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and a, population of 8,472. The chief town is of
.he same name.
Chesterfield, ph. Cheshire Co. N. II. 100 m. from
Portsmouth ; 90 m. from Boston.
Chesterfield, ph. Hampshire Co. Mass. Pop.
1,417.
Chesterfield, Essex Co. N. Y. Pop. 1,671. Al-
so a town in Burlington Co. N. J.
Chesterfield Inlet, an inlet extending about 200
miles westward from the north end of Hudson’s
Bay: the entrance to the inlet is in lat. 63. 30.
N. "long. 90. 40. W.; its mean breadth is about 15
miles.
Chester-le-Street, a parish in the county of
Durham, Eng. containing 18 townships. The to-
tal population of which in 1821 was 13,936 ; the
parish abounds in coal, and is intersected by the
river Wear ; the township of Chester-le-Street is
xe2x96xa0situate on the west bank of the Wear, six miles
lorth of Durain, and 18 south of Newcastle, and
m 1821 contained 1,892 of the population.
Chestertovm, port of entry and capital of Kent
Co. Maryland, on Chester river, flowing into the
upper part of Chesapeak Bay from the East. An
academy which was originally incorporated as a
college, is established here and receives an annui-
ty from the state.
Ch-stcrriHe, Kennebec Co. Me. Pop. 923.
Ch- -Vrr/'tt. p. v. Kent Co. Maryland.
C'ss'nni Hi1!, a township in X rthamptonCo.Pa.
C:- r:~t H'iis. a ridge of mountains in Eng-
land. which run from north to south through
Northumberland and Cumberland, famous for its
free chase, formerly much used by the English
and Scotch gentry. These hills are now chiefly
wild and open sheep-walks ; goats also are fed
amomr them, and some of the finest cattle in
the kingdom, in parts of the Scotch border. Near
these many an obstinate battle has heen fought
between the English and Scotch, before the two
kingdoms were united; among which may he
numbered the encounter between the earls Percy
and Douglas, celebrated in the ancient ballad call-
ed Chevy Chace. The altitude of the peak called
Cheviot Pill, tvhich is about 20 m. W. by N, of
Alnwick, is 2,658 feet above the level of the sea,
other peaks of the range rise 300 to 400 feet
higher.
=Ch:apa. a province of America, uniting the
two grind divisions of the western hemisphere.
This province extends from the lat. of 14. 50. to |
17. 30. of north lat. and lies betweeu the long, of
90. 20. and 92. 50. AV. being about 180 miles in
extreme length but the nfaan breadth not exceed-
ing more than about 100 itiiles, its area may be
stated at 18,000 square miles. It is bounded on
the north by the province of Tabasco, which en-
closes it on the side of the Atlantic Ocean, and
on the south by part of the province of Gua-
temala, which encloses it on the side of the Paci-
fic Ocean; on the east by,Vera Paz > and west by
Guaxaca, the extreme southern province of Mex-
ico. The Andes run into this province in broken
ridges at its S. E. extremity ; but towards its more
western boundary, the grand mountain chain
may be said to be completely divided. The
Tabasco River rises at the foot of the termination
of the mountain chain, runs first in a W. N. AV.
direction, and afterwards takes a northerly course
through the province of Tabasco, into the Bay
of Campeachy, thereby affording an advantageous
opening with the Atlantic Ocean. Four or five
other streams of inferior importance intersect the
central and eastern side of the province, all uni-
ting into one, near its northern frontier; after
wards running through the province of Tabasco
also into the Bay of Campeachy, there being no
river of any note running out of Chiapa into the
Pacific Ocean. With the exception of the S. E.
part, Chiapa maj7 be considered a level rather
than a mountainous country, and exceedingly
fertile ; and having hitherto been uncursed with
the discovery of any gold or silver mine, the
native inhabitants are proportionably more nume-
rous, more social, and exhibit more primitive
characteristics than in any other part of the
western hemisphere. Nearly all the animated
creatures and vegetable productions common to
the tropical section of this division of the globe,
are common in Chiapa. The most prominent of
the animal race is the horse, the breed of which,
first introduced from Europe, is deservedly cele-
brated, and cherished with great care by the in-
habitants, with whom the horse constitutes their
most important branch of traffic, great numbers
being constantly sent into Mexico. When, in-
stead of chicane and oppressive exactions, integ-
rity and mutual reciprocity shall constitute the
basis of commercial intercourse, no part ofthe
world will afford a fairer field for enterprize than
the province of Chiapa. Its forests will supply
abundance of cypress, cedar, pine, walnut, and
other timber, whilst the cultivated parts will
yield abundance of cotton, cocoa, coffee, sugar,
and cochineal, w7ith a boundless variety of aro-
matic resins, gums, and dyes, to constitute fit
and ample equivalents to exchange for the varied
useful productions of European art. Most of
the domestic animals and fowds common to Eu-
rope, as well as the horse, have become natural-
ized in Chiapa. and in greater plenty and excel-
lence than in almost any other part of America
south of the United States: and its climate, in
reference to its geographical position, being of a
genial and moderate, rather than of an extreme
temperature, it affords as favourable a domicile
for a portion of the population of the denser in-
habited parts of Europe as any part of the world.
This territory is comprised within the republic
oi Guatemala, or Central America, as it is some-
times called.
Chiapa, the chief town of the preceding prov-
ince, is situate on the west side of the river Tabas-
co, near the N. W. extremity of the province, in
the lat. of 17. 5. N. and 92. 40. of W. long. The
number of inhabitants is estimated at 20,000,
chiefly Indians, hence it is called Chiapa de los
Indios, in contradistinction to another town about
20 miles west, called Chiapa de Los Espanoles, in
consequence of being inhabited chiefly by persons
of Spanish descent: the latter is sometimes called
Ciudad Real, and is the see of a bishop, having a
stately cathedral, and several monastic establish-
ments ; its population is, however, inconsiderable,
not exceeding more than 2,000.
Chiarenza, a town of European Turkey, in the
Morea. on the river Sillus, situate near the sea,
onposite the east end of the island of Cefaloma.
Long. 21. 23. lat. 37. 46. N._
Chiari, a town of Italy, in Bresciano, where
the Anstrians defeated the French in 1701. It is
situate between two rivers which fall into the
Oglio, on the east side, 14 m. N. N. E. of Crema.
Pop. about 7,000.
Chiaromonte, a town of Sicily, in Val di Noto,
seated on a mountain 25 miles west of Syracuse,
it gave the surname to the family of the virtuous
ana amiable pope Pius VII. |
