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the south part of Coimbetore. It has a large mud
fort, and straight and wide streets. Much cotton
and tobacco are cultivated in the vicinity, and the
garden and rice grounds are considerable. It is
seated at about an equal distance frori flie Mala-
bar and Coromandel Coasts ; 42 miles E. 13. E. of
Coimbetore, and 106 W ofTaniore. Loner. 77.
40. E., lat. 10. 47. N.
Danszille, p.t. Steuben Co. N. Y. Pop. 1,728.
Darda, a town and fort of Lower Hungary
built bv the Turks in 1636, and taken by the Aus-
trians the next year. It is seated near the Drave,
at the end of the bridge of Esseck, 8 m. S. of
Barrany.
Dardanelles, two castles of Turkey, the one call-
ed Sestos, seated inRumelia, the other called Aby-
dos, in Natolia. They command the south-west
entrance of the strait of Gallipoli, leading from the
Grecian Archipelago, into the sea of Marmora,
which separates Europe from Asia.
Dardmne, p.t. Charles Co. Missouri.
Darfoor, a kingdom of North Africa, on the
borders of Nubia and Negroland, governed by a
chief who calls himself sultan, and assumes the
most extravagant titles. The wild animals are
the lion, leopard, hyaena, wolf and buffalo. The
domestic animals are camels, goats, sheep and
horned cattle. Considerable quantities of grain
of different sorts are raised, and after the tropical
rains the fertility is sudden and great. The peo-
ple are verv barbarous; consisting of native tribes,
of a deep black complexion, and woolly hair,
though with features different from those of the
Negroes, and of Arabs of various tribes. Polyga-
my is not only established, but the intercourse of
the sexes is totally destitute cf decency. The
most severe labours of the field are left to the wo-
men ; and the houses, which are of clay covered
with thin boards, are chiefly built by them. Salt
is the general medium of commerce here, as gold
dust is in other parts .of Africa. Caravans travel
between this country and Egypt. Cobbe is the
capital, in the lat. of 13. 40. N., and 28. 30 of E.
long.
Darien, Gulf of, at the north-west extremity
of the territory of Colombia, opening into the
Carribean Sea. It runs inland about 80 miles,
and is from 20 to 30 miles wide; under the do-
mination of Spain, in South America, this gulf
gave name to a province on the east side in the
vice-rovallv of New Granada, now comprised in
the Colombian province of the Ysthmo, or Isth-
mus. On the west shore of the gulf, at the
mouth of the river Atrata, are the remains of a
town founde-i by a company of Scotch adventurers
in ]6fr*. ana although the most favourable spot
in all Soufri America, on the Atlantic side, for
opening a water communication with the Pacific
(see Chaco the project for forming a permanent
establishniont completely failed. It Jias been usual
to confound the narrowest part of the chain of
territorv which unites the two grand divisions of
the western hemisphere under the name of the
Isthtnus of Darim. but this is 200 m. west of
the Gulf of Oar.en : and the isthmus more proper-
ly comes under me head of Panama (which see)
and between the prov’.nee of Darien and Panama
lies the provinre of T rra-Finiui, which, as well
as South America, see also.
Darien, p.t. Fairfield Co. Conn. Pop. 1,201.
Darien, a town of the state of Georgia, in
Liberty County, seated on the Alatamaha, not
far from its mouth, and 47 m. S. S. W. of Savan-
nah. Lorn*- 81. 14. W., lat 31. 23. N.
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Darke, a frontier county of the state of Ohio
bordering on Indiana. It is about 33 miles from
north to south, and 22 wide. Chief town, Gren-
ville. Pop. 0,203.
Darlaston, a parish of Staffordshire, England,
contiguous t<? the great coal district of Wednesbury
(which see). Pop. in 1821, 5,585.
Darlington, a town in the county of Durham,
Eng. Here are manufactures of huckabacks,
camlets, smalfavares of the JVI anehestei kind, and
leather; also a curious water machine for grind-
ing optical glasses, the invention of a native, and
another for spinning linen yarn. It is seated on
the Skerne, 19 miles south of Durham, and 241
N. by W. of London. Pop. in 1821, 6,551.
Darlington, a district of S. Carolina; the seat
of justice has the same name, and stands a little
to the west of the Great Pedee River.
Darmstadt, the capital and seat of government
of the landgrave of Hesse Darmstadt, in the
circle of the Upper Rhine. It is seated on the
banks of the river Darm, contains several public
buildings, and a population of about 13,000. It
is about 18 miles south of Frankfort on the Maine,
and the same distance S. E. of Mentz.
Darnestown, p.v. Montgomery Co. Maryland.
Darney, a town of France in the department
of Vosges, 21 m. W. S.W. of Epinal.
Daroca, a town of Spain in Arragon, with sev
en parish churches one of which is collegiate.
It stands between two hills, on the Xiloca, 57 m.
S. S. W. of Saragossa.
Darraway, a town of Hindoostan, in the coun-
ty of Tatta, at the mouth of a river of the same
name, a branch of the Indus, 75 m. W. S. W. of
Tatta. Long. 67. 31. E. lat. 24. 32. N.
Dart, a river in Devonshire, Eng. which rises
at the foot of Dartmoor hills, crosses Dartmoor to
Ashburton and Totness, where it is navigable
for small vessels, and enters the English Channel
at Dartmouth.
Dartford, a town of Kent, Eng. seated on the
river Darent. Here was a celebrated nunnery,
which Henry the Eighth converted into a royal
palace, and is now become a gentleman’s seat.
The first paper mill in England was erected here
by Sir John Spilman, to whom king Charles I.
granted a patent with 200Z. a year, to encourage
the manufacture. On this river was also the first
mill for slitting iron bars to make wire. Dart-
ford is distinguished in English history as the
place where, in 1391, the insolence of a taxgath-
erer to the daughter of Wat Tyler provoked the
father’s resentment to such a degree, as led to
his exciting 100,000 men to arms, who threaten-
ed the subversion of the government of Richard
II. Tyler was hilled by the treachery of the lord-
mayor of London. It is 15 m. E. S. E. of Lon-
don, on the great road to Dover. Pop. in 1821,
3,595, being 1,190 more than in 1801.
Dartmouth, a borough and sea-port in Devon-
shire, Eng. It stands on the side of a craggy hill,
by the river Dart, near its entrance into the sea, and
has a spacious bay, defended by a castle and strong
battery. The dock yards and quay project into
the river, and the rocks on each side are compos
ed of a purple coloured slate. The town contains
three churches, and has a considerable trade to
the south of Europe and to Newfoundland, as
well as a share in the coasting traffic. It was
burnt in the linigns of Richard I. and Henry IV.
by the French ; but they were repulsed in a third
attempt afterwards, chiefly by the valour of the
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