Asnieras, a town of France, in the department
of Upper Vienne, 10 m. N. W. of Bellac.

Asola, a town of Italy, in Bresciano, 20 m. S.
E. of Brescia.

Asolo, a town of Italy, in Trevisano, with a
spacious citadel on a hill. It is surrounded by
walls, and situate near the Musone, 17 m. N. W.
of Treviso.

Asoph, or Azof, a sea, anciently the Palus
Maeotis, lying N. of^ie Black Sea, with which
it communicates by the strait of Caffa, the an-
cient Cimmerian Bosphorus. The sea, which
is sometimes called the Sea of Zabak, extends
240 m. from S. W. to N. E. between the latitudes
of 42. to 47. N. and 34. to 39. of W. long.

Asoph, a district of the Russian empire, in the
province of Catharineslaf, including a large tract
of territory to t*he east and west of the town of
Asoph. It was ceded by the Turks in 1774, and
after that period, several new towns were built
by Catharine II.; one of which, Catharineslaf, is
now the capital.

Asoph, a town of Russia, lately the capital of
a district of the same name, seated on the east
bank of the Don, near its entrance into the sea
of Asoph. It has been several times taken by the
Turks and Russians. It is not of the importance
it was in the reign of Peter the Great; the river
being now so choked with sand as scarcely to
admit the smallest vessel. Long. 38. 32. E. lat.

46. 58. N. .

Asperm, a town of Holland, famous for a long
siege which it held out against the Geldrians, in
1517. It is seated on the Linghe, 13 m. S. of
Utrecht, and 22 E. of Rotterdam.

Aspern, a town of Austria, on the north bank
of the eastern branch of the Danube, a little
below Vienna, distinguished for a great battle
fought between the French and Austrians in 1809,
during which the town was totally destroyed, but
has been since re-built.

Assam, an interior country of Asia, bounded on
the W. by Bengal and Bootan, N. hy Thibet, and
S. E. and S. by Meckley. The river Burram-
pooter divides it into two provinces; the northern,
which is the most fertile, being called Uttercul,
and the southern Dachincul. Among the pro-
ducts are many kinds of valuable fruits, with silk,
musk, pepper, cocoanuts, sugar, and ginger. The
open parts are marked with population and tillage;
the woods abound with elephants. The moun-
tains are inhabited by a savage tribe called Nancs,
who go naked, and eat dogs, cats, mice, locusts,
and any thing they can find. The other inhabi-
tants of Assam are base and unprincipled, have
no fixed religion, nor any rule but their inclina-
tion. They eat all flesh except human., and even
animals that die a natural death. They are en-
terprizing, savage, vindictive, and fond of war.
They have neither horses, asses, nor camels; but
these are sometimes brought there from other
countries. Asses they are fond of, but are so
much afraid of a horse, that one trooper would
put a hundred of them to flight. The invention
of gunpowder is ascribed to the Assamese. It
was known in China and Hindoostan in very
remote antiquity ; and in the code of Gentoo laws
there is a prohibition of the use of fire-arms:
but what these fire-arms were is not distinctly
known. Ghergong is the capital.

Assancale, or HasanJiala, a town of Turkish
Armenia, which has hot baths much frequented.
It is sealed on the Ares, 22 m. E. of Erzerum.

Assarpour, a town of Hindoostan, in the coun-
try of Cutch, at the most eastern mouth of thxc2xab
Indus, 38 m. W. of Boogebooge.

Assecrgur, a strong hill fort of Hindoostan, in
Candeish. In the war with the Mahrattas, in
1803, it surrendered to the British. It is 20 m.
N. E. of Burhanpour.

Assert, a town of Holland in Overyssel, 12 in.
S. of Groningen, and 51 N. N. W. of Coevordon

Assenheim, a town of Germany, in the circle of
Upper Rhine, at the conflux of the Wetter with
the Nidda, 11 m. N. E. of Frankfort.

Asserts, a sea-port of Denmark, in the island of
Funen. It is the common passage from the duchy
of Sleswick to Copenhagan, and is 17 m. S. W.
of Odensee. Long. 10. 2. E. lat. 55. 17. N.

Assiniboins, or Asseneboyne, a river of North
America, falling into the S. W. end of Lake
Winnipeg; the North West Fur Trading Com-
pany have a house on the south bank of the river,
about 15 m. above its entrance into the lake.

Assisi, a town of Italy, in the duchy of Spoleto,
with a magnificent church, 22 m. N. W. of
Spoleto.

Assomption, a township and village of Lower
Canada, situate on the bank of a river of the same
name, which falls into the St. Lawrence a little
below Montreal.

Assonet, p.v. in Berkley, Bristol Co. Mass.

Assos, a sea-port of Asiatic Turkey, in Natolia,
on a bay of the Archipelago, 12 m. S. E of Troas.
Long. 26. 36. E. fat. 39. 32. N.

Assumpeion, an episcopal city, capital of a prov-
ince in Paraguay. It stands in a fertile country,
on the east bank of the river Paraguay, a little
above the confluence of the Pilcomayo. Long.

57. 40. W. lat. 22. 47. Also the name of one of
the Ladrone islands, in N. lat. 19. 45. and 45.

35. E. long.

Assumption, a parish in the E. District of Lou-
isiana, on the river Lafourche. Pop. 5.400. The
court-house is 90 m. W. of New Orleans.

Astabat, xe2x80xa2“ town of Persian Armenia, 3 m. from
the river Aras, and 32 S. E. of Naksivan.

Astara, a town of Persia, in Ghilan, on a river
of the same name, near its entrance into the S. W.
end of the Caspian Sea. Long. 50. 40. E. lat

38. 30. N.

Aster dbad, or Esterabad, a town of Persia, capi-
tal of a province of its name at the S. E. part of
the Caspian Sea. It stands at the mouth of a
river, which forms a bay convenient for trade,
110 m. E. of Ferabad. Long. 54 . 58. E. lat. 37.
i6. N.

Asti, a city of Piedmont, capital of the depart-
ment of Tanaro, with a citadel. Beside the cath-
edral, it contains upward of thirty other churches.
It is'seated on the Tanaro, 24 m. E. of Turin
Pop. about 22,000.

Astorga, an episcopal town of Spain, in Leon,
well fortified by art and nature. It is seated in
a plain, on the river Tueria, 25 m. S. W of Leon,
and about midway on the high road from Co-
runna to Madrid.

Astrabad, a tongue of land on the northeast
coast of the Crimea, extending into the sea of
Asoph.

Astracan, a city of the Caucasus, and the prin-
cipal city of Asiatic Russia, capital of a province
of the same name, and an archbishop’s see. It
is situate on an island formed by two branches
of the Volga River, near its entrance into the
north end of the Caspian Sea, in the lat. of 46.
and has a good harbour. It is surrounded by
walls, and on the west has a triangular fortress