has a custom house a little below the town; but
its external commerce is very inconsiderable. Its
chief traffic in export is in oysters and grain,
which it sends to the London market in great
quantities, and receives in return every descrip-
tion of shop goods for the supply of the town, and
distribution over the surrounding country. It
had formerly extensive manufactures of woolen
stuffs, but the manufacture at Colchester is now
trifling, no small share of its present importance
is derived from the extensive intercourse of which
it is a centre point between London, Harwich, Ip-
swich, Yarmouth and Norwich. It is divided into
16 parishes, and has as many churches ; but four
of them are not used, and only three are entitled
to notice for their architecture. It has three
bridges over the Colne, a spacious market place,
town hall, corn exchange and a theatre. It has
also an hospital, free grammar schools, water
works, two public libraries, a botanical and phi-
losophical institution, and several dissenting meet-
ing houses. The town is governed by a mayor,
recorder, town clerk, 12 aldermen, 18 assistants,
and 18 common-councilmen; and returns two
members to parliament, the right of election being
vested in the corporation and free burgesses not
receiving alms. Its markets are on Wednesdays
and Saturdays. Pop. in 1821, 14,016. It is 51
m. E. N. E. from London, 21 W. by S. of Har-
wich, and the same distance S. S. W. of Ipswich.

Colchester, a town of Vermont, in Chittenden
County, on a Bay of Lake Champlain, at the in-
flux of the Onion, 6 m. N. by E. of Burlington.
Pop. 1,489.

Colchester, a town of Connecticut, in New Lon-
don County, 20 m. N. W. of New London. Pop.
2,083.

Colchester, a township in Delaware County,
New York, 91 m. S. of Albany. Pop. 1,424.

Colchester, a town of Virginia, in Fairfax,
County, on Ocquoquam Creek, three miles from
its conflux with the Potomac, and 16 S. AV. of
Alexandria.

Colding, or Kolding, a town of Denmark, in
Jutland, formerly the residence of many Danish
kings, who adorned it with several edifices. The
harbour is choked up, and its commerce nearly
annihilated. It is seated on the Thueths, near its
entrance into a bay of the Little Belt, 30 m. E.
N. E. of Ripen.

Coldingham, a town of Scotland, in the county
of Berwick, anciently noted for a nunnery, re-
built by Edgar, king of Scotland, in 1098, Ebba,
one of the abbesses, renowned in tradition for her
charity, gave name to the neighbouring promon-
tory called St. Abb’s Head. It is 9 m. N. N.
W. of Berwick. Pop. about 1,000.

Cold River, r. N. H. joins the Connecticut at
Walpole.

Colditz, a town of Upper Saxony, in Misnia,
with manufactures of linen and stuffs, seated on
the Mulda, 22 m. S. E. of Leipzig.

Coldstream, a town of Scotland, in the county
of Berwick. Here general Monk first raised
the Coldstream regiment of guards, with
which he marched into England . to restore
Charles H. It is seated on the Tweed, over
which is a handsome bridge, 13 m. S. AV. of
Berwick.

Coleagara, a town of Hindoostan, in the prov-
ince of Coimbetore. It has two large temples,
and is a considerable mart for the traders betwee*
Seringapatam and the country below the eastern
Ghauts. It is 34 m. S E. of Seringapatam.

Colebrook, ph. Coos Co. N. H. on the Con
necticut. Pop. 542.

Colebrook Dale, a village in Shropshire, Eng
on the banks of the Severn, 2 m. N. by E.
of Broseley, which see.

Colebrookdale, a township of Berks Co. Pa.

Coleraine, a borough of Ireland, in the county
of Londonderry, seated on the banks of the river
Bann, about four miles above its entrance into
the Atlantic Ocean. In 1821 the town and sub-
urbs of Coleraine contained a population of 4,851,
and the remainder of the parish 1,630 more. It
participates largely in the linen manufactures,
and its fabrics and bleach are in the highest es
teem. The fall of the river Bann precludes it
from affording much commercial advantage to
Coleraine; but this defect is in some measure
compensated for by its salmon fishery, which is
the most valuable in Ireland. Coleraine sends
one member to the parliament of the United
Kingdom: and is 25. E. by N. of Londonderry,
and 108. N. by W. of Dublin.

Coleraine, ph. Franklin Co. Mass. Pop. 1,877.

Colerain, a town of the state of Georgia, in
Camden County. A treaty was concluded here,
in 1796, between the United States and the
Creek Indians. It is seated on St. Mary River,
35 miles W. by N. of the port of St. Mary, and
14 S. by E. of Louisville.

Coleraine is also the name of a town in Hamil-
ton County, Ohio, on the east bank of the Miami
River, about 15 miles above its entrance into the
Ohio, and lOinorth of Cincinnati.

There are 6 other towns of this name in
the United States; namely in Pa., N. C. and Ohio.

Coleshill, a town in Warwickshire, Eng. seated
on a hill, by the river Cole, 10 m. E. of Birming-
ham, and 105 N. W. of London, on the mail
line of road to Liverpool. The church is an el-
egant structure. Pop. in 1821, 1,760.

Colesvtile, ph. Broome Co. N. Y. Pop. 2,387.
Also towns in Maryland and Va.

Ccdford, a town in Gloucestershire, Eng. five
miles E. S. E. of Monmouth, and 124 AV. by N.
of London. It has several iron forges in its
vicinity.

Colin. See Kolin.

Colima, a town of Mexico, in the intendencia
of Guadalaxara, on the frontiers of Valladolid;
it is seated at the foot of a volcanic mountain,
about 300 miles due west of the city of Mexico,
under the banks of a small river, about 30 miles
above its entrance into the Pacific Ocean, in the
lat. of 18. 40. N. The intervening country be-
tween the town and the sea is very fertile. Pop.
of the town about 2,500.

Coll, an island of Scotland, one of the He-
brides, to the W. N. W. of Mull, 13 miles long
and three broad. The greatest part is covered
with heath, and abounds with rabbits; and many
black cattle are fed here. The castle of Coll is a
strong square-built structure, and still in tolera-
ble repair. Total pop. in 1821, 1,264.

Collahuas, a district of Peru, lying between
Lake Titicaca, and the Pacific Ocean. It is a very
mountainous district; the Andes here diverging
into several ridges, among which the Apurimac
and other streams, forming the head waters of the
noble river Amazon, have their source. Caill
ma, in the lat. of 15. 40. S. is the capital.

Colle, a town of Tuscany, on a hill near the
river Elza, 10 m. N. N. W. of Sienna. There
are five other towns of the same name in differ-
ent parts of Italy all inconsiderable.