Smaland, and a bishop’s see. It is celebrated as
the place where the deputies of Sweden, Den-
mark, and Norway, were appointed to assemble
for the eleclion of a king, according to the Union
of Calmar. On an eminence, half a mile from
the town, is the ancient castle, now converted
into a distillery. The cmef exports are deals and
tar. It is seated near the Baltic, 190 m. S. S. W.
of Stockholm. Long. 16. 22. E. lat. 56. 41. N.

Calmina, or Calim.no, an island of the Grecian
Archipelago, near the coast of Asia, 7 m. N. W⁷.
of Stanchio. Long. 26. 46. E. lat. 36. 56. N.

Cain, East and West, townships in Chester Co.
Pa.

Calne, a bor >ugh in Wiltshire, Eng. It has
eight or ten extensive manufactories of woolen
cloth, and in the vicinity are many fulling and
corn mills. It is seated on a river of the same
name, 25 m. E. of Bristol, and 88 W. of London.
It returns two members to parliament. Pop. in
1321 (4,612..

Caltura, a town on the west coast of Ceylon,
with a fort. A great quantity of arrack is made
here, and other manufactories carried on. It
stands at the mouth of a large branch of the Mu-
liwaddy*, 23 m. S. by E. of Colurnbo. Long.-79.
56. E. lat. 6. 44. N.

Cult ados, a maritime department of France, in-
cluding part of the late province of Normandy⁷,
bounded north by the English channel. It is so
called from a ridge of rocks of the same name,
near the coast of what was heretofore called
Normandv, extending twelve miles in length. It
contains an area of about 2.210 square miies. and
upwards of 500,OiM) inhabitants. It is intersected
from the south to the sea by the river Orne. It
is a fertile province, and exports a considerable
quantity* of clover seed. Caen, on the banks ol
the Orne is the chief town.

Calvert, a county* of Maryland, lying between
the Patuxent River and Chesapeak Bay. Pop.
8,899. Prince Frederick, 40 m. S. of Annapolis
and St. Leonard’s, in the south part of the county,
on the shore of the Chesapeak, 71 m. S. of An-
napolis, are the chief towns.

Colvi, a town of Naples, in Terra di Lavoro,
eight miles north of Capua.

Calvi, a town of Corsica, op a craggy moun-
tain and gulf of the same name, with a strong
fortress and a good harbour. It was taken by
the English in 1794. It is 33 m. W. S. W. of
Bastia.

Calrisano, a town of Bresciano, 12 m. S. by
E. of Brescia. Pop. about 3,000.

Col If. a town of Suabia. in the kingdom of
Wartemburg, with a porcelain manufacture, and
a grsat trade -in stuffs. It is 20 m. W. by S. of
SuMtgari Pop. 3,500.

Cam. a. river which rises in Hertfordshire, Eng.
flows by Cambridge into the isle of Ely, and
there j*asa; the Ouse, to which river it is naviga-
ble frsm Cambridge.

. Ca.rn.xmz. a. town of Peru, capital of a jurisdic-
tion ; sit’cate on a river of the same name near
the Paeiac Ocean. 70 m. W. of Arequipa, in
lat. 16. 1xc2xbb). X. and 73. 15. W. long.

Camuron, an island of Arabia on the Red Sea,
where there is a fishery for white coral and pearl
oysters. Long. 42. 22. E. lat. 15. 6. N.

Camaret, a town of France, in the department
of Finisterre. In an expedition against Brest, in
1694, the English landed here, and lost a great
number of men. It stands on a bay of the same
name, 8 m. S. of Brest.

Camarines, the most southern province of the
isle of Luzon, of which Caceres is the chief
town.

Camargue, an island, or cluster of islands, of
France, in the mouths of the Rhone, separated
by canals and fortified. The whole contains 80
square miles ; the land is fertile, but the air is
unwholesome.

Cambat, the southernmost province of Abyssi-
nia, inhabited by a people called Seb-a-adja, who
are a mixture of Pagans, Christians, and Mahom
etans. It is abundant in fruits.

Cambay, a considerable city of Hindoostan, in
the province of Guzerat. It stands on a gulf of
the same name, and was the Camanes of Ptole-
my. Here are three bazars, and four publick cis
terns, capable of supplying the whole town wifi
water in times of the greatest drought. Its pro
ducts and manufactures are considerable ; for the
country* abounds in corn, cattle, and silk : and
cornelian and agate stones are found in its rivers.
The inhabitants are noted for embroidery. It is
100 rn. N. of Surat, and 50 m. S. of Amadabad,
of which it is the port. It belongs to the Eng-
lish, and is included in the presidency of Bombay.
Long. 72. 34. E. lat. 22. 17. N.

Camberg, a town of Germany, on the south-
west frontier of the electorate of Hesse, situate on
a hill, 17 m. E. by S. of Nassau, and 20 N. W. of
Frankfort on the Maine.

C'amberwdl, a parish in Surrey, contiguous to
London, on the south side; and to which it forms
an appendage, being occupied principally by the
private residences of the merchants, shopkeepers,
and clerks employ ed in the several public estab-
lishments of the Bank, East India House, cus-
toms, &c. &c. The number of inhabitants in
1821 was 17,876 ; since when they have consider-
ably increased. The old church is 2 1-2 m. S. of
London Bridge : an additional church, after the
model of one in Rome, was erected in 1825.

Cambodia, Camboja, or Camboya, a kingdom
or territory of Asia, extending from Cape Cam-
bodia, in the China sea, south, in the lat. of 8.40.
to Laotchua or Laos, in the lat. of about 17. N. :
bounded on the east, at the south end, by Tsiom-
pa, and further north by the country of the Ke
moys, which divides it from Cochin-China, and
on the west from the 8th to the 14th degree of
latitude by the Gulf of Siam, and further north
by the territory of Siam; being of an average
breadth of about three degrees of longitude be-
tween 101. and 106. E. comprising an aggregate
extent of surface of about 100,000 square miles.
As far as any knowledge of this country has been
obtained, it appears to be exceedingly rich, alike
in vegetable, animal, and mineral productions;
whilst the unsocial habits of the people, who ap-
pear to be a mixture of Japanese, Cochin-Chi-
nese, Malays, and natives of the Eastern islands
preclude nearly all intercourse with Europeans.
In the 17th century, the Portuguese, Dutch, and
English, each unsuccessfully endeavoured to es-
tablish an intercourse in this country, and all suc-
ceeding attempts, except to a trifling extent sur-
reptitiously, appear to have met with disadvan-
tageous results. It is intersected by a noble river
of the same name, which rises in Chinese Tarta-
ry, runs through Thibet and the west side of
Yunnan, the south-west province of China, and
Laos, and through the Cambodian territory in a
south-east direction, falling into the China Sea,
by several channels, between the latitudes of 9.
and 11. N. In Thibet, this river is called the