tion of an increasing population, which in 1811 amounted to 8,325, and in 1821 to 13,396. Its waters, which increase in quantity in proportion to the demand for them, and increase of visitors, operate both as aperient and restorative, being impregnated with salts, suphur, stee., and calca- reous earth. The parish church is an ancient and venerable structure; there are several sectarian places of worship; its market on Thursday, is well supplied with every necessary.
Chelum, or Behut, a river of Asia, the western- most of the five eastern branches of the Indus. It rises above Cashmere, flows through the prov- ince of that name, into that of Lahore, and joins the Chunaub, 16 miles below Kooshaub. This river is the Hydaspes of Alexander.
Chelva, or Chulilla, a town of Spain, situate on the north bank of the Guadalaviar, about 20 m. N. W. of Valencia.
Chemnitz, or Kemnitz, a town of upper Saxony, in Misnia, surrounded by walls and ditches. It has four suburbs, and a castle about a mile from the town. Great quantities of cottons and other fine stuffs are made here; and the bleaching business is considerable. It is situate on a river of the same name, 38 m. S. W. of Dresden, and about the same distance S. E. of Leipzig. Pop. about 10,000.
* A There is another town of the sam^name in the north part of the circle of Leutmeritz in Bo- hemia. about 42 m. S. E.-f Dresden.
Chemung, ph. Ttoga. Co. N. Y. 190 m. W. Albany. Pop. 1.462.
Chenango, an interior county on the south side of the state of New York, it is kite Faceted by a river of the same name,’ which flows from north to south into the Susquehanna; population 37,406. Norwich is the chief town ; there is also a town of the same name at the entrance of the river into the Susquehanna, in the adjoining county of Broome, N. Y. near the frontier of Penn- sylvania, 127 m. W. S. W. of Albany. Pop. 3,716.
Chmapatam, or Chinnypatam, a town of Hin- doostan, in Mysore, near which is a handsome stone fort. It has manufactures of sugar, glass, and excellent music-wire, and a great trade in the produce of the palm-gardens in its vicinity. It is 40 m. E. N. E. of Seringapatam.
Chencour, or Ckemkon, a town of Armenia, on the frontiers of Georgia, with a beautiful cas- tle, grand caravanserais, and several mosques, 160 m. N. E. of Erivan.
Ckensi, or Shen-si, a western frontier province of China, lying between the lat. of 32. and 38. N. and 193. to 110. of E. long. It is bounded on the south by the province of Setchuen, and on the east partially by the province of Honan, but mainly by the Hoang-ho, or Great Yellow river, which divides it from Chan-si, on the north, part- ly bv the great wall which divides it from Chinese Tartary. and on the west by the dreary country of the Mseguls. containing an area of about 147,000 square m:lxc2xab. The Hoang-ho, in the eccentricity of its course, skirts the N. W. part of the prov- ince, running in a northerly direction; whilst on the east side it runs a course due south. Numerous streams intersect this province in all directions, some falling into the Hoang-ho on the west, and some into the same river on the east, and others into the Kiang Kien, or Great River, which intersects the province of Setchuen; a province so extensive, as may be expected, com- prises much diversity, of soil and features. It abounds with drugs, rhubarb, musk, cinnabar wax, honey, and coals; of which last it contains inexhaustiblfe veins. It has also rich gold mints, which, for political reasons, are not allowed to be opened. It produces little rice, but plentiful crops of wheat and millet; but is occasionally subject to long droughts, when clouds of locusts, from the forests of Mongul Tartary, destroy the entire vegetation of extensive districts ; the in- habitants, however, make a food of the locusts, and esteem them as a delicacy. The population is estimated at upwards of 30,000,000. |
Chen-yang, Chin-yan, or Mou-den, a city ofeast- ern Tartary, capital of a province of the same name, otherwise called Leatong. It is situate on the bank of a fine river, running south into the Gulf of Leaotong. The walls are 10 miles in cir- cumference ; and it is ornamented with several public edifices, and provided with arsenals and storehouses. It is 350 m. E. N. E. of Pekin. Long. 123. 5. E. lat. 41. 55. N.
Chepello, an island in the Bay of Panama, about 20 m. from the city of Panama, which it supplies with provisions and fruit.
Chepstow, a town in Monmouthshire, Eng. It is seated on the side of a hill, on the Wye, near its confluence with the Severn. It was surround- ed by a wall, traces of which are observable ; and on a perpendicular rock are the remains of a large castle. Here was also a priory, part of which is converted into a church, and comparatively it was in former times of much greater consequence than at present. It is now the port of entry for all the towns on the rivers Wye and Lug, and sends a few ships annually to the Baltic and British America, for timber, deals, Ac.: ships coast-way, a consid- erable quantity of timber, bar]?, &c. and has two ship-vards. where vessels of 500 to 600 tons are generally in a course of building. The spring tides rise to the height of 70 feet; the neaps are consequently attended with great inconvenience, and preclude it from materially extending its com- merce. There is a fine bridge of iron over the Wye, erected at the joint expense of the counties of Monmouth and Gloucester. It is about 10 m. N. of Bristol, and 130 W. N. W. of London. Pop in 1821, 3,008.
Cher, an interior department in the centre of France, including part of the late province of Berry. It receives its name from a river which rises in Auvergne, and flows into the Loire, be low Tours. Bourges, 126 m. due S. of Paris, is the capital. It contains about 3,000 sq. m. and
230,000 inhab.
Cherasco, a fortified town of Piedmont, capital of a fertile territory of the same name, with a strong citadel. It is seated on a mountain, at the confluence of the Stura with the Tanaro, 24 m. S. S. E. of Turin. Pop. about 11,000.
Cherbourv. a seaport of France, in the depart- ment of Manche, with an Augustine abbey. Here was a sea-fight between the English and French, in 1692, when the latter were beat., and upward of 20 of their men of war burnt, near Cape la Hogue. The English landed here in 1758, took the town, with the ships in the basin, demolished the fortifications, and ruined the works for im- proving the harbour. These works were resum- ed on a stupendous scale, by Louis XVI.; but their progress was interrupted by the revolution ; resumed again under Napoleon in 1803; and the works destroyed by the fury of the elements in l808; after which a new plan of operations was resolved upon, by excavating a basin out of the |