E'ldyville, p.v. Caldwell Co. Kentucky.

Eatonton, ph, Putnam Co. Geo.

Eetontown, a village of Monmouth Co. N. J.

Ebensburg, p v. Cambria Co. Pa.

Easter Island, an isle in the Pacific Ocean,
12 leagues in circuit. It has a hilly and stony
surface; is naturally barren, and affords neither
safe anchorage, fresh water, nor wood for fuel.
Rats are the only quadrupeds, and there are but
few birds. The natives are industrious, and plant
paper-mulberries and bananas, with regular fields
of potatoes and yams. This island was seen by
Davis in 1080; it was visited by Roggewein in
1722, ^nd by Cook in 1774. Long. 109. 57. W.,
lat. 27. 6. S.

Eastport, ph. Washington Co. Me. the most
eastern point of the United states of America.
The town is situated on Moose island, in Passama-
quoddy bay, and is favourably placed for carrying
on an extensive traffic, up the Passamaquoddy, and
other rivers falling into the baj'of Fundy. Lat.
44. 43. N. and 10. 5. or about 530 statute m. in a
meridional line N. E. of Washington, in the Long,
of 66. 49. W. of Greenwich. Pop. 2,450.

Eastonness, a cape of England, on the coast of
Suffolk, forming the N. point of Southwcdd bay.

Eastwood, a parish of Renfrewshire, Scotland,
seated on the border of Lanarkshire, participat-
ing largely in the cotton manufacture. Pop. in
1821,5,676.

Eaton Socon, a town in Bedfordshire England,
’inited with St. Neots, in Huntingdonshire by a
handsome bridge over the river Ouse, 55 m. N. of
London. Pop. of Eaton in 1821, 2,039, and of
St. Neots, 1,255.

Eause, a town of France, in the department of
Gers, 17 m. S. W. of Condom. Pop. 3,350.

Ebeltoft, a town of Denmark, in Jutland, with a
good harbour, on a bay of the Cattegat, 16. m. N.

E. of Aarhus.

Ebenezer, a town of Effingham countv in Geo.
situate on the Savannah 25 m. N. N. W. of Sa-
vannah.

Ebenfurth, a town of Austria, on the Leyta, 22
m. S. of Vienna.

Eberbach, a town of Germany, in the Lower
Itnine, with a Cistertian abbey; seated on the
Neckar, 11 m. E. by N. of Hiedelberg, now in-
cluded in the territorv of Baden.

Ebermanstadt, a town of Franconia, in the prin-
cipality of Bamberg, on the Wisent, near its en-
trance into the Rednitz, 13 m. S. S. E. of Bam-
berg.

Eberstein, a town and castle of Suabia, 8 m. S.
by E. of Baden.

Eberville, a town of France, in the department
of Puy de Dome, with a Benedictine abbey, seated
on the Scioule, 8 m. N. of Riom.

Ebingen, a town of Wertemberg, noted for its
cheese, 7 m. S. of Hohenzollern Pop. about
3,800.

Ebro, a river of Spain, the ancient Iberis, which
rises in the mountains of Asturias on the confines
of Leon, about 60 m. from the shore of the bay
of Biscay, runs E. across the N. part of Old Cas-
tile, and afterwards in a direction E. S. E., form-
ing the boundarv between that province and those
of Biscay and Navarre: it then, in a S. E. direction,
divides Arragon into nearly two equal parts, in-
tersecting the S. part of Catalonia, and after a
course of 300 m. in a meridional line, and about
400 by the course ofthe stream, past Logrono. Ca-
lahorra, Tudela and Saragossa, falls into the Med-
iterranean a few m. below Tortosn. There are
several Islands off its mouth, and a canal runs par-
allel with it through Arragon, used more for ir-
rigation than navigation. The river is but little
used for navigable purposes, on account of its
numerous shoals and rapids.

Eceles, a parish of Lancashire, Eng. consisting
of five townships on the W. side of Manchester,
(which see). Pop. in 1821, 23,331.

Ecclesall Bierlow, a township in the parish of,
and contiguous to Sheffield, Eng. on the S. W.
side. Pop. in 1801,5,362, and in 1821, 9,113. See
Sheffield.

Ecclesfidd, a town and parish 5 m. N. of Shef-
field, the town in 1821 contained 7,163 inhabitants,
and the remainder of the parish 5,333 more. See

Sheffield.

Ecclesfechan, a town of Scotland, in Dumfrie-
shire, noted for its great monthly market for cat-
tle, 5 m. N. of Annan, and 15 E. of Dumfries.
Pop. about 500.

Ecclesholl, a parish and town in Staffordshire,
Eng. The bishop of Litchfield and Coventry
has a castle here. It is seated on the river Sow,
7 m. N. W. of Stafford and 148 of London. The
parish consists of 21 small townships; the total
pop. in 1821, 4,227, of which .the town contained
1,254.    xe2x80xa2*

Ecclesiastical State, or States ofthe Church. See
Popedom, and Rome.

Edtoconno, ph. Crawford Co. Geo.

Eckternaxh, a town of the Netherlands, in Lux
emburg, on the river Sour, surrounded by moun-
tains, 18 m. N. E. of Luxemburg.

Edja, an episcopal and populous town of Spain,
in Andalusia, with manufactures of leather and
shoes, and a trade in wool and hemp. It is seated
on the Xenil, 62 m. E. N. E. of Seville.

Eqhardsberg, a town and castle of Upper Saxo-
ny, in Thuringia, 10 m. S. AV. of Naumburg.

Edwrnforde, a seaport of Denmark, in South
Jutland, on a bay of the Baltic. Near the town
in a fresh-water lake, which is connected with
the bay. It is 14 m. N. AV. of Kiel in Holstein.
Long. 10. 1. AA⁷., lat. 54 . 33. N.

Eckmukl, a small town of Bavaria, near to which
Bonaparte defeated the Austrians in Apr. 1809:
it is 13 m. S. by E. of Ratisbon, and about the
same distance W. of Straubing S. of the Danube.

Economy, a beautiful little village in Beaver
Co. Pa. on the, Ohio, a few m. below Pittsburg.
It is inhabited solely by the sect of Harmonists
under the celebrated Rapp. The village is regu-
larly laid out with wide and rectangular streets.
The houses are mostly of wood. The inhabitants
are Germans, and are very industriously occupied
in manufacture, and husbandry. They have a
woolen and cotton manufactory with steam ma-
chinery on a large scale, also breweries, distille-
ries, tanyards, &c. The buildings for these are
generally of brick. Here is also a handsome
church, and a spacious building with a hall for
concerts, a museum, a mineralogical collection,
a mathematical school, a library and a school for
drawing. Considerable attention is paid to the
cultivation of grapes, and close to the village is
a hill covered with vineyards. All their property
is held in common. They carry on an extensive
trade with the neighbouring county, and are in a
verv thriving condition. Pop. about 800.

Eddenbnrg, p.v. Portage Co. Ohio.

Edam, a town of North Holland, famous for
its red rind cheeses ; seated on the fiv, near the
ZuyderZee, II m. N. N. E. of Amsterdam.

F.dd.ystcmc, the name of some rocks in the En