aiagh. It is 53 miles in extreme length from S.
W. to S. E. and about 25 in mean breadth, the N.
E. being indented by Strangford Lough, contain-
ing about 100 square miles of surface ; a canal
from Carlingford Bay to the Lough Neagh, hounds
the W. end of the county, and the river Lagan
falling into Belfast Lough, waters the northern
side ; the river Bann intersecting the S. W. Down
is the fifth county in Ireland, in order of popula-
tion, both collectively and relatively, and although
it is one of the least productive counties in the
country, a great portion of its surface being occu-
pied as bleacn grounds, the industry of the in-
habitants in the linen manufactures, enables it
to command an equal or greater share of comforts
than in most other parts of Ireland ; the S. part
of the county is mountainous, SJieve Donard Peak
rising to the height of 2,800 feet above the level of
the sea; various minerals are found in different
parts of the county, but none are worked to ad-
vantage, the linen manufactures absorbing all the
labour and exertion of its inhabitants, about an
equal portion of whom are Protestants, emigrants,
or descendants of emigrants from Scotland. Re-
mains of antiquity are common in every part of
the county. The principal towns are Downpat-
rick (the capital and a bishop’s see), Newton Ar-
des, Bangor, Donaghadee, Killyleagh, Hills-
borough, Dromore, (another bishop’s see), and
Newry, at the head of Carlingford Bay, which is
the largest and most considerable trading town in
the county. For extent of surface, divisions, &c.
see Ireland.

Down, or Downpatrick, the chief town of the
preceding county, is pleasantly located on the
banks of a stream falling into the S. end of
Strangford Lough, 74 miles"N. N. E. of Dublin,
and 23 S. by E. of Belfast; it a bishop’s see in
conjunction with Connor, in the county of An-
trim, and besides the cathedral has three other
places of religious worship; its other public
buildings consists of a diocesan school, hospital,
town hall, court house and goal. Down is cele-
brated as the supposed place of interment of Ire-
land’s adopted saint, St. Patrick, and a well in
the vicinity dedicated to that saint, is held in
high veneration. Down participates in the linen
manufacture ; its population in 1821, amounted
to 4,123, and the parish to 4,417 more. It returns
a Aember to the parliament of the United
Kingdom.

Doicne, a township in Cumberland Co. N. J.

Downham, a town in Norfolk, Eng. seated on
the side of a hill, about a mile from the Ouse. It
has a great trade in butter,' which is sent up the
river in boats to Cambridge, and thence conveyed
in waggons to London, under the name of Cam-
bridge butter. It is 11 miles S. of Lynn, and 86
N. by E. of London, and is celebrated for a foun-
dery of church and turret bells, of a peculiarly
harmonious tone. Pop. in 1801. 1,512, and in
1821,2.044.

* f There are four villages of the same name
in different parts of England.

Dorrington, p.v. Chester Co. Pa.

Downs, a famous road for shipping, on the E.
coast of Kent, between the North and South Fore-
land. See Godicin Sands, and Deal.

Downton, a borough in AViltshire, Eng. seated
on the Avon, 6 m. S. E. of Salisbury, and 88 W.
S. W. of London. Pop. in 1821. 3.112.

Doyfestoicn, p.v. Bucks Co. Pa.

Draaburgh, a town of Carinthia. on the river
Drave, near the frontier of Tvrol.

Dracut, a town of Massachusetts, in Middlesex
county on the N. bank of the Merriinae, at Paw-
tucket falls, 28 m. S. W. of Exeter, and 30 N. N.
W. of Boston. Pop. 1,615.

Dradaie, or Dor ho , a town of Nubia, with a
harbour on the Red Sea, and wells of good water
in the vicinity. It is 36 miles N. N. W. of
Suakem.

Draguignan, a town of France, capital of the
department of Var, 10 miles N. W. of Frejus, 40
N. E. of Toulon, and 420 S. S. E, of Paris. Pop.
in 1825, 8,616.

Drakenstein, an extensive valley in the Cape
of Good Hope territory. See Stellenbosch.

Drame, a town of Macedonia, near the ruins of
Philippi, and about 20 m. N. N. E. of Emboli.

Dramburgh, a town of Brandenburgh, in the
N. part of the New Mark, seated'on the Drage, 15
m. E. by N. of New Stargard.

Drammen, the two towns of Stromsoe and Brag-
nas, on each side of the Drammen river, falling
into the bay of Christiana, in Norway, are called
Drammen. See Strovisee.

Dranesville, p.t Fairfax Co. Va.

Drave, a riverrlvhich rises in Germany, at In-
nichen in Tyrol, flows through Carinthia and
Stiria, then along the confines of Sclavonia and
lower Hungary, and after a course of about 300
miles joins the Danube a little below Essig.

Drayton, a town in Shropshire, England, with
a market on Wednesday, it is seated on the banks
of the river Tern, at the N. E. end of the county,
on the road from Shrewsbury to Newcastle. It
has 3 tan yards, 2 paper mills, and 2 manufac-
tures of hair cloth; 151 miles N. W. of London.
Pop. in 1801, 3,162, and in 1821, 3,700.

*_#* There are 16 villages called Drayton, and
9 Draycott, in different parts of England. Dray
is a Saxon word, but its application to the names
of places is not very obvious; the etymologist
must draw his own inferences respecting it.

Dresden, a citv of Germany, and the capital of
the kingdom of Saxony. It is divided by the Elbe
into the old and new town, which are united by a
grand hridore, and surrounded by strong fortifica-
tions. It lias a castle, an academy of painting
and sculpture, and a magnificent church for the
Roman catholics, with a tower 300 feet in height,
one Calvinist, and 11 Lutheran churches. The
houses are built of freestone, almost all of the
same height; and though the palaces are few, it
is deemed the handsomest city in Germany. The
palaces of Holland and Japan are full of curiosi-
ties from that country and China; and the pic-
ture gallery may claim precedence over every in-
dividual gallery in Italy. The royal palace has a
tower 355 feet in height. Dresden is deservedly
celebrated for its .manufacture of porcelain , the
repository for which is in the castle. Here are
also manufactures of gold and silver lace, jewel-
lery, paper-hangings, and wind-instruments of
music, Ac. Ac. The arsenal contains specimens
of the first invented fire arms, and a curious col-
lection of arms of all ages and countries. The
other public buildings of Dresden are the house
of assembly of the Saxon diet, an academy for
the young nobility, a military school, and several
edifices for charitable institutions. It was taken
bv the king of Prussia in 1745, and again in 1756,
but retaken in 1759; and it was bombarded by
him in 1760, for nine days, when he was obliged
to raise the siege. Dresden is further rendered
memorable for its neighbourhood being the prin-
cipal theatre of operations between the allied and