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bank of a branch of the Euphrates, 45 m. S. W.
of Arz Roum.
Asab, or Assab, a town of Abyssinia, in Dan-
cali, on a bay in the straits of Babelmandel, 36
m. S. E. of Bailur.
Asangaro, a town and district of Peru, west of
the Andes, north of the lake Chuiento. It is very
thinly peopled.
Asaph, St. a city of Wales, and a bishop’s see,
in Flintshire, on the river Elway, where it
unites with the Clwyd. It is a poor place, of
note only for its cathedral, but has a market on
Saturday. It is 27 m. W. of Chester, and 217
N. W. of London, on the line of road to Holyhead.
Asben, an interior country of North Africa, of
venich Agadas is the capital ; it is bounded on
the east by Bornou, and north and west by the
deserts of Zaara and Tuarick.
Asbury, p.v. Warren Co. N J. 34 m. N. W.
Trenton.
Aseaion, a town on the coast of Palestine, dis-
tinguished in Jewish history as one of the chief
cities of the Philistines. It is now an insignificant
place about 30 m. S. W. of Jerusalem, and 10 N.
of Gaza.
Ascension, a parish in the Eastern District of
Louisiana, upon the Mississippi. The soil is rich
and produces sugar and cotton. Donaldson, 75 m.
from New Orleans, is the chief town. Pop. of the
parish, 5.400.
Ascension, a barren island in the Atlantic Ocean,
600 m N. W. of St. Helena. It has a safe
harbour, at which the East India ships often touch,
to procure turtles which are here plentiful and
large. Long. 13. 50. W. lat. 7. 57. S. Also the
name of a bay on the east coast of Yucatan, and
of the chief town of the island of Margarita on
the coast of Cumana.
Asch or Ausch, a town of Bohemia, in the circle
of Leutmeritz, situate on the banks of a small
river which falls into the Elbe, about 20 miles
above the town of Leutmeritz. Also the name of
a small town in Wirtemburg, and of another in
Bavaria.
Aschach, a considerable town of Upper Austria,
in the quarter of Hausruck, on the south bank of
the Danube.
Ascfuiffenbury, a town of Germany, lately in
the territory of Mentz, but now the capital of a
principality of the same name, in the circle of the
Lower Rhine, insulated in that of Franconia.
Here is a palace in which George II. of England
took up his quarters the night before the battle of
Dettingen, in 1748. It was taken by the French
in 1796 and 1800. It is situate near the conflux of
the Aschaff with the Maine, on the east side of
the latter river, 20 m. E. S. E. of Frankfort, and
4) W. N. W. of Wurtzburgh. Long. 9.5. E. lat.
50. xe2x80xa2'xc2xbb. N.
' Aickerslebm, a considerable town on the west
btnk of the Saal, in the principality of Anhalt, cir-
cle of Upper Saxony.
AseoU. a town of Italy, in the marquisate of An-
cona. with two citadels ; seated on a mountain,
bv the river Tronto, 80 m. N. E. of Rome.
Long. 13. 2*. E. lat. 42. 44. N.
Ascoli di Sotriano, a town of Naples, in Cap-
itanata, seated on a mountain, 70 m. E. of Naples.
Long. 15. 50. E. lat. 41. 8. N.
Ascora, a town in the island of Majorca, with a
church containing a celebrated image of the Vir-
gin, much resorted to Dy pilgrims. |
Ascutncy, a mountain in Vt. between Weathers-
field and Windsor, 3,320 feet high. It is chiefly a
granite rocK. with very few trees. The summit af-
fords an extensive prospect of the Connecticut
and a highly cultivated region in the neighbour-
hood.
Ashantee, an interior territory of North Africa,
extending from the meridional line to the 5th or
6th deg. of W. long, bounded by the Gold coast.
The Ashantees have for a long period been the
most powerful of all the Negro tribes of W. Africa,
not only in their contests with their neighbours,
but they have frequently defied the scientific and
destructive means of European warfare: during the
period of the uncontrolled sway of the slave trade,
previous to the commencement of the present
century, the Ashantees, though little known upon
the coast, were the main instruments in the in-
terior, by which that debasing traffic was carried
on, being constantly at war with their neighbours
for the obtaining of prisoners to send to the coast
as slaves, and it was the Ashantees who gave rise
to the famous, or rather infamous Assiento contract
of the Spaniards : since the restriction of the slave
trade to the south of the equator, the Ashantees,
though still full of thirst for war, have directed
more of their attention to commerce. It was in 1806
that they first appeared formidable on the coast
against the Annamboes, and in 1823 they com-
pletely defeated the whole British force of the
coast, which took the field against them; the
governor who commanded in person being slain
in the conflict, and the wreck of the army com-
pelled to take refuge in the forts.
Ashborough, p.v. Randolph Co. N. C. 78 m. W.
Raleigh.
Askborne, a town of Derbyshire, Eng It is fa-
mous for cheese, and seated between the rivers
Dove and Compton, 10 m. N. E. of Uttoxeter,
and 139 N. N. WT. of London. Pop. of the parish
4,688.
Ashbumham, p.t. Worcester Co. Mass. 55 m.
N. W. Boston. Pop. 1,403. Leather is made here
in large quantities by an incorporated company
with a capital of 30,000 dollars. Here is also the
Boston Soap-stone manufactory with a capital of
20,000 dollars.
Ashburton, a borough in Devonshire, Eng. It is
one of the four stannary towns, and has a consid-
erable manufacture of serges. It is seated among
hills (remarkable for tin and copper) near the river
Dart, 19 m. S. W. of Exeter, and 192 W. by S.
of London. It returns two members to parliament.
Pop. in 1821, 3,403.
Ashby, p.t. Middlesex Co. Mass. 50 m. N. W.
Boston. Pop. 1,240.
Ashby de la Zouch, a town in Leicestershire,
Eng. It had a castle with a very high tower, some
ruins of which are standing. Here are manufac-
tures of stockings, hats and ribands, and a con-
siderable trade in malt. A canal from the town
communicates with the Coventry canal. Ashby
is 13 m. S. of Derby, and 115 N. N. W. of Lon-
don. Pop. in 1821, 4,227. A vein of coal, of a
very superior quality was opened in the vicinity
about the year 1816, and a mineral water in the
same neighbourhood, since about the same period,
has been much resorted to.
Ashereff, or Eshreff, a town of Persia, situate on
a small rivulet which falls into the Caspian Sea
at its south end.
Ashfield, p.t. Franklin Co. Mass. 105 m. W.
Boston. Pop. 1,732.
Ashford, p.t. Windham Co. Conn. 27 m. N. E.
Hartford. Pop. 2,668.
Ashford, a town in Kent, Eng., governed by a |
