Bosphorus, and forming the communication be-
tween the Propontis, or sea of/ Marmora, and the
Euxine or Black Sea. It is 20 miles long and lit-
tle more than a mile wide; and forms the sepa-
ration here between Europe and Asia. At its en-
trance on the west side is situate Constantinople,
and on the other Scutari. Both its banks are
lined with villages, where are seen some very
handsome houses, almost entirely built of wood,
and variously painted; those belonging to the
Turks are in white or red; those of the Greeks,
Armenians, and Jews, are of a blackish brown,
for they are not allowed to employ the colours of
the Mussulmen. At its termination in the Black
Sea, are twin forts opposite each other, to defend
the passage.

Constantinaw, a town of Poland, in Podolia, on
the river Bog, 8 m. S. W. of Chmielnik, and 72
N. E. of Kaminieck.

Constantinow, another town of Poland, in Vol-
hina, on the River Sulucza, 30 m. W. by N. of
the former.

Contessa, a seaport of European Turkey, in
Macedonia, advantageously located at the head
of agulf of its name, at the influx of the Strimoon,
60 m. E. by N. of Salonichi, and 246 W. of Con-
stantinople. Long. 24. 8. E., and lat. 40. 52. N.

Contoocook, r. N. H. flows into the Merrimack
near Concord.

Contres, a town of France, in the department of,
Loire and Cher, 10 m. S. E. of Blois.

Conty, a town of France, in the department of
Somme, seated on the Seille, 14 m. S. S. W. of
Amiens.

Conversano, a town of Naples, in Terra di Bari,
12 m. S. E. of Bari.    '

Conway, a river of Wales, which flows through
a fertile vale of the same name, along the whole
eastern border of Caernarvonshire, and enters the
Irish sea at Aberconway.

Conway, ph. Strafford Co. N. H. on Saco river,
118 in. fr. Boston ; 75 fr. Portsmouth. Pop. 1,601.

Conway, ph. Franklin Co. Mass. 100 m. W.
Boston. Pop. 1,563.

Conyngham., p.v. Luzerne Co. Pa.

Conza, a towin of Naples, in Principato Ulte-
riore, and an archbishop’s see. It suffered so
much by an earthquake in 1604, that the place
where the cathedral stood is hardly known. Its
principal commerce is in marble. It is seated
near the head waters of the Ofanti River, 52 m. E.
of Naples.

Cooch Beyliar, a district of Bengal on the fron-
tier of Bootan, which exhibits a melancholy proof
of two facts frequently united ; the great facility
of obtaining food, and the wretched indigence of
the lower order of inhabitants. It became tribu-
tary to the English in 1772. Beyhar, the chief
towin, is 260 m. N. by E. of Calcutta.

Cook's Inlet, an extensive arm of the sea, on
the N. AV. coast of America, discovered in 1778,
by Captain Cook, who traced it 70 leag. from its
entrance, in long. 152. W. and supposed it to be
the mouth of a large river, but it was further ex-
plored in 1704 by captain Vancouver, who found
its termination to be in long. 148. 43. W., lat. 61.
29. N.

Cookstown, p.v. Fayette Co. Pa.

Cooksville, p.v Anne Amndel Co. Maryland.

Cook's Strait, a strait dividing the two islands
of which New^r Zealand is composed; it is about
four or five leagues broad.

Cool spring, t. Mercer Co. Pa.

Coolville, p.v. Athens Co. Ohio.

Cooper, a county ofthe state of Missouri, and on
the western frontier of the United States territory.
It lies south of the Missouri River, and is bound-
ed on the east by a mountain ridge, which di-
vides it from AVayne County, and is intersected
from west to east by Orange River. Pop. 6,019.
Booneville on the south banl; of the Missouri, in
the lat. of 39. S. is the chief towin.

Cooper, a river of S. Carolina, falling into the
harbour of Charleston.

Cooper stolen, a town of New York, chief of Ot
sego County, situate at the S. W. end, and the
outlet of lake Otsego, 12 m. N. W of Cherry Val-
ley, and 64 W. by N. of Albany.

Coos, an island in the Archipelago, 56 m. N. W.
of Rhodes, subject to the Turks. Long. 27. 44.
E., lat. 37.1. N.

Coos, a county forming the whole of the north
part of the state of New Hampshire. It is about
90 miles in length from north to south, and 28 in
mean breadth; it is bounded on the east by the
state of Maine, and west by the Connecticut River,
which divides it from Vermont, and north by the
ridge of mountains which divides the United
States territory from Lower Canada. On the
southern confines of the county are the White
Mountains, through which is a pass in one place
not more than 22 feet wide, and appears cloven
down to its very base, in a perpendicular line on
one side, and on the other in an angle of about
45 deg.; through this Notch or Gap, as it is term-
ed, a turnpike road has been constructed from the
banks of the Connecticut River to the Atlantic
Ocean at Portland, a route much used for the con-
veyance of heavy produce on sledges in the wintei
season ; and thus, whilst it forms one of the grand-
est natural features of the world, it is rendered sub-
servient to the medium of an extensive and an
advantageous intercourse. Coos County is at
present but thinly inhabited. The population,
however, which in 1810, was only 3,991, in 1830
had increased to 8,390. Lancaster, on the east
bank of the Connecticut river, is the chief town.

Coosawatchie, a town of South Carolina, in
Beaufort district. The courts formerly held at
Beaufort are held here. It is seated on the Coo-
saw, over which is a bridge, 20 m. N. W. of Beau-
fort, and 60 W. S. W. of Charleston.

Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, built on
a morass, and surrounded with several small lakes.
It was founded by some wandering fishermen, in
the 11th century, and is now accounted the best
built city of the north of Europe. It became the
seat of the court and government of Denmark in
1443. The streets are well paved with a foot-w^ray
on each side. The greatest P^art xc2xb0f the buildings
are of brick, and a few of free-stone ; the houses
of the nobility are in general splended, and built
in the Italian style. The harbour is capable of
containing 500 ships ; and the streets are intersect
ed by broad canals, which bring the merchandize
close to the warehouses on the quays. Copenha-
gen contains four royal palaces, 19 churches, a
great number of public buildings, and a universi-
ty ; and, in 1826, about 90,000 inhabitants. The
palace called Christiansburg, built by Christian
VI., but burnt down in 1794, was an immense pile
of building, of hewn stone, the wings and stables
of brick, stuccoed. The hospital of Warlow is
large and convenient, containing 330 beds, occu-
pied by as many poor. The church is so placed,
that service may be heard by those who are con-
fined to their bed. The exchange is a large
Gothic building; vessels are brought very near it