Pe-tche-li, which flows N. E. into the Pei-ho, at
Tien-sing. Much grain is conveyed by this riv-
er for Pekin and it is also important for its connec-
tion with the N. extremity of the grand canal.

Eule, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of
Kurzim, with a gold mine, 11 m. S. by E. Prague.

Evpatorgia, or Kostof, a town of Russia, in the
Crimea or government of Taurida, situate on the
W. side of a salt lake, and near the Black Sea,
68 m. S. by. W. of Perecop. Long. 33. 16. E.,
lat. 45.12. N.

Eupen. See Oeper.

Euphrates, a noble river of Western Asia, whicn
rises from three sources in Turkish Armenia.
The principal head is about 35 m. S. E. of Erze-
rum, and is called by the Turks Binggheuil Frat,
or 1,000 springs, and on the opposite side of the
mountains from whence these springs flow, the
Raksi, a branch of the Aras, which falls into the
Caspian sea below Shirvan, also has its source :
another branch of the Euphrates rises about 35 m.
N. by W. of Erzerum ; these two branches unite
in the long, of 40. E., and lat. of 39. 50. N., and
about 40. m. W. by S. of Erzerum, from whence
the united stream becomes navigable for boats.
Another branch rises on the frontier of Persia, in
the long, of 43. 40. E., and runs a course nearly
due W. to the long, of 39. 25. and lat. of 39.; the
united streams are then called the Frat, and flow
in a direction S. S. W. to Semisat, in the lat. of

37. 8. N. and long, of 37. 20. E., being within 60
m. of the gulf of Aiasso, at the N. E. extremity
of the Mediterranean; from this point the Eu-
phrates flows in a S. E. direction through 12 de-
grees of longitude in European Turkey, falling
into the gulfof Persia, in the lat. of 30., and long,
of 48. 40. E., the meridional distance from the
source to the mouth of this noble river, is about
800 m. but the course ofthe stream is about 1,200.
It is navigable for ships of the largest burthen to
Bassora, 35 m. from its mouth ; and, wrere the
country through which it runs, inhabited by a so-
cial and well organized people, it might be instru-
mental to the conveyance of a reciprocal inter-
change of the products of Asia and Europe. A
social, scientific, and enterprising people would
not be content with its communicating with the
Persian gulf, but would unite its waters with the
Mediterranean on one side, and the Caspian sea
on the other. The ancient Babylon was seated on
its banks. See Syria. Irak-Arabi. and Roum, and
Tigris.

Eure, a department of the N. of France, so na-
med from a river which intersects the E. part, fall-
ing into the Seine, about 15 m. above Rouen ; the
Seine then forms its northern boundary to its en-
trance into the sea. Eure, however, maybe con-
sidered a manufacturing and agricultural, rather
than a maritime department. It is divided into
five arrondissements.

Eure and Loire, an interior department of
France, bordering on the preceding province, on
the S. It is so named from the two rivers, the
Eure and the Loire, both of which rise within the
department; the Loire flowing to the S., and the
Eure to the N., as described in the preceding
article

Europe, one of the five grand divisions of the
globe; the extreme limits of which, are Cape
Matapan, S. in 36. 23. N. and22. 29. E., Cape St.
Vincent, W. in 37. 3. N. and 9. 2. W., Cape North,
N. in 71. 10. N. and 25. oO. E., Cara River, E. in
66. 30. N. and 63. 30. E. The longest meridional
line, that could be drawn across EuroDe, would
be from Europa point, in the strait of Gibraltar
which divides Europe from the N. AV. extremity
of Africa, in the lat. of 36. 7. N., and 5. 20. of AV.
long., to the Cara river, in the long, of 63. 30. E
in the lat. of66. 30. N. This line, the angle of
which is N. E. bearing E. would intersect the
gulfs of Dantzig, Riga, and Finland, and the lakes
Ladoga and Onega ; and its length would be
3,065 geographical, or 3,546 English statute m.
The longest line that could he drawn from S. to
N. would be from Cape Matapan at the S. extrem
ity of the Morea, to Cape North, at the northern
extremity of Finmark : this line would intersect
the gulf of Riga, the entrance to the gulf of Fin-
land, and the N. E. shore of the gulf of Bothnia ;
and its length would be 2,090 geographical, or
2,423 English statute m. The boundaries of Eu-
rope, howrever, on all sides, are extremely irregu-
lar, jetting out into several great peninsulas, so
that if it was resolved into a square, the sides
would not exceed 1,600 geographic.il m. each way.
It is bounded on the N. by the Arctic Sea, AV.
by the Atlantic Ocean, S. from the long, of 5. W.
to 35. E. by the Mediterranean Sea, and E. by
Asia.