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her, or Isar (Circle of), one of the modern di-
visions of Bavaria, bounded partly by the circles
of the Regen and the Upper Danube, partly by the
Austrian states. It comprises most of the south-
ern part of the old duchy of Bavaria, and is divi-
ded into 26 districts; its chief town, Munich, be-
ing the capital of the kingdom. The S. is moun-
tainous, and consequently cold: the N. forms a
large plain, with few elevations, possessing great
fertility. The principal rivers are the Inn, the
Iser, and the Lech.
Isere, a department of France, including part
of the late province of Dauphiny. It is so named
from a river, which rises in Savoy, crosses this
department by Grenoble, Moirans, and St. Mar-
cellin, and joins the Rhone above Valence
Grenoble is the capital.
Iserlohn, a town'of Prussian Westphalia, in the
county of Mark, with manufactures of iron, tin,
velvets, silks, and stuffs. It is seated on the
Buaren, 41 m. E, by N of Dusseldorf.
Isernia, a tow n of Naples, in the Molise, at the
foot of the Apennines. In 1805 it. suffered much
oy an earthquake, 12 m. W. of Molise.
Isigny, a town of France, in the department of
Calvados, 15 m. W. by N. of Bayeux.
Isinglass, r. N. H. flows into the Cocheco
Isis. See Thames.
Isla, or Ila, an island of Scotland, one of the
Hebrides, to the S. W. of J ura, from which it is
separated by a narrow channel, called the Sound
of Isla. It is 21 m. long, and 15 broad. On the
E. side the surface is hilly, and covered with
heath, but the greater part of the island is flat,
and, when uncultivated, covered with a fine green
sward. In the centre of the island is Loch Fin-
lagan, about 3 m. in circuit, with an islet of the
same name in the middle where the great lord of
the isles resided, but the palaces and offices are
now in ruins. Isla has mines of iron, lead, cop-
per, emery, quicksilver, and black-lead ; with im-
mense stores of limestone, marl, coral, and she 11-
sand, for manure. Much flax is raised here, a
great number of cattle fed, and a large quantity
of whiskey distilled. The principal village is Bow-
more, which has a convenient harbour and quay.
Islamabad, a town of Hindoostan, in Bengal,
capital of the country of Chittagong; situate on
the Currumpooly, near its entrance into the bay
of Bengal. Long. 91. 55. E., lat. 22. 22. N.
Island Creek, a township of Jefferson Co. Ohio.
Islands, Bay of, a bay of New Zealand, at the
N. extremity of the most northern of the two isl-
ands that go under that name. In 1772 M. Du-
fresne Marion, with two French sloops, put into
this bay, and with 28 of his crew, was murdered
by the natives.
Isle Adam, a town of France, in the depart-
ment of Seine-et-Oise, seated on the Oise, 20 m.
N by WT. of Paris.
Isle aux Noix, an island in Sorel river. Lower
Canada, about i0 in. from Lake Champlain.
Isle Bouchard, a town-of France, in the depart-
ment of Indre-et-I.oire, surrounded by the Vienne,
21 m. S. S. W. of Tours.
Isle Dieu. a small island of France, 14 m. from
the coast of Poitou. It was taken by the English
ill 1795, but soon after evacuated.
Isle de France. See France Isle of.
Isle lourdain, a town of France, in the depart-
ment of Gers, seated on aa island in the river
Save, 8 m. N. of Lombez.
Isleborough. a township of Waldo Co. Me.
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Isle of Wight, a county of the E. District of
Virginia. Pop. 10,417. Smithfield is the chiei
town. See also Wight.
Isles of Skoals, a cluster of small islands neai
the coast of N. Hampshire, between Newburyporl
and Portsmouth, belonging to New Hampshire
and Maine. The New Hampshire portion con-
stitutes the township of Gosport. They are bar-
ren heaps of sand and rocks, with hardly a green
sod upon them, yet were once populous and
wealthy. The inhabitants live solely by fishing,
and the Isle of Skoals Dun Fisk are well known
as the best cured cod in the world. They have
now about 100 inhabitants, and a lighthouse has
been recently built here. A cave is still.shewn
upon one of them in which one of the female in-
habitants secreted herself when the islands were
invaded by the Indians. The celebrated Captain
Smith discovered these islands, and they were
formerly called Smith’s Isles. The New Eng
land Sea Serpent, that mysterious monster, whose
full length portrait has been shadowed forth in
the narration of many a wondering spectator, but
whose absolute non-entity is still maintained by
the perversity of scepticismxe2x80x94was accustomed to
make these shores his favourite resort. Recently
his visits, like the portentous humps upon his
back, have been few and far between.
Isleicorth. a village in Middlesex, Eng. seated on
the Thames, 9 m. W. of London. Fere are
many elegant villas; and near it is Sion-house,
the magnificent seat of the duke of Northumber
land.
Islington, a large village in Middlesex, Eng
N. of London, to which it is now contiguous.
The New River is received at the S. V/. end of it
into a large reservoir,whence its water is convey
ed in pipes, to all parts of the metropolis. Near
this is a spring of chalybeate water, called New
Tunbridge Wells. To the E. of the town is a
manufacture of white lead.
I slip, p.t. Suffolk Co. N. Y. on Long Island.
Pon. 1,653.
Ismail, a strong town of European Turkey, in
Bessarabia. The Russians took it by storm in
1790 ; and it is said that, the long siege, and the
capture did not cost them fewer than 20,000 men.
The brave garrison merited the highest honours
but they were massacred by the Russians : and
the city was abandoned to the fury of the bruta,
soldiery. Tsmail is seated on the N. side of the
Danube, 140 m. S. by W. of Bender.
Ismid. a town of Asia Minor, on the side of a
hill overlooking the gulf of Nicomedia. Long. 29.
34. E., lat. 40. 39. N.
Isnilc, a town of Asiatic Turkey, in Natolia, and
a Greek archbishop’s see. It is the ancient Nice,
famous for the general council held here in 325.
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