. N. W. of Edin-
burgh.

Attmmy Creek, t. Salem Co. N. J.

AU-saints Bay. See Bahia.

Mmada, a town of Portugal, seated on a point
of land, on the south bank of the Tagus, nearly
opposite Lisbon.

Almaden del Azogue, a town of Spain, in La
Mancha, famous for its rich mines of mercury and
Vermillion, 45 m. S. W. of Ciudad Real.

Almaden de la Plata, a town of Spain in Anda-
usia, on the river Colar, 34 m. N. by E. of Se-
ville.

Almanza, a town of Spain in Murcia, remarka-
ble for the victory gained by the French and
Spaniards over the allies in 1707, when most of
the English were killed or taken, having been
abandoned by the Portuguese horse at the first
charge. It is situate in a fertile plain on the
xe2x96xa0frontiers of Valencia, 35 m. S W. of Xativa,
and 62 N. of Murcia. Long. 1. 10. W. lat. 38
48. N. _

Almeida, a fortified town of Portugal, in Beira.
It was taken by the French, after a short siege,
in 1810, who afterwards demolished the fortifica-
tions. It is situate on the river Coa, and near
the borders of Spain, 18 m. N. E. of Guarda.

Almeria, a seaport of Spain in Granada, and a
bishop’s see, seated at the mouth of the Almeria,
62 m. S. E. of Granada. Long. 2. 31. AV. lat. 36

51. N.

Mmissa, a town of Dalmatia, famous for its
wines. It stands at the foot of a high rock, and
at the mouth of the Cetina, 12 m. E. of Spala-
tro.

Almond, p.t. Alleghany Co. N. J. 27 m. W.
Albany. Pop. 1,804.

Almondbury, a village in AVest Yorkshire, sea-
ted on the Calder, 2 m. S. S. E. of Huddersfield.
It was the Campodonum of the Romans, after-
wards a seat of the Saxon kings, and had once a
castle and a cathedral. Pop. 5,680.

Mmondsbury, a village in Gloucestershire, 7 m.
N. of Bristol, where Alimond, father of King
Egbert, is said to have been buried. Here is a
fortification of the Saxons, with a double ditch,
which commands an extensive view of the Se-
vern.

Almunecar, a town of Spain, in Granada, seat-
ed on the Mediterranean, with a good harbour,
defended by a strong castle, 30 m. S. S. E. of Al-
hama. Long. 3. 45. AV. lat. 36. 30. N.

Mna, p.t'. Lincoln Co. Me. 53 m. N. E. Port-
land. Pop. 1,175.

Alnwick, a considerable town of Northumber-
land, on the road to Scotland; a place peculiarly
fatal to some of the ancient Scottish monarchs.
Here Malcolm III. making an inroad into Nor-
thumberland, was killed, with Edward his son,
and his army defeated, by Robert Mowbray, earl
of this county, in 1093. And here too his great
grandson, AA’iliiam I. invading England with an
army of 80,000 men, was encountered, his army
routed, and himself made prisoner, in 1174. The
town appears to have been formerly fortified, from
the vestiges of a wall still to be seen in several
parts, and 3 gates, which remain almost entire.
Alnwick is a well-built town; and is ornamented
by a stately old gothic castle, the seat of the
duke of Northumberland. It is seated on the
Alne, 310 m. N. by W. from London, 33 N. of
Newcastle, and 26 S. of Berwick. Pop. in 1821,
5,927.

Alpnach, a town of Switzerland, in Unterwal-
den, seated on an arm of the lake of the Four
Cantons, 6 m. S. of Lucern.

Alps, a chain of mountains, in Europe, which
begins at the Gulf of Genoa, to the E. of Nice,
passes into Switzerland, crosses that country and
Tyrol, separates Germany from Italy, and ter-
minates at the north part of the gulf of Venice.
This grand chain is sometimes divided into two
or more ridges, ranging one by’ another, with on-
ly narrow valleys betw'een; and the different
portions have distinct appellations, as the Mari-
time, Pennine, Lepontine, Helvetian, Rhetian,
Julian, &c. They are composed of stupendous
rocky masses, two, four, and even six being pil-
ed upon each other, and from 4,000 to aoove
15,600 ft. high. There are few passes over them,
and those of difficult access. Switzerland has
the central part of these mountains, and the val-
leys between them. These mountains are fre
quented by the chamois, an animal about the